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Europeans don't actually talk about Romani all that much. The whole situation is still a big problem, the discrimination is real, a lot of people have old uninspected misconceptions, there are people who have active hate in their heart, but it's not a topic on anyone's mind. It's a small minority (~2% of population) that, ironically, lives in pretty compact communities predominately in south-eastern parts of Europe, and it's just not a thought that crosses most people's minds.
The actual racism that exists in Europe is mainly comes against refugees from muslim countries, not Romani, you need to update your mental hatemap.
This is also accurate about Americans.
There is also a lot of gaslighting about racism in Europe. "We don't see color," type shit
Racism in Europe isn't based on skin colour, it's based on older, more weird stereotypes and history. There is no direct "white skin - not white skin" axis that US is known for, so technically we don't see colours, we see light reflecting properties unachievable for an American
Are you white? And if so, have you ever asked non-white people if they feel they get treated with prejudice or discrimination because of the color of their skin?
Yall like to say America is so different yet you also forget, America as a nation was founded through colonization BY EUROPEANS. We learned our racism from europeans because we were europeans.
https://youtu.be/jgjujVEDo7Q
I am very white, yes, I am from a different group that is discriminated against, and yes, I have enough friends and acquaintances with not a white skin to compare. European racism is more subtle and not as one-dimensional as that meme from that cartoon, you know what I'm talking about. I know it's hard for an American brain to comprehend this idea (see, this is only one of the ways to demonstrate the European racism).
Colonisation of America ended hundreds of years ago and has nothing to do with all of that. All the problems both continents have right now developed independently
Are you using "hatemap" to mean Lodemike's view of Europeans, or European's view of minorities?
Yes.
What does this mean?
Nalivai closing with "you need to update your mental hatemap" seemed like a petty jab at you considering that they had just described that anti-Romani prejudice is a problem, but I wasn't sure exactly how they meant it.