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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I did a homestay in Italy, my homestay "sister" asked me why were talking to the black kids in the group.

When I was confused as to the question, she said in Italy they have Africans who come and don't work, cause crime, etc.

This was the attitude all over Italy, it was actually pretty shocking.  There's a similar attitude in France (and, at least to me, a young, extremely caucasian woman, French and Italian people had no qualms about telling me these things outright, unlike Americans, who would usually never voice these concerns- at least I had never heard them)

It is a myth that Americans love to hold that America is the only racist country and everywhere else is some utopia.  You are kidding yourself, if your first concern is "post-Brexit England" and you don't even give a though to Italy or France or the myriad other countries.  Racial tensions exist everywhere.  Either get over it or don't go.  Welcome to the real world. [/quote]

Are they being racist if what they say is true (about the work, crime)?[/quote]

That statement would qualify as exactly the type of generalizing, stereotyping, and racism of of HUMAN BEINGS who you don't even know personally - which we are so concerned about! [/quote]

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