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To add some numbers to this debate - the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a survey (Nov 2018) that examined the experiences of almos
by cirrus-clouds 6y ago
To add some numbers to this debate - the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a survey (Nov 2018) that examined the experiences of almost 6,000 people of African descent in 12 EU Member States.
The report includes survey results from Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Sweden and the UK. It paints a varied picture across the countries surveyed.
Summary of weighted results across all surveyed countries (taken from the report): https://imgur.com/a/gcHR5dk https://imgur.com/a/gcHR5dk
Full report: Being Black in the EU:
https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2018/being-black-eu https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2018/being-black-eu
News report from the BBC:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46369046 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46369046
- phatfish 6y agoI'm pretty sure this correlates heavily to the size of the black population in each country. The UK having the largest and most well integrated black population shows in the lower instances of reported harassment. This rings true for me, certainly there is disenfranchisement and other forms of racism, but outright harassment is not something you see often (saying this as a white person). Honestly I would expect Polish and other eastern Europeans to face more harassment. France I feel has a reasonably large black population but probably not as well integrated.