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Europe is far worse than the US. France, Germany and Italy are full of ghettos. In the US at least, money buys you a modicum of respect. A black man can’t catch
by glitchc 8y ago
Europe is far worse than the US. France, Germany and Italy are full of ghettos. In the US at least, money buys you a modicum of respect. A black man can’t catch a break in France, regardless of how wealthy he is. That’s real classism.
- iguy 8y agoNo first-hand experience either way, but this is a good excuse to recommend Thomas Chatterton Williams, a black American guy who moved to France and likes it there, and has many interesting things to say: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/304246/losing-my-cool-by-thomas-chatterton-williams/9780143119623/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/304246/losing-my-co... Also lots of essays worth reading, NYTimes, LRB, etc.
- barry-cotter 8y agoHave you ever been to France? Because what you say does not accord at all with what the French people I know would say. It’s all about class. There are many fewer black or Arab French who go to good universities and go on to get good jobs but once you’re middle class and not in les banlieues you’re not going to be treated badly because you’re visibly different any more than the Vietnamese are.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoliberté, égalité, fraternité... pour les blancs.