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>>> For much of history, laws in many countries were designed to uphold systems of privilege for white men. Segregation, discrimination, and unequal treatment were institutionalized, limiting legal protections for non-white individuals and women.

For much of history, most countries did not have an upper class made up of white men.

>>unwise+(OP)
And for those that did, the absolute majority of white men in these countries were not that far away from slaves.