There are plenty of pics of White Africans running around which generates excellent fodder for eyebrow-raising juxtapositions such as this photo of Zimbabwean cops...
I've sometimes wondered why India never really developed a large non-Native population of European colonists (aside from the huge populations of govt officials, soldiers, etc). Ok, now I know it has to do with the social structure, availability of land for development in Africa vs Asia, high degree of pre-existing governmental organization, etc.
And that's the challenge:
Starting no earlier than the real kick-off of colonialism (late 1600's, early 1700's), swap Africa and Asia's "legacy ex-colonist" populations so that colonial / post-colonial Africa is left largely absent any sizeable non-African minorities, while Asia instead is left with a large (5~6 million+) population of whites of European decent. I'm specifically interested in India, but anywhere else would be a fascinating exercise.
And before you go there: No. Pointing the big finger at Australia and New Zealand doesn't count.
But somehow shifting the mega-penal colony to SE Asia, India, or China might...
I've sometimes wondered why India never really developed a large non-Native population of European colonists (aside from the huge populations of govt officials, soldiers, etc). Ok, now I know it has to do with the social structure, availability of land for development in Africa vs Asia, high degree of pre-existing governmental organization, etc.
And that's the challenge:
Starting no earlier than the real kick-off of colonialism (late 1600's, early 1700's), swap Africa and Asia's "legacy ex-colonist" populations so that colonial / post-colonial Africa is left largely absent any sizeable non-African minorities, while Asia instead is left with a large (5~6 million+) population of whites of European decent. I'm specifically interested in India, but anywhere else would be a fascinating exercise.
And before you go there: No. Pointing the big finger at Australia and New Zealand doesn't count.
But somehow shifting the mega-penal colony to SE Asia, India, or China might...