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i live in a relatively small city with about 160 different nationalities. it has never bothered me because i've never known any different. in every school in the city there are tons of different races. heck, it's even hard to find a so-called 'belgian' who doesn't have anything foreign in him (i'm a mix of french and spanish, my boyfriend has greek, british and norwegian roots etc etc)
the most racist comments i've heard come from my parents' generation or even older people. they have seen all these nationalities arrive and it scares them because it's different. the youngsters that talk like them are usually the ones that live in the 'safe' suburbs with barely any immigration, and they talk about the city like people get killed there on every corner by scary turkish people.
of course there are problems with immigrants. when you put ten different families with ten different views on morals in one street there is going to be friction. but belgians tend to forget that the majority of these immigrants try to learn the language, find a job and have a normal life here. it's just that you never see them in the media.
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