European Superiority: Colonization and its Misconceptions

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Europeans and Westerners had a rich history and often felt superior to the rest of the world. They generally bestowed upon themselves to help those they deemed inferior for their own personal gain. Europeans were often told by their leaders that they were either civilizing people in Africa and Asia for there own safety. They also used religious purposes for the colonization of these far-off regions of the world. This colonization of indigenous people was done through trade of goods or simply by force. Through the building of an empire, race quickly became rampant by way of Darwinism and Social Darwinism, a civilization of what they concluded as inferior societies and tribes, and the faulty scientific data that came from it. …show more content…

Hitler exterminated over 6 million Jews in the Holocaust because of his racism and Social Darwinism beliefs. Meanwhile, the Young Turks in the Ottoman Empire murdered and starved more than 1.5 million Armenians primarily because of differences in the religion, race, and beliefs. Westerners murdered countless numbers of locals in Africa and Asia simply because of there feeling of superiority and need of local resources. This was done through the West's advancements in weaponry and transportation. It was often viewed as justifiable just as the killing of a nuisance animal because of the racist viewpoint of certain societies at the time.

To conclude, race has had a major influence on the building of societies and empires throughout world history. From the racist beliefs of elitist Social Darwinists who viewed themselves as superior to all others because of wealth and families to the expansion of empires through colonization and imperialism. Anyone who was poor or of a different race than the elite Anglo-Saxon's were viewed as inferior. Millions of innocents died along the way in the advancements of these empires simply because of their races or financial

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