• arrow74@lemmy.zip
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      Idk maybe all the black Americans actively fighting in some of Europe’s most populous countries during WW2 and the following American presence after the war.

      And that’s ignoring the interactions between European nations and their African colonies. I’ll ignore the human zoos as well

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        Wow. I don’t even know where to begin.

        Black US troops (which were segregated from the white troops) did not exactly run around on vacation in the french countryside.

        Most French, Dutch, Englishmen, (among others) did not go to any colony. They stayed home… working their normal jobs. Farming the land, making shoes, sewing clothes, building houses. Etc.

        And while we’re just starting to grasp the concept of US not being the entire world. I have to inform you of the next class, which will cover the fact that France and Germany is not even close to “most of europe”.