What do Eastern Europeans think of all the Asian and Black people in the UK?
I’m neither British nor Eastern European. But that said I’ve heard some stories. For example the Polish roommate of one of my friend who openly complained about the density of black people in London, calling them “baboons” (I know, awful, but it’s not from me…). I’ve other memories like that from Eastern Europeans questionning the reasons of this immigration.Eastern Europe (particularly Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Belarus, etc.) are very White, Christians and homogenous countries, so they are not necessarily all racist, but they are not necessarily confronted to Black/Asian/Indian/Arab people on a daily basis in their birth country. So sometime when they migrate they can be surprised to have so many non-Europeans cultures within Europe (eg London).
Thesis on European Colonization help.?
Yes: Different Euros settled in different places: English and French in North America and the Spanish in Central and Latin America The English pretty much were much more agreeable to the Native Americans compared to the Spanish, who employed slavery and forced labor systems on the Indians in their territory. The English colonies varied because of climate/geography: New England was based around fishing and fur exports Mid Atlantic region was shipping (Philadelphia is an example) and the South was about cotton, tobacco and dyes such as indigo. Hope this helps Lance
Did the USA have its own "white America" policy for immigrants like AUS & other colonies for european detritus?
You bet! "Takao Ozawa v. United States, 260 U.S. 178 (1922), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court found Takao Ozawa, a Japanese man, ineligible for naturalization. In 1922, Takao Ozawa filed for United States citizenship under the Naturalization Act of June 29, 1906 which allowed white persons and persons of African descent or African nativity to naturalize. He did not challenge the constitutionality of the racial restrictions. Instead, he attempted to have the Japanese classified as "white."..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozawa_v._United_States "United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 U.S. 204 (1923), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that Bhagat Singh Thind, who was a high caste Punjabi Sikh, settled in Oregon, could not be a naturalized citizen of the United States, despite the fact that anthropologists had defined the people in India as belonging to the Caucasian race. The ruling followed a decision in Takao Ozawa v. United States, where the same court had ruled that a light-skinned native of Japan could not be counted as "white", because "white" meant "Caucasian". In Bhagat Singh Thind, the court seemed to contradict itself, ruling that Thind was not a "white person" as used in "common speech, to be interpreted in accordance with the understanding of the common man."..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Bhagat_Singh_Thind "The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952 (also known as the McCarran-Walter Act) restricted immigration into the U.S. and is codified under Title 8 of the United States Code... Truman vetoed the McCarran-Walter Act because he regarded the bill as "un-American" and discriminatory. Truman's veto was overridden by a vote of 278 to 113 in the House, and 57 to 26 in the Senate. Parts of the McCarran-Walter act remain in place today but much of it was overturned by the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952