Yes yes it’s not racism unless it’s from the Kent region of England, etc. It’s just broadly applying stereotypes to large groups of “them” with terms modern scholars almost always translate as “race” because it’s the closest modern concept.
Further, this belief system definitely didn’t contribute to the collapse of the Empire as the rulers divided historical classes of citizens into sub-classes with less rights and privileges. Definitely nothing familiar about that that you could joke about the invention of racism with.
Yes yes it’s not racism unless it’s from the Kent region of England, etc. It’s just broadly applying stereotypes to large groups of “them” with terms modern scholars almost always translate as “race” because it’s the closest modern concept.
Further, this belief system definitely didn’t contribute to the collapse of the Empire as the rulers divided historical classes of citizens into sub-classes with less rights and privileges. Definitely nothing familiar about that that you could joke about the invention of racism with.
I don’t think there’s an actual disagreement here, but I will object to your tone. I don’t think I did anything to deserve it.