'This area is black, so **** off' - Note put through mothers letterbox

[teo 609]

What word they had for white people? They were by themselves white.

And your people and neighbouring countries DO hate Muslims to this day because of the Ottomans, that's why Bosnian genocide happened, that's why mass exodus of Turks from Bulgaria happened, as a result of forced ethnic assimilation policy.

Julian Popov, former Bulgaria's Minister of Environment and Water, described Balkan history books the best

 

It's completely different from how African slaves were treated in the United States. I don't know how can you even compare the two.

 

 

I don't know the word in English or else I would have posted it. I'm not interested in re-reading my history in another language, but if you really wanna know I suggest you start with wikipedia. Nobody's hating on Turks here btw, they are a huge part of our population, they are our neighbors, colleagues, friends you can't get around them and nobody pays attention to the fact they are Turks. Now I'm sure you can dig yourself some article online that disagrees with what I'm saying, so you do what you gotta do.

 

Speaking about confirmation bias what's up with posting that article and highlighting this man's opinion on something as if it's more valid than mine or yours for that matter?  The psychology of the Balkans has nothing to do with history. What if I tell you that I agree with everything he said? That doesn't change the facts. This is not the first time you're interested in bulgarian history, so  I guess you should start reading more on the subject and you can come back to discuss it again.

 

 

Also you forgot to mention the treatment of Janissaries in Devsirme system, as cruel it is to take them away from families 

This is where this should have ended, cause there is no "but" in taking away people's children. Even if you give them food.

 

 

Now lastly where did you see me compare the Ottoman rule to the African slavery? We were just discussing the definition of racism based on the article that I quoted.