European prejudice targets culture rather than race

Evidence

The French, however, are more culturist than racist in any strict sense. They have accepted black Africans who speak perfect French in their legislature but they do not accept Muslim girls who wear headscarves in their schools. In 1990, 76 percent of the French public thought there were too many Arabs in France, 46 percent too many blacks, 40 percent too many Asians, and 24 percent too many Jews. In 1994, 47 percent of Germans said they would prefer not to have Arabs living in their neighborhoods, 39 percent did not want Poles, 36 percent Turks, and 22 percent Jews. In Western Europe, anti-Semitism directed against Arabs has largely replaced anti-Semitism directed against Jews. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 534

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ ADDENDUM thread on headscarves, but also to a general contrast between racial and cultural prejudice worth noting. — connects to: Perceived cultural-value threats often outweigh economic ones in anti-immigrant bias. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 39
• SEED: An article angle: how cultural (not racial) prejudice operates — assimilation as the real gate, since black Francophones are accepted but veiled Muslim girls are not.