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I only partially agree with you. Xenophobia is everywhere and in every country of the world, but racism and antisemitism, which are not really based on ethnicit

I only partially agree with you. Xenophobia is everywhere and in every country of the world, but racism and antisemitism, which are not really based on ethnicity or national identity, seem to be a particularly European disease.

ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
I disagree. If you were to add 10 million Africans, 5 million Arabs, 3 million Jews, 20 Million Europeans to Japan over the next 20 years you can bet your arm and leg that "racism and antisemitism" will sprout in Japan. People feel threatened when someone different starts moving in on their space. I've seen documentaries on a tiny community of Africans living in Beijing and how they are "stopped by police constantly" http://youtu.be/GURLHAM-KoI http://youtu.be/GURLHAM-KoI, and treated the same way in Israel by Jews. http://youtu.be/rYwvGHY1nAI http://youtu.be/rYwvGHY1nAI. You think it's a "white people" problem because that's all you've seen your whole life. As multi-racial/multi-culturalism increases worldwide you'll realize it's something prevalent throughout humanity. That's the compromise, without diversity a society might become stale but diversity brings up problems on it's own as one culture feels it's future is threatened by another.
zhewei 13y ago
Not true. Take the middle-east: Racism: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/sep/08/racisminthemiddleeast http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/sep/08/racismi... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/opinion/10iht-edeltahawy.1.18556273.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/opinion/10iht-edeltahawy.1... Anti-semitism (too easy): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_the_Arab_world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_the_Arab_world Or the rest of the world: A comparison of countries, not sure if you should trust this as an indicator: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/15/a-fascinating-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-racially-tolerant-countries/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/15... Books with anti-semitic conspiracy theories are bestsellers in China: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/china-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-and-wall-street/ http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/china-anti-semi... Discrimination against black people in China: http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/world/asia/china-tinted-prejudice/ http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/world/asia/china-tinted-prejud...

ChrisNorstrom 13y ago

I disagree. If you were to add 10 million Africans, 5 million Arabs, 3 million Jews, 20 Million Europeans to Japan over the next 20 years you can bet your arm and leg that "racism and antisemitism" will sprout in Japan. People feel threatened when someone different starts moving in on their space. I've seen documentaries on a tiny community of Africans living in Beijing and how they are "stopped by police constantly" http://youtu.be/GURLHAM-KoI http://youtu.be/GURLHAM-KoI, and treated the same way in Israel by Jews. http://youtu.be/rYwvGHY1nAI http://youtu.be/rYwvGHY1nAI. You think it's a "white people" problem because that's all you've seen your whole life. As multi-racial/multi-culturalism increases worldwide you'll realize it's something prevalent throughout humanity. That's the compromise, without diversity a society might become stale but diversity brings up problems on it's own as one culture feels it's future is threatened by another.

zhewei 13y ago

Not true. Take the middle-east: Racism: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/sep/08/racisminthemiddleeast http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/sep/08/racismi... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/opinion/10iht-edeltahawy.1.18556273.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/opinion/10iht-edeltahawy.1... Anti-semitism (too easy): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_the_Arab_world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_the_Arab_world Or the rest of the world: A comparison of countries, not sure if you should trust this as an indicator: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/15/a-fascinating-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-racially-tolerant-countries/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/15... Books with anti-semitic conspiracy theories are bestsellers in China: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/china-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-and-wall-street/ http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/china-anti-semi... Discrimination against black people in China: http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/world/asia/china-tinted-prejudice/ http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/world/asia/china-tinted-prejud...