 Schweitzer and Coquard referred to the relationship between Europeans and Africans in the same way in their writing, calling Europeans “older brothers” and “elder brothers” respectively.While neither man was overtly racist, this language has racist undertones implying a belief in the superiority of whites over blacks.For Coquard at least, this viewpoint is a result of the fact that he was in Africa as a religious missionary; clearly he believed his culture was dominant if his intentions were to convert the West Africans.