Wyllow3
I think your last comment was a completely fair one, Monica
We really do, on this thread, have to dial down the racism and see people as individuals in human terms. some very bad,whatevcer the background" some truly good, trying toward to end divisions based on race, others indifferent:
some very well informed: some acting out of sheer prejudice by that
I mean tarring all immigrants with the same brush when they have no personal knowledge of an individual whatsoever, and ignorant of the complexity of it all
*Those who jump to conclusions on the basis of a name being obviously Muslim*
Well, yes and no.
In any case you surely mean ‘dial down the xenophobia’ not racism.
We have to acknowledge that different cultures and countries view crimes differently .Touching a woman and pestering her for sex will not be considered a crime in lots of countries.
Countries where women are viewed as very much lesser beings don’t even think much of rape and prefer to blame the woman.
Some cultures ( including Afghanistan) think nothing of whipping out a knife and using it on other men if they feel insulted or provoked .And so on and so forth.