Race Relations in the Contemporary World

the colonized indigenous people have revolted against colonialism, and on achieving independence are left with the baggage of having been discriminated against for, in some cases, hundreds of years. This has had a profound effect on the countries that were occupied by European powers. In Rwanda, for instance, colonialism created a divide within the indigenous population such that two groups of indigenous peoples emerged post-colonialism, which lead to genocide within that nation (Peterson, S., 2000). In the case of Rwanda, racism begat racism amongst the indigenous peoples, who measured themselves and associated value of superiority, to different physical characteristics within the indigenous people of the same ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Researcher and author Scot
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