Perception is everything. If I explained the reasons why UK attitiutes / perceptions differ towards "ethnic groups" I would be blasted as a racist, (which I'm not).

A visit to parts of Radjistan will show that the Indian history of culture and intellect can match (or even exceed) that of the Chinese but perception is that the Chinese were in every way a superior "race". (Indian astonomy was already highly developed when the English were just a bunch of feudal peasants.)

I personally believe in valuing people for who they are, regardless of ethnic origins.

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-- Not forgetting, either, Indian mathematics, (it was well-developed even before the Normans bequeathed the Feudal System to the English.), wch. gave us the ZERO - 0., Our present days' numerals arrived in the Occident, eventually, via Middle Eastern astrologers, astronomers, mathematicians and similar others - hence our mis-calling them 'Arabic numerals.'.

- True, the Indians may have enjoyed an higher civilisation then - but then civilisation - like Omar Khayyam's 'Finger.' - moves on and on ... .

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And I fear slowly leaving our shores .....

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