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The colonial powers had better technology, scientific knowledge, and military power. The nations they encountered in Africa were primitive by comparison. These explorers assumed the savage state of African nations was due to intellectual inferiority. Humans make thousands of wrong assumptions everyday why should this one be special.
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In addition to feeling scientifically and socially superior, there was an economic factors involved in promoting the view that black people were somehow lesser forms of human. Using language and social comparisons to promote that idea and ignoring the skills and abilities of black populations, such as African or Australian, to survive and thrive in harsh natural conditions as being a valid scientific strategy. In addition to the slave trade, whites felt that the resources of areas inhabited by such native populations should belong to their superior development abilities. Again ignoring the wisdom of the native populations to utilize their resources to support themselves without destroying them. In addition to taking many decades to overcome the social inequities of race, white people are only now becoming aware how horrendously harmful their arrogance was.
The belief in white superiority stemmed from historical contexts such as colonialism, slavery, and scientific racism. These systems propagated the idea that white people were inherently superior based on race, leading to the perpetuation of racial hierarchies and discrimination.
Racist white people of the past (just like present thinking of racist white people of today) thought it was okay to treat blacks badly because they convinced themselves no race was greater than the white race and, in many instances, no race was lower than the black race. Many of the racists felt blacks were either animals or even lower than that, so, to them, they had no right to be treated like human beings.
I think that would depend on where you are
Many white southerners justified racial discrimination by believing in the concept of white supremacy, which asserted that white people were inherently superior to people of other races. They also used religious beliefs and biased scientific theories to support their discriminatory practices, as well as citing economic and social reasons to maintain their power and privilege.
"Black privilege" is not a recognized concept; however, "white disadvantages" could refer to the societal disadvantages and discrimination faced by white people in specific contexts, such as socioeconomic disadvantage or barriers to diversity and inclusion initiatives. It's important to consider these issues within the broader context of racial inequality and structural discrimination.
As of 2021, the estimated global population is around 7.9 billion people. Approximately 17% of the world's population is black, which would be around 1.34 billion people. The majority of the world's population is white, estimated to be around 16% to 18% of the global population, which would be around 1.42 to 1.5 billion people.
Black people are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system due to various factors, including systemic racism, socioeconomic disparities, implicit bias, and harsher sentencing practices. These issues contribute to the overrepresentation of Black individuals in the prison population.
the blacks did not believe that they were better than the white however it was the white that thought they were better. reasons for which the white believed they were better than the blacks are because: - firstly they were white. During the years of slavery,once there was a trace of "black blood" in you then you were considered black and the white thought that black people were simply evil. Therefore being white automatically made them better. -secondly, the had political and economical power over the blacks. POLITICAL POWER, they were the ones that enforced the laws and the punishments if such laws were broken. ECONOMICALLY they had all power over the blacks because they had bought them
Because white people are jealous.
it was that they thought whites were better than blacks and also some people today think racially because of pokemon BLACK and WHITE they think white is for white people and black is for black people seriously some people are just plain idiotic
White Supremacy is the belief that whites are Superior to blacks or any other race.And those who are or believe in white supremacy are often called racist
Blacks.
White people finally caved.
yes!:-)
the white people who abused the blacks
blacks
The group with superior weapons like guns tends to conquer those without. Back when blacks were slaves this would be the last thing whites would want happen. If blacks learned to handle guns in great enough numbers they could revolt by fighting back and shooting white people thus ending their slavery.
i don't know i think its because there are more white people in the UK than black people or that white people were the first to live in the UK. it should be though if it is racist to call people blacks
It divided the white Southerners into two groups. The group of people who owned slaves, and those who didn't.