Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> I strongly suspect it's because the white folks know their own history much 
> better than they know the history of other cultures. Quick, without looking, 
> what was going on in Africa and India during the medieval ages? Who were the 
> power players?

  AFAIK there have been and even still are many atrocities committed by
many African countries (or at least some of their inhabitants) towards
their neighboring countries, based on what can basically be called pure
racism (in other words, the people on the other country are of the "wrong"
race, and thus are despised if not even abused). The most prominent case
of this was the Rwandan genocide where between half and one million people
were killed (which sadly most western people don't even remember anymore!)
However, AFAIK, this is just the most prominent case and the tip of the
iceberg.

  The Rwandan genocide is completely in par with the nazi holocaust. However,
which one of these two is better remembered?

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                                                          - Warp

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