Racism: A History. Part 3

Episode 3/3: A Savage Legacy



- The third and final episode examines the impact of racism in the 20th Century. By 1900,
European colonial expansion had reached deep into the heart of Africa. Under the rule of King
Leopold II, The Belgian Congo was turned into a vast rubber plantation. Men, women and
children who failed to gather their latex quotas would have their limbs dismembered. The
country became the scene of one of the century's greatest racial genocides, as an estimated
10 million Africans perished under colonial rule. Contains scenes which some viewers
may find disturbing.