Euro-American epistemic authority persisted from colonial to globalized eras.

Evidence

Whether under the colonialist forms of the nineteenth century or the still-hegemonic influences of most of the twentieth (now cast in terms of globalization), the prevailing attitude was always one of strength and sovereign power: what Euro-America has said and done was the norm, the standard and decisive way according to which the world must be seen and run. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 467

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonialism’s legacies persist long after colonial rule ends. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 257