[justin66]

> Mentioning someone’s race considered to be somewhat rude and is regarded as a thing of the past.

After reading about some especially unsubtle racism in the French right-wing press today, [1] it struck me how similar France and the United States are in this regard, at least superficially. The centrist people in government condemning the obvious racism, the powerful right-wing political figure offering a weird non-condemnation condemnation that does not call racism by its right name, the far-right publisher's response:

"Our text is not racist at all," it argued. "It is convenient for our opponents to throw that accusation at us."

None of it seems very alien to an American.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53972591