I recently read all of Ian Flemming’s James Bond novels.
The identification of race as correlated with strong personality and motive characteristics is pervasive, especially for the enemy in any narrative.
Often negative, but often positive - the enemy is always “different”, but must always be respected, never underestimated.
And foreign characters often team up with Bond, adding their valuable foreign angles. Bond is a cosmopolitan creature.
The pervasive racial and cultural contrast enhancement was clearly entertaining for a less globally aware audience.
Even US vs UK characteristic differences are magnified.
And the subtext is always “live and let live” for general populations.
But I would certainly talk to any young, but ambitious reading, progeny of mine about that aspect of the books
I think we should read such historical texts precisely so we can gain an appreciation for how those ideas happen — and can examine ourselves doing the same thing.