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What, against people who predated their arrival in the country and where used as slaves? No, not really, that I can think of.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 06:21:31 PM EST
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Well, just the descendants of people they sold as slaves in other countries at the time those areas belonged to them.
by MarekNYC on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 06:38:13 PM EST
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I think you can make the case that much of Europe is seriously in denial about much of the 19th century. And I cannot help but think that the attitudes of - say - France towards people descended from the Maghreb region (Algeria, Morocco plus the loose change) has more than a whiff of the American attitude towards blacks.

I am not claiming that France is the only country to have such problems (but it happens to be an example I know of), nor that the problems are nearly as virulent as they are across the Pond. But I think that a case can be made that they exist.

Of course, in general your point still stands: European countries generally have a much more complex history of interaction with foreign ethnic groups, which of course means that the history of European racism is rather more complicated than the American ditto.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 03:54:42 AM EST
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