"european shrimp racism colours" are a haha funny joke because its true (and you dont even know the extent of it until youve stepped into balkans) but see if anyone thought about it for 3 minutes they mightve come to realize what racism actually is and why it came to be
the racism we see it now in 2024 is fairly recent (couple of hundred years old) and has roots in african slave trade and imperialism and colonialism of a couple of dominant european forces; and racism is, as everything in society, a construct. and as everything, happens because of material conditions and class opression. of course europe has shrimp racism, your (white) neighbours who speak a different language and have salt mines or access to the sea or whatever are closer to you than africa is. you just need a reason to conquer them.
the usa, with the black slave trade, had no strong national identity in its beginnings - it was a bunch of people from everywhere that had to find a common link (whiteness); while europe, with long-standing nations, had to find other excuses for pillaging and opression that couldnt be rooted in skin colour.
later, as the society and politics changed, so did perception of white vs poc, which is why irish/slavs/etc werent considered white in modern history for a long time - despite the skin colour. racism is not cause of the opression, its a symptom of it, its an excuse, its not innate, its very carefully and purposefully crafted because when you tell your people that you really need to go exploit this country you cant tell them "hey we need to kill everyone here because of the economy", you need to tell them "they are subhuman obviously", until it becomes accepted in social consciousness
