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Norrrm

(4,823 posts)

8. There were no white people in the Bible

Reply to Norrrm (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 08:44 AM

Monday

https://www.mrnet.org/blog-db-1/2021/01/26cbh-s5y6g

How can I say this? Because the concept of whiteness didn’t exist yet. Since the beginning of recorded history, humans have always thought in terms of tribes or nations (as in the Cherokee nation or Navajo nation, not a modern nation-state), but the idea of race is a fairly new concept.