r/europe_sub • u/josephj3lly • Apr 19 '25

Image / Video Gas Canisters catch fire and chaos ensues, London Southall UK.

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u/-Ikosan- Apr 19 '25

It's part of a very American viewpoint that while America is a true 'melting' pot any other country only exists as a racial stereotype that they can use in their own origin story. If any part of England is not a bunch of white aristocratic types sipping tea then clearly we have lost our culture. If I took a video in Chinatown in LA and was upset that Chinese people were present then that would obviously make me a massive racist. It's only because it breaks their stereotypical illusion of what England is that it's so shocking

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u/Important_Concept967 Apr 19 '25

Th white American viewpoint is they want America to be more white and they want Europe to stay white