Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because

Terry Pratchett
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Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because - what with trolls and dwarfs and so on - speciesism was more interesting. Black and white lived in perfect harmony and ganged up on green. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2010). Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12), p.212, Random House
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