Are Europeans more or less racist than Americans?

[undeterred]

I'm askin. :shrug:

[vadawg]

1. the same

though in europe theres a lot more ethnic animosity, greeks and turks, turks and germans, french and english, scots and english, catholic and protestant, etc etc etc.

[LostInAnomie]

2. Depends on what part of the US you're talking about.

I've heard that England and France are both very xenophobic and racist though.

[redirish28]

3. From what I see. I would say less

[DesertFlower]

4. i'm not sure. i think

they were more accepting of blacks before we were, but there's quite a bit of antisemitism there.

[givemebackmycountry]

5. Yurp' is a lot smaller...get on a train and visit three or four different countries.

"merica...
Vast, expansive, great distances separating the most racially balanced cities and towns, and the least.
There are still some places in America where everybody looks the same.

I think we may be more racist.
Depends where you live.
I wish it wasn't this way, but I'm thinking it is.
If it wasn't, why is CNN doing a special "Black In America" series.

I don't know, I'm in freaking Florida and I've lived in Tennessee.
I've worked with some racist people.
And I'm a loud mouth in your face type of personality.
Why do I keep moving from bad to worse?

[psychmommy]

6. i have limited knowledge but:

back during our segregation days black entertainers-actors, musicians, opera singers, dancers & writers went to europe. they were treated quite differently in there than at home. especially paris,france. no segregation. hitler didn't like black folks too much though.
now as countries are struggling the europeans are looking at immigrants the same way americans do. so there may be more racism now.

[LBJDemocrat]

7. Depends on the country

Britain = About the same.
France = About the same, but in the US, people hide it more.
Italy = These days, more (against Gypsies).
Russia = More. Much, much more.
Germany = Less.
Switzerland = In the French-speaking part, less; in the German-speaking part, more.
Sweden, Norway = Less.
Netherlands = Islamophobia there is common even among liberals, but it's not particularly racial, so it's difficult to say.
Iceland = Nonexistent.

[TechBear_Seattle]

8. I would say they are differently racist

American racism is generally derived from a history of slavery and segregation against people of black African ancestry. While Europe shared that history, slavery in Europe was ended several generations earlier than it was in the US, and never developed into the segregation and "Jim Crow" laws that are at the heart of much American racism.

European countries have largely been culturally and racially monolithic; the result is that racism in Europe is primarily xenophobic, ie a dislike of people who differ from the cultural and racial "norm." Also a factor is ancient and not so ancient nationalistic antagonism and the remnants of imperialism. While the United States has had some issues along these lines in the past -- consider anti-Catholic and anti-Irish sentiments throughout our nation's history -- this form of racism was never as strong or as prevailent here as it was in Europe.

[madaboutharry]

9. That is a good explaination.

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