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Originally Posted by HarryT
Perhaps I misunderstood you. I thought you'd expressed the view that nobody who did consider a different ethnic group to be inferior to their own could have a conscience? My apologies if I misinterpreted your views.
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did (do) express that view. Nobody who truly considers an entire ethnic group to be inferior to their own is a person of conscience. Note: I do not consider "inferior" and "less fortunate" to be synonymous. My definition of inferior in the case of racial bias is "of inherently lesser worth, or rank."
What you're missing is that not all people who performed those acts of mission/charity believed the other ethnic group was inferior (of inherently lesser worth, or rank).
Those were the people of conscience. Even if they were ultimately misguided in their desire to "convert the heathen." I can't say any more on that without crossing into P&R territory.