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[โ€“] Blakey@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's historically accurate actually, because "Greek" was not a race, it was more like a cultural identity that you could pick up by practice. A black Greek would just be a Greek with black skin. If they spoke Greek, worshiped the Greek gods, understood Greek cultural practices, lived in a polis, boom they're Greek.

I knew this was true of Romans, and it makes sense that it would be the same for the Hellenes, but still good to know! I think even among people who know and accept that "race" is a modern construct, it's hard to truly internalise that not only did these cultures not conceive of themselves in racialised terms, they were also more or less cosmopolitan.

[โ€“] newacctidk@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

For the Greeks of the classical era the larger divide was mostly if one was a citizen. Which of course would likely preclude people passing through or refugees from far flung places, but for something quite different than colorism or even strictly being foreign.