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Question: Which continent is the most "racist" in the traditional sense of the word?
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North America
 
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South America
 
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Europe
 
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Asia
 
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Middle East (I know, not really a continent)
 
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Africa
 
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Australia
 
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« on: September 03, 2011, 09:04:50 AM »

The difference between Europe and Africa is that racial conflicts in Europe ended in 1945

Uh...the Balkans?

Also the ETA counts, I'd say.

I'd disagree with that. While there are clear racial and linguistic undertones to much of the Basque question and the issue of language and 'racial purity' has long been present in the wider context of Basque nationalism, ETA itself was not founded on a racist/racial superiority basis at any rate. A lot of its members were actually born outside the CAPV, some of its members picked up the Basque language only later in life, some were born to non-Basque parents. I can't remember all the theoretical arguments within ETA on the issue, but afaik ETA rather quickly rejected racial theses and Sabino Arana's racist foundings of Basque nationalism. Even the most nationalist of ETA's sectors like ETA-V or ETA-M rejected racial theses of Basque nationalism (afaik). Rather, ETA was founded by young radical nationalists (not all of them "pure Basques") who found the PNV's exiled leadership to be creaky, old and useless. Early on ETA adopted Marxism (which one could consider ironic given how the idea of separatism will divide classes rather than uniting them) and they soon became very concerned and preoccupied with the issue of what place the class struggle should play vis-a-vis the nationalist cause and how to best integrate the "pueblo trabajador vasco" in the armed struggle. I have sadly forgotten the background to the PTV idea, but I don't recall it being founded on racist grounds. More than any racial or ethnic undertones it may have, especially in latter years, ETA is inherently political. It is all about liberating Euskadi from the imperialist, colonialist militarist Spanish occupying force. It certainly isn't as much about anything about upholding a superior race or what have you. Their vision would be of creating the conditions for the whole PTV to rise in revolution, establish an independent Basque socialist state and so forth. The only perhaps 'ethnic' undertones to ETA is its advocacy for the Basque language, such as requiring all Basques to be fluent in Basque in order to attain Basque citizenship. But I don't think it's enough to classify ETA's action as a 'racial conflict'.

Furthermore, if you look at ETA's actions since the 1980s or something, its actions do not show an aim to divide the situation between "the entire, courageous Basque rebels vs. the evil non-Basque Spaniards". ETA strikes indeterminately at both, it divides it into "Basque patriots vs. non-patriots", and this includes killing 'pure Basques': local councillors from the PP, PSE or PNV, attacking businesses owned by non-nationalist Basques and so forth.
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