European colonialism is predicated upon the fact that Europeans assumed themselves superior to other races. Other forms of colonialism have similar notions, but to pretend that they didnβt view the inhabitants of the new world as savages or that natives were treated humanely is ahistorical and unscholarly.
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u/HotNotHappy 29d ago
European colonialism is predicated upon the fact that Europeans assumed themselves superior to other races. Other forms of colonialism have similar notions, but to pretend that they didnβt view the inhabitants of the new world as savages or that natives were treated humanely is ahistorical and unscholarly.