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.
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.