13.1 Various contribution in multiple field by white people:
1. Technology and Science
- Electricity: Faraday, Edison, Tesla
- Computing: Turing, von Neumann; modern computers: Gates, Jobs, Torvalds
- Internet: Vint Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee
- Science: Newton (physics), Einstein, Darwin (evolution), Pasteur & Fleming (medicine)
- These breakthroughs built the base of modern global science and tech.
2. Business and Capital Systems
- Industrial Revolution: factories, mass production
- Modern corporations & finance: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Tesla, Ford, Rockefeller
- Banking, insurance, stock markets, multinational systems
- These systems spread worldwide and are now standard.
3. Art and Culture
- Visual art: Renaissance, Baroque, Modernism
- Literature: Shakespeare, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Hemingway
- Architecture: Gothic cathedrals, modern urban planning
- Shaped global education and aesthetics.
4. Music
- Classical: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven
- Modern genres: Rock, Pop, Electronic (Europe & US)
- Note: Jazz, Blues, Hip-Hop from Black Americans
- Music today is a global mix.
5. Sports
- Codified in Europe: Football, Cricket, Rugby, Tennis
- Olympics, professional leagues, broadcasting
- Many sports spread globally and are now played worldwide.
6. Movies and Media
- Hollywood: film tech, storytelling, editing, genres
- Global influence: blockbusters, studios, distribution
- US cinema shaped global culture.
7. Geopolitics
- Empires: British, French, Spanish
- Global trade, naval power, nation-states
- International systems: UN, IMF, World Bank
- Military & alliances: NATO, weapons, intelligence
- These structures define today’s global order.
8. Power and Influence
- Soft power: media, education, English language
- Hard power: military, economic control
- Narrative power: defining “progress” and “modernity”
- Originated from colonization, industrialization, and institutional continuity
Their influence today comes mostly from historical power structures, which only white people could afford and still maintain today.
