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> It's a similar problem as other marginalized groups - there must be some dynamics in play that keeps them marginalized. It's called having a scapegoat, it's
by freeflight 9y ago
> It's a similar problem as other marginalized groups - there must be some dynamics in play that keeps them marginalized.
It's called having a scapegoat, it's especially obvious in Europe.
30 years ago the scapegoats in Western Europe used to be Eastern Europeans. Refugees from the Yugoslav wars had not been welcomed at all, EU expansion to the East (Poland) resulted in a lot of racist sentiments flaming up along the lines of "These Poles are gonna steal all our stuff and are criminal".
Now, 30 years later, not much has changed. Those that used to be marginalized have now found a new target they can marginalize themselves: Muslim refugees.
Suddenly we have a "European Identity" and that identity even includes Eastern Europeans who seem to have learned very little from their own marginalization and now proceed to do exactly the same things to another group.
It looks like humans always need somebody to put the blame on, stuff just can't go wrong, there always has to be some "evil mind" behind all the ugly stuff that happens.