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Originally posted by LeonazNumber#1
The United States of America is a mess.
From a European perspective, I really don't understand the racism issue in your country.
When there is such massive racial and socio-economic segregation is it really any surprise that discrimination against black people is still so prevalent in your country?
I've never been to America, but from what I know, every major town and city in the US has distinct neighbourhoods where specific minorities live. It seems as though white people live in the rich suburbs while black people live in the poor suburbs.
When there is such a high level of partition and low level of integration, how it is that americans are still shocked and surprised by racism, like what do ya'll expect?
Racism against african americans will never end until there is more integration and less ghettos.
Look at the UK, ok it is only 5% black compared to 15% in the US, but just the other day I read an article in the economist magazine with statistics proving that british africans have higher higher university participation than white britons. The US could learn a thing or two from the UK.
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No one here other than the willfully ignorant believes racism ever ended.
Everything you said is correct to an extent (except there are many POC who are middle/upper class) and it is what people in our country are fighting for, but it's clearly easier said than done when you have so many people, even on this ****ing site alone, who don't want the status quo to change.