• Awoo [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Perhaps yes. But the point, generally speaking, was that during that time period Stalin was in fact regarded as a POC within the context of their cultural attitudes. A half-Georgian leader was a big deal to them of the time period.

    Now? Not so much. We all regard them as pretty much the same.

    This is the point. Our perception of race itself is arbitrary and heavily affected by whatever the active social currents are that are sweeping through society.

    • Pezevenk [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I can imagine that. For instance, I legitimately can't imagine a prime minister of Albanian descent in Greece even today. Some people were pissed at a former prime minister because he was like part American and an eighth Polish.