An article from the Serbian constitution in 1835. says "Every slave who steps on Serbian land, becomes a free man instantly". That was like 30 years before American Civil war over the same issues...
This was made not with the intent to free black slaves but our people escaping from Turks, you all have to stop repeating this as if every slave was black and we were some kind of progressive liberators.
@@og-c8l Sorry, but since we have something to brag about, we will do it over and over again. Because even if that was meant to save our own people, still was applied to anyone who was seeking refuge here. And yes, we are liberators, at least when it comes to our lands, since everyone is free here and it was always like that. Which is pretty advanced compared to the uncivilized West and their so - called values.
@@og-c8l We won't stop repeating it, since it is something positive to brag about. Also, it was applied to anyone who was seeking refuge here, not only on Serbs who were escaping Turkish slavery. It continued in the same manner too, since Kingdom of Serbia was some kind of shelter for the progressive Europeans at the beginning of the 20th century. Advanced constitution compared to the Western Europe, advanced laws too and unprecedented individual freedom.
@@og-c8l That was applied to non - Serbs too. And yes, we were progressive compared to the uncivilized West. Not just then, but long before too. Emperor Dusan basically outlawed slavery, except for those who were captured in battle.
@@og-c8l That was applied to non - Serbs too. And yes, we were progressive compared to the West. Not just then, but long before too. Emperor Dusan basically outlawed slavery, except for those who were captured in battle.
During 50s in Belgium they had a "human zoo" displaying black people from Congo, in the mean time in we had young people from different African countries studying in Belgrade Also, Belgrade is probably the only European city that have non-colonial African museum displaying not stolen artefacts but artefacts that were gifts to Yugoslavian/Serbian diplomats...
Because we were the socialist (marxist rotted) country,and one of the founding countries of the non alignment movement, which gathered and worked with all these post-colonial African nations.Always supporting struggle for independence of the oppressed nations and countries.
There is a record that Serbian soldiers on the Thessaloniki front during the First World War protested why French officers were sending Blacks, soldiers from their colonies, to the front lines! They said: why are you doing this, they are people like us? The Serbs did not understand that corruption! In the first Constitution of Serbia after liberation from the Turkish occupation, it was written: A slave, when he steps on the soil of Serbia - becomes a FREE MAN! We are especially proud of that!
Srbsko je Svätá zem a Srbi sú nebeský národ!!!! Raj na zemi! Otvorená náruč a priateľská atmosféra všade kam idete!! Nečudujem sa že slečna sa tam cíti príjemne❤❤❤❤☦️☦️☦️☦️ Pozdravujem zo Slovenska❤️
Welcome to Serbia! Black people are our brothers and sisters and we see them as our own. I am a teacher and there are students from Africa and USA in some of my classes. Those kids are loved and accepted by other kids and they became a great part of Serbian culture. They also brought their own unique culture and personalities and I learned a lot from them. Great video! Greetings from Belgrade.
A friend of a friend unexpectedly got a free diner at a Paris restaurant. The Syrian owner, when he heard that the guests are from Serbia, told them|: "While we were refugees, you were the only country and people that were treating us as humans." Second, Orthodox Christianity forbids racism.
My daughter who's mixed race American and lived in Serbia and Bosnia for 6 months experienced the region was very homogenous and had been warned about neo Nazis there and to avoid large football matches where they congregate. Also, she could count the number of people of color on 1 hand in Belgrade. Despite this she had a very positive experience in both Serbia and Bosnia as her time was divided between the 2 places. She felt both places were warm and welcoming..
@Yabadabaduba Thanks for sharing! The only place in the Balkans that I've been warned about is Croatia, and how it does have Neo-Nazis and not too friendly to Black travelers.
@blairinbelgradeTV I'm not surprised. We travelled together to Croatia, but down the Coast and didn't experience anything but positive vibes.😎 Though we were only there a short time.
a youtuber named Jibri Bell who has a youtube chennal lives in Serbia more and more he is getting people to believe in Serbia to see the true behind Serbia everythng you hear on the media on news total bullshit
Ma zabole nju za Srbiju, bitno joj je da promoviše sebe. Srbi ko Srbi, oberučke prihvataju sve što dođe sa zapada a svoje ne cene. Sad će me proglasiti rasistom, homofobom i ko zna čime sve samo da bi joj se dublje uvukli u bulju. Klasičan primer kompleksa inferiornosti.
Thank you for such a nice opinion and cultural representation of my and your Serbia! ☺ Usually the world presents us Serbs as cannibals, caves, etc... My best friend grew up here, and his mom and dad came from Uganda to live in Serbia in the distant 1980s, no one ever insulted or humiliated them, a person is a person , it is the essential soul and that every man is good and honest, that it is so for everyone the world would be a much better place to live.
I tell you a secret! People are not racist! People love each other on the human level. Always politics and the 'powers' incite to divide, to create indifference and war! Good business and easy to control people that way.
Although Serbia never had slaves, on the contrary, it was often in its history under the slave rule of powerful conquerors, who tried (and sometimes succeeded for a period) to occupy it, it is one of the first countries in the world that in its constitution added that slavery of any kind is strictly prohibited. Also, in that constitution it was written that every slave who enters the territory of Serbia automatically gains freedom and ceases to be a slave. Serbia never had slaves, nor traded them, unlike Western European countries and the USA. Also, Serbia is the only country in the world that included a law in one of its medieval constitutions that every traveler and whoever you meet outside, you must offer them the highest kind of hospitality and put before them the best food and lodging you have. Hence the famous hospitality of the Serbs and it is not accidental, because it has been practiced and applied for centuries and it has been accepted by the people and has remained so until today.
@faustinoasprilja Yes, I forgot to mention this in my video! The constitution enabling slaces to come to Serbia and become free. Very progressive! And it's clear why Serbia has such great hospitality!
Just to add, it is documented that during Medieval times, when Crusaders used to pass through Serbian Kingdom 12th-14th cen. on their way to Holy lands, a lavish feast would be organised during their stay🤙
You forgot to mention that Serbia is also really safe, you can walk alone midnight as a woman and no one will harass you, you can go to ATM whenever you want not being afraid that someone will rob you.
This might be interesting to you: Serbian language reveals phenomenon that you described. It roots go all the way from the time of first European civilizations of Lepenski Vir and Vinca: 1. ZEMLJA - it's a Serbian word for the world, a country, and a piece of land of your own, which shows equality of bond importance regarding the people living in and outside of your land or your country. 2. SVET - is the name for the world and it’s population but also for any group of people whatsoever. SVET also means ‘’sacred’’ which shows the legacy of Vinca culture - as they considered every person as their own which was a sacred matter and apparently still is in Serbian collective awareness. 3. Among all other names Serbs were called RASANI, or RASI, while RASA in Serbian means RACE (Hungarians still use the name Ratsi for the Serbs). Today word RACE has a different colloquial meaning but initially it was a word for a brother or a compatriot. That’s why Serbs feel and treat every race as their own. An interesting fact: Medieval manuscripts disclose that Serbia was the empire that had no slaves. Even prisoners of war became free when no one offered ransom for them. They usually decided to stay and become Serbian. Whole cities were name after them like Kumanovo (in today North Macedonia) named after Kumani (Asian nomadic warriors).
Nice video, congrats! Friendly advice: If you respect Serbian people (which I think you do) please next time when showing a map with Serbia try to use map where Serbia is presented as whole country (not without its heart) 4:44.
During the cold war former Yugoslavia was part of "Undecided movement" group of countries that were nor for the west nor for the east, therefore we made undecided movement and a lot of countries alongside us were from Africa, we had a lot of the programs such as student exchange, work visas, economic trade etc. All ex Yugoslavia countries I would say see African people as brotherly nations and we have all but positive experiences with African countries, thats one of many reasons why we are not racist.
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I’m in my early 30s, African American size 4 petite. I’ve been told by sooo many black men that they could never date me because I’m too dark, then they go on to date an obese white woman. I typically do not have men approach me where I live (Ohio) It was interesting in Serbia because several men approached me asking me if I wanted to go out for coffee when I was running errands without my husband. Or some of them would give me flirtatious looks. We did have one negative incident. I went to a nightclub in Belgrade right by republic square . My husband was going to meet me inside shortly later. When he tried to meet me there 15 minutes after I arrived, the bouncer wouldn’t let my husband in. He kept saying “it’s full,” then allowed dozens of European descent people in. My husband doesn’t want to label the country racist bc of that one incident. Perhaps it was because of the way he was dressed (jeans and polo shirt) and/or his facial hair wasn’t groomed. We don’t know for sure the reason he wasn’t welcomed in the night club. Regardless, we love Serbia and would like to vacation there again in the future.
@tiffanyyllera5977 Thank you for sharing. Belgrade is an amazing city. I gave up on dating or seeking love in the US...I'm in a relationship and get approached nearly every day, in person and online, and it's lovely to be in a city where I feel beautiful. As for the nightlife, clubs, bars, and venues in the city do turn people away, especially if they aren't dressed well (people generally dress up in Belgrade).
@@tiffanyyllera5977 it's definitely a ugly situation and I'm very sorry for you. Very hard to explain. I can't understand what reason might be, for sure it wasn't because of colour of his skin. It's hard to understand how works mind of these bouncers. Only thing i, for certain,could say to you is that particular situation that it wasn't about race. Again, very sorry for this inconvenience, that was really ugly. Don't be offended,one neanderthal can't be whole nation.
In Belgrade in most these ,,popular" night clubs they will reject you entrance if you are not dressed ,,up to code" if the bouncer think so. Also they always tends to make 70:30 women-man so there will be less work for them late in the night 😂. Believe me 90% of the night clubs would have rather black people and tourist inside then full club of Serbians with a lot of alcohol in blood. So I'd say that your ,,incident" wasn't for racial reason 99% but for the reasons above
Bouncer probbably let their friend in, or friends/ good customers of the owner. I doubt it was racism. But anyway I'm sorry you had that bad expetince.
I remember as a kid going trough a park. It was near a train station. That is the place where black students gathered. It is a huge sloped park on a steep side of a hill. You could see hundreds of black students sitting there, chatting. I was told that they gathered there every day. I looked at one with interest, as it was the first time I ever saw a black person. He made a scary face. I did not react. Then he said "Hi". We kept going to our train station. At first I thought to myself: "Why would he want to scare me"? Then I thought, he said "Hi". He stopped the "scary part" and was just another human to a kid passing by.
The only class division in Serbia as I remember, before I emigrated to the US, was in education. College educated people in Serbia gravitate towards each-other. Tradesmen socialize with their own kind, etc etc. For ex: my family is all white Orthodox-Christian Serbs with higher education; we had a dark-skin gipsy college professor friend for decades.
Your comment is way off base in general ! That may have been the case in Belgrade and in the snob circles that felt they were the cream of the crop !! So, they bashed all those who were not true(born) Belgraders regardless of their education level !!
There are no races. Just different skin tones, depending on where you and your ancestors spent the most of their time. Actually, it is genetics, and a bit more complicated than that, but the point is, WE AS A HUMAN RACE ARE ONLY ONE RACE. The rest of the world seems not to understand, or is just in persuit for financial gain.
Blair, you are a fascinating intelligent and educated young lady. Hundreds of blacks from Afrika lived in the coastal city of Ulcinj today Montenegro. Indigenous descendants of slaves who escaped from slavery can still be found in the southernmost Montenegrin city today, although due to the passage of time, they are very few left. In 1878, the existence of several hundred black families were recorded in Ulcinj. Already in 1928, only five of them remained due to assimilation with the locals.
I remember when I was a child, and even today, it was so so strange to me when police officers in Hollywood movies described people as black. You talk about hight, weight, specific features….
Serbia don't care who you are are what you are but the people don't take sht from nobody that's for sure . They don't like actors like they do in US . They give the beat down 😂 but great people
There is museum of African culture in Belgrade, and in front of that museum, and in front of the building is an anchor from some slave ship (that was gift from some African country) with label that no Yugoslavian people toke any part in African slave trade. Geographically Balkans are defined by rivers Sava and Danube. So if you are in the New Belgrade, you are technically in Central Europe. Balkans, Apennines (Italy) and Purines (Spain and Portugal) are in fact in the South Europe. Nobility in Serbia disappear during Ottoman rule. Only title of Sultan was inherit, and all Muslims in the empire ere equal and had equal opportunity. Wealth was banned and removed after WW2 when Yugoslavia choose communist path. And it is just not in Serbian nature to have class system.
Few fun facts about Balkan 1. Republic of Dubrovnik abolished slavery way back in 1416 2. First constitution of the modern Serbian state "Sretenjski ustav" 1835 proclaimed that whoever entered Serbia should be considered as a free person 3. We do not have Africans but we have some black and brown people which we call Gypsies but because of some stupid EU noncence now they have been called Romi , some of you6nger generation use that term and those who take money from the state for whatever reason while older generation use term Gypsies (cigani) which is well establish terminology in Serbian culture because there are songs about Gypsy who was the most beautiful, or about gypsy girl who want to dance, there are books, movies etc. I actually had two girlfriends which were gypsy and they actually disliked when I called them Roma sometimes because it sounds stupid and it didn't come naturally but it was imposed from outside. In social security in many cases they have more rights than local Serbian community which is absolutely ridiculous and makes some people angry which is understandable because they aren't really known as hardworking men, I also worked with them a lot of times and I hate generalization but on average they are more lazy but in presence of boss they work like three normal people. Generally people like them except for some extreme group of neo nazy which actually once killed Serbian actor thinking he's gypsy and one boy also died, which was very unfortunate however those two are only incidents in last 30 years that I'm aware of and hopefully something similar won't going to happen any time soon
Slavery was against serbs at that time and this constitutional law was made for serbs from occupied serbian lands 1t that time. Todays Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. If they escape from Eastern, or Western Empires. It's normal when you fight centuries and still nowadays against Colonialism? Every one that comes friedly is friendly welcome.
there is racism just not towards you or black people. but there def is racism in Serbia. trust me i was born there and grew up there and well still live there. did you have experience where Serb hade to tell you about Nato illegal bombing of Serbia when they lerned you are from US?
You might wanna have some longer conversations about Serbia with Serbs. There were no class divisions because everyone was forced to be the same and poor by communists in Yugoslavia. Free speach was forbidden in Yugoslavia. Serbia is not Yugoslavia . Yugoslavia was a cancer that drained Serbian resources and suppressed Serbian culture and faith. Serbia is not "liberal/progressive", we are conservative, we just conserve different values then the west, but we consider western liberalism to be satanic. No, not everyone can go on vacation, especially now that inflation is killing us and our shitty government is artificially keeping values of foreign valutes high, hence killing our own. Our country allows market monopoly, so the prices of groceries keeps skyrocketing to even 2.5x times their value from 3-4 years ago. Balkan is not the same as Serbia. Many Balkan countries might not be racist towards black people, but they have in the past commited acts of extreme hatered based on nationality and faith, acts such as atempted genocides. These countries are puppets of the western globalists, mainly countries that push or have pushed "progressive" idiologies like Germany, Usa, England. But people in them should not be treated as if they themselves stand for the same deranged ideals that their previous "leaders" stood for, even tho there still are people who choose to fallow these principles. All these people were once Serbs, still are, they're just brainwashed into believing that they're not and that we, Serbs, are their biggest enemies. There is a belief in Serbia that we are "Gods' people", that we were the first people on this earth and that everyone else came from us. Which is why it's common for us to say "-insert name- Srbine!", even tho that person might not have anything to do with Serbia. Serbian is not just a nationality but also adherence to certain life values thought to us by our religion.
Actually, it is not. That is British unscientific interpretation. Slavs (Slavjani, Sloveni) comes from the word Slovesan, which means the one who knows real God (who is not pagan).
i love that you like serbia and that you are having a nice time. But the serbian society is not racism free, sadly. You have to check out the situation of the roma community. Its not bad as the situation in the usa with the black community but still theres systematic racism and prejudice of the people. I remember a situation in first class elementary school where the teacher said to a girl she schuld sit in the last rank because she is romani and will get married as a 14 year old. One year later my family migrated to austria. But yes, serbs are mostly great and open hearted people especially in big towns. But our understanding of our early history could be better, like the time of Nedićs collaboration with the nazis. Which had costed about 50.000 communist Serbs and about 500.000-1 000.000 romani serbs their life in Jasenovac a croatian/fascist concentration camp in second ww
Subject so important but so little time people really talk about this constructively. First of all, you need to learn what Thomas Sowell have to say about this. He's found a connection between words Slavs ( Slavic people ) and SLAVE. Thomas Sowell's lecture about this is really important. Great Man.
Yes, the connection is that both of those words are not Slavic originally. For the word "slave" is clear that it is not Slavic, and as for the name Slav, that is not how the proto - Slavs called themselves, but what the others called them. There is no connection between those words other than phonetic.
Do Serbian supermarkets have a large selection of vegan foods? All I see is that Serbia is a meat paradise so I doubt I will survive there as a vegan? 😖
@IwillEndureToTheEnd Yes, there are vegan restaurants, bakeries, and sections in the grocery store for vegan (and gluten-free) food. While many people eat meat in Serbia, there are vegans and vegetarians.
There are tons of it, we have 4 periods in year when we are fasting for religious reasons. During these 4 periods you can not eat anything animal based. Nor cheese, milk, eggs, meat etc. So there are tons of options to choose from even in these restaurants that are pre-dominately Serbian cuisine with a lot of meat. Also in Belgrade there are a lot of vegan restaurants only. When it comes to food we have everything 😂
@@RobertELee1418 That is interesting! So you have vegan fasting periods due to religion, 4 times a year? What in the religion is celebrated 4 times each year? How long are these fasting periods? Is it like 3 days, or 2 weeks? Why haven't I heard about this before? Serbia is never mentioned in vegan magazines or vegan polls etc. Usually it's US, especially California, Israel, Thailand, Germany, London, India etc.
It's all true what you said. It has nothing to do with racism, but after World War II, Tito killed over half a million Serbs, political dissidents, without trial. Among them were a large number of intellectuals and prominent people from smaller communities. Most Serbs have their hair on their heads standing up at the thought of communism.
You say your boyfrend, i hope you re still with man you have kid with, honestly, i am saying because you said my boyfrend, soo you didnt get married, what is he waiting for then xD i mean you have kid together :)
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An article from the Serbian constitution in 1835. says "Every slave who steps on Serbian land, becomes a free man instantly". That was like 30 years before American Civil war over the same issues...
This was made not with the intent to free black slaves but our people escaping from Turks, you all have to stop repeating this as if every slave was black and we were some kind of progressive liberators.
@@og-c8l Sorry, but since we have something to brag about, we will do it over and over again. Because even if that was meant to save our own people, still was applied to anyone who was seeking refuge here. And yes, we are liberators, at least when it comes to our lands, since everyone is free here and it was always like that. Which is pretty advanced compared to the uncivilized West and their so - called values.
@@og-c8l We won't stop repeating it, since it is something positive to brag about. Also, it was applied to anyone who was seeking refuge here, not only on Serbs who were escaping Turkish slavery. It continued in the same manner too, since Kingdom of Serbia was some kind of shelter for the progressive Europeans at the beginning of the 20th century. Advanced constitution compared to the Western Europe, advanced laws too and unprecedented individual freedom.
@@og-c8l That was applied to non - Serbs too. And yes, we were progressive compared to the uncivilized West. Not just then, but long before too. Emperor Dusan basically outlawed slavery, except for those who were captured in battle.
@@og-c8l That was applied to non - Serbs too. And yes, we were progressive compared to the West. Not just then, but long before too. Emperor Dusan basically outlawed slavery, except for those who were captured in battle.
During 50s in Belgium they had a "human zoo" displaying black people from Congo, in the mean time in we had young people from different African countries studying in Belgrade
Also, Belgrade is probably the only European city that have non-colonial African museum displaying not stolen artefacts but artefacts that were gifts to Yugoslavian/Serbian diplomats...
Because we were the socialist (marxist rotted) country,and one of the founding countries of the non alignment movement, which gathered and worked with all these post-colonial African nations.Always supporting struggle for independence of the oppressed nations and countries.
There is a record that Serbian soldiers on the Thessaloniki front during the First World War protested why French officers were sending Blacks, soldiers from their colonies, to the front lines! They said: why are you doing this, they are people like us? The Serbs did not understand that corruption! In the first Constitution of Serbia after liberation from the Turkish occupation, it was written: A slave, when he steps on the soil of Serbia - becomes a FREE MAN! We are especially proud of that!
Srbsko je Svätá zem a Srbi sú nebeský národ!!!! Raj na zemi! Otvorená náruč a priateľská atmosféra všade kam idete!! Nečudujem sa že slečna sa tam cíti príjemne❤❤❤❤☦️☦️☦️☦️ Pozdravujem zo Slovenska❤️
Hvala ❤❤❤
@ Hvala Bogu !!!
Hvala bratija, hvala, dobrodošli ste
Hvala brate...Veliki pozdrav iz Beograda...Izvoli dobro nam dosao...
Cheers mate, this topic is totally off, ofcourse there is no racism in Serbia.
Welcome to Serbia! Black people are our brothers and sisters and we see them as our own.
I am a teacher and there are students from Africa and USA in some of my classes. Those kids are loved and accepted by other kids and they became a great part of Serbian culture. They also brought their own unique culture and personalities and I learned a lot from them.
Great video! Greetings from Belgrade.
@@arioh7796 Thank you!
Wonderful to hear 🙂
Можда су твоја браћа, наша нису. Нека ти плоде децу
Можда су твоја браћа, наша нису. Нек ти плоде децу.
Sve sto je od Boga, je bratija
A friend of a friend unexpectedly got a free diner at a Paris restaurant. The Syrian owner, when he heard that the guests are from Serbia, told them|: "While we were refugees, you were the only country and people that were treating us as humans." Second, Orthodox Christianity forbids racism.
Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
Wellcome to Serbia ❤. Thank you for all kind words❤
Dobro nam došla sestro !❤
Води је кући болеснику, нестајемо као народ
@@aZoPandaWand kukuu brate ko ti je drmao kavez?
My daughter who's mixed race American and lived in Serbia and Bosnia for 6 months experienced the region was very homogenous and had been warned about neo Nazis there and to avoid large football matches where they congregate. Also, she could count the number of people of color on 1 hand in Belgrade. Despite this she had a very positive experience in both Serbia and Bosnia as her time was divided between the 2 places. She felt both places were warm and welcoming..
@Yabadabaduba Thanks for sharing!
The only place in the Balkans that I've been warned about is Croatia, and how it does have Neo-Nazis and not too friendly to Black travelers.
@blairinbelgradeTV I'm not surprised. We travelled together to Croatia, but down the Coast and didn't experience anything but positive vibes.😎
Though we were only there a short time.
@@Yabadabaduba its because Coast part of Croatia is Serbian who were forced to changed their faith and nation during WWI and Nazi Croatian state
Thank you lovely girl
Serbs fight nazis in ww2
a youtuber named Jibri Bell who has a youtube chennal lives in Serbia more and more he is getting people to believe in Serbia to see the true behind Serbia everythng you hear on the media on news total bullshit
Certainly there is no racism in Serbia, but be careful what kind of maps you use. Kosovo is Serbia.
Ma zabole nju za Srbiju, bitno joj je da promoviše sebe. Srbi ko Srbi, oberučke prihvataju sve što dođe sa zapada a svoje ne cene. Sad će me proglasiti rasistom, homofobom i ko zna čime sve samo da bi joj se dublje uvukli u bulju. Klasičan primer kompleksa inferiornosti.
Thank you for such a nice opinion and cultural representation of my and your Serbia! ☺ Usually the world presents us Serbs as cannibals, caves, etc... My best friend grew up here, and his mom and dad came from Uganda to live in Serbia in the distant 1980s, no one ever insulted or humiliated them, a person is a person , it is the essential soul and that every man is good and honest, that it is so for everyone the world would be a much better place to live.
I tell you a secret! People are not racist! People love each other on the human level. Always politics and the 'powers' incite to divide, to create indifference and war! Good business and easy to control people that way.
Although Serbia never had slaves, on the contrary, it was often in its history under the slave rule of powerful conquerors, who tried (and sometimes succeeded for a period) to occupy it, it is one of the first countries in the world that in its constitution added that slavery of any kind is strictly prohibited. Also, in that constitution it was written that every slave who enters the territory of Serbia automatically gains freedom and ceases to be a slave. Serbia never had slaves, nor traded them, unlike Western European countries and the USA. Also, Serbia is the only country in the world that included a law in one of its medieval constitutions that every traveler and whoever you meet outside, you must offer them the highest kind of hospitality and put before them the best food and lodging you have. Hence the famous hospitality of the Serbs and it is not accidental, because it has been practiced and applied for centuries and it has been accepted by the people and has remained so until today.
@faustinoasprilja Yes, I forgot to mention this in my video! The constitution enabling slaces to come to Serbia and become free. Very progressive! And it's clear why Serbia has such great hospitality!
Just to add, it is documented that during Medieval times, when Crusaders used to pass through Serbian Kingdom 12th-14th cen. on their way to Holy lands, a lavish feast would be organised during their stay🤙
@@oscarmike1307 during that time u can google who was car Dusan of serbia. Stefan Dusan Silni!
You forgot to mention that Serbia is also really safe, you can walk alone midnight as a woman and no one will harass you, you can go to ATM whenever you want not being afraid that someone will rob you.
This might be interesting to you:
Serbian language reveals phenomenon that you described. It roots go all the way from the time of first European civilizations of Lepenski Vir and Vinca:
1. ZEMLJA - it's a Serbian word for the world, a country, and a piece of land of your own, which shows equality of bond importance regarding the people living in and outside of your land or your country.
2. SVET - is the name for the world and it’s population but also for any group of people whatsoever. SVET also means ‘’sacred’’ which shows the legacy of Vinca culture - as they considered every person as their own which was a sacred matter and apparently still is in Serbian collective awareness.
3. Among all other names Serbs were called RASANI, or RASI, while RASA in Serbian means RACE (Hungarians still use the name Ratsi for the Serbs). Today word RACE has a different colloquial meaning but initially it was a word for a brother or a compatriot. That’s why Serbs feel and treat every race as their own.
An interesting fact: Medieval manuscripts disclose that Serbia was the empire that had no slaves. Even prisoners of war became free when no one offered ransom for them. They usually decided to stay and become Serbian. Whole cities were name after them like Kumanovo (in today North Macedonia) named after Kumani (Asian nomadic warriors).
Nice video, congrats! Friendly advice: If you respect Serbian people (which I think you do) please next time when showing a map with Serbia try to use map where Serbia is presented as whole country (not without its heart) 4:44.
During the cold war former Yugoslavia was part of "Undecided movement" group of countries that were nor for the west nor for the east, therefore we made undecided movement and a lot of countries alongside us were from Africa, we had a lot of the programs such as student exchange, work visas, economic trade etc. All ex Yugoslavia countries I would say see African people as brotherly nations and we have all but positive experiences with African countries, thats one of many reasons why we are not racist.
It's called Non-alignment movement. Google is your friend.
Ja sam iz Beograda i ovde se ljudi dele na dobre i na lose.Kraj i tacka.Osecaj se prijatno u Srbiji,pozdrav!
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I’m in my early 30s, African American size 4 petite. I’ve been told by sooo many black men that they could never date me because I’m too dark, then they go on to date an obese white woman. I typically do not have men approach me where I live (Ohio)
It was interesting in Serbia because several men approached me asking me if I wanted to go out for coffee when I was running errands without my husband. Or some of them would give me flirtatious looks.
We did have one negative incident. I went to a nightclub in Belgrade right by republic square . My husband was going to meet me inside shortly later. When he tried to meet me there 15 minutes after I arrived, the bouncer wouldn’t let my husband in. He kept saying “it’s full,” then allowed dozens of European descent people in.
My husband doesn’t want to label the country racist bc of that one incident. Perhaps it was because of the way he was dressed (jeans and polo shirt) and/or his facial hair wasn’t groomed. We don’t know for sure the reason he wasn’t welcomed in the night club. Regardless, we love Serbia and would like to vacation there again in the future.
@tiffanyyllera5977 Thank you for sharing. Belgrade is an amazing city. I gave up on dating or seeking love in the US...I'm in a relationship and get approached nearly every day, in person and online, and it's lovely to be in a city where I feel beautiful.
As for the nightlife, clubs, bars, and venues in the city do turn people away, especially if they aren't dressed well (people generally dress up in Belgrade).
@@tiffanyyllera5977 it's definitely a ugly situation and I'm very sorry for you. Very hard to explain. I can't understand what reason might be, for sure it wasn't because of colour of his skin. It's hard to understand how works mind of these bouncers. Only thing i, for certain,could say to you is that particular situation that it wasn't about race. Again, very sorry for this inconvenience, that was really ugly. Don't be offended,one neanderthal can't be whole nation.
In Belgrade in most these ,,popular" night clubs they will reject you entrance if you are not dressed ,,up to code" if the bouncer think so. Also they always tends to make 70:30 women-man so there will be less work for them late in the night 😂. Believe me 90% of the night clubs would have rather black people and tourist inside then full club of Serbians with a lot of alcohol in blood. So I'd say that your ,,incident" wasn't for racial reason 99% but for the reasons above
Bouncer probbably let their friend in, or friends/ good customers of the owner. I doubt it was racism.
But anyway I'm sorry you had that bad expetince.
what a racism, there are 500 000 Chinese in Serbia
Hvala Ti za odlican video, Drago mi je da se u Srbiji osecas kao kod svoje kuce, SRECNO....Pozdrav iz Beograda....🙂❤🙂😊
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nice job ,go for it is nice to people hear ho is serbian people that is because we are ortodox most cleanest faith in world
Dobro dosla Bler 👊
I remember as a kid going trough a park. It was near a train station. That is the place where black students gathered. It is a huge sloped park on a steep side of a hill. You could see hundreds of black students sitting there, chatting. I was told that they gathered there every day.
I looked at one with interest, as it was the first time I ever saw a black person. He made a scary face. I did not react. Then he said "Hi".
We kept going to our train station. At first I thought to myself: "Why would he want to scare me"?
Then I thought, he said "Hi". He stopped the "scary part" and was just another human to a kid passing by.
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1835 godine je napisan prvi srpski ustav po kom je svaki čovek koji stupi na tlo Srbije slobodan čovek, bio on rob ili ne, pa sad gledaj gde si došla
Nazalost trajalo samo pet dana ako se ne varam.
@nikofranko2068 Da, ali i u novom ustavu je to isto bilo, tako da eto, u Srbiji još od tad nije bilo ropstva
The only class division in Serbia as I remember, before I emigrated to the US, was in education. College educated people in Serbia gravitate towards each-other. Tradesmen socialize with their own kind, etc etc. For ex: my family is all white Orthodox-Christian Serbs with higher education; we had a dark-skin gipsy college professor friend for decades.
@@Brave2standalone Interesting! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Your comment is way off base in general ! That may have been the case in Belgrade and in the snob circles that felt they were the cream of the crop !! So, they bashed all those who were not true(born) Belgraders regardless of their education level !!
There are no races. Just different skin tones, depending on where you and your ancestors spent the most of their time. Actually, it is genetics, and a bit more complicated than that, but the point is, WE AS A HUMAN RACE ARE ONLY ONE RACE. The rest of the world seems not to understand, or is just in persuit for financial gain.
I noticed high percentage black women go for serbs..while in other countries is opposite..
Blair, you are a fascinating intelligent and educated young lady. Hundreds of blacks from Afrika lived in the coastal city of Ulcinj today Montenegro.
Indigenous descendants of slaves who escaped from slavery can still be found in the southernmost Montenegrin city today, although due to the
passage of time, they are very few left. In 1878, the existence of several hundred black families were recorded in Ulcinj. Already in 1928, only
five of them remained due to assimilation with the locals.
@@capitosinora Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
I remember when I was a child, and even today, it was so so strange to me when police officers in Hollywood movies described people as black. You talk about hight, weight, specific features….
Serbia don't care who you are are what you are but the people don't take sht from nobody that's for sure . They don't like actors like they do in US . They give the beat down 😂 but great people
That’s why Montenegro split 😂
Don't worry we don't have former slave owners statues
There is museum of African culture in Belgrade, and in front of that museum, and in front of the building is an anchor from some slave ship (that was gift from some African country) with label that no Yugoslavian people toke any part in African slave trade.
Geographically Balkans are defined by rivers Sava and Danube. So if you are in the New Belgrade, you are technically in Central Europe. Balkans, Apennines (Italy) and Purines (Spain and Portugal) are in fact in the South Europe.
Nobility in Serbia disappear during Ottoman rule. Only title of Sultan was inherit, and all Muslims in the empire ere equal and had equal opportunity. Wealth was banned and removed after WW2 when Yugoslavia choose communist path. And it is just not in Serbian nature to have class system.
I've heard of the museum of African culture, still haven't been, but I will soon! And thank you for sharing your knowledge! I have so much to learn :)
Few fun facts about Balkan
1. Republic of Dubrovnik abolished slavery way back in 1416
2. First constitution of the modern Serbian state "Sretenjski ustav" 1835 proclaimed that whoever entered Serbia should be considered as a free person
3. We do not have Africans but we have some black and brown people which we call Gypsies but because of some stupid EU noncence now they have been called Romi , some of you6nger generation use that term and those who take money from the state for whatever reason while older generation use term Gypsies (cigani) which is well establish terminology in Serbian culture because there are songs about Gypsy who was the most beautiful, or about gypsy girl who want to dance, there are books, movies etc. I actually had two girlfriends which were gypsy and they actually disliked when I called them Roma sometimes because it sounds stupid and it didn't come naturally but it was imposed from outside. In social security in many cases they have more rights than local Serbian community which is absolutely ridiculous and makes some people angry which is understandable because they aren't really known as hardworking men, I also worked with them a lot of times and I hate generalization but on average they are more lazy but in presence of boss they work like three normal people. Generally people like them except for some extreme group of neo nazy which actually once killed Serbian actor thinking he's gypsy and one boy also died, which was very unfortunate however those two are only incidents in last 30 years that I'm aware of and hopefully something similar won't going to happen any time soon
Slavery was against serbs at that time and this constitutional law was made for serbs from occupied serbian lands 1t that time. Todays Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. If they escape from Eastern, or Western Empires. It's normal when you fight centuries and still nowadays against Colonialism? Every one that comes friedly is friendly welcome.
There is no racism , but there is huge nationalism … If you not believe just check how is Bosnia war started
I agree, but I'm focused on talking about the lack of racism 🙃 Something Serbia should be very proud of!
Seems to me, you have to go outside of USA , and live in Serbia,to feel benefits being American. 😊
@@TheAlexandar711 Yes, I only experience American privilege living outside the US.
@@blairinbelgradeTV kind of sad, isn't it. Welcome, sister. Here you are one of us.
@@blairinbelgradeTV this isn't quite privilege, more kind of respect to another human being,i think.
there is racism just not towards you or black people. but there def is racism in Serbia. trust me i was born there and grew up there and well still live there. did you have experience where Serb hade to tell you about Nato illegal bombing of Serbia when they lerned you are from US?
You might wanna have some longer conversations about Serbia with Serbs. There were no class divisions because everyone was forced to be the same and poor by communists in Yugoslavia. Free speach was forbidden in Yugoslavia. Serbia is not Yugoslavia . Yugoslavia was a cancer that drained Serbian resources and suppressed Serbian culture and faith. Serbia is not "liberal/progressive", we are conservative, we just conserve different values then the west, but we consider western liberalism to be satanic. No, not everyone can go on vacation, especially now that inflation is killing us and our shitty government is artificially keeping values of foreign valutes high, hence killing our own. Our country allows market monopoly, so the prices of groceries keeps skyrocketing to even 2.5x times their value from 3-4 years ago. Balkan is not the same as Serbia. Many Balkan countries might not be racist towards black people, but they have in the past commited acts of extreme hatered based on nationality and faith, acts such as atempted genocides. These countries are puppets of the western globalists, mainly countries that push or have pushed "progressive" idiologies like Germany, Usa, England. But people in them should not be treated as if they themselves stand for the same deranged ideals that their previous "leaders" stood for, even tho there still are people who choose to fallow these principles. All these people were once Serbs, still are, they're just brainwashed into believing that they're not and that we, Serbs, are their biggest enemies. There is a belief in Serbia that we are "Gods' people", that we were the first people on this earth and that everyone else came from us. Which is why it's common for us to say "-insert name- Srbine!", even tho that person might not have anything to do with Serbia. Serbian is not just a nationality but also adherence to certain life values thought to us by our religion.
Slaves and Slavs are word of same origin. You dont call slave a black you call it a slave . And Serbs are slavs .
Actually, it is not. That is British unscientific interpretation. Slavs (Slavjani, Sloveni) comes from the word Slovesan, which means the one who knows real God (who is not pagan).
@Schwiza1978 I was speking about english , not abou word Словен - Славиан
No. The usual western trope is that the word slave comes from the word Slav.
i love that you like serbia and that you are having a nice time. But the serbian society is not racism free, sadly. You have to check out the situation of the roma community. Its not bad as the situation in the usa with the black community but still theres systematic racism and prejudice of the people. I remember a situation in first class elementary school where the teacher said to a girl she schuld sit in the last rank because she is romani and will get married as a 14 year old. One year later my family migrated to austria.
But yes, serbs are mostly great and open hearted people especially in big towns. But our understanding of our early history could be better, like the time of Nedićs collaboration with the nazis. Which had costed about 50.000 communist Serbs and about 500.000-1 000.000 romani serbs their life in Jasenovac a croatian/fascist concentration camp in second ww
Subject so important but so little time people really talk about this constructively. First of all, you need to learn what Thomas Sowell have to say about this. He's found a connection between words Slavs ( Slavic people )
and SLAVE. Thomas Sowell's lecture about this is really important. Great Man.
Yes, the connection is that both of those words are not Slavic originally. For the word "slave" is clear that it is not Slavic, and as for the name Slav, that is not how the proto - Slavs called themselves, but what the others called them. There is no connection between those words other than phonetic.
@01ment true, but isn't irrelevant,i believe.
Do Serbian supermarkets have a large selection of vegan foods? All I see is that Serbia is a meat paradise so I doubt I will survive there as a vegan? 😖
@IwillEndureToTheEnd Yes, there are vegan restaurants, bakeries, and sections in the grocery store for vegan (and gluten-free) food. While many people eat meat in Serbia, there are vegans and vegetarians.
There are tons of it, we have 4 periods in year when we are fasting for religious reasons. During these 4 periods you can not eat anything animal based. Nor cheese, milk, eggs, meat etc. So there are tons of options to choose from even in these restaurants that are pre-dominately Serbian cuisine with a lot of meat. Also in Belgrade there are a lot of vegan restaurants only. When it comes to food we have everything 😂
Vegan? That's ok, we have many people here with mental illness,you are welcome too
@@RobertELee1418 That is interesting! So you have vegan fasting periods due to religion, 4 times a year? What in the religion is celebrated 4 times each year? How long are these fasting periods? Is it like 3 days, or 2 weeks?
Why haven't I heard about this before? Serbia is never mentioned in vegan magazines or vegan polls etc. Usually it's US, especially California, Israel, Thailand, Germany, London, India etc.
no, we are racist towards vegans. We only eat pork🤣🤣🤣
It's all true what you said. It has nothing to do with racism, but after World War II, Tito killed over half a million Serbs, political dissidents, without trial. Among them were a large number of intellectuals and prominent people from smaller communities. Most Serbs have their hair on their heads standing up at the thought of communism.
You say your boyfrend, i hope you re still with man you have kid with, honestly, i am saying because you said my boyfrend, soo you didnt get married, what is he waiting for then xD i mean you have kid together :)
I do have a boyfriend, but I don't have children 🙂 As for what is he waiting for? I will ask him 🙃