International So if the American Civil Rights didn't happen in the 60s, would Liberal Europe/world be racist?

[Saku's Son]

How many racial minorities do you think were in Europe in the 60s? It was like 7 dudes. Civil rights was a thing in the US because we actually had a sizeable black population, Europe didn't. Several countries in Europe were still euthanizing retards into the 1980s.

There were plenty of black, Asian and other ethnic minorities here in the 60s.

UK, France, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands etc. all had huge colonies in Africa and the Americas historically, and many moved from the colonies for a better education and economic prospects.

 

[ReligiousDiscipline]

Why do People think that all of the United States was like the South back then? There were free states like Michigan that never had slavery or Jim Crow laws. I'm not saying that there were wasn't racism in those places, but there were 20+ states that didn't allow slavery and never had any segregation laws on paper.

Most people learn about history by watching Hollywood movies. That is why most people seem to think that the past was just a bunch of evil white people drinking whiskey, oppressing women and killing black people until Woodstock and the hippies saved the day.