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I used to think so too but the actual past was far earlier than 90's imperialism. It was at the core of the 'enlightenment'.
Darwin was notoriously obsessed with proving the white man (not woman) was the ultimate specimen.
The video I linked covers quite a lot more history, I timestamped the colonial era but even figures such as Hegel which inspired Marx had some pretty edgy ideas about religion and race. That is discussed in a segment before it.