The EU is Institutionally Racist
Posted by vincevincevince on August 12, 2009
Following on from questioning whether Passports are Racist, I look at the EU, a grouping of countries who share more than just geographic proximity. Once a country becomes a member, its citizens are free to move, live and work anywhere in the EU.
Let’s ask a searching question about EU membership by comparing two past applicants. One of them was accepted, the other was not.
Applicant A Applicant B Distance to Maastricht treaty member 19km 210km Inflation rate 2.32% 7.71% Unemployment rate 2.1% 3.6% Median age 24.7 37.3 Population density 71 93.1 Free market reform since 1976 1989 Democracy since 1956 1989 Religious freedom since 1912 1960 Colour of people ??? ???
Which would you have chosen, given those statistics? Naturally, B, the one with rampant inflation, an aging population, high unemployment, relative overcrowding and which is a long way from any core EU country?
Foreground: Spain (EU); Background: Morocco (denied membership)
What does that really mean? To me, that is pure racial discrimination. Remember that Turkey and large parts of southern Spain have far closer cultural ties with Morocco than they have with Germany.
Is there a real reason other than disguised racism for denying Morocco entry whilst allowing Serbia, Romania and Turkey?
Could it really be that the racist leaders of EU member states are unwilling to allow Moroccans to benefit from the EU purely because they are not white? Could the EU which is happy to admit people from so many states really not want to allow this country with mostly non-white people in it to gain the freedom to live, move and work in EU member states?
Do you agree and feel that the EU is institutionally racist? Have I got the wrong end of the stick?
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Considering that the EU is technically the “European Union” I would say that Morocco being in Africa is correctly defined as insufficiently European.
You have to look further. Why would European-ness matter or be significant? Just following a name is a very weak argument. What’s the practical effect of requiring a country to be European in order to gain EU membership?
To me, it is clear that the reason that European-ness matters to the EU leaders is because through insisting on it they can exclude most non-white countries… and that doesn’t seem right to me. What else do they achieve by insisting on it?
Turkey isn’t a member of the EU either – its a ‘candidate’ but keeps being rejected (on the grounds of Human rights – if I recall correctly)
Morroco is in Africa. All I can say really.
kevin
Kevin: why does it matter if Morroco is in Africa? Do you have a grudge against Africa, or is there some good reason to think that European countries are somehow superior and deserve their own little exclusive back-scratching club?