Originally Posted by Daradon
Ok, just playing devils advocate here, cause I generally side with the accepted minority...
But I'm not sure this argument makes any sense. If the white people achieved more with a lesser population (wealth, power, etc.), doesn't that that just mean, they pushed society further and did more?
Obviously white people, at the origins of their differences as a race/culture did not inherit wealth or the systems you are talking about. If African and Asian cultures existed before, and Asians number more, where did white wealth come from? When was the tipping point in which white culture became the dominant culture DESPITE its far less dominant numbers. White people, world wise have always been the minority, and still are. It's very easy to look at the last 500 years and say 'bad Europeans' but human culture is 6000 years old, and humanity is 1,000,000 years old. If your talking world concepts, these posters may have a point.
The only way to resolve it is to know, all people are one people. We've all conquered each other for a long time. White, brown, black, atrocities all around. Even to our own race. But we're only one race. The human race.
We can talk about current societal problems. Black people are treated horribly (other examples as well, but for now). Mostly in the US, and to a lesser extent over the rest of the world. Yes, they are oppressed. And in today's society we need to fix it. But when you start getting into deep history, you lose ground. All have been oppressed. And racial lines blur.
There is no 'white domination of power' over a long term. We came from darker people. It's just human on human violence. Sadly.
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