Racism outside of the US ?

[Riprorin]

<< It's interesting that France would be so pro-Arab in international politics in spite of these feelings. >>



bOmbrman, I think one of the reasons is that they don't want to incite that French-Arab population. It sounds unbelievable but I believe that it is true.

 

[Martin]

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<< There are literally countless examples. I would challenge you to find one multi-racial/multi-ethnic country in the world that has anywhere near the amount of racial harmony now enjoyed in the U.S. >>



Hows Canada? Toronto seems fairly diverse, but I have not been to much of Canada. >>



Yep, Canada as a whole is much more harmonious than the US. Its not much better than the northern states, but much better than the southern ones.




<< i.e. black people would routinely be called "awesome people", Indians would be called "Pakis", etc. - I have yet to see that happen here in the U.S., without the person who said it being instantaneously beat down). >>



There was an incident where Bush (yes, good old Dubya) refered to Pakistanis as Pakis.

 

[ddjkdg]

I'm pretty surprised hearing about the racism in the UK, I never would have suspected otherwise. It's not something that gets out a lot I guess. Anyways, one country that sticks in my mind with having racism is Germany vs. Turks. I guess after WWII a lot of Turks went to Germany and "stole" jobs. I'm not sure how serious the racism is though, because I've only read about it in textbooks.

 

[TripleJ]

<< The U.S. has by far the least problems with racism than any other country on multi-ethnic country on Earth...

In Australia, there's substantial racism against Asians.

...There are literally countless examples. I would challenge you to find one multi-racial/multi-ethnic country in the world that has anywhere near the amount of racial harmony now enjoyed in the U.S. >>

Tis true. There is a lot in Australia. It has been slowly getting better since the gold rush years of the 1860's. There is a large asain decended populace, and many people such as myself embrace and appreciate their culture. Racisms manifestations aren't so noticable and are more restrained. But I think there is a lot of harmony also. Education sectors are working hard to reduce it. I can't compare it to the U.S. as I've never been there but I'd presume it would be similar. It would be similar in many countries. People will be people, and it doesn't change too much in what country you are focusing upon. As IGBT notes, "Racism is a world wide phenomena inate in all humans."

But I don't think you can presume your country has the least problems with racism. That's a very broad assumption you make of other countries, most of which I doubt you have ever visited.

 

[CanOWorms]

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Yep, Canada as a whole is much more harmonious than the US. Its not much better than the northern states, but much better than the southern ones.




<< i.e. black people would routinely be called "awesome people", Indians would be called "Pakis", etc. - I have yet to see that happen here in the U.S., without the person who said it being instantaneously beat down). >>



There was an incident where Bush (yes, good old Dubya) refered to Pakistanis as Pakis. >>



I've lived in the South almost all my life and never had a racial slur or racist incident happen to me. People are always nice and courteous.

When Bush referred to Pakistanis as Pakis, he didn't know it was a racial slur because in the U.S. it's not used.

 

[Jfur]

Japanese aren't too nice to Koreans

 

[freegeeks]

In Belgium we have one rather big flemish political party known for it's racist point of view. Basically they hate everything that is not considered "white" (- arabs - black people...). In some cities they get a lot of votes (upto 30%). Until now other political parties refused to form a coalation with them so they have no real power. Also the Belgium justice department is trying to get them convicted in court for racism but this is not an easy thing in a democracy. This is a fenomena from the last 15 years and scientific studies on voting behavior have shown that people voting for this extreme right party are not really racist people. They are rather voting AGAINST the established poltical parties then voting for the racist view of the party. In the 80's and 90's there were a lot of scandals in Belgium (corruption, bribed politicians, ...) and so people started voting for this kind of parties.

And for Holland. A couple of weeks ago a right-wing party gained a lot of votes in local elections.

 

[esc]

<< I know there's a bit of anti-Chinese feeling in all the big cities of SE Asia because ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs seem to take away jobs >>



hell yeah..and the fact that chinese work *very* hard that they can beat 100 yr old businesses in less time, as seen in my country, the philippines [se asia too]. it isn't so bad though because the racism here is almost like jealousy but still feels like racism. the rich ( mostly chinese) are being looked down on because the racists [mostly poor elderly people and other rich non-chinese] think all rich poeple here exploit, but that isn't the case. the problem with these racists is their laziness and/or bad luck in life. actually, most chinese people here feel the opposite way to the racists.[Just IMHO, no offense]