Very very late to the thread, but had to comment on the story -

Those assuming that Europeans are more at ease with different ethnicities haven’t spent much time in Europe. Some of the most crass racist statements I have heard were in Europe from educated people thinking they were either making some pithy observation or simply reciting an expression that they have are accustomed to but can’t be excused for having never thought about.

One I remember distinctly from a Phd’d technical director in Italy, asking rhetorically “Do I look like a n*** with a ring though my nose.”

Europeans like the idea of racial harmony as long as there are plenty of white people around to share that idea with.