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Originally Posted by Thasaidon
As I am not an American I cannot comment but in the UK I believe real racism is not as prevalent as it was fifty years ago BUT certain groups portray it as being worse to get government money, increase their political influence or as a shield against legitimate criticism.
A few facts - the UK never had legal segregation like the US
In the US only 8% approx of AfroAmericans marry caucasians in the UK the figure is 48% approx. The UK Parliament abolished slavery in 1807 this was rolled out throughout the British Empire and enforced by the Royal Navy.
This is not to say racism does not exist in the UK it certainly does of all types white on black, black on white and black on black.
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In the UK, racism reared it's ugly head because of Brexit. There were signs posted for people to go home where were not originally from the UK and there was more violence against Muslims. And then there are the BLM marches in the UK that happened recently.
The problem is that there are too many racists still today. But fortunately, that's not what's portrayed in passing comments in books as thankfully that's changed.
Some of what we read in this book could have been missed if we were not looking for it or had it in our heads that Verne was of that type of character. I have read some books where the racism was too much to allow the book to be enjoyable. The last book like that I read was for the book club. But my question is how do we tell ahead of time which books are that bad and which books are not that bad when they both contain some racism?