Doug McCrae
Legend
These ideas have changed over time. We see, starting I think with Linnaeus in the 18th century, something new - the notion that the mentally and morally inferior other is that way, not because of climate or culture (as Aristotle believed), but because of their biological makeup.It's hardly "colonialist", more like it's a very, very longstanding trend in how humans view outsider groups.
This is the same as the idea of race in D&D, particularly in early editions.