Yes, I was exagerating for sure. But like you said, I'm still worried by how big is racism in western countries. Xenophoby has been rising a lot in Europe too: Italian anti-immigrationVertigo 7 wrote: ↑Fri, 29. May 20, 16:25I would argue that a lot has changed. While racism and white supremacy has certainly seen an uptick since dear leader took office, we've also seen a record number of women of color elected to congress in the 2018 midterms. 50+ years ago, that would have been inconceivable. Another example, today, there are almost double the amount of blacks graduating from college than were even 15 years ago, even though the overall rate still remains low compared to whites.BrasatoAlBarolo wrote: ↑Fri, 29. May 20, 15:45I knew that, but what fascinated / horrified me was that nothing has changed in all these years, in a place which had so many black heroes in sports, society, arts and politics.Vertigo 7 wrote: ↑Fri, 29. May 20, 15:23
That was based on a true story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Stallworth
As Dr. Ian Malcolm would say: "Racism... finds a way"
The difference between now and 4 years ago is that racists have been emboldened by Trump. He didn't create new racists, he just encouraged the existing ones to climb out of their pits, hence the renewed activity. We've even seen that apparent here on this very forum.
But I would also argue that not enough has been changed. People like Joe Arpio and Steve King should never have been elected to their positions, or at the very least, re-elected, when their racial bias was made apparent. Their kind of bigoted and out right racial discrimination has no place in government. Fortunately, Steve King has been relegated to only general assembly votes and it doesn't look like he's going to survive the November elections and Joe Arpio was canned and jailed for criminal contempt of court, though subsequently pardoned by dear leader.
The mind of a racist is a truly baffling thing. I can't comprehend it, personally. But I do find it amusing when they demand respect and try to condemn intolerance of their intolerant views.
- winking to fascist times - parties (Lega and Fratelli d'Italia - Italian Brothers), German neo-nazis, French Front Nationale, plus Greek, Austrian, Eastern and Northern Europe nationalists. And recent economic crisis, the upcoming post-covid crisis might be even worse, is going to give this kind of people more strength. And it's very easy for them, too easy.