So there would be better race relations because asian supremacy is more sustainable than white supremacy?Race relations would be better in a Asian dominated World due to the fact that Asians are far more greater number than Europeans.
This would seem to imply that Asians are incapable of comprable barbarism.race relations would be better with no Third Reich/WW2/WW1,etc.
That's not what I meant. Asians lived in places with conducive climate and for the most part secure and hence empires dominant from there would not feel as insecure as European Empires felt as the White population was and is not very high in the World's share. If Whites had been the dominant race in East,South and Central Asia,they would have been more peaceful. Alternatively if the more numerous Asians were dominant in the World,this wouldn't have happened to this extent too.So there would be better race relations because asian supremacy is more sustainable than white supremacy?
This would seem to imply that Asians are incapable of comprable barbarism.
It is arguable that western notions of race had their origins in Aristotle's writings on barbarians. The Spartan's views on helots plus the Arab's views on black slaves can both be seen as examples of 'proto-racism' that influenced western thought on race. With that said, the Spanish notion of Limpieza de Sangre I think would be the ultimate origin of racism in the west. This combined with the Atlantic slave trade.
I do believe East Asians could develop their own analogue to racism. A world in which Asians are dominant could quickly develop into notions of Asians being superior culturally, and perhaps by extension, biologically.
I think that a society that starts off with the idea that people are lesser because of how they act can very quickly develop notions of inane inferiority. 'They are inferior to us not of what they do, but who they are.' This is how racial antisemitism came into existence, as well as the Spanish's racism. I don't think it is much of a stretch for Asians to come up with similar ideas.
Even in an Asian dominated World,the desire for sharp features would be greater. So in an Asian dominated World too,after the World has advanced to a stage which we haven't reached yet,more people would get Caucasian or sharper features in the Transhumanist era. Race relations would be better in a Asian dominated World due to the fact that Asians are far more greater number than Europeans. Even if Caucasians were in a larger number as in the other ATLs I talked about previously,race relations would be better with no Third Reich/WW2/WW1,etc. But that's for an another thread.
But yes,beautiful and good features in the Asian race too would be incorporated with the good Caucasian features like sharper features. In OTL itself,let us wait for 20-30 years when the Transhumanist era comes and we will see how this would turn out.
I am not saying that Asians aren't attractive. But Caucasians have a genetic edge here because Humans tend to go by clear and sharp facial and body features for decoding on attractiveness. Yes there maybe exceptions but this is the norm. Intelligence wise,Asians and Whites have the same as both evolved in similar conditions. So a few good aspects of Asian features and features from other races as well will be taken but base will be Caucasian only in all probability in the Transhumanist era.Why would there be a desire for sharper features in an East Asian dominated world? The standard of beauty would be East Asians and while even in antiquity pale skin was considered a mark of high status, no such ancient praise exists for sharp features. The only reason why white facial features are so popular today is because of colonialism. Without European colonialism, whites don't have a higher status and Chinese facial features would be considered more attractive.
I think there would be a general racial sense that East Asians, specifically Han Chinese would be superior, though there might be a greater emphasis on culture instead of bloodline. Of course there's not that big of a jump between "it's our culture that makes us better" to "it's our genetics that make us bettwr
Anything from far east sources ?Ancient praise for sharp features does exist. The Byzantine Greeks have praised the Caucasoid Hepthalite Huns in South Central Asia compared to the pure East Asian Huns as I read somewhere.
The Qing exterminated an entire race out of paranoia...That's not what I meant. Asians lived in places with conducive climate and for the most part secure and hence empires dominant from there would not feel as insecure
I stand informed since that post was made. I was only half right. If the Asians were as dominant as Rome and Indo-European empires though OTL they were never were,they might have absorbed the the surrounding peoples as it happened in Europe. Because of abundance of resources in Asia and the vast territory Asians have in control then and now,the Wars in Europe that took place wouldn't have happened to that intensity in the homeland. Alternatively if Europeans had been dominant in China(Kushans/Tocharians/Iranians),Central Asia,India,North Africa and Middle East as they were in ancient era,in this case too,the wars wouldn't have happened as well. Give global superiority to a race but make that race dominant and stable numerically too. Europeans or Asians,if hit this combination can make the World more peaceful in any given timeline. But once choice of features is available, Caucasian features will win anyway.The Qing exterminated an entire race out of paranoia...
Which one?The Qing exterminated an entire race out of paranoia...