Stanley also hit Shaw, a white colleague on his Livingston expedition, swore at and threatened William Grant Stairs and Arthur Jephson, described the Europeans at Boma as "sordid whites", and wrote about the superior beauty of black people in comparison with whites.
Stanley also hit Shaw, a racist white colleague on his Livingstone expedition, swore at and threatened William Grant Stairs and Arthur Jephson for punishing his Wangwana assistants, and described the Europeans at Boma as "sordid whites" due to their mistreatment of Africans,. He also wrote about the superior beauty of black people in comparison with whites.