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In reply to the discussion: Russians mock Obama with racist images on US Embassy in Moscow [View all]aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)A lot of Europeans were hearing the horror stories about the United States, day after day in the news, about the murder of black people and the bombing of black children in buses, the reluctance to come into physical proximity with them at motels, drinking fountains, and the like; the carpet bombing of the Vietnamese; about the near extermination of the Native American population in the past; and about the way Latinos were made fun of in the media and on TV as being lazy and good for nothing. They thought all Americans were gun happy cowboys for shooting down their leaders and shooting randomly from the tops of towers. Some Europeans thought all Americans had to be barbarians.
I deplore any racist statements or acts but these are acts of individuals. I find it very uncomfortable as a progressive to read the bashing of an entire group and national origin. It's not progressive in my opinion. I'll leave it at that.