the concept of racism did not exist in ancient Greece.
rache,
Would they have been aware of other races in those early days ?

Dear Diver Dan,

You write:

“Grab Plato’s Republic, start at the front and stay focused to the last page. There is a view of Western Philosophy in a nut shell. “

Or they could avail themselves of Plato's 'The Symposium' with all of Greece's paederasty on open display. The Catholic church certainly carried on in that fine tradition didn't they.

Greece was a formidable slave owning nation.

“The principal use of slaves was in agriculture, but they were also used in stone quarries or mines, and as domestic servants. Athens had the largest slave population, with as many as 80,000 in the 5th and 6th centuries BC, with an average of three or four slaves per household, except in poor families.”
Wikipedia

Aristotle described slavery as both necessary and natural.

The US Declaration of Independence announced "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" as inalienable rights while being one of the principal slave owning nations of the world.

Why do you think these 'fine' examples of Western thought were derived from nations which hardly practiced what they preached? Perhaps guilty consciences might have been at play. Or even the leisure time provided by others slaving away on your behalf.

An aside released yesterday;
Breaking news from the USA:
The results of the audit in Maricopa County, Arizona, have stunned local residents and investigators.
According to official information, 74 thousand ballots received during the election of the new president of the United States in the Federal election of 2020, were not marked as ever having been mailed out.
Further, thousands of ballots in Arizona had unreadable serial numbers and many had no serial numbers at all.

I would not be surprised at all to see the reappearance of Obama.
That would make for a cushy little family reunion, and reinforce the Image of BLM, and a master stroke of genius for Gay rights.

Dan

Aristophanes It was that derided homosexuals for their propensity to becoming Politicians. Not wrong there.

And on your other misconception. The Catholic Church was torn apart with gross homosexual acts, 90% of those acts were against juveniles, not babies.

And all civilisations traded in slaves right through ancient history, and way into the Middle Ages.

Do you get anything right? You’ve had little satisfaction so far!

Dan

SR,

There is not a single race or culture that has not got a blood-soaked past and a connection to slavery including pretty much every African "nation".

As for solving the violence induced by the BLM movement, there is already a pile of money being thrown at it including affirmative action which seems to have achieved little to nothing.