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> There was no such thing as a 100% white Russia by any definition of the term in any era! He was born in 100% white Russia. In 1998 the village were Asimov w
by peoplefromibiza 4y ago
> There was no such thing as a 100% white Russia by any definition of the term in any era!
He was born in 100% white Russia.
In 1998 the village were Asimov was born counted 215 residents...
Of course Asimov being Jewish from a Russian Jewish family that dated back at least 4 generations, knew very well of being Jewish.
> You seriously need to take a look through history if you think the acknowledgement of minorities existence is a modern interpretation of historical facts
You're overreacting mate.
I know very well Russian history, there were no black people and still there are few. That's all I meant, you're arguing in bad faith.
Ad hominem won't cancel the fact that Asimov wasn't interested in mixed races in the Foundation, he was interested in everything else but identity politics for the influencers.
> Do you honestly believe there were states with 100% pure ethnic polities at any point in history?
You're confused.
Take China for example, there are at least 50 official ethnic groups.
But 92% of the people are Han.
It means there are 1.3 billion Han people, more than US+Europe+Russia combined.
So yes, there are large areas of China where 100% of the people are Han.
Modern Japan is 98.5% Japanese.
It's like saying it's 100% Japanese.
In the past?
Except for salves, prisoners and Ainu in Hokkaido, we can say it was 100% Japanese with a very high confidence.
For a foreigner Ainu and Japanese would also look the same.
If you were born in 1919 your World would have been the people around you, Internet did not exist, television did not exist, books were hard to find, traveling was expensive etc etc.
- lovich 4y agoYou know they didn’t consider Jews white right? You can’t say it’s 100% one group but also the main person we’re talking about isn’t white. Also reiterating the question, where did diversity in the show bend objective facts?
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago> You can’t say it’s 100% one group but also the main person we’re talking about isn’t white The person we are talking about was born in a country that considered people not white because they weren't white enough (would you say, for example, that Asimov is not Caucasian?), like Americans did to Italians, it happened to my grand-grand-father too. If that's not 100% white country mentality I don't know which one qualifies... > Also reiterating the question, where did diversity in the show bend objective facts? Is it a fact that in a distant future the human space colonies will be racially diverse in the way it is depicted in the show? Or is it a decision from the authors? I mean, if it was an historical documentary on South Americas in the 14th century we could talk about facts (and even there... we should present different theories on controversial topics, not just embrace one), but in a work of fiction every single detail count as "bending facts".