India, April 10 -- The concept of 'race' and interlinked ideas like 'fairness' have been plaguing society for long. These concepts assumed importance as people began to live in divided societies. White people, generally attributed to the West, colonised Africa and Asia, imposing their laws and customs over every sector. In this manner, the oppression meted out by the whites over non-whites became more common across the colonised regions in these continents.
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The slave trade which subordinated black people serve the whites imposed the concepts of 'superiority 'and 'fairness' of the oppressor over the oppressed. While Americans, Britishers and many European people (especially rulers) felt they were ...