BOOK REVIEW | Acutely aware he is smoking the hornets’ nest, Chandran Nair lobbed videos ahead of his book, to declare he is not anti-White, anti-West, nor seeks to blame all the ills of the world on Western racism.

Instead, he calls for a rejection of the entitlement, exclusivity, and exceptionalism that buttress global White privilege. Nair’s stated intent is to expose the “White lie”, and alert us to the decline of White dominance, toward a less unfair global world order which China is set to lead.

Nair unpacks the ultimate taboo subject – the White Man’s historical pillage of the rest of the world. He explains how colonial piracy from the 16th century captured lands, resources, and subjugated natives.

Following the seizure of land came the...