- Uganda was no exception to the wide-spread dictum of British racism, which often imagined the black race as inferior to the white race.
- Slave-trade is a very clear example of this, as well as the heavy-duty implemented christian beliefs that took over the traditional ugandan ones.
- Slave-trade is a very clear example of this, as well as the heavy-duty implemented christian beliefs that took over the traditional ugandan ones.
- Imperialist racist motives were not the most remembered however, because another form of racism took place in Ugandan history.
- Sub-Saharan African colonies had various peoples that came from South Asian descent, they were a minority however.
- They were later on targeted by the 3rd president of Uganda: Idi Amin, who “cleansed” them.
- Racism continued even after Uganda gained its independence in 1962, and it always targetted that Indian/Asian part of the population.
- The 1968 Committee on "Africanization in Commerce and Industry" in Uganda, came up with intense “indophobic” motions.
- In 1969, work permits and trade licenses was introduced, they restricted Indian workers when it came to working in economic and professional activities.
- The asian minority were both segregated and strongly discriminated d against in all senses, they were exploited by Amin in order to spread propaganda against their own race. Portraying them as “only traders” and as “inbreds”.
- 1970s - Racist policies were implemented that targeted the Asian population.
- Amin even declared an economic war on them, expropriating them from their lands.
- Indians were commonly viewed as "greedy" and "conniving", as people that lacked any racial identity or loyalty and yet they were constantly "cheating, conspiring and plotting" with an ultimately goal of toppling Uganda.
- Eventually Uganda's Indian minority were expelled by Amin.
- India refused to accept the expelled people.
- Even nowadays Asian residents in Uganda continue to be looked down upon and marginalized.