Lighter Skin = Better?

[thesummerqueen]

BTW, It is hard to argue the Europeans were more murderous than other races. When confronted with the opportunity and means to kill someone to gain one's own ends, hardly can it be argued that other race would have dived into it with any less relish and lust than Europeans.

Case in point, I've been reading "The Disappearing Spoon" and there's a very interesting passage about the genocide going on that was aided by European money solely by the fact that Europeans were buying minerals that the Congo had, and the Congo residents, instead of using that money to build their communities in a positive light, used it to purchase weapons and commit further atrocities in the name of tribal warfare.

People lack only the means, not the motive.

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Barbarian was a Greek word, not Roman. The Romans made a point of inclusivity as their empire expanded around the Mediterranean. A Roman citizen could be any colour.

The Jews wouldn't have had half so many problems with the Romans had they not insisted on being stiff-necked assholes.