Like the divide of blacks and whites in the west and even issues with Asians, Hispanics, and maybe middle easterners. IDK I just thought about this today. We know the west during this time period wanted to find new land or a new route that would get to China and India since there was issues with I think the Proteguese controlling the trade routes. I just feeel like after Columbus, Spain, England, France, etc. started gaining territories out west and started taking let in slavery, I feel like it started this belief That the west is superior. Don’t want to start race issues here and I believe our world has a lot of good and that most white propel and other races are fine just wondering if this is a popular theory with some historians.
European colonialism in the 16th-century and later didn't just start these issues: it created the very categories of race as we understand them. There's more to be said here, but you might find these threads helpful:
Monday Methods on Race and History by /u/commiespaceinvader
On the Origins of the Term Race by /u/sowser
On Scientific Racism and Leigitimization by /u/Restricteddata