AHC: European emperor of China, European Caliph, or ethnically African Roman Emperor

Do you think that a black Roman Emperor ruling extremely well could have non-trivial effects on the future of racism ITTL? By having said emperor be compared with 'traditional' 'greats' like Alexander, Julius Caesar, etc.

Of course it's just one dude, so maybe not.

Unless he saves the Roman Empire.

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The "scientific racists" of the early 20th Century regarded the Romans as the ruin of classical civilisation. They rationalised the Etruscans as being aryans somehow and claimed Rome just copied other cultures.
 
Berbers are'nt black though, they're North African and, like Arabs (in the United States atleast) White.
Well no shit. The OP said African so that was what i rolled with.

Also there are such things as black berbers. So if he isnt black enough for you change the skin tone of his ancestors then.
 
What do you mean exactly by ''European'' Caliph, there are quite a few OTL candidates for such a title, but if you mean something more, such as a Caliph that is actually culturally ''European'', then that is more of a challenge, perhaps an earlier conquest of the Byzantines, leading to a Hellophone Caliphate.
 
Berbers are'nt black though, they're North African and, like Arabs (in the United States atleast) White.

There's no such thing as "black" and "white" people. Some Berbers look European, many look Arabic and some look similar to darker peoples.
 
There's no such thing as "black" and "white" people. Some Berbers look European, many look Arabic and some look similar to darker peoples.

Legally speaking their are in the United States and many other countries.

The modern Northern Berber population are very much white (as the attatched image shows), while the Southern Berbers (the Tuareg) are more dark skinned, ranging from tanned white to nealy black, which is likely the result of interbreeding with Arabs and Black Africans.


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