Black In Spain | Part 1 

I'm black and I heard the same thing about Spain. I'm so glad I didn't listen. I LOVE SPAIN. I've been three times and I've felt more comfortable there than at home in the states.

I lived in Spain (Rota) for 3years due to the military, and I NEVER experienced racism. If I could've stayed in Spain forever, I would do it in a heartbeat. I love Spain.

I lived in Europe and in Iceland and loved life there! I didn't sit there waiting or expecting racism. I've heard stories, took it with a grain of salt and continued on with life. I didn't have any negative experiences and it is not to say that their isn't any it's just a lot of ignorance, exposure to American racism and foolishness. In Iceland I was automatically talked to in Icelandic and people staring. I'm in a country where it's an island of Scandinavians. But I was treated like family by the people I befriended (I had places to crash at and other mothers lol). Ignorance and fear is what lies beneath racism.

As far as racism against Black people, the U.S along with Brazil and The Dominican Republic are probably the worst.

Baltasar is the most loved wise king. He is depicted as humorous and is loved by all. The kids dont make a distiction.

I experienced like ZERO racism in Spain. They were actually warm welcoming and curious about me. Asking me about where I’m from, am I American, telling me I’m beautiful. ^_^

outside America people think more in terms of ethnicity as opposed to race

“Morenaza” is actually an appraisal

Morena means brunette in Spanish, Negra means black, pure and simple.

I've been living in Spain for a month and before I came I saw so many videos about the racism here. I have experienced none of it fortunately. So many people said it would be racist but it actually wasn't. I hadn't even been called Morena. In Barcelona I had a convo about the racism in America and how police brutality was never new in the US. I guess I lived with a good host family. I just heard someone say el negro. That's all. *knocks on wood*

Iam Black lived in Spain for 15 years married to Spanish girl. never seen Race but kindness.

We spanish are quite racist between ourselves, dont worry

Some people in Spain say "moreno" or "de color" because they think saying that someone is "negro" is racist, which is actually not. But all these words can be derogative depending on the way someone says it. I'm happy you had a good experience in Spain. I think nowadays Spanish people are more racist towards arabian people and even asians.

This is my first time seeing one of your videos. I was really impressed with the way you explained everything. I am in complete agreement with you. I have been thinking about going to Spain for a little while and this video was really insightful.

I'm currently staying in the south of Spain in Cordoba at the moment for my year abroad. I'd been to Spain a couple times before, I've never experienced racism and still haven't so far whilst i've been here, everyones extremely polite. I do get stared at quite a bit though but i don't think it's in a bad way, however my little cousin did move to Spain when he was quite young, he lives near barcelona and he's experienced quite a bit of racism in school, so i think it depends on where you go to in Spain.

I'm an American of Puerto Rican and Cuban/Canary Island background, I was in Southern Spain in the 1980's while in the US Navy. I had no issues. People were cool. No problems. I'm have very Latin features and my Spanish has a pronounced Cuban accent. And when I spoke with Spaniards and they inquired about me I'd chat and tell them my background. They were cool with it. Now, was it because it was a different time, 1980's, that I was a US serviceman or my heritage. I believe people got along better, in general in the 1980's, we have US military bases in Spain and the US had very good relations with Spain, I had money in my pocket, and also the situation of Puerto Rico/Cuban regarding them being the last Spanish Colonies (Provincias Ultramar)has a different effect on the Spanish. Remember they were taken in a WAR. Many Spanish still feel the sting of losing their empire. Also, I know Black/Mulato Cubans who LOVE Spain. I haven't been to Spain or Europe in quite a few years. I would say this is a product of economics. The pie has gotten smaller.Espero q Espan~a pueda recuperar su economia. Viva Espan~a

This video is SO perfect! Thank you for sharing this about my country. I’m half Spanish and half Polynesian. But I was raised partly in America USA/ Latin America and now back in Spain (also Andalucía) and I can day you are 100% spot on with everything. I never get questions about my hair or skin here, everyone is always saying nice things. In the US there’s a really big issue with looking different and a lot of judgement. I know there are exceptions but I’m happy to say I’ve also never experienced racism here nor have I seen it towards others and it makes me happy.

I love love LOVE this video! And I also love when you said that we have to "check our racial baggage at the door." I've heard similar stories of how racist they are in Spain and Italy (my dream spot), and I think this has actually kept me from making any further plans to go. Thank you for being open minded and not letting what others have told you run your entire experience with the people there. You're AWESOME for sharing this video and I really appreciate it!

Hey I just discovered your channel. I'm so happy you had a good experience here in Málaga!! Please come back some day.

Hi Tee! I'm happy to hear that your experience here in Andalucía was good. As you say, probably we're more open minded and more friendly that the rest of the country. The southern, the better ;) Un abrazo desde Torremolinos Valentin

I enjoyed watching this video, thanks for uploading it. I lived in Spain (Malaga\Granada) whilst trying to learn Spanish, it was a MAGICAL experience. Every time black people saw each other in Granada we would greet each other, it was AMAZING!!

I'm just crazy about your hair! So lovely!

Idk why are people so pissed off! In Spanish "Negro" is just the name of a color. In America everytime you refer to someone you don't know you probably would say "that tall guy over there" or "the blond one". A white person is called "Blanco" and a black person is called "Negro". If Americans took the word "negro" to use it the wrong way it's not Spain's fault. My boyfriend is black and when we point someone to know who are we talking about if that person is black he would say "el negro" like any other person would. It would be racist if you said something wrong about it or add an insult like "puto negro" that's racist. But the word black alone just means black. Also "moreno" can be anybody with darker skin than pale.

Very interesting and informative video. Booked a week to visit Madrid late August. Would be intriguing how it plays out. Live in the UK and don't play the race card, have travelled quite a lot around Europe and haven't experienced any awkwardness. Been to Salou a while ago and it was terrific

I just want to say something, I'm spanish, and there aren't a lot of black people here, like, I never had any black person in my class, ever. So I think when US citizens talk about the looks they give them for being black, it's not racist, it's just that they aren't use to see black people. The only black people we are use to see are the ones getting in illegal from Morocco. So I wouldn't take it too personal. Spanish people aren't racist, i would say if they were, but they aren't.

This is a very informative, well-articulated video. Thanks.

You mentioned you have been living in Spain for 15 months and have not faced any racism, but I just have to say somethings because I was born there, my mother has lived there for 20 years and my other family members have been there for around 15 years. My story: In Spain, because I was black and Spanish, people would tell me to go back to my country. Even though I told them I was born there, they made me ethnicitially confused. I used to get verbally and physically bullied for being black. I would pee in my pants whenever I got back home because in the school washrooms, there were always girls skipping class. Whenever I went to use the washroom, they would pull on my braids (which left me with hair damage I still have today), spit on me, hit me, and call me café negro (black coffee). Those were only few of things I and my siblings went through every day, remember, ONLY A FEW, there is a lot more but I just want to mention the most repetitive and hurtful ones. Whenever we went out we would get dirty looks and people would say shit about us because they thought we didn't understand. We got sued because when we went to the mail store at the mall, we opened someone else's package by mistake. We apologized but they accused my siblings and I of insulting the woman that sued us. They told our parents to take us black to where we came from and caused a scene at the mall. On our way to school in the morning we would see black people getting yelled at by Spanish Caucasian people, they would accuse us of the crisis happening in Valencia. Even though my siblings and I were born there, we were required to get Nigerian documents to apply for a passport and nationality. Black people could only get the worst jobs, but by that I don't mean working at macdonald's, cause macd's is WAY better that all the other jobs offered to us. We would work at butcheries, slicing meat in a small room, cleaning toilets, and cleaning the street, things like that. Once, my older brother and I got chased home because my bro sat on a caucasian boy's chair. He recruited his brother and a 30 year old transformer lookin like dude. Thankfully we met their aunt while fleeing, and she kept us safe, that goes to show not all spanish-caucasian people are racist. In fact, there are lots of loving people, but the bad ones outnumber them. - All this things mentioned are about 15% to say the most of the things that we suffered while living in Spain. In conclusion, not all Spanish people are racist but if you are black and still want to live in Europe, I recomend you live in countries such as Italy, France and Germany, but don't be discouraged to visit Spain! It is a gorgeous country with beautiful people and places!. Thank you for reading my story, muchísimás gracias y espero get tengas un día genial! Ps: This is not a hate comment, I am basically stating my point of view and my personal experience .

Spain being a Catholic country has never had that feeling of being the "chosen one" like Jews and protestants do. I think that fact together with the racial mixture that exists in this amazing country (moorish, jewish, european, native american, african...) make it very hard to convince some "whites" that they are superior like you can see in protestant and racially uniform countries.

Thank u for this nice video about Spain, a country I love so much.

I've been to Barcelona, and I was warned that they are stuck up (That comes from my Latino friends). I had a great experience. I think if they do throw shade at you its becauae you are American. Many places i've been in Europe points out the fact that you are American rather than Black or White American. So my experience was fine. Racism can be anywhere, and I dont think people should generalize an entire country without visiting it first.

You're the first black american person who actually understands our mindset with this issue that i've ever seen. I enjoy the fact that you had a great experience, and i enjoy to watch this and notice how you really were trying to inmerse in our culture and mindset and putting a great effort in understanding us letting aside the racism and the history of it that America has and that you suffered too, that's not that easy, a person has to be very open minded to do such a thing, not everybody does that, you really have to be nice xD.

I've been to Spain as well and unless I didn't recognized it everyone was nice to us.

You explained yourself very well in this video, I liked it. I also liked what you said about checking the racial baggage of America at the door when we travel as Black people, it can be hard to do, but I like that advice

Thank you for clearing this up because the media is painting this terrible images on how people are being treated there it feels good to have heard that from a sister like you and i plan on traveling the world one day and one of the countries being Spain. Im from NY btw

Awesome I always wanted to visit Andalusia. I am happy to hear about the diversity.

Thank you so much for the video !!! Very Helpful!

I'm 26, and I'm from the north of Spain. The first time I saw a black guy in real life inside Spain was aprox. with 12/13 y/o. In general in countries where there has not been much "different color inmigration" in the past centuries, do not have that strong concept of race. I use to travel and that shocks me, when for example you have to feel a form and mark your race.

My family is black from Zimbabwe but they live in Spain? No racism we have experienced... They speak fluent English Spanish and Italian

I am from the Netherlands and the blackface thing has really blown up here in years past as well. There is one party in the year (Sinterklaas, in December) when a large part of the characters are in black face. Now I will admit that's insensitive and that we should listen to residents who say it makes them feel uncomfortable. However, as a kid I LOVED these characters: they were fun, a lot of them were acrobatic, they brought sweets and they had a really happy role to play. I am really happy to hear you describe the Spanish tradition with such care not to read into it too much. Some people trying to start this discussion will come at it with an attitude of: everyone involved in this party is racist. Not only are people's backs immediately up when you call them racist, but I also don't think it's true. Knowing more than I did as a kid I can acknowledge the racial under- (and over)tones in this tradition and I think we should change it so that everyone can enjoy it. But enjoying it as a kid for it being fun, bubbly and happy does not make me racist. Maybe in a few years the Spaniards will also change their Three Kings tradition because they realize the connotation it has for other people.

Loved the video!!

I do feel like in europe, at least Spain and Portugal which are the realities I know best, we view race in a very different way than americans do.. Sometimes stuff we say or do may be perceived as racist (as it would in the us) but we're not in the same social context and it really isn't meant as racist.

Thanks for sharing, hon. Best wishes💕

You're so beautiful. Thank you for this video.

Thanks for a very smart and thoughtful talk

I'm considering whether or not to study abroad in Spain or Hong Kong.. The Spanish language is easier and I already have some experience, hmm. Thanks for the great video x

Málaga is very focused on turism. People say that spanish people from the south is les racist than spainish people from the north. Also, Andalucía is more "arabic" than other spanish cities. In addition, Andalucia is more used to immigrants. Andalucía "receives" arabs (because Ceuta and Melilla "belongs" to Spain) and "black" people (ilegal immigrants above all).

Although I had a positive experience living in Spain (Barcelona). I have seen a different side of how I am treated differently. My boyfriend is from Spain and the stares we got when recently visiting Valencia made me feel super uncomfortable... I had one girl turn her chair around in a restaurant just to stare at me whilst we were eating our meal. Not to mention the whole queue in Zara in Alicante just full blown staring whilst I was waiting to pay like I'm some kind of alien. So I can relate I've had good and bad experiences now however there something I love so much about the culture and language!

I can't understand why could be offensive to paint your face to play a caracter. In the Spanish tradition king Baltasar is black. So, you find a black or you paint someone as black, that's all.

Great video! You are amazing!

I miss Spain very much. I’m part Spanish and would love to come back there soon!!! By the way, what did you do in Spain? You mentioned you’re a teacher. Are you an English teacher?

Black people in Spain, I am writing a debut novel set in Spain and would love a short trailer for my project filmed in Spain. I need a series of people speaking to camera saying a small verse I wrote for my book. I need mainly black 20-somethings. Any one interested give me shout. Thank you for being abroad and sharing your experiences!

Baltasar has always been my favourite King!!! But i remember how i was scared of White guys that painted their face to be "the Baltasar" hahaha

very good and thorough and well though it vid. thank you for this.

Could you do a video about "The Top 10 Things to Do After Moving to Spain"

I'm headed to Spain. I'm glad I watched your video.

"Morena"... Its about the colour... OF YOUR HAIR!!!! XD!!!

I think the Americans make a big deal about colour. This shouldn't be seen as the standard in the rest of the world. Is

i’m hispanic it’s pretty much like nicknames we give to each other the word negra,moreno itself is not meant to be racist just like the word rubio,rubia

Hi!! I'm from Catalonia. I find interesting the fact that black people are called "morenos" in Andalucia, as we don't usually call them like that here. We usually reffer to black people as "negro/a" (not in an offensive way, for example, saying "Ella es negra", but it can be used as a racist insult depending on how you say it) or as "chica/o de color" which it's "girl/boy of color". Nice video!!

I live in Málaga, I'm spanish/iraqi and the thing is that depending on which part of spain you go to there is more or less racisim towards you. I'm glad you had a good experience here, though !

Hi! I'm from Barcelona and in my opinion, formed by my personal experiences of course, there IS racism in my city, and by that I mean quite a lot of racism, but it may not be expressed the same way than it is in USA. Most of it goes against southamerican people, since there have been a lot of inmigration from there in the past years, and I think it may be caused by the cultural shock between our culture and their culture. I must add, and it's quite significative, that this racism is found usually in people with a poor cultural level, who can't see or refuse to see the bigger picture. Anyway, just my opinion, thank you for visiting our country and cheers!

Hey Im moving to Malaga in August. Are there places for us to get our hair done? Like braids, etc....

I am actually planning on moving to Spain, Barcelona to be exact in a few months. I want to attend Harbor.Space for school as well as attend the International TEFL Academy program. This video helped a lot. I really don't care much about how people refer to me. I actually have more issues here in NYC. I am married to a woman (Blonde hair/ Blue eyes) is has duel citizenship. We get shit all the time. I look forward to moving to Barcelona for school. I hope I encounter amazing people and amazing culture. If anyone wants to share that experience with me I would be greatly appreciative.

HI Nice video! Sorry about my english. You nailed it. Spain is an old empire and there are spanish people who looks arab, nordic, caucasian or whatever some hundred years ago. You can have spaniard friends who look arabs and other nordic blue eyed . Spanish people don´t make racial differences for this.... So when a spaniard tell you are tanned or "morena" instead black he isn´t offensive. Only he´s intending integrate you in his Spanish race mentality. In Spain There isn´t the racial concept White, black that maybe could be in USA. But....In the other hand In Spain is looked down socially the people who doesn´t interact with spanish people... so exclusive groups really are a bit looked down. I mean retired nordic people who live here and don´t learn the language and only have nordic friends .... or some emigrants. Foreigners usually think it could be racist, I think it is a bit of xenophobia. Emigrants come here only 15 years ago and people are not used to see them mostly old spanish people. :-)

I'm happy that you felt that Spain is not a racist country. I'm an Andalusian living in London and I still don't get used to answer the typical race, religion, sex, illness... questions in a job application. I consider these questions a meddling into my private life, which has nothing to do with me applying for a job or whatever you want. I think that all of these issues belong to the Anglo culture, not to mine. We call black people "negro" and it doesn't have a negative meaning, but many people also use "moreno" to be more political correct, but I think it's an influence from the Anglo culture. Spain never traded with black people, it was forbidden, meanwhile other countries like Portugal, Britain, Netherlands... did. If you have a look to the Hispanic America, most of the population are mixed with European and native American roots. We've got different values in this matter, which I consider better than other cultures.

Tropicute For 1 sekund siden Mallorca is great sweetie!!! Being Brazilian and having a Spanish father made my life kind of easier I think. People call me "bonbon" which is kind of very cute. I was very welcomed and couldn`t say that people are evil at all. Sister you`re gorgeous and trust me people would stand in line to get a date with you in Spain. I love Mallorquines and the Spanish!!! Gracias Espana!! SVAR

There's a problem here in Spain: we didn't seen black people until a few years ago, maybe 10 or 20 years, and people isn't used to it yet (which doesn't give them any excuses, may I say). I'm a young woman, I live in Almeria (near Malaga!), and I'm used to seeing different kind of people. I'm not bothered by someone's skin, race, nacionality, religion, sexual or gender condition. But unfortunatly older people, and yet people with my age (25yo) are still REALLY racist, homophobic, xenophobic, and so on. The world would be a better place if we only judged people by what their moral values are, by what defines them as a person. PS: I hope two things. The first one is that I hope I wrote this well, because my english SUCKS! And the second, I hope you had an amazing time here in my tierra. I want to apologize in the name of all them people that bothered you and was mean to you.

I’m planning to travel around Europe with my two children, my husband can’t make it. What I would like to ask is as a Muslim women travelling around Spain do you think I would have a safe good experience? Thanks I’ve enjoyed watching your clip

only America wouldn't know shade of brown

hey tee! which agency did you go through to teach in spain? and are you with EPIK in south korea?

I moved to the States for a year and I was so culture shocked about this. As an example, where I saw a group of hokey players waiting for training, people told be that was an african american gang, just talked to people, everyone ended up being just quite nice. But yeah, there are a few weird distinctions I didn´t understand. Oh, and my main, for sure, positivly black hero that I had since childhood....I found out he isn´t black, Tom Jones! I was so confused.

It will always depends on how (tone) people say the word "NEGRA" for any hispanics and Spanish people you will be selected as a "Negra" but we don't mean it in a bad way but like a category. You are right people define Jennifer Lopez as a "MORENA" because she has dark skin but not very that dark black. Most of the people (specially hispanics) when they are talking to a black person will always say that you are "MORENA" because it sounds and it feels better to say in order to not feel uncomfortable. I hope you understood sorry if you didn't get it lol I tried my best english hahaha greetings!

Wow its great to hear thiz i actually live in Malaga i think there really isnt much racism tbh although if there is some we do have a lot of africans especially moroccans who come here especially in southern spain

I live in Spain ✊🏾👏🏾 no racism

In general terms there is no racism in Spain. Spain is a country where the 80 % of the population supports the gay marriage, that shows a lot about our tolerance and respect. Last year I went on holidays to Warsaw and some local people started to tell me : hey you immigrant get out of here! and then violently they grabbed my cup letting it crash on the floor. Europe is more racist than Spain itself.

I think In America races are more compartimented because of its history. First there were natives, then came the europeans (white), who brought slaves (black). Even when there is some mixing of races this distinction is very specific. In Spain otherwise, we spaniards are a mix of races ourselves: From the first Iberian tribes to Greeks, Romans, Fenicians, Moors, Vikings, Caeltics, Gipsys, Cartaginians... We are a mix and even as white people, there's a difference between southern europeans (basically the mediterranians: southern french, spanish, portuguese, italian and greek, with predominantly dark hair and slightly darker skin) and northern europeans (scandinavians, germanic or anglosaxons

a very intelligent opinion, congrats!

Hello SomewhereAlways, in the Latino community, negra or negro is used as a term of endearment which involves all shades of Latinos. So when I heard you say that they called you negra or Morena, I figured they meant it as a term of endearment. What do you think?

You're called morena because you aren't as dark toned as many people who come from africa. It is racism, since you are being singled out for your skin tone, but it isnt necessarily mean they were treating it negatively. I'm a white foreigner in Spain and I have been treated both rudely (being called guiri) and others who treat me as everyone else in the community. I think, just as you stated, people often use words like negra, morena, guiri in a context that they think is non-offensive, but fail to realise that it is inherently offensive.

De hecho en España nos encanta broncearnos en las playas y en máquinas de rayos, para coger color de piel moreno. Y consideramos generalmente más sexy, a alguien con cierto tono moreno de piel, aunque hay de todos los gustos. ¿Porqué te crees que existen las máquinas de rayos UV? jajaj. Un saludo!

Negro or negra means black in Spanish. People at work, school, and in Church wants me to say moreno or morena. I say, No.

what did you go and do in spain

Thank you for this. Am considering trip w my husband. I tell you, it's a pain having to consider whether you will be ok as a black AND gay person

Nappy is not bad; unless you have issues with the texture of nappy hair since lots of Black hair is nappy. 2) We know Black people are not black; we are just called Black just like Whites are called White when they are not white either, but they seldom get upset being called White. Therefore, calling you Black is not racist. (I spent an academic year in Salamanca teaching advanced English composition in case you need to know my bona fides.)

Omg thank you I’m originally from Granada which is also in the south people some people who have never even been here will swear we are white supremacist and the ones that have visited here would just stereotype the whole country as racist based on their experience with a few people I’ll say probably 5% maybe of Spain is racist Spain is a diverse country Latinos from Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru I’m sure others from other Latin countries but these are the ones I met who came Latinos make up 25% of the country and black people from African countries & USA come here they make up 10% of the country it’s really a diverse country we love all people regardless of your race

Historically there are no blacks in Spain as opposed to the U.S. It is sad but it was us Spaniards, along with the English and the Portuguese, who brought African slaves to America, and did not bring the here (unless the English). That is why there is nothing as a racial classification of adjectives: negro can mean black as well as a racist insult depending on who has said it, his intention, the words going with it (we add 'de mierda' or 'puto/a' just as in English 'fucking', 'freaking'... and so on)... and it is generally easy to tell apart whether it is an insult or not if you've got ears and eyes. This being said, Spanish society is not racist at all compared to the American. Apart from the morenita thing which, definitely sounds inappropriate but it is not racism, it is more of a way to address a young girl who happens to be black (I cannot imagine anyone calling Obama morenito). Something horrible about out society is classism, it is changing but still there is a lot to do. And that is what happened to you in Lavapiés, classism and misunderstanding between both Spaniards and African immigrants. By the way, Baltasar is one of the Three Wise Men, a biblical myth: three kings from the East came to Belem to give to the baby Jesus Christ some gifts on 6th January. In Spain, it is them who traditionally brought the gifts in Christmas. Now we also celebrate Santa. And traditionally we have this great Christmas parades on 5th January in which the three kings throw sweet to the people... and Baltasar is usually characterized by a white man for two possible reasons: 1.The black population in a lot of Spanish town (small ones) is zero. Even in Madrid or Barcelona it was very little some 15 years ago. 2. In many places it is a honor to be one of the kings in the parade, it does not matter if you are black or not, if you are given that honor and the only vacant is Baltasar, you paint your face black.

I´m Dominican, my family is very diversy... In my home, we all have different skin tones, I have light skin and straight hair sisters and a brother, and black with afro hair sisters and brother... I´m also a black with afro hair... My parents call me "negra", my best friend and she has white skin and she calls me "morena", "negra" and I don´t mind because I know she´s not saying it in a bad way, some guys when they are flirting with me they call me "Negra" and obviesly is not racism... I think this words ain´t an issue until we become it into one. Is not the same to call a person "negra/o" that say "Ese/a negro/a" ... I mean the word by itself is hurtless.... You have to listen the all sentences or evaluate the all context of a conversation to judge the word as a racist instrument. Good bless you all, and remember that we are the same under our skins.

We arent racist. For us we say black ONLY when we have no other way to describe a person. It is usually our last tool in a pocket. Say someone wants to talk to you, and I dont know your name or anything that can help me identify you from others. I would say to that someone, "es la chica morena right over there". We never use it to separate race. Reason why some black people are not called black in spain is because most of the people tend to be brown. So we would rather say the correct color rather than black, in those cases, it would be insulting depending on the context. I for example have tanned skin, not black, not brown, just tanned. In Spanish, the word "tan" is moreno. "im getting a tan" = "me estoy poniendo moreno". Moreno is the in between. Between the super white and brown. Its got nothing to do with race. If we were to mention race and use it negatively, we go straight for country of origen as a way to attack. The whole black face thing. It is only a thing in pueblos that are in the middle of freaking nowhere. We do it most during Christmas when celebrating the three wise men (los reyes magos), and Baltasar is black. Back in the day not a single black person would volunteer to be Baltasar, so we used black face. In addition those creepy kkk looking robes that we have during Semana Santa, yeah that was a thing way before the kkk was a thing. The KKK tainted the symbology of what the robe originally standed for.

Very interesting, but I stop at 1:55... really girl, what's the things with those cuts at almost every sentence?

Can you make a video on how you were able to teach abroad?

True, morena or morena is used for all people who have dark features: hair, eyes, skin

Many people in Spain don't like people who are not spanish and they don't like the spanish accent from any other countries. They may tolerate it but they don't like it so much. It is not so much about the colour of the skin.

Where do you live? In Spain?

Malaga is in the South. The people are warmer there than in the North. Also, you're closer to Africa, so you see more Black people and Africans there, not a big deal. But I love Spain! However every damn time I fly through Madrid airport they flag me and any other Black ppl on my flight for additional security. Even though I tend to fly Business Class. :-) So i think it's about where you go in Spain.

I have spent a lot of time in Spain in the last 3 years. I noticed it is a very homogenous society with little racial diversity. It reminds me of American cities in this regard where there is also little diversity evident - just a couple American subcultures. Probably these things jump out at me because I live in an incredibly diverse city (Toronto) where no group stands out because there are so many groups. It was interesting hearing your observations from a point ov view I cannot have.I think the Spanish people are great and warm to everyone. I imagine you would have similar experences in many countries - although cultural descrimination exists in many places, the Black/White thing is predominantly a thing in the USA.

Sinter Claus in Holland 😂 that sheiß drove me crazy until it was explained

Just came across your video. 29 years living in Spain. Never had an issue outside of a football match where colour is concerned and standing in line one day in a bakery when a Spanish lady pushed in and I opened my mouth! I gave her some words, and she replied with. barrage of racist vocab to which I laughed Nah. Black Americans, ignore what colour you are and get involved! Too much emphasis has been put on colour and it seems to be from Afro Americans rather than Anglo Blacks ( if that’s the operative word...). Even the Africans I have come to know over the years, from Senegal, Cameroon and Nigeria do not give much importance to their colour unless they are being harassed by the locals. And they give it back too! If there is racism here, and there most certainly is, like everywhere, it is hidden... You know what is what when you try to, in some cases walk around a store and get followed...You try to do official business, and you can see that not being Spanish can be an obstacle... Me? I use my Spanish influences to get me where I want, and open doors! It’s the done thing here...Enchufes. Since Roman times it’s been happening! Nothing new. Black people: Go with the flow, get up, get in to it...Get involved!!! You’ll make more friends that way. Believe! Truth be told, until BLM was a popular thing, I never gave it much thought that colour could be an issue in Spain. And I am un moreno! Now to watch part two of your Black in Spain video. Peace!

I'm Spanish and we call black people negros/as and black people call themselves like that as well not only here but also in Latinoamérica. I do the same and even if they call you "negrita" is kind of cute, I don't think it is negative as well as calling white a white girl is not. Simply because there is nothing wrong in being black or white, it's just beautiful that human beings come in different shades and shapes. By the way in from Granada and I appreciate that you enjoyed Andalucía 👍 👋

I’m Spanish, I’m 25 and I met a black person for the first time at the age of 12. From 2005 to 2008 there was a ton of immigration of Africans that came to the peninsula. But before that it was almost impossible that you knew any black people. That’s why we paint our face black and we are still curious about black people. It’s just kind of new to us.

They don't check their American racial baggage here in Colombia either.