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by afterburner 4506 days ago
They are, but because they are mostly "comfortable" in their homogenous societies, they don't express as much fear through action as in the US. As the minority gets bigger, fear and negative action rises. I think in the US this was compounded by a lingering fear of a literal slave revolt.

In other words, it's easier to be racist but nice anyways if you don't fear the tiny minority.