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Title : Western Imperialism and Racism
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of Imperialism, world powers constantly tried Support our Sponsors
Subject : History
Title : Western Imperialism and Racism
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In the age of Imperialism, world powers constantly tried to expand their
boundaries. Much of the time they disregarded the native populations or
created
stereotypes around them that suited their colonial needs. Imperialism
brought about a
clash of cultures. Colonial European and Japanese power expanded into Asia
and Africa. The British, French, Dutch and Americans considered themselves
conquerors with an
eminent right to expansion with domain over the native cultures. Their
belief that they
were above the people who lived in their colonial empires not only
decreased mutual
respect but also gave rise to a racist style of thinking.
First, this colonial movement wiped out mutual respect between the
colonial
power and the previously sovereign state; the Europeans clung to it
fiercely though. “This was not simply a matter of domination,” says John
Barraclough, author of An
Introduction to Contemporary History. Although it may have been nothing
more than a
crude, militaristic, undermining need for power that drove the Europeans
to colonize,
they saw it differently. Europeans saw their massive expansion at the
close of the
nineteenth century as the opening of a new era. They thought they were
bringing a
greater civilization to the backward, non-white, non-European world
(Barraclough 65).
They saw it as their duty. ...