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>"Race" is the social and political process of drawing arbitrary lines on that human gradient (e.g., the "one-drop rule") to create hierarchical groups. The lines are not based on consistent genetic logic, they are based on historical power relations.
The same applies to species, and words, and any other useful social construct.
>For most of human history, Europe was a backwater compared to the centres of civilization in China, the Middle East, and India.
When was that exactly? Prior to ancient Rome?
Or are you referring to the "golden age of Islam" which was mostly white Persians?
>Your entire argument is circular. You point to the current wealth and power of the West which was built through a unique and brutal confluence of material factors like colonialism and the industrial revolution
Whites have been the most advanced race since long before colonialism. Your only explanation for this is that whites developed in a more beneficial environment (actually, it's the opposite, harsh European winters exerted evolutionary pressure in favor of intelligence, sociability, etc.) but that doesn't mean we owe them anything.
If you don't think Whites are innately superior, then you either believe that Whites are uniquely exploitative and oppressive, or you believe that Whites have had a resource advantage, which is the opposite of reality- brown countries are tropical paradises compared to Europe.