... suddenly exposed to Western values, customs, technology, and culture. Although racism did previously exist there can be no doubt that the presence of the British in India and Africa has a direct relationship to modern racism. White Europeans had, at best, a paternal attitude towards natives. Their way of life was seen as backward and less sophisticated than western society. Interest in native ... "We do not intermarry with them, as the Portuguese did, nor do we ever mix with them in the common duties of social life on terms of equality" . He also quotes a camp follower in 1849 as saying...

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