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Majority-minority tensions? Is this an euphemism for racism and xenophobia? My observation is that most of us Europeans are pretty racist and xenophobic and bi
by dimitar 17y ago
Majority-minority tensions? Is this an euphemism for racism and xenophobia?
My observation is that most of us Europeans are pretty racist and xenophobic and big hypocrites about it too.
Now, while I will not erase the above, keep in mind that both the EU and US are huge and diverse places and generalizations are generally useless. Huge in different ways and diverse in different ways.
- asdlfj2sd33 17y agoI'm not sure about hypocrisy but it's true Europe is definitely much less tolerant of foreigners. Then again the US is a country of immigrants so it would be a hell of a stretch if it were the other way around.
- russell 17y agoI didnt mean it as an euphemism, maybe a shorhand. The article draws a parallel between racism in the US as a residue of slavery, and xenophobia in Europe as a result of immigration of lower class workers who are different and dont care much about the culture of the host country. Integration in the US has taken huge steps in the last half-century. My ex-wife's relatives were put in US concentration camps in WWII. I remember seeing whites-only and colored signs in the south. I remember the civil rights movement of the 60's and 70's. The article speculated whether European countries are facing the same kind of transition from individual monocultures to diversity. I certainly would welcome any insight you have.
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