When people came from Algeria, Jamaica and Suriname to Europe they were not foreigners they had French, British and Dutch passports.

Germany's lack of such a colonial empire kept the country from transitioning into a true multicultural society. It explains Germans special branch of racism.

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KellyCriterion 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

So "Germans are special in their racissm" because they had no "luck of such colonial empire"??

Im glad that this country didnt play a larger role in colonialism! Your sentence is the first I hear in decaded advocading for "if they had colonialism as well, it would be a much better country because then they wouldnt be racist"??

By the way - Poland or Hungary also had no "luck of colonial empire" - what about them? As well as tons of other European states?

	▲	klausa 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I didn't read that post as saying "there is no racism in France/Britain/Netherlands thanks to their past"; I understood it as "the _kind_ of racism there is _different_ than the one in Germany, for historical reasons". That strikes me as... kind of true? Poland's issues with racism are also pretty different than in the countries mentioned.
	▲	mr_mitm 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Just FYI, it says "lack", not "luck"

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dgellow 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Germany had a colonial empire though

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ksk23 2 days ago | parent [-]

A small one, and we do not have any ties no more to these states, really (in contrast to Spain, France and whatnot)

	▲	dgellow 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		The German colonial empire was the 3rd largest at the time, just after the French and the British ones. There are still cultural ties. I meant only the colonial empire, but you could also include nazi Germany colonial projects, they also had a lasting impact

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dgellow 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> When people came from Algeria … to Europe they were not foreigners they had French … passports.

That’s not true at all for France with Algerians. The history of hate towards them has been horrible and is still very recent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Paris_massacre