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The far-right parties in Europe are usually focused on immigration rather than race. Look at the Brexit parties in the UK, the big enemies were the Poles. And t

The far-right parties in Europe are usually focused on immigration rather than race. Look at the Brexit parties in the UK, the big enemies were the Poles. And the FN/RN in France has always taken pains to show that it is "pro-black" (and anti-brown..)

smilespray 5y ago
Meh, it's always about those terrible "others", no matter what the actual term is. Who's in that group varies on what gains the political players.
toyg 5y ago
> Look at the Brexit parties in the UK, the big enemies were the Poles In the South of England, maybe. In the North they barely exists, here "the enemy" continues to be South-Asian communities (which, ironically, were also heavily pro-Brexit, because of the correct calculation that British policies would then be forced to fall back on Asians for cheap immigration).
vishnugupta 5y ago
> immigration rather than race. Two sides of the same coin. A large section of people are left out of benefits of improving economy. Lions share of the gains go to the Uber rich people. And politicians play immigration card to whip up their voter base. More or less exact phenomenon played out in Bombay, India. Except that the immigrants were Indians from other states (Gujarat, Tamilnadu etc). But when the political party did come to power they did absolutely nothing to improve their voter base’s life. Bombay continues to be a shit hole, worse so, that it was and the city floods every monsoon like a clockwork.
- Auracle 5y ago
  Perhaps they just see that wages are being suppressed through mass immigration of a cheaper labor force?
  - scollet 5y ago
    Businesses are responsible for that. I'm not sure how you're making that leap.
lucian1900 5y ago
Racism isn't the same thing as colourism. Eastern Europeans and Muslims are both groups that get racialised in Western Europe.
specialist 5y ago
We saw this coming. I read predictions of a right wing backlash to immigration as a kid. In the 80s. Even in the USA, the nation of immigrants, where we assimilate immigrants the best (comparatively), increased immigration has always leads to a reactionary backlash. Being very pro-immigration, a big of Matthew Yglesias's One Billion Americans thesis, I have no clue how to move forward. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Billion_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Billion_Americans

smilespray 5y ago

Meh, it's always about those terrible "others", no matter what the actual term is. Who's in that group varies on what gains the political players.

toyg 5y ago

> Look at the Brexit parties in the UK, the big enemies were the Poles In the South of England, maybe. In the North they barely exists, here "the enemy" continues to be South-Asian communities (which, ironically, were also heavily pro-Brexit, because of the correct calculation that British policies would then be forced to fall back on Asians for cheap immigration).

vishnugupta 5y ago

> immigration rather than race. Two sides of the same coin. A large section of people are left out of benefits of improving economy. Lions share of the gains go to the Uber rich people. And politicians play immigration card to whip up their voter base. More or less exact phenomenon played out in Bombay, India. Except that the immigrants were Indians from other states (Gujarat, Tamilnadu etc). But when the political party did come to power they did absolutely nothing to improve their voter base’s life. Bombay continues to be a shit hole, worse so, that it was and the city floods every monsoon like a clockwork.

Auracle 5y ago
Perhaps they just see that wages are being suppressed through mass immigration of a cheaper labor force?
- scollet 5y ago
  Businesses are responsible for that. I'm not sure how you're making that leap.

lucian1900 5y ago

Racism isn't the same thing as colourism. Eastern Europeans and Muslims are both groups that get racialised in Western Europe.

specialist 5y ago

We saw this coming. I read predictions of a right wing backlash to immigration as a kid. In the 80s. Even in the USA, the nation of immigrants, where we assimilate immigrants the best (comparatively), increased immigration has always leads to a reactionary backlash. Being very pro-immigration, a big of Matthew Yglesias's One Billion Americans thesis, I have no clue how to move forward. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Billion_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Billion_Americans