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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-11-25 06:48 pm

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(Anonymous) 2014-11-26 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
Never been in europe, I guess. People don't identify with being white you're right, it's all about ethinicity and if you are part of the 'right' one according to some.
Most are white but xenophobia is a thing because if you have not one of "right" nationalities and cultures you are discriminated. Just ask immigrants from ukraine or albania, ask JEWS what happened to them, you know when. I'm pretty sure northern european people also consider greeks and italians non white or not really white like them because it's not about looking white for them. White isn't the same concept you have in the US because there the equivalent is not based on the color of your skin, it's all about culture, language, religion, nationality. European countries are for the most part dramatically different. You don't hear people saying 'I'm european' as much as you hear them saying 'I'm french' 'I'm russian'. I know that even in the same countries (Italy for example) there are distinctions between people from northern and southern regions because they have very different idioms and cultures resulting from different dominations from certain cultures in the past (southern regions are likely to have spanish, latin or african influences for example)

I think the African continent has similar issues. Black people might be the majority there but unlike what non african people believe, Africa is not all the same. It's not a country, it's a continent. There are so many different ethnicities there, so many cultures and idioms. It does make a difference to many if you come from one country instead of another, regardless if you're both poc. That not even taking into consideration different issues than racial ones like sexism or social stratification that are rampant.

Tl dr: the world outside the US has it's own dynamics that can't be understood using the american experience.
This in part explains why europeans might be ignorant about racial issues in the USA and viceversa.