dbd33

There aren't supposed to be any, they're a kind of concentration camp for non-whites that, AFAIK, only exist in North America and South Africa. Evidence of a kind of racism in those locations one doesn't see in Europe.

Gypsies don't live in reservations, they travel, hence being called travelers. It's a stretch to call them non-white, bronzed perhaps, Muslim coloured.

Oink

tbh, categorizing and analyzing the American political environment from a left-to-right perspective is not terribly helpful. It simply doesn't fit the reality. It all stems back from the differences in ideology between the French and the American revolutions. You can see it in the language of the Declaration of Independence, its classical liberal ideology.

MikeZ

Well of course the media is obsessed with it. The media is there to talk about anything other than class based issues and real issues. Fomenting racial tensions and other divisions is a huge part of that. But that type of media is spreading to Europe as well as non-whites grow in population. The media is crap in US, fully deregulated and commercialized.

MikeZ

There are no concentration camps in North America. There are reservations where natives Americans live but there is nothing stopping them to move and live anywhere. They are trying to preserve their old customs but that's hard.

Oink

How many black people do European police shoot to death each year?

Alan2005

Other than anecdotal evidence and stupid racist events list wars how are you going to judge how racist a country is? I would say that looking at what's acceptable in their politics and news media says a lot. For instance saying "ban all muslims" from entering the country would end any candidates hopes of election anywhere in western europe, whereas in the US it doesn't seem to have done any harm at all.

MikeZ

The republican and democratic parties in the US today are well to the right of center and especially the republicans. Meaning that they respond very little to the public and almost completely to ultra rich and what they want.

Oink

To the centre of what? Wouldn't the centre be the middle ground between the two main parties?

MikeZ

But of course Trump has no hope. You should know that, republicans would never nominate him. Trump is understood to be a total charlatan, if Jeb bush said now you are talking a different ball game.

Are you sure about western European nations ending candidates if they said ban all Muslims from entering? I mean right wing anti-immigrant parties like UKIP and le pen in france and all sorts of right wing anti-immigrant parties have a much bigger following than Trump. Le pen just won the regional in France and she is WAY worse than Trump who is not even a serious politician and has no mass following. The leadership of Trump's parties the republicans ENDORSE unrestrained, unregulated immigration from all over the world to the US.

scrubbedexpat091

If Trump wins the primaries not going with him would be a mistake on the parties side.

I know of Calif republican voters Bush comes in dead last of the main 3. Trump and Carson I think the name was are pretty close.

Now this is only dor republican voters as Democrats and others cant votw in the republican primary.

dbd33

You haven't visited any, have you?

MikeZ

Probably very few but 95% of blacks in the US are gunned down by other blacks in drug gang related turf wars.

MikeZ

I don't think you understand the difference between a reservation and a concentration camp. yes many reservations are dirt poor but they are not concentration camps, that's what Europe had for jews in WW2..

scrubbedexpat091

I agree many reservations are deplorable on both sides of the border although some nice ones do exist but anyhow there are natives who have no interest in leaving the reservations and would likely fight if the govt tried to do away with them.

amideislas

You sound like a European. Everything's relative. Obama's administration - and Clinton - would fall decidedly somewhat "right of center" around here. Bernie Sanders would fall somewhere slightly left of center. The republicans - well, inexplicable.

That makes Trump look like a Hitler on this side of the pond. Nobody really believes he could actually be elected. But his continuing poll numbers are worrisome to many.

Reflects more on the American psyche than the candidate. Electing Trump is probably the single best way to destroy all that's left of any remaining American credibility in the world. But Americans seem to have a different view. As they always have.