Racism in Europe?

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Meh if we weren't racist we wouldn't have separate countries.

 

Haha, interesting statement. We have different nations because of political, economical, and social/moral differences.

 

Although they can often take on similar appearances, I think that racism and nationalism are very distinct and different.

 

They are closer than you think. A nationalist thinks his nation is superior to all others. A racist thinks the same about his race. The structur is the same. Only the subjects differ.

 

Aren't they the very things that define a race (aside from physical features)? I also find it interesting how there is a tendency (for people) to collect into groups of "like" thinking. It happens when we're little sproglets all the way to adulthood - we make friends and we tend to form little circles. There is trepidation at first when a new member joins the group. He/she has to be accepted by other members or they're kicked out. I find this very interesting. Is it an inherent part of our biological make up? It has definite evolutionary benefits.

Anyway, back on topic. No, Europe is no more racist than any other country.

 

True. I'm the only Undertaker on this board and I was not posting in this thread

 

Deyamn. What an embarrassment. Don't know what gave me the idea. Sorry, guys. Both of you.

 

Well, those numbers are all important to the shampoo and hair-care industry. It's not to often that linguistic categories like Caucasian, African and Asian have an impact on shampoo. But it's not only the language that's different, the hair is different to. African hair is less lipid than Caucasian, while Asian is simply a lot more, an exuberant profusion.

"Caucasian" derives it's existence from the Parenthood of Old-Greek, Latin and Sanskrit. It was a bored British jurist who discovered the parenthood. That parenthood was a big brainer all over Europe, a hot-issue and fashionable topic for academics, bored upper-class housewives abd their conversation lexica and colonial-administrators around the 1850-1900s. It was Darwin that opened an argumentative way out that allowed "whites" to still feel like something special.

If there's a bar and on the bar a sign saying:"No Italians!", that is considered "racism". Why ? Just to make a point about the silliness of using the word "race" in connection with humans instead of dogs. It also helps having not had former race-based laws, that obviously had to define race somehow and make it look like a remotely rational concept. But it's only an ephemeral description based on random circonstances.

Besides, it's not that long ago that the Italians claimed to be "ariani", a higher race than the poor others around them. And of course, as "race" is a term with no meaning, there was nothing illogical about inventing their own race for themselves. In matters of race, anything goes.

 

Where I come from there's plenty of racism. And it's pretty sad how people say things starting with "I'm not a racist, but..."

I'd wager it's everywhere, though. The more education available, the less racism going on, probably. But still everywhere.

 

As concepts, they are quite distinct. Historically and in practice, I'd argue that they have typically been quite closely linked.