Disclaimer: I’m not saying there isn’t a black community in Spain, I’m just saying I didn’t find one. I’m also speaking from an African American perspective 😊 if you know of any black communities or forums in Spain help us out 🙌🏽
Sierra LaFaye Hi Sierra, thank you for sharing your experience in Spain. It’s interesting how people from other countries know about America but not African Americans. Most people generalize black people. But learning about how slavery played a role in the African Americans experience is too painful for most people to imagine. Thank you again. Keep up the content.I would like to know how you were able to go abroad.
@@veliciahiley7652 It's actually very simple. We learn a bit of history in schooll, but most we know about the US is through the movies. If Hollywood didn't treat the black history we don't know it.
@@veliciahiley7652 As God said (Morgan Freeman): "There should not be African American culture, not a month of black culture, my culture and my history is the history of America." And he are right. For most people, there is no difference between a European-American or an African-American, they are the same culture and history. I do know about black, white, blue and yellow history, I like to study the past, it tells us where we come from and where we are going. Black men suffered 200 years of slavery. Whites, Orientals, Africans, all have thousands of years of slavery and wars in their past. Not the only ones, not the last. Right now in Libya and China for example, there is slavery, paid for by all who use Apple for example, or Nike, or Adidas, you are also an accomplice. Think about it.
@@volareohoh2413 It is true right now the Chinese are suffering modern slavery by US companies in their own country and the Chinese government simply does nothing, thousands of Chinese who work in these factories receive inhumane treatment and commit suicide
I was in the navy and was in Rota, Spain and enjoyed it immensely. There was no problem with race upon me. I felt so free being there. As for Blacks and our hair, I wish we start to learn to do our own hair. Moms, aunties, etc would do one another's hair. Don't forget your culture and do your own hair.
Very perceptive. Spanish people stare. That's it. No hidden reason. And black culture is just not something that is part of their experience. Black is not a thing but it is part of South American culture, so it is part of South American culture which is important in Spain. Apart from that there are a few black immigrants from Africa. There are racists in Spain (and some pretty infantile, ignorant behaviour) but in general Spanish people treat people as people - and they do that really well. And 'negro' is a Spanish word which just means black. It's a colour, like black shirt, black ink, black socks.
This is so informative! I'm planing a trip to Spain in 2022 and have been working on becoming fluent in Spanish so I can talk with locals while i'm there.
Ariana Arcoiris hello thanks for replying ! I will be traveling there for my 25th birthday (my golden birthday!) and traveling to London, Paris and Spain! I’m currently working on learning Spanish so I can be fluent or close to fluent by the time I get to Spain.
Very interesting video, thanks for your honesty. I'm spanish, and although I'm not black I have many black spanish friends and I wouldn't say there isn't a black community, but I think that you need to know the right places to find it. In Madrid there is a neighborhood named Lavapiés, it's the main multicultural neighborhood of Madrid, there there's a big african community and a very active panafricanist/antiracism movement, there you would find african bars, restaurants, hairshops, etc. Also remember that spanish history of slavery is diferent to that of the US, while black slaves were taken to USA soil, in the times of the Spanish Empire slaves weren't taken to Spain but to the american colonies, that's why there are many black people in countries like Cuba, Colombia or Dominican Republic and very few in Spain, here most black persons are either inmigrants or sons of inmigrants. Wish you all the best, Sierra.
Querida, hay un montooooon de negros/as nacidos y crecidos en España.. pero estas en "la zona incorrecta" ..Entiendo que te sientas así, pero es lo que pasa cuando no conoces a nadie o a mucha gente.. Te sorprendería si supieras la cantidad que somos, aunque parezcamos invisibles en comparación con muchos paises.. estamos ahí 😂😂😂
@@sierralafaye Por la misma zona de BCN centro, pero mas mas por la zona de Girona, Mataro y toda esa zona bajando.. I si te quieres hacer trenzas, te recomiendo que vayas por Girona, en bcn centro tambien hay lugares pero como no vivo ahí, no te puedo nombrar ninguno..
"Do not put your cell phone at any time in your pocket or on the table while you're sitting eating in a public place. You're just asking for someone to take your phone." Oh, Barcelona... what an impression you leave. :p
I met like maybe two African Americans in Barcelona. Most of the other people I met that were black didn't live together. Mataró has more Africans. One of the reasons I left after nearly two years is that there is no solid black community there. The blacks there come off as defeated and not really into organization and community development. People were cool, but Spain was not my place for a kickback. I vowed to never live there again.
Hey girl, been watching your channel for a while now, especially as I was moving to Madrid (which is where I am now) been meaning to reach out but I’m a procrastinator 🙃....BUT there is a Facebook group called Melanin Madrid with over 1k members of expats, in Madrid but also other parts of Spain, I know your no longer here but just wanted to mention it! & loooove you channel, helped me ALOT, hope it continues to grow!
Embajadores! My parents refer to Embajadores all the time. They were in Madrid in the 90s and so I was born there, I haven't been to Madrid in a long time and I was in my early teens last time I was there and haven't been to Embajadores yet so yuurr😌
I WAS BORN IN MADRID, MY FATHER WAS IN THE AIR FORCE, OF COURSE, I WAS 2 YRS OLD WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE U.S. MY MOTHER SAID WE WERE TREATED VERY WELL!! FOR THE MOST PART...THAT WAS BACK IN THE LATE 60s
Maybe you will be surprised but the most beloved poet of Mallorca was black. His name was Guillem d'Efak. He was the second black person of the Island when the only blacks that we knew were the ones that appears in the folk tales with the elfs (for real). He REALLY was heavily stared!! :) His language, of course, was the catalan and you can find his poems and his songs in you tube. Check this out, maybe you will like it. Best wishes.
In the 16th and 17th centuries there was a black community in Seville. In fact, it had its own Holy Week brotherhood, but there were not too many of them and some ended up in America and the other was absorbed by the white population.
In Barcelona there is a lot of black people but I think mostly is from Africa or other European regions like France, but don't think there is many black American community which maybe will make you feel more like home.
been to spain twice-and had a spanish bf-there's ignorance with regards to the race thing in Spain-but that doesn' mean they're nott.They absolutely hate south american living there.the guy was catalan and hated anything non-caalan which i found tiring
I love that you really took time to understand this topic from the Spanish perspective. 30 years ago there were no black people in Spain so it's a new beginning. In the US racism is a big part of the history and the culture and doesn't exist in Spain, so that opens a lot of opportunities and challenges. Some people try to do things like the US but I think that would close the possibility of a better future. It's better to do things in a new Spanish way. I think that you are mistaken you say that you've met like 2 people that are black and born in Spain. 20 years ago, 99% of black people in Spain were poor immigrants that came from Africa and you would find them selling things in the street. Nowadays there are still people selling in the street but most of them are newly arrived. The ones that came before got better jobs, got their Spanish nationality or residency and most importantly they had children and many of them got much better jobs than their parents. Some of them are also famous singers, TV hosts, sports players, some businessman/woman, etc. You are absolutely right that there is no black community in Spain because these young man and women share the same culture than every Spanish person. A black girl from Galicia speaks Galego, has Galician accent and wears the RC Celta or Deportivo da Coruña t-shirt and eats seafood on parties with his family just like any other Galego. Yes, being black will be part of his/her identity (probably in a way that I don't fully understand) but not in the same way as in the states. There is also another interesting topic. There was ever more black people in Spain? I have a theory that 1000 years ago a lot of black people came to Spain but you can't see them now because they are completely mixed with the white people, and that's while is a lot of people with piel morena and curly hair. I say moreno and not dark skin because I think it's a different meaning in Spain. Moreno is just a genetic heritage you get in the same way as you have a tendency to get thin/fat, you get some eye color, hair color, etc. I think it's the consequence of not keeping white and people separated. Hope you come back to Spain soon! Don't forget to visit Galicia on one of your holidays. Remember that in A Coruña we have the biggest fashion company in the World. Coruña is not as big as Barcelona but very fashion oriented.
Thank you for ALL THIS! I love your theory and how you were also to see my perspective! He tenido ganas a trabajar en Inditex en A Coruna while I was in Barcelona. But I'm going to keep trying to get my foot in the door! Will definitely visit Galicia and so many other places in Spain I want to see!
If 700 years ago Spain was invaded by the Arabs and dark skinned people also arrived in that region but they mixed and most of their features were lost, their Arabic language mixed with the old Spanish making Spanish more complex and rich
Los arabes desmienten tus teoria afrocentrista. Los negros no quereis admitir que en tiempos del califato Omeya y Abasida los negros eran esclavos. Nada mas. Y los Banu Qasi y otros mozarabes era blancos conversos al Islam, nada mas. Mira a dia de hoy si encuentras negros con nacionalidad marroqui y preguntales de donde vienen...
0:52 On this data keep in mind that not all the Africans in Spain will be black. I don't know the actual percentages, but there's a lot of Moroccan immigration in Spain. So the percentage of black Africans is most likely even lower than that.
I think you very brave woman,..... Very very, you should be proud of yourself..... If you ever come back to Madrid let me know, i'd like to practise my english with you.... 😬
Sierra great informational piece on blacks in Spain and what you should expect being black in Spain, and how other races of people lacking black and black culture, one of my take away about blacks going abroad is to explore and broaden your arising with other cultures which make you grow as a person, I believe being a loaner make you stronger as a person, I know people who cannot be alone and cannot functions properly without someone there. I have another story my second job I worked after retired from the military, I was blessed to land another good paying job, I worked for the Department of Defense and I did a lot State traveling, one TDY trip, (TDY)- means Temporarily Duty Station, I went to Huntsville Alabama for a week for a business meeting and Sierra me and my friend decided to go to the mall in Huntsville Alabama, the mall was Bridge Street some name like that and Sierra, I saw this beautiful woman sitting outside on the bench, she was with another couple, one was a guy, I told my friend I got to go a talk with this woman I like that, I told my friend I only here for a few days so if I didn’t do this , I will never see this woman again. Sierra, I did the boldness thing that never did before,when the guy she was with left, I immediately went over there and had a conversation with her, her name is (IVA) , she was shocked she couldn’t believe this, I just have to get her number so she gave me her card and told me to called her so I did I called her the next day, she called me back the next day and we met again at the mall at the same spot, and she told me in a funny way, why you did that the man could have been my husband, and I responded to her and said, if I didn’t do that we wouldn’t be sitting here having this conversation, she finally start laughing out loud, but my point the beautiful woman couldn’t be alone she was use to have someone being with her, all her life but when she lost her mother and father from a car accident she couldn’t function as well with her emoitions, therefore she no longer had that support structure anymore so I saw that in her eyes, so I was very gentle with her by being so understanding while talking to her, we talk for hours at the mall everything went right but I have to leave in a few days so I didn’t pursue her anymore because she needed to do some more soul searchings, I understand about a major lost, (IVA) she had her own business selling cosmetics seem like she was doing well for herself she dressed very well very conservative dark blue suit which got my attention because I dressed very well also and conservative, so when you mention being a loner the thing that cross my mind that I know people who couldn’t be alone that came across to me about (IVA), and that can be sad in that state in your life a lost is so sad. Sierra that is the first time that I ever done something like that to be that upfront with some one, but she was so beautiful I just couldn’t let that pass me by, I am a person if I like so one I will go after it and that what I do for anything I want I will go after it, even it is a person, or a job or a place I will go after it because I am a go getter and nothing will stop me that one of my major victory in life. But being a loner is a good thing. , I would take being a loaner any day because it will make you stronger, and powerful person inside and out, its a strength. . Take Care and stay cool as a person.
Also I have a question if you know. Will they try overcharge in shops and activities and stuff bc my friends a tourist as well as her skin colour ? I’m just curious bc this is my first ever abroad holiday with a friend and not my parents. I’m excited but there’s sm I don’t know
You guys will have a blast! Generally whatever country you go to and you shop at the street markets and they can tell you're a tourist they will try to overcharge but you can always try to negotiate the price and only pay what you feel is worth it to you
First of all i would like to express my admiration and respect for having such an open mind and for your way of approaching life. However, i don´t think it´s fair to call someone ignorant because they don´t know local historical data. You can´t blame someone who is not an american for not knowing who Rosa Parks was. At least i would not do it if someone were unaware of the invasions that Spain have suffered and the pain and injustice that they caused. Nobody can know the entire history of the world. All countries focus their studies on their own history, which is a mistake; I think everybody should have a global knowledge of the most relevant events in history, like all kind of slavery. That would be the only way to never repeat something so horrible.
As a spaniard the black people within spain are from immigrants and there alot of immigration problems within spain. In spain lot of people that are African are very neglected but in some cities that don't have much tourist you will be stared at in all Europe
Does the staring include in Mallorca do you know? I’m going with my black friend next month. Honestly I am scared, she gets racially abused a LOT here in the UK, London… nearly everyday😔 is her safety going to be at risk just for being black.
You guys will be safe! They're will def be a lot of starring in Mallorca because it's not a very touristy spot; but just kill them with kindness, smile and say hello when they stare! Most of the time it's not due to racism but admiring your beauty
@@MpressRuby my trip was good thankyou. There was obviously some staring quite a bit. The hotel I stayed at one of the staff was horrible towards her. And a few women gave her dirty looks when at the buffet . But overall we thoroughly enjoyed it and we were safe. Looks was the worst she got.
sorry for m bad English m native lang is greek. I think in europe we are more friendly to everyone especial country's that live's from tourist's like greece - spain etc . Also the most part's in europe they didnt had black ppl as slave's , although some european country's it was under slavery from other country's like poland , Ireland , greece or under other country's control . I heard though that is hard if u are black and u want to visit Russia or Ukraine but maybe gonna be almost that hard for white ppl as well there . Tbh i can not understand how u have racist problem in USA , 1 super powered country that was build and grow with multi community's maybe is because u are a bid separate and every community take care for their own . In greece we have alot of immigrants but because the education and the healthfair is free , is easy for everyone to mixed up to society atleast the last 30 year's . I hope u gonna pay greece a visit (at summer) and see by yourself ur hospitality :) take care and be safe. PS. U was feeling more safe as a black person on US or in spain ?
Wow I just had to chime in you are such a cool sister so this is for you. Buy this book (memoirs of the Secret service of John Macky) people would be in aww of you because you are not African American. You are very different I can tell from your face structure and your personality it’s in your blood. Go get that Book it’s your start to truly knowing yourself. Thank you for the vid fantastic.
Black people are a very small number of the spanish population, especially if you go to rural places and the northern and central regions (excluding Madrid), there you are going to be stared A LOT because a lot of people (especially the elder) either have never seen a black person outside of TV or they saw them very long ago if they emigrated somewhere but most stares are going to be out of curiosity than "what is this person doing here?!", its similar for white people when traveling to rural China or Japan, they rarely see us outside of TV so it picks their curiosity. The 4% African inmigrants = black people is a wrong asumption because that 4% includes people from northern Africa like Morocco, who are the largest minority with 1 million living here.
We are multy race? We have been invaded for centuries like every colonize place so when we colonice land we had diverse people in it if you read the numeber od spanierds who went to america you would be surprised of their low number we worked with indigenous tribes who were against local power we have always had low population due to wars. Almost everyone in latinamerica is mix
How in HELL do Spain not know about slavery on this side of the world and they had a big hand in Tran Atlantic slave trade??? South American, Central america, North America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola... Their language didn't just appear here.
That is because our History books don’t talk about that besides a few lines such as this: And that’s it. Also, slavery did not play an important part on Spanish culture, mostly because Castilian Christian nobles frowned upon it, since their Muslim enemies practiced it. Finally, most of the Spanish racism comes from ignorance and imported stereotypes such as 13/50. Most spaniards will change their minds as soon as they meet one or two nice black people.
I had just spent a year in Barcelona, however, was giving my opinion about Barcelona and Madrid because I spent a year in Madrid a few years prior as well
We love to watch people in Europe, that's how the cafés in Paris came into being, sitting around for hours and looking at people. in the USA people live in cars, in Europe on the street and on foot. there are extra squares -piazas. so has nothing to do with your skin color, it's eiropean and great.everyone is curious about the other and flirting is also part of it. the US Americans could find out a bit about our culture before they come to us and then complain. they are your complexes from the USA.
Disclaimer: I’m not saying there isn’t a black community in Spain, I’m just saying I didn’t find one. I’m also speaking from an African American perspective 😊 if you know of any black communities or forums in Spain help us out 🙌🏽
Sierra LaFaye Hi Sierra, thank you for sharing your experience in Spain. It’s interesting how people from other countries know about America but not African Americans. Most people generalize black people. But learning about how slavery played a role in the African Americans experience is too painful for most people to imagine. Thank you again.
Keep up the content.I would like to know how you were able to go abroad.
@@veliciahiley7652 It's actually very simple. We learn a bit of history in schooll, but most we know about the US is through the movies. If Hollywood didn't treat the black history we don't know it.
@@veliciahiley7652 As God said (Morgan Freeman): "There should not be African American culture, not a month of black culture, my culture and my history is the history of America." And he are right. For most people, there is no difference between a European-American or an African-American, they are the same culture and history. I do know about black, white, blue and yellow history, I like to study the past, it tells us where we come from and where we are going. Black men suffered 200 years of slavery. Whites, Orientals, Africans, all have thousands of years of slavery and wars in their past. Not the only ones, not the last. Right now in Libya and China for example, there is slavery, paid for by all who use Apple for example, or Nike, or Adidas, you are also an accomplice. Think about it.
@@volareohoh2413 It is true right now the Chinese are suffering modern slavery by US companies in their own country and the Chinese government simply does nothing, thousands of Chinese who work in these factories receive inhumane treatment and commit suicide
@SierraLaFaye there's a black community in Spain, check out on Facebook, Instagram, etc "BLACKBARCELONA" You will se us there::)
I was in the navy and was in Rota, Spain and enjoyed it immensely. There was no problem with race upon me. I felt so free being there. As for Blacks and our hair, I wish we start to learn to do our own hair. Moms, aunties, etc would do one another's hair. Don't forget your culture and do your own hair.
Very perceptive. Spanish people stare. That's it. No hidden reason. And black culture is just not something that is part of their experience. Black is not a thing but it is part of South American culture, so it is part of South American culture which is important in Spain. Apart from that there are a few black immigrants from Africa. There are racists in Spain (and some pretty infantile, ignorant behaviour) but in general Spanish people treat people as people - and they do that really well. And 'negro' is a Spanish word which just means black. It's a colour, like black shirt, black ink, black socks.
This is so informative! I'm planing a trip to Spain in 2022 and have been working on becoming fluent in Spanish so I can talk with locals while i'm there.
So glad I was able to help!
Ariana Arcoiris hello thanks for replying ! I will be traveling there for my 25th birthday (my golden birthday!) and traveling to London, Paris and Spain!
I’m currently working on learning Spanish so I can be fluent or close to fluent by the time I get to Spain.
Very interesting video, thanks for your honesty.
I'm spanish, and although I'm not black I have many black spanish friends and I wouldn't say there isn't a black community, but I think that you need to know the right places to find it. In Madrid there is a neighborhood named Lavapiés, it's the main multicultural neighborhood of Madrid, there there's a big african community and a very active panafricanist/antiracism movement, there you would find african bars, restaurants, hairshops, etc.
Also remember that spanish history of slavery is diferent to that of the US, while black slaves were taken to USA soil, in the times of the Spanish Empire slaves weren't taken to Spain but to the american colonies, that's why there are many black people in countries like Cuba, Colombia or Dominican Republic and very few in Spain, here most black persons are either inmigrants or sons of inmigrants.
Wish you all the best, Sierra.
Thank you so much for your insight! & You're right about Lavapies!
They know we are the Jews!
They were taken to Spain and they had influence on the culture - just less amounts obviously. There's a documentary on it called Gurumbe 😊
Querida, hay un montooooon de negros/as nacidos y crecidos en España.. pero estas en "la zona incorrecta" ..Entiendo que te sientas así, pero es lo que pasa cuando no conoces a nadie o a mucha gente.. Te sorprendería si supieras la cantidad que somos, aunque parezcamos invisibles en comparación con muchos paises.. estamos ahí 😂😂😂
Sí hay, pero muy poco en comparación a UK, US y Francia por ejemplo
Haha si te fijas bien, lo dije en el comentario..
Donde??? Yo no tenía ni idea! Pero que bien que hay!
@@sierralafaye Por la misma zona de BCN centro, pero mas mas por la zona de Girona, Mataro y toda esa zona bajando.. I si te quieres hacer trenzas, te recomiendo que vayas por Girona, en bcn centro tambien hay lugares pero como no vivo ahí, no te puedo nombrar ninguno..
Que dices!?! muchas gracias!
"Do not put your cell phone at any time in your pocket or on the table while you're sitting eating in a public place. You're just asking for someone to take your phone."
Oh, Barcelona... what an impression you leave. :p
Seen some of your videos. Thank you for enjoying your experience in Spain and talking fairly of it. You are always welcome in this country
Thank you! 😃
I met like maybe two African Americans in Barcelona. Most of the other people I met that were black didn't live together. Mataró has more Africans.
One of the reasons I left after nearly two years is that there is no solid black community there. The blacks there come off as defeated and not really into organization and community development.
People were cool, but Spain was not my place for a kickback. I vowed to never live there again.
Hey girl, been watching your channel for a while now, especially as I was moving to Madrid (which is where I am now) been meaning to reach out but I’m a procrastinator 🙃....BUT there is a Facebook group called Melanin Madrid with over 1k members of expats, in Madrid but also other parts of Spain, I know your no longer here but just wanted to mention it! & loooove you channel, helped me ALOT, hope it continues to grow!
Thanks for this post. I'm moving to Murcia later this year.
Your very welcome!!
Thanks for reaching out 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 and omg I never knew about the Facebook group! & wow thanks for all ur support 😊
Gugu Hlatshwayo 🙌🏽 💃🏽 ur gonna have a blast!
Awww thank you for posting about the Facebook group, I plan on moving to Madrid in 3 months and wanted to be able to connect with others out there x
Embajadores! My parents refer to Embajadores all the time. They were in Madrid in the 90s and so I was born there, I haven't been to Madrid in a long time and I was in my early teens last time I was there and haven't been to Embajadores yet so yuurr😌
I WAS BORN IN MADRID, MY FATHER WAS IN THE AIR FORCE, OF COURSE, I WAS 2 YRS OLD WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE U.S. MY MOTHER SAID WE WERE TREATED VERY WELL!! FOR THE MOST PART...THAT WAS BACK IN THE LATE 60s
Maybe you will be surprised but the most beloved poet of Mallorca was black. His name was Guillem d'Efak. He was the second black person of the Island when the only blacks that we knew were the ones that appears in the folk tales with the elfs (for real). He REALLY was heavily stared!! :) His language, of course, was the catalan and you can find his poems and his songs in you tube. Check this out, maybe you will like it. Best wishes.
Wow, thanks so much! I'll check him out
In the 16th and 17th centuries there was a black community in Seville. In fact, it had its own Holy Week brotherhood, but there were not too many of them and some ended up in America and the other was absorbed by the white population.
Everything you said was so good! Loved
Debbie Ruiz aw thanks girl!!
In Barcelona there is a lot of black people but I think mostly is from Africa or other European regions like France,
but don't think there is many black American community which maybe will make you feel more like home.
been to spain twice-and had a spanish bf-there's ignorance with regards to the race thing in Spain-but that doesn' mean they're nott.They absolutely hate south american living there.the guy was catalan and hated anything non-caalan which i found tiring
I love that you really took time to understand this topic from the Spanish perspective. 30 years ago there were no black people in Spain so it's a new beginning. In the US racism is a big part of the history and the culture and doesn't exist in Spain, so that opens a lot of opportunities and challenges. Some people try to do things like the US but I think that would close the possibility of a better future. It's better to do things in a new Spanish way.
I think that you are mistaken you say that you've met like 2 people that are black and born in Spain. 20 years ago, 99% of black people in Spain were poor immigrants that came from Africa and you would find them selling things in the street. Nowadays there are still people selling in the street but most of them are newly arrived. The ones that came before got better jobs, got their Spanish nationality or residency and most importantly they had children and many of them got much better jobs than their parents. Some of them are also famous singers, TV hosts, sports players, some businessman/woman, etc. You are absolutely right that there is no black community in Spain because these young man and women share the same culture than every Spanish person. A black girl from Galicia speaks Galego, has Galician accent and wears the RC Celta or Deportivo da Coruña t-shirt and eats seafood on parties with his family just like any other Galego. Yes, being black will be part of his/her identity (probably in a way that I don't fully understand) but not in the same way as in the states.
There is also another interesting topic. There was ever more black people in Spain? I have a theory that 1000 years ago a lot of black people came to Spain but you can't see them now because they are completely mixed with the white people, and that's while is a lot of people with piel morena and curly hair. I say moreno and not dark skin because I think it's a different meaning in Spain. Moreno is just a genetic heritage you get in the same way as you have a tendency to get thin/fat, you get some eye color, hair color, etc. I think it's the consequence of not keeping white and people separated.
Hope you come back to Spain soon! Don't forget to visit Galicia on one of your holidays. Remember that in A Coruña we have the biggest fashion company in the World. Coruña is not as big as Barcelona but very fashion oriented.
Thank you for ALL THIS! I love your theory and how you were also to see my perspective! He tenido ganas a trabajar en Inditex en A Coruna while I was in Barcelona. But I'm going to keep trying to get my foot in the door! Will definitely visit Galicia and so many other places in Spain I want to see!
Soul thAnks.
Very good point.
If 700 years ago Spain was invaded by the Arabs and dark skinned people also arrived in that region but they mixed and most of their features were lost, their Arabic language mixed with the old Spanish making Spanish more complex and rich
Los arabes desmienten tus teoria afrocentrista. Los negros no quereis admitir que en tiempos del califato Omeya y Abasida los negros eran esclavos. Nada mas. Y los Banu Qasi y otros mozarabes era blancos conversos al Islam, nada mas. Mira a dia de hoy si encuentras negros con nacionalidad marroqui y preguntales de donde vienen...
0:52 On this data keep in mind that not all the Africans in Spain will be black. I don't know the actual percentages, but there's a lot of Moroccan immigration in Spain. So the percentage of black Africans is most likely even lower than that.
I think you very brave woman,..... Very very, you should be proud of yourself..... If you ever come back to Madrid let me know, i'd like to practise my english with you.... 😬
Dayum.... Eyebrows, skin, teeth, hair on fleek! Intelligent too.
Sierra great informational piece on blacks in Spain and what you should expect being black in Spain, and how other races of people lacking black and black culture, one of my take away about blacks going abroad is to explore and broaden your arising with other cultures which make you grow as a person, I believe being a loaner make you stronger as a person, I know people who cannot be alone and cannot functions properly without someone there. I have another story my second job I worked after retired from the military, I was blessed to land another good paying job, I worked for the Department of Defense and I did a lot State traveling, one TDY trip, (TDY)- means Temporarily Duty Station, I went to Huntsville Alabama for a week for a business meeting and Sierra me and my friend decided to go to the mall in Huntsville Alabama, the mall was Bridge Street some name like that and Sierra, I saw this beautiful woman sitting outside on the bench, she was with another couple, one was a guy, I told my friend I got to go a talk with this woman I like that, I told my friend I only here for a few days so if I didn’t do this , I will never see this woman again. Sierra, I did the boldness thing that never did before,when the guy she was with left, I immediately went over there and had a conversation with her, her name is (IVA) , she was shocked she couldn’t believe this, I just have to get her number so she gave me her card and told me to called her so I did I called her the next day, she called me back the next day and we met again at the mall at the same spot, and she told me in a funny way, why you did that the man could have been my husband, and I responded to her and said, if I didn’t do that we wouldn’t be sitting here having this conversation, she finally start laughing out loud, but my point the beautiful woman couldn’t be alone she was use to have someone being with her, all her life but when she lost her mother and father from a car accident she couldn’t function as well with her emoitions, therefore she no longer had that support structure anymore so I saw that in her eyes, so I was very gentle with her by being so understanding while talking to her, we talk for hours at the mall everything went right but I have to leave in a few days so I didn’t pursue her anymore because she needed to do some more soul searchings, I understand about a major lost, (IVA) she had her own business selling cosmetics seem like she was doing well for herself she dressed very well very conservative dark blue suit which got my attention because I dressed very well also and conservative, so when you mention being a loner the thing that cross my mind that I know people who couldn’t be alone that came across to me about (IVA), and that can be sad in that state in your life a lost is so sad. Sierra that is the first time that I ever done something like that to be that upfront with some one, but she was so beautiful I just couldn’t let that pass me by, I am a person if I like so one I will go after it and that what I do for anything I want I will go after it, even it is a person, or a job or a place I will go after it because I am a go getter and nothing will stop me that one of my major victory in life. But being a loner is a good thing. , I would take being a loaner any day because it will make you stronger, and powerful person inside and out, its a strength. . Take Care and stay cool as a person.
Also I have a question if you know. Will they try overcharge in shops and activities and stuff bc my friends a tourist as well as her skin colour ? I’m just curious bc this is my first ever abroad holiday with a friend and not my parents. I’m excited but there’s sm I don’t know
You guys will have a blast! Generally whatever country you go to and you shop at the street markets and they can tell you're a tourist they will try to overcharge but you can always try to negotiate the price and only pay what you feel is worth it to you
First of all i would like to express my admiration and respect for having such an open mind and for your way of approaching life.
However, i don´t think it´s fair to call someone ignorant because they don´t know local historical data. You can´t blame someone who is not an american for not knowing who Rosa Parks was. At least i would not do it if someone were unaware of the invasions that Spain have suffered and the pain and injustice that they caused.
Nobody can know the entire history of the world. All countries focus their studies on their own history, which is a mistake; I think everybody should have a global knowledge of the most relevant events in history, like all kind of slavery. That would be the only way to never repeat something so horrible.
As a spaniard the black people within spain are from immigrants and there alot of immigration problems within spain. In spain lot of people that are African are very neglected but in some cities that don't have much tourist you will be stared at in all Europe
Damn, you are SWEET!😻
in parallel their is. The place is actually called parallel on the purple line
Really?! I’ve been in Parallel once and should have actually payed more attention in that area (i was at an outdoor jazz festival 😎)
Does the staring include in Mallorca do you know? I’m going with my black friend next month. Honestly I am scared, she gets racially abused a LOT here in the UK, London… nearly everyday😔 is her safety going to be at risk just for being black.
You guys will be safe! They're will def be a lot of starring in Mallorca because it's not a very touristy spot; but just kill them with kindness, smile and say hello when they stare! Most of the time it's not due to racism but admiring your beauty
Lauren how was your trip? I’m moving to Spain soon and I’m so worried about this very thing.
@@MpressRuby my trip was good thankyou. There was obviously some staring quite a bit. The hotel I stayed at one of the staff was horrible towards her. And a few women gave her dirty looks when at the buffet . But overall we thoroughly enjoyed it and we were safe. Looks was the worst she got.
sorry for m bad English m native lang is greek. I think in europe we are more friendly to everyone especial country's that live's from tourist's like greece - spain etc . Also the most part's in europe they didnt had black ppl as slave's , although some european country's it was under slavery from other country's like poland , Ireland , greece or under other country's control . I heard though that is hard if u are black and u want to visit Russia or Ukraine but maybe gonna be almost that hard for white ppl as well there . Tbh i can not understand how u have racist problem in USA , 1 super powered country that was build and grow with multi community's maybe is because u are a bid separate and every community take care for their own . In greece we have alot of immigrants but because the education and the healthfair is free , is easy for everyone to mixed up to society atleast the last 30 year's . I hope u gonna pay greece a visit (at summer) and see by yourself ur hospitality :) take care and be safe.
PS. U was feeling more safe as a black person on US or in spain ?
Thanks so much for your comment! And honestly I felt more safe in Spain than I do here. Would love to visit Greece in the near future too!
Wow I just had to chime in you are such a cool sister so this is for you. Buy this book (memoirs of the Secret service of John Macky) people would be in aww of you because you are not African American. You are very different I can tell from your face structure and your personality it’s in your blood. Go get that Book it’s your start to truly knowing yourself. Thank you for the vid fantastic.
That quote tho!
Elisa Powell u already know what it is
Black people are a very small number of the spanish population, especially if you go to rural places and the northern and central regions (excluding Madrid), there you are going to be stared A LOT because a lot of people (especially the elder) either have never seen a black person outside of TV or they saw them very long ago if they emigrated somewhere but most stares are going to be out of curiosity than "what is this person doing here?!", its similar for white people when traveling to rural China or Japan, they rarely see us outside of TV so it picks their curiosity.
The 4% African inmigrants = black people is a wrong asumption because that 4% includes people from northern Africa like Morocco, who are the largest minority with 1 million living here.
We are multy race? We have been invaded for centuries like every colonize place so when we colonice land we had diverse people in it if you read the numeber od spanierds who went to america you would be surprised of their low number we worked with indigenous tribes who were against local power we have always had low population due to wars. Almost everyone in latinamerica is mix
How in HELL do Spain not know about slavery on this side of the world and they had a big hand in Tran Atlantic slave trade??? South American, Central america, North America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola... Their language didn't just appear here.
That is because our History books don’t talk about that besides a few lines such as this:
And that’s it. Also, slavery did not play an important part on Spanish culture, mostly because Castilian Christian nobles frowned upon it, since their Muslim enemies practiced it.
Finally, most of the Spanish racism comes from ignorance and imported stereotypes such as 13/50. Most spaniards will change their minds as soon as they meet one or two nice black people.
U rock yellow
Thanks!
What part of Spain??
I had just spent a year in Barcelona, however, was giving my opinion about Barcelona and Madrid because I spent a year in Madrid a few years prior as well
OMG you’re so beautiful
Phillip Maxwell Aw thank you so much
We love to watch people in Europe, that's how the cafés in Paris came into being, sitting around for hours and looking at people. in the USA people live in cars, in Europe on the street and on foot. there are extra squares -piazas. so has nothing to do with your skin color, it's eiropean and great.everyone is curious about the other and flirting is also part of it. the US Americans could find out a bit about our culture before they come to us and then complain. they are your complexes from the USA.
Maybe you could do a video on how racist black people are amongst their own black people because of there different skin tones
Good suggestion! I think it's something you could also do a video about!