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Racism is a problem that has plagued this world throughout history. Racism can be caused by many different factors, but one reason racism exists is fear. Political and cultural fears contribute to racism and to the exclusion of people with different physical characteristics. Fear is a powerful weapon and when used by influential individuals even the most level-headed individuals may participate in racist activities. The work of The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, by Sax Rohmer, paints a picture of the racism that occurred in Britain in the late 1890’s against people of oriental or middle-eastern descent. Those in power wish to stay in power and will use all available tools to do so. Fear may cause even the most rational person to participate in racist activities. Fear of losing control or …show more content…
Shifting of power, in regards to trade, was cause for alarm in Britain. Britain found itself with an influx of foreigners and in need of certain goods that China was not willing to trade. Therefore, Britain felt their control and power slipping away. Watching a crash course film that described the trade environment was very informational as to why certain events occurred. John Green said that the Europeans didn’t really produce anything the Chinese wanted so Britain had to trade silver for goods such as tea or silk. Britain was not happy about this. Attempts were made to negotiate and trade with China for hundreds of years dating back to 1793 and the Maccartney mission. These attempts ultimately failed and Britain opened trade with China by force around 1839 due to their unhappiness with trading away their silver (Green, 2012). British citizens thought they were superior and that they could take what they wanted with little regard to the Chinese. They succeed in keeping their power by acting very unethically and causing great harm to the
Racism is a problem that has plagued this world throughout history. Racism can be caused by many different factors, but one reason racism exists is fear. Political and cultural fears contribute to racism and to the exclusion of people with different physical characteristics. Fear is a powerful weapon and when used by influential individuals even the most level-headed individuals may participate in racist activities. The work of The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, by Sax Rohmer, paints a picture of the racism that occurred in Britain in the late 1890’s against people of oriental or middle-eastern descent. Those in power wish to stay in power and will use all available tools to do so. Fear may cause even the most rational person to participate in racist activities. Fear of losing control or …show more content…
Shifting of power, in regards to trade, was cause for alarm in Britain. Britain found itself with an influx of foreigners and in need of certain goods that China was not willing to trade. Therefore, Britain felt their control and power slipping away. Watching a crash course film that described the trade environment was very informational as to why certain events occurred. John Green said that the Europeans didn’t really produce anything the Chinese wanted so Britain had to trade silver for goods such as tea or silk. Britain was not happy about this. Attempts were made to negotiate and trade with China for hundreds of years dating back to 1793 and the Maccartney mission. These attempts ultimately failed and Britain opened trade with China by force around 1839 due to their unhappiness with trading away their silver (Green, 2012). British citizens thought they were superior and that they could take what they wanted with little regard to the Chinese. They succeed in keeping their power by acting very unethically and causing great harm to the