re: Immigration and Racism

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Hasn't been a slave here in 150 years. I'm not sure anyone Alive (outside the present North African trade) knows what it's like.

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Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

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Is this why blacks are targeted more aggressively than whites?

Is this a conspiracy or the white man's philosophy?

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Some of my closest friends are hard working black dudes who get it. They face racism today because of people like you.

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I've got more in common with country black folks than I do contemporary urban whites.

It's not like mensa posts are the norm in general on this site, so when a post is so ignorant it stops you in your tracks, it's worthy of note

Thats just dumb.

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. I'm not sure anyone Alive (outside the present North African trade) knows what it's like.

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I saw it when I lived in Asia...called human trafficking now...

I know what it's like to a degree...they destroy people...some break away and build a life for themselves...

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The answer is simple US...European countries ....Australia are the least racist and most culturally accommodating countries on earth.....Institutional Racism is a myth in this country

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Well this is a bit of a reduction. Many European countries, dealing with declining birth rates, invited groups of people into the country with no intention of ever assimilating or integrating them. This is the case in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands with their guest worker programs. Those guest workers were not required to learn the language of the region they worked in, and no attempt was made at assimilation. The net migration numbers for Europe also include other Europeans, as there has been a gradual westward movement from Eastern European countries toward the West. Look at Poles in the UK. Nearly 2 million Poles or people of Polish descent live and work in the UK, and Polish migration (and Eastern European migration) was an issue in Brexit. None of this mentions what war does to migration patterns, and the migration patterns pre-2003 would be massively different than what we see now. Namely, the migration patterns would not see massive exodus from the ME.

The mistake Europeans made with the guest worker programs was letting those workers bring their families. The worker programs were doomed from the start. So I'd argue that the migration issues between the Old World and the New World are distinctly different. Immigration is a part of the fabric of America and Canada, and assimilation is easier than in Europe. This article about French-Algerians details some of the difficulties with the post-colonial mode of migration, which is again distinct from the American and Canadian models, which preceded the end of the colonial era. The article contains a quote which describes very succinctly the differences between the modes of migration:

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“In the 14 years I have been here, I have never really been accepted, neither socially nor professionally,” said Sami Rahemi, who was born in Algeria, moved to France when he was 5 and returned to Algeria as an investor when he was 35. “Ever since I arrived in 1992, I have been called ‘the emigrant.’ I have always been defined by my migratory flow and never by what I am as a person. I had lived two years earlier in California, and everyone called me by my name there.”

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The folks in Dubai kind of kidnap people for personal servents. Talked to a few Filipinos who have relatives there. The Filipinos send money to Dubai for a ticket and "license'" fly there and on arrival have their papers taken and separated from family

They end up being house servants

Far out, man... They have personal serpents.
Did not know that. Crazeee man.

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It's because Europeans have founded the greatest countries.

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Japan? South Korea? China?