Based on my discussions with classmates, Germans seem to think that most of the looting going on post-Katrina involved people stealing guns from grocery stores, all of which keep them in stock and in great quantities. They aren't as concerned about the race issue, but instead simply assume that all Americans are violent and will take any opportunity to cause such mayhem. The riots in Ireland have not been mentioned at all.
(I am of course painting with an incredibly broad brush and most Germans are more intelligent than this, but this opinion is very much prevalent and not one that I'm picking up from the media, but maybe I'm watching the wrong channels.)
To prove that we aren't a whole lot better, CNN's coverage of Germany's election:
-started the story at a Berlin bar, where seperate taps have been created to allow patrons to "vote with their throats"
-included the reporter bicycling past some very old looking barns while speaking about the latest poll results
-the other reporter, for some reason, is making extensive use of German trains to cover the election, and this was a major point of his story
I still love CNN international, but sometimes it is a little strange.
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