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We can say that Shakespeare play are still very famous..
The part you're missing is that people 400-500 years ago lived in a very different world. What they did then regarding races and what their personal beliefs were then have nothing to do with who we are now.
You might as well be asking about Roman society and their views on racism. It's all irrelevant right now.
The part you're missing is that people 400-500 years ago lived in a very different world. What they did then regarding races and what their personal beliefs were then have nothing to do with who we are now.
You might as well be asking about Roman society and their views on racism. It's all irrelevant right now.
Ancient Romans ( Roman Empire ) were not racist in the sense they were looking at the color of your skin.
They didn't care less about that.
Rome was a multicultural society.
There were "romans" from Egypt Nubia- Sudan- .. (Saint Maurice is a Catholic's Saint and he was a black-african General of the legendary "Roman" Theban legion ) Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Greece, Persia, Lebanon, Ukraine, South-Russia, Armenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Belgium, France, Holland, England, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Lybia, Algeria, Switezerland... and... of course.. Italy.
What made it different was were you a "Citizen" or not.. If you were not a Citizen you were nobody. But if you were a Citizen the color of your skin was not importanta at all.
And everybody could move along the social scale...and everybody ( no matter skin color ) could acquire citizenship. While for ancient Greeks you could not acquire citizenship... For the Romans even a slave could become first a free man and than a Citizen
Augustus Emperor
Saint Maurice portrait in Christian Church in Europe ( particularly in Germany )
In Venice and other renaissance cities in Italy the color of your skin was not important.
Othello was i well reputated leader .. evil maybe...
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