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'native peoples. Is it not possible that class distinctions which
have made one section of people in Zugland look down upon another
may have accentuated any natural tendency of British in the Colonies
to look down upon 'nativo' peoples? But British people themselves
are better able than I to analyse this nзygut and judge for them-
selves how far the averaging out of classes in England will operate
to remove from the 'white man' the false concepts of racial super-
iority.
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In my opinion, almost every case of British incivility
to the Chinese has been actuated by a desire, conscious or uncon-
8clous, to impose a sense of racial superiority to the Chinese.
I will conclude this section with the following comment,
made by a prominent Chinese official: "Tea-cup friendships with
British people lie not what we Chinese want. To do not crave
European society be sure we can be happy in our own. But we do
want, and we have a right to clain, as an ensential to amicable
relations with Britain and the British people, common courtesy
from the Britisil in their averyday dealings wit. us."
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