Through the use of terror, technology, literature, and science, European powers forced European culture, religion and thus enlightenment on the so-called inferior races of the world. On many occasions as cultures resisted the infringement of unfamiliar values into their cultures, violence would result. In essence colonialism is in itself a form of marginalization and an attempt to wipe out ethnic tradition and culture, and replace these with the traditions of Europe. European imperialism meant brutal exploitation and dehumanization and certainly foreshadowed the holocaust. If the Europeans needed any sort of further validation that they were in fact the superior race it came with Darwin's superior species notion; confirming that white was in fact the superior race and it was about survival of the fittest. Combine this way of thinking with the advancement of technology and the Europeans take their arrogance to an entirely new level; the genocide of races that were seen as less superior suddenly became possible.…
