It means that throughout history one main perspective or viewpoint has been shown off or presented as fact while others have been ignored. The Caucasian perspective. However this quote is also an opinion and should NOT be taken as fact.
The reason why the area of the City of New Orleans which is in the Delta of Great River were not flooded is because these areas are geographically covered by natural leeves of the river, these leeves are higher in elevation compared as compared to the adjacent areas, thus the flood water wouldn't have reached these high points.<span />
The patriotism of African American soldiers after WW I was not recognized or rewarded by white military commanders as ..
It could be both but if the context is for building civilizations it would be rivers but resources for armies
