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I hope this does not annoy anyone, but as an American I am overjoyed at exposes of European racism. For decades, progressive, and sometimes just preening, Europeans loved to stress that America was a hideously racist country. It's nice to know we are not alone;

Actually, I have a very disturbingly radical idea about race, America and Europe. Although I am very sympathetic to blacks who have been persecuted in my country, I propose that America is infinitely less racist than Europe.

In America, about 350,000 white men died fighting for the Union Army in our civil war. In other words, 350,000 white Americans died fighting on the side of black people.

Compare this with the rest of the world:

a) How many Englishmen fought England to stop the oppression of the Irish;

b) how many Spaniards fought Madrid to stop the persecution of the Basques

c) How many Frenchmen fought Frenchmen to end the oppression of the Hugenauts

d) How many Germans fought other Germans to end the slaughters of the Jews.

e) I have an essay in which I look at about 15 additional countries in which the majority group was blithely oblivious to the murder of oppressed minorities in their nations.

Before I sign off, lets just look at the Levant:

a) How many Turks protested the genocide against the Armenians

b) How many Muslims in Lebanon have protested the displacement of Maronite Christians

c) How many Muslims in Egypt stood up against the slaughters of Christian Copts

d) How many Syrians, Iranians, Iraqis or Turks gave a rat's ass about the murders of the Kurds

e) How many Nigerians tried to stop the slaughter and starvation of Biafran Christians

e) In general , how often have muslims stopped the persecution of Jews, Christians or Hindus. Don't ask silly questions.

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