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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.
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∙ 13y agoRacist 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.
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What are 5 causes of the slave trade?
becasue of white people did not like blacks
What states has the most blacks and blacks who committed crime?
precent of black on white crime
Are white people liked more than black people?
I think that would depend on where you are
What is black privilege and white disadvantages?
an opportunity for blacks and a disadvantage for whites today.
What do social darwinism and white man's burden have in common?
social Darwinism is taht white people are the superior race and they can use you in any way and are better. white mans burden is that it is the white person's duty to teach you how to be civilized and how to be like them. Hope this help and that is the difference in between social Darwinism and the white mans burden
Why do blacks feel they are superior to whites?
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
Why were blacks discriminated?
Because white people are jealous.
What racial dynamics in American cities led to the continued separation of blacks and whites?
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
What is white supremacy?
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
Who are the people in the black and white stripe for the royals?
Blacks.
How did blacks get rights?
White people finally caved.
Where white people ever enslaved by blacks?
yes!:-)
Who were the perpetrators in the apartheid?
the white people who abused the blacks
Do black or white people do more drugs?
blacks
Why was it illegal for black people to handle firearms and white people to show them how?
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.
Why isn't it racist to call people whites?
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
How did slavery divide white southern?
It divided the white Southerners into two groups. The group of people who owned slaves, and those who didn't.
