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Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I’m sure you understand

Idk I spent a few years in Europe and, to be honest, I don’t think so. You ask a European about gypsies or Muslim immigrants and all of a sudden they’re mask off. But “it’s different” so it’s okay

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drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Because Americans conflate this with race when it’s not the skin color that causes pain for Europeans but the cultural aspects. Clearly Islam and gypsy cultures are much more than race right?

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- Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  “okay we’re not racist, were just discriminate on other things”
  
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  - drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Nah it’s perfectly fine to dislike some cultural traits and actions. That’s the key difference where Europeans try to control actions and Americans try to control the entire race as if it’s some homogeneous unit, as if black people in Louisiana are suffering the same issues black people in LA are. Its just stupid. Colorblind is the way.
    
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