Tried asking this on the Reddit history pages, immediately removed for asking for a "basic fact", meanwhile sourcing is near impossible to find.
Ive been trying to find more sources on the origins of the racial identity construct, particularly in the development of widespread white supremacy, and how the "white" identity developed. In my research, it has seemed very clear that it developed in conjunction with the Catholic Church's rise to power at the continental scale. In this same location, fertile birthing grounds for settler-colonialism, capitalism, and white supremacy. Any recommended reading on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
Furthermore, as the title stated, I am looking for the earliest recorded instances of one peoples inflicting subhumanization behavior on another. Obviously conflict between different groups of people traces far back before recorded history, but I am very interested in finding when a group first identified as "pure" human, while declaring all those without said traits subhuman. I have a feeling there must be some Marxist text on this, so if anyone knows it I'd love to see it.
Selfish plug to the research I've done thus far if anyone wants to check it out
Selfish plug to the research/outline I've done thus far related to "whiteness" and how it seems to be so closely tied to the Catholic Church and the development of settler-colonialism, capitalism, etc. if anyone wants to check it out
You should work the Doctrine of Discovery somewhere, it seems very relevant to demonstrating a connection between the Catholic Church and colonialism.
Also maybe write a bit about Japan, who IMO tried to do Western imperialism as a non-Western people in the early 20th century,
Thanks for the link! I guess in all I haven't seen many marxist takes on the Catholic Church as an entity historically, and really that would be exactly what I'm looking for. Catholic history is a little more difficult than I initially thought it would be to research materially.