Interesting assumptions in this piece. Lots of historical reductionism here, but the overall complaint that I have is the lumping of everyone into simplified groups based on "color". World history is filled with successful empires who were not white in the European/Anglo Saxon sense of the world. The code of Hammurabi of ancient Persia is the foundation for many notions of pluralism and human rights which followed in later centuries. China was the center of the Eastern world and boasted a population many times the size of Europe despite having less resources. And who can forget the golden age of Islam which developed many ideas which were later adopted by Europe after the devastation of the middle ages. Finally the hard working agronomists of pre-Colombian Latin America developed most of the caloric foods that Europe and later America used to develop so rapidly. The advancements were two directional and both sides benefited greatly from this exchange. Perhaps the author missed some of the history of the non-western world and that's why this piece is so one sided. It does make the reader think however. Thank you!