How did racism look in the middle ages, and wasn't it based

>>1778128
There was no racism within most societies because most societies were mono-racial.

People have always thought that their tribe/race was superior.

>>1778136
but what about the Byzantines who had both balkaners and turks in there along with armenians and some georgians?

and germans were far from seen as one people

>>1778136

Something like this, "racism" as the boogie man who we know today is a more or less creation of the European imperialism (social Darwinism, we conquered them, therefore we must be superior)

>>1778156

People always hated each other's guts, but nobility and religions had an interest in keeping the peace.
Ergo there were prob. Some clashes between Ethnic or religious groups in cities like Constantinople, but city guards kept the conflicts at bay (like riot police)

>>1778156
In the rare multikulti cities, people majorily lived in segregated ghettos and kept to themselves. Thats why you often have [nationality] or [religion] quarter that remain in name up to this day. Tribalism is a hell of a spook.

>>1778156

I doubt Byzantine society had any racial issues that could be compared to today. Back then people were far more xenophobic about culture and religion, not race.

>>1778156
They had fights between monophysites and chalcedonian, iconoclasts and iconodules. Even street gangs were organized along these lines. Supporting this or that sports team was seen as signs of which camp you were in. Everything back then was religion.

>>1779196
>Back then people were far more xenophobic about culture and religion, not race.

This is something pretty true that americans completely overlook

racism didn't exist until the white man invented it in 1776

whites are an evil race of genocide while the other races are peaceful and dindu nuffin wrong

>>1778128
there was no concept of the nation state so there was no concept of race

people didn't trust people outside their village/ clan or whatever even before class and religion come into it