Europe has had troubled relations with Muslim neighbors for centuries. See Siege of Vienna and Ottoman colonization of the Balkan.
Also lots of conflict with European neighbors.
Many racists in Europe don’t consider all Europeans to be the same race. Slavs are looked down on and discriminated against in Western Europe. Southern and Northern Europeans also have animosities going on.
Racism and xenophobia is different in Europe than the US.
It is different. The US was basically apartheid until 1965, with a significant part of it’s population disenfranchised. Race is woven into all kinds of social situations in a way that even I as a Canadian can lose track of. In Europe it’s just kind of one issue among many, as far as I can tell. That can come out as less racism, or as more.
Or actually everyone else is discriminating against whites somehow, or vague “cultural identity” which is definitely about being white, but they have the one brown person as their spokesperson so they can deny it. Dog whistles will probably be everywhere, but if one in specific is pointed out it was “a mistake”.
There’s a few tricks, and enough racists kicking around they get used a lot. But yeah, you’ll never see the actual thing come out completely in any public forum, or even causally with other white people who might not be in the club.
Historically, yes. But in 2026, if you think that you better hide it. Even in MAGA crowds, although there it can be less well hidden.
In eastern Europe there isn’t really centuries of troubled race relations to look back at, so you might just hear “all blacks out”.
Europe has had troubled relations with Muslim neighbors for centuries. See Siege of Vienna and Ottoman colonization of the Balkan.
Also lots of conflict with European neighbors.
Many racists in Europe don’t consider all Europeans to be the same race. Slavs are looked down on and discriminated against in Western Europe. Southern and Northern Europeans also have animosities going on.
Racism and xenophobia is different in Europe than the US.
And don’t even get started on the Roma.
It is different. The US was basically apartheid until 1965, with a significant part of it’s population disenfranchised. Race is woven into all kinds of social situations in a way that even I as a Canadian can lose track of. In Europe it’s just kind of one issue among many, as far as I can tell. That can come out as less racism, or as more.
Now it’s hidden as consumer choice or something.
Or actually everyone else is discriminating against whites somehow, or vague “cultural identity” which is definitely about being white, but they have the one brown person as their spokesperson so they can deny it. Dog whistles will probably be everywhere, but if one in specific is pointed out it was “a mistake”.
There’s a few tricks, and enough racists kicking around they get used a lot. But yeah, you’ll never see the actual thing come out completely in any public forum, or even causally with other white people who might not be in the club.