• Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    That’s not entirely true. Europeans tend to dress up racism as national pride and concern for cultural norms (with a few exceptions). So it isn’t so much “I’m proud of my country” as “I don’t want Arabs and Africans on my street”.

    A lot of European countries have a long and detailed history that paints a grim picture that most people like to distance ourselves from.