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Give an example to show that racial discrimination was practiced even in the area of health and hygiene.

French wanted to create a modern Vietnam and for that, they decided to rebuild Hanoi. French show racial discrimination in the areas of health and hygiene in these ways-

•The modern city was built with sewerage, where the French lived but it was neglected in the old city areas where Vietnamese lived.


•French lived in a clean city where Vietnamese lived in an unhygienic old city.


•The activity of entering the sewers to catch the rats was given to the Vietnamese, without caring about their health.


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