1) Being racist to a lot of different people doesn't make you not raicst. It just makes you a general bigot. I'd note that Germans were also upset with the black face.
The Initiative for Black Voters (Of Germany) had a problem with that, and OTHER cases of black face. In otherwords, Black people in Germany find it racist. That you don't sounds like a problem on your part.
Edit Quoted: "But Tahir Della a spokesman for the Initiative for Black Germans (ISD), which tries to represent the interests of the black community in Germany, called the billboard "unbelievably hurtful."
"This is 2011 and not 1950," he said. "I find it racist through and through."
Doesn't sound like black peole find it too funny.
2) How long people are here is irrelevant compared to size of population. Why would it matter?
3) In fact, yes a LOT of immigrants here can't speak English.
4) Have you looked into German Immigration? In Germany, if you are a non EU citizen the only way you can immigrate into Germany is if you are a skilled worker or are going to a school there.
US policy has that AND it has a lottery raffle to let less fortunate people into the country.
5) Again it has to all do with awareness, using your polls as an example. People in Germany apparently don't see blackface as racist. (Unless you are a black german of couse!) While in the US EVERYONE would see that as racist. So in equal situations or even unequal ones, Racism in the US would be rated higher.
While if you were to say, measure specific racist things, then you have a more accurate reflection of racism.
If you asked people if they were racist back in the Jim Crow south, they woulda said no, because they thought there racism was well founded afterall.
