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Americans do a lot of stupid things, but they are most likely to be self critical in this space. I think this meme should talk about Western Europe instead, because they have many problems, but they are so often never willing to accept criticism. They're quick to call the US racist, but in my experience, Europe has so much racism it's crazy it's viewed as this anti racist place.
Ask any "America is so racist" European about their thoughts on the Roma people
Or turks. Or Moroccans. Or Africans.
Or other Europeans. Damn Europeans, they ruined Europe!
I'm not sure what are you talking about. I'm Spanish and the first people to criticize Spain is Spanish people. Probably you've never even heard of all the problems our country has. Unemployment, corruption, house okupation, lots of small crime, mafia related crime for all the drugs trying to enter Europe, lots of immigration as Spain is one of the doors to Europe... I can go on. For all of these there's a lot of debate and not much being done so far...
Bueno momento para visitar España?
More or less, just keep a good eye on your wallet and it should be fine.
I (a US citizen) literally didn't get a job in Germany because one member on the team objected because I didn't speak German yet. The company is "English first" and I worked in the US division previously. So yeah, Europeans are certainly as capable of being racist. And they didn't even try to hide it!
Is that racism?
Easily could be, since race is a social contruct. See the Irish not being "white." Probably just nationalism though.
Ah yes, the English language speaking race
I see you deal in absolutes. The person wanted a fluent German speaker despite being an English first company. Put it together in your head.
Yeah, it's racist to hire another more qualified candidate that can speak multiple languages in a setting that would benefit from that skill...
Idk about OP, but from my experience, you can speak German perfectly correctly, but have an accent, and that will make your job search many times harder, because they know you're not "German". I highly doubt this is about skill.
Clearly you must have all the details about where I worked and applied already. What an amazing ability!