Hypothetically speaking, if the "white race" were superior to the "black" race, how would human history be different?

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[–]Arapaho_Joe 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Try hiking in Australian desert and try keeping up with the Aboriginal people. They don't even break a sweat.
White skin only evolved as humans migrated further north where there was less sunlight. Lighter skin allowed the absorption or more sunlight to meet their vitamin D needs.
So, ya, they're superior in colder climates with less sun, but sweat like pigs in the desert heat.
NO RACE IS "SUPERIOR".

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    [–]ILLSD 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Are you suggesting these are solely inventions by white people?

    [–]slushpilot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Sounds dumb but whatever... First, I think you'd need to define what you mean by "superior"—by what metric?

    [–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Instead of colonizing and exploiting other people they would have made thier own countries great. They would work together for scientific advancement instead of killing each other in nearly constant wars.

    Over the course of millennia the compound benefits of peace, prosperity, innovation, and enlightenment would be incalculable. It is impossible for us to even comprehend how awesome the world would be today.

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      [–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      genghis khan lead arguably the most successful warring culture and they are not very successful today. Success for militants is limited to what they can plunder. Success leads to the destruction of new things to plunder. It's a self defeating strategy.

      I would argue that the true success belongs to those they killed and robbed. The creators live on in their creations while the mongols died and left nothing but a stain on history.

      In fact I would bet the majority of violent cultures disappeared without even a stain. The victors write the history books, and no one writes the tales of losers.

      There is of course an advantage in being militant in a world of other militants, in that you can survive. One can not innovate when they are dead. However, in a world of peace that would not be an advantage, but a hindrance.