Quote Originally Posted by Tiberius
The fifties hardly count as ancient do they? In ancient times they probably wouldn't have been that racist as well, seeing how people went all over the place and Alexander wanting to create an empire where there was no racial difference, completely contrasting Hitler's ideas.
It has nothing to do with the 50's except that that is when the chimp parodies occurred. In other words, I'm speculating that "racist" humor in the ancient world would have been similar to, or had the same cultural purpose as, our mocking of chimps violation of "normal" behavior.