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| Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006
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![]() | Racism in Europe Hello guys, On June 15, 2006, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the increase in racist and homophobic violence in Europe. The adoption of the document was a reaction to a rapid and worrying rise of anti-discriminatory, racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic behavior in many European states. Among the most worrying incidents that urged the European Parliament to adopt the resolution were: - the ban made by Russian authorities on the march for equality and tolerance for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT), which was planned to take place on May 27th in Moscow - the murder of a black woman and the Belgian child whom she was babysitting by a young right-wing Belgian extremist, which previously also wounded a woman of Turkish origin - The kidnapping, torture and murder of a Jewish man in February 2006 in France, by a gang of 22 criminals - The ethnically motivated murder of Chaib Zehaf in March, 2006, in France. - The torture and murder of a transsexual living in Portugal, in February 2006, by a group of adult and minor persons Many other similar events also happened in Germany, France, Poland, Russia, Belgium and other states. You can read about the rise of racist and xenophobic sentiments in Europe at EuropeanCourier.org You can also read about it in the New York Times (edition of June 11, 2006) and in German “Der Spiegel” (current issue). There is also another good source, however strictly legal, and this is the website of the European Parliament, which contains resolutions and other documents on discrimination in Europe. If you know other interesting sources and articles that you think are worth reading please share it with me either here or by contacting me directly by via e-mail info@europeancourier.org |
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__________________ "To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will." - Ronald Reagan Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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| Long Gone Join Date: May 2006
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![]() | Re: Racism in Europe I applaud their efforts to try to clean things up. I'm also glad we don't have those problems (in such a grand scale) in America. Thanks for the post! __________________ America just chose to ignore it..EXSPECIALLY concerning AFRICAN AMERICANS... |
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| New Guy | Re: Racism in Europe Umm according to your signature (of which contains a misspelled word in all capital letters) America has chose to ignore it in regards to blacks.
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Our outright, public racism is nowhere near what it is in Europe. It's more of a deeper, unconscious racial attitude, which I would say is much better than racial violence or homophobic violence.
__________________ "To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will." - Ronald Reagan Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006
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![]() | Re: Racism in Europe Hi to you, I think that any form of racism need to be tackled...In Europe things are very different from US because there is a a lot of anger and frustration...I think that talking about racism is not always the case even though it exist at certain extent... You need to live in Europe to understanad the reality created by politicians and power greedy governaments, we all know that they always put their own selfish interests ahead of the citizens wellbeing.. I wonder why people are so tirend and intolerant..and i came to the conclusion that for each decision governaments make it's us that pay the price on whatsoever.. Instead to put money to help everybody who really is in need, they use money to reach public attention by duing what it is "politically correct".. I see people in the street gasp for food and people who never worked in their lives have governament support just because part of that " minority"..... It sucks!! So the word racist should be used very careful because today too many people are simply outraged, is that racism ?...Each individuals has their own ideas and opinions based on their own experiences, they are entitled to have different ones... For me everybody have the same rights... But today governaments structures like UK governament create coflicted societies and huge social gaps where people who fought the war and stood once for their country are put aside in term of civil rights and needs behind others transpanted communities which are well look after.... Is that right? I wonder why some British Muslims need to be terrorists?...Are they live in a free country, have an education and luxuries most of no british muslim /english born citizens lack of..?Does it make anyone feel hugely uncofortable and angry at the same time.... So i ask what's the solution? When anybody break the law shouldn't be punished? No matter what community is from? How come that British press never condemn terrostis openly, it tends to forget quickly but remember when an english block speak up as i am doing right now by lebelling them inappropriately? I have the right to feel safe in my country! Life is not easy in Europe especially in UK....At the least American Muslim have embraced the American Flag....or it looks like it! Sherman Quote:
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| Long Gone Join Date: Oct 2006
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006
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I think they are much more than cowards! English society have got issues with the British Imperialism history, somehow they have managed to be brainwashed not to feel proud of their history and conquers, but be ashamed of it; so they denigrate their own people by stolen other cultures identities(Asian/Indian their colonies)) to create a new more accepted breed of English people! But this is only part of an insane reality. The problem raise when criminals are treated unequally or when anyone raise this issue which happen rarely, become alienated and condemned by a blind, ignorant and hypocrite society.... How sick is that? How morally wrong and shameful is to work and act against your own interests? What about English cultural roots, history and belief? Why this is happening? I want to be proud to belong and recognize my roots as everybody else...no s...t\! Freedom is gone forever and we are prisoner of social conventions or by the Human Rights hideous way to back up criminals, what about the victims? Why the world pay attention to GTO way to treat terrorists minding their well-being according to Geneva Convention? Does anybody forget all the people who died on 9/11 and other part of the world because of ignorance and hate towards our way of leaving? I would like to remind that our western societies with his laws has allowed anyone to have the liberty and opportunity to live a good life or manufacture bomb and terrorist plans against us, at the end is a choice and people have to pay the consequences of that choice....... Now we have business to do...What really can be done to fight this spectral enemy? An enemy with no face who can be anywhere living, even next to me maybe, who knows! That really make me feel uncomfortable!!!! I do not like it at all.. | |
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| Long Gone Join Date: Oct 2006
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