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View submission: Western Europe is xenophobic towards Slavs and other eastern europeans
I'm British and yeah there's a weird anti Slavic sentiment here which probably goes back to the cold war, and from migration of eastern Euros to western Europe. It sucks, I like eastern Europe, a lot of really cool history and Prague is a beautiful city.
Comment by altmorty at 19/03/2021 at 19:00 UTC
116 upvotes, 3 direct replies
The rationale I often hear is that people can't be racist towards those of the same race as them. That's why quite harsh British jokes about the Irish or French aren't taken seriously. As another example, abuse towards Africans from African Americans is apparently common and not regarded as racism.