>Your thoughts please...

not the origin, just adding two cents..in more recent, deliberate terms it makes me think of the way 'explorers' viewed themselves as such.

I'm thinking in itself that somehow suggests they viewed indigenous cultures as 'lower', prolly prior to ever encountering them.

and when we did meet up we only 'confirmed' their suspicions. but you only know what you know, I guess - standards simply weren't met or acknowledged.
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