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And politically speaking, we still have a huge group that is very xenophobic.
by Joof 10y ago
And politically speaking, we still have a huge group that is very xenophobic.
- dkhenry 10y agoI think the grandparent is oversimplifying a bit. Even that group that is really xenophobic has people groups different then themselves which they are comfortable associating with, I think the unifying factor is everyone has some group of people they stereotype, or in more lyrical terms, everyone is a little bit racist, sometimes.
- GauntletWizard 10y agoWe do, but that is from your perspective, and your perspective is from a bubble. The US is weird: We have a huge group, the majority even, who are not very xenophobic, and this makes us unable to recognize that that kind of xenophobia is the usual state of affairs most everywhere else in the world - Including most of europe, even the top-tier liberal parts like France. The xenophobia differs, but if you go out of the major cities you'll find very little actual integration of immigrants, only enclaves and ghettos and occasionally whole towns, with a separate culture and values. Only the US has had major success integrating on a national scale. There are parts of England, major cities in France and Germany are pretty good, but the countryside is still divided. And much of the countryside is still divided in the US, too, it's just that there is a visible contrast for us to speak out against.
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