During the world cup match against france many spaniards made racist chants at the african players on the french team. Many moroccans are discriminated against in Spain. Even those arabs that were born and raised in Spain are not considered "real" spaniards because of their moroccan roots. Why are spaniards so racist?
2006-07-09 03:34:17 · 16 answers · asked by livinglife 1 in Travel ➔ Spain ➔ Other - Spain
Johncharles,
You bring up a great argument. Sounds very similar to the current immigration debate in the US. This seems to be the same sentiment among Americans, and not just White Americans":
"...If you were a Spaniard and because some politician said its ok for foreigners to move to Spain and now all you see is Northern Africans not contributing, not assimilating , and speaking their own language on your motherland taking over."....
So does that make all Americans who feel that way racist...? That would be a huge blanket accusation.
And coming from a black American who's lived in Spain and is going back to live there this fall, Spain is no more racist than any other [western] country. I've never received any negative reactions/treatment, but that is just my experience. I don't know where you are from, but there are places in the US that are a whole lot worse than anywhere in Spain, so don't let one apple(experience) spoil the whole bunch (all Spaniards).
2006-07-10 08:08:58 · answer #1 · answered by Sunshine1601 2 · 11⤊ 1⤋
I'm I'd just like to add that America is not the motherland to white people, Europe is. So that was kind of a false analogy to compare racists in Spain to racists in America.
2014-05-03 08:15:08 · answer #2 · answered by Joey 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The real reason that Spaniards cant stand Africans or other is because at one point the moors (dark skinned Africans) who ruled over Spain and even took Europeans back to northern africa to be slaves. If you go to Alhambra Spain you will see the influence of their culture in Spain in their beautiful courtyards, and buildings and homes. They actually brought great culture to Spain and so the Spaniards are kind of pissed and afraid and think that they are better when in fact they are probably mixed with many Blacks. The other thing is that many false coaches go to Africa promising them a better future in playing soccer and these young men leave with the coaches to Spain after paying them alot of money where they are abandoned and some made into slaves and they can't leave. They are just kids in their teens. But you will get stares and looks like my sister did When she went to train in swimming there and told them that her last name was Torres. The Spaniards didn't believe her, but that's okay.
2014-10-11 11:54:51 · answer #3 · answered by malcolmx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-18 00:06:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's effusive to me because I'm Spaniard and were not your the one that's racist
2015-06-29 19:30:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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DONT listen to the people who say they are all white or that they are all rasist to none whites its apsolutely not true. not all spaniards are white ok their are dark onces and light onces their are racist onces and kind onces. aniways me and u have the same dream to go to spain well i want 2 live in spain but aniways i know u can achieve this
2016-04-11 06:06:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm of Chinese descent and been to Spain twice. In the two times I was there, I've heard the Spaniards often cracking jokes related to me being chinese. I don't know exactly what was being said but the word Chino was often exchanged amongst them, and there would be laughter or snickering related to what was just said. Sometimes, you don't need to understand a language to know what is being said.
2006-07-09 23:02:45 · answer #7 · answered by ideaoasis 2 · 17⤊ 1⤋
I live in Spain. There is racism here just like in anywhere else and despite not being white, I feel fine living here. Spaniards are too proud of their own country and I'm sick of it. What can I do? I'm living in their country.
2006-07-09 20:02:04 · answer #8 · answered by lollypopboy2005 1 · 15⤊ 3⤋
Many Spaniards like other "whites" think that they are the superior race. Probably because they had power and were conquerors before. They made colonies of a lot of countries, where they were the masters and the natives were their slaves.
2006-07-09 03:57:37 · answer #9 · answered by evitasarenas 1 · 17⤊ 3⤋
Most Spaniards are proud!
Due to their long colonization history and the political recent history, Spaniards where not educated to avoid racism! Of course this is only for a few! Most Spaniards are open minded and nice people!
2006-07-09 03:38:00 · answer #10 · answered by soubassakis 6 · 8⤊ 4⤋