Racism increased in Europe after World War II’s delegitimization of it.

Evidence

However, this is not what happened: today, in Europe, racism is a scourge and a major concern, all the more worrying since it is on the increase and is spreading, even in countries such as Italy which, until the 1980s, were considered nonracist to all intents and purposes. But are we talking about the same phenomenon? — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3124

Categorization

• QUESTION: The author’s closing question — ‘are we talking about the same phenomenon?’ — is worth chasing: is post-war European racism categorically different from Nazi scientific racism?