Racism in Europe
overview about racism in Europe
Racism has been a recurring part of the history of Europe.
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Racism in Belgium existed since its independence declaration during the colonial era. A 2011 study shows that racism against sub-saharan people is strongly influenced by its colonial history.
Today racism is present in all 3 main regions of Belgium, specially in Flanders, and widespread in the society: in the police, in schools, in sport activities, on the streets, in public institutions, on social media.
In 2002, a racist crime shocked Belgium, when a man broke into his neighbour's, home of a Moroccan family, killed 2 adults, injured 2 kids and set fire to their apartment. The killer was a notorious activist of the extreme right party Vlaams Blok (today's Vlaams Belang), and apparently decided to act a day after Jean-Marie Le Pen lost the French presidency dispute.
In 2020, the young Adil was killed by the police in Brussels while he was riding a scooter and trying to run away from a police check, when a disguised police car crashed into him. The case is still under investigation, but 3/4 of the police department reported racial comments coming from the policeman that killed Adil, not only related to the case, but also against colleagues under his supervision.
In 2021, a documentary revealed the racism of Flemish football fans. Romelu Lukaku declared having faced racial insults as young as 11 years-old in his first club in Flanders, according to him the insults came from the parents of adverse players, but only when he played against other Flemish teams.
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