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Plus it ignores the fact that however racist Europeans are, the new immigrants are far, far more racist. I deal with a lot of different ethnicities and I would
by iofj 11y ago
Plus it ignores the fact that however racist Europeans are, the new immigrants are far, far more racist. I deal with a lot of different ethnicities and I would say that Jews and Chinese are about as racist as Europeans. Americans have this sort of implicit tolerance, as if they aren't even aware of race, and yes I know it's an act. But no American (I know) will refuse to hire someone because of their skin color or religion. Europeans, Chinese and Jews will, but that's pretty much where it stops. No Jew will refuse to sell food to a non-Jew, no matter how "holy" the food is (they may -and will- overcharge, but so will Europeans and Chinese, and why not ? I will generally go there because it's special, so paying double ... meh. I don't necessarily like "the tourist treatment" but ... Just don't get in a cab (because they'll charge you hundreds, not because it's unsafe that's not what I'm trying to say)).
There are -constant- incidents of muslims attacking people over perceived insults, entering a mosque (despite the fact that most look like teahouses), and half of the teahouses/cafes in Brussels make Hell's Angel clubhouses look welcoming. Muslims will attack women who merely pass them on the street merely for dressing provocatively, for being the wrong nationality (Moroccans attack Turkish women, for example, although truth be told, I've never heard of the reverse. Turk men will attack Moroccan men plenty though, I've even once seen a Turkish women participate in said activity). They will attack native Belgians for "stealing their jobs", they will attack European politicians and people working for them.
And of course this has turned Brussels into an extremely non-mixed city. The ghettos are ethnicity based now. It was mixed for a short while, but now the different neighborhoods are very clearly delineated, and the only mixing is old native people - who can't leave - and the very specific group that screws up the place and chases everybody out.
And the worst of it is. It's not the generation that immigrated that's the problem, it's the second and third generations that are doing this. The first generation mostly has at least serious reservations about islam, some actively hate it. I've read an article about a muslim immigrant who "asked" an imam who lived in the same block as him to leave, with a shotgun.
Europe will be a racist hellhole in a decade or so, not a "bastion of tolerance". Europe was a bastion of tolerance at the end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s. Today, it's racist. By necessity, because of the constant violence. And it's getting worse, not better.
- gotchange 11y ago> And of course this has turned Brussels into an extremely non-mixed city. The ghettos are ethnicity based now. I have a feeling that it is not entirely the immigrants' fault for this state of affairs that they self-segregate or exclude natives from their social circles. I speculate that it's got to do to some degree with racist and nativist Belgian politicians or European politicians in general who benefit enormously from a failure of the multi-culturalism experience and integration/assimilation by immigrants to warrant a xenophobic and hateful reaction like deportations, internment or barring of entry.