Evidence of racism in ancient Greece?

Hey, I've been looking the past hour or so for evidence of racism in ancient Greece, and all I found was a quote from Alexander the Great (that I can't find a citation for) where he describes how he's not racist, but implies most people are. That's it. I was wondering if anyone has any references or anything because I am extremely sick of debating someone who thinks Europeans created racism when slavery began. Tribalism is an innate mammal condition, not just human, but racism just feels like an off-shoot of tribalism; just provides simple and broad distinctions for people descended from different regions. I'm just shooting out thoughts here, not stating concrete beliefs. Thanks, I would appreciate any direction you can point me in.

before it was "just" a slavery...They need people for work&serve.Welcome aboard Frank.

Edited by medenaywe - 07-Jan-2015 at 03:14

I think that racism stems from invading and occupying the interplay between the races. The loser will become slaves and despised by the winner. Thus, where did the first invasion take place and who? Chineses or Europeans? chinese /'tʃai'ni:z/ tính từ (thuộc) Trung quốc danh từ người Trung quốc (the chinese) nhân dân Trung quốc

Edited by Catherina11 - 11-Jan-2015 at 23:49

Racism has existed since there has been race, i dont know why you are surprised there was racism in greece. The Romans were also extremely racist. As were the Babylonians and Assyrians. One could even argue the Israelites were racist. Having the thought that thye were “Gods chosen people” they had a very high esteem and looked down on the “Gentiles” (non-Jews)