IS THERE RACISM IN BARCELONA? - SPANISH LIFESTYLE  

How is racism in your country/city? I'm curious. So far I think Barcelona is a great place to life!

Their is no excuse for being racist Shame on the people who are racist,.....

I am an Asian lady who has been living in Spain (including BCN) for several yrs. Spanish people (including Catalonian) think like "Asian = Chinese". I have experienced racism quite a lot. In the vid you say that BCN people are not really tourists-friendly sometimes, but its not related to racism. I don't really agree with that bcos BCN people are honestly more friedly with the Cocasian tourists, for example, English, German, Northern Europeans, etc. But people tend to treat Asians with less respect. Thats also racism. And I was asked several times on the street from guys like "China, gimme a massage". Thats disgusting and no respect. Also im not Chinese. When I told this to BCN people they always protect themselves like thats not racism thats just rude behaviour or the people do that probably are not from BCN, etc. But well, i lived the other EU countries previously but that kind of stuff never happened before... From my experience, compared to the other cities in Spain, BCN is indeed a bit different and open to the other races as its a multicultral cosmopolitan city. And I love Barcelona and people in general are nice. But racism is something that Spanish/Catalonian/Galician/Basque need to seriously think about.

Im black living in Barcelona and ive not been treated any different honestly.. People arent afraid to approach me whatsoever. But idk maybe I've been lucky

I recently had an Airbnb host in Barcelona cancel my booking when she found out I was Black. I’ll be there in May and hoping for the best!

I am british/jamaican. I love Barcelona, I have been there a couple of times. Diversity is a brilliant thing, multiculturalism is so enriching.I live in Albacete, it def a racist place. I see it all the time it´s quite sad actually.

The racism issue is the main thing that is a concern for me. I ssooo want to visit there, but I don't like places with high instances of racism etc.

To tell you the truth, racism in Barcelona makes me laugh. I find it funny that a country that has 1/20th GDP of the USA would have something stupid to say about skin color. I think racist might need to focus a bit more on actually being superior rather than pretending they are. I can't even think of the last product I've bought from Spain, but I'm reasonably sure my phone has African mined parts in it.

why are black professional soccer players that are good and helping who are earning a living and not doing anything bad treated so badly and these spanish people are so racist? can you please help me to understand that .....

Trying not to be a racist? Either you are or you are not.

Very honest discussion. Open and honest communication is the first step in expelling ignorance and bridging the gaps between people's.😘

My experience observing interactions between Spaniards all over spain (including Barcelona) is that becase Spaniards are not fully white they tend to be more hateful of darker skinned people to make themselves feel Aryan, they tend to not want to serve darker skinned people, acknowledge them when they ask questions and be seen to interact frequently with them...regardless of their status and pedigree. It is similar to what Asians do.

I work at a restaurant in the center of BCN the workers are from Philipine, Catalán, and South América, i'm from the Caribbean, the mánagers are spanish and sometimes they make racist jokes about asian and black costumers, most of this people are turist so they don't know what they are saying, It is disgusting ! One day i came to work and one of the manager, "the most racist of all of them", told me in front of other coworkers,': " look everyone, conguito is here" -That was rude and disrespectful, i always talk to him with respect, but here in Spain i don't know if this kind of behavior you can denounce. Racism is in everywhere, here there are lot of good people , i love Barcelona and this kind of people deserves to be treated badly sometime in their life so they see what it feels like to be discriminated.

As a honest, working, good carieer romanian, that want's to move to Barcelona ( as a accountant , here I am trying to justify myself) I feel descuraged of your video. But lot' s of bad elements from RO do this in Spain, I know , and you described a situation, that I also understand. We sometimes are like this with people from other cities, yet alone if they would be foreigners. But we have to keep an open mind. ..Good videos, thanks for the informations and help.

thank you so much for the video, I really respect that you said the truth , its really rare !

Thanks for the info. I found it helpful.

Coming from UK as tourist i experience racism a lots in Barcelona, because I'm a moroccan origin and it's really upsetting, I realise people they looking over there Sholder in the street, and also shops the staff are very annoying and watching me all the time if I steel something, I just get upset and leave the shop, is absolutely the opposite of London.

I just visited Barcelona, I loved it and I had no problems, btw; I'm African American

Its sad for me being romanian, but I understand u perfectly, cz this is the way I feel in my own country regarding people that actually they are not romanians, they are gipsies and they came in Romanian many years ago and they keept there traditions...like , stealing, not working, not going to school and having many kids to receive help from Romanian state. This is the bigest problem In my country and a fact that disturbs a lot the ordinary honest hard working romanian families. I am not racist but its sad that I am judge by the actions of other ppl...

Its funny Europeans go to African/Carribean countries and get treated like kings and queens, but when we go to European countries we get treated like sh** based on my sources. I wanted to go to Barcelona as my first European trip but I might have to reconsider. I have no desire to beg for acceptance or respect.

Hello Adria! Really enjoying the videos on your channel, keep up the good work! I have a question regarding the people in Barcelona. I've read many articles and blogs which say that it is difficult for people from outside Barcelona (foreigners, especially) to make friends with the locals, even when they live there. They say that it is much easier to make friends in Madrid. What is your opinion on this?

Hola,Adria yo soy del India i vivo aqi in Tarragona a se muho tempo.Gentey son muy buenas.yes you truly said about thives, but normaly colerwise here is no racism atleast no body passed any comment on me in twenty years. Greetings

If this is what you guys think why don't you go outside your country and meet different people because when you are around one type of person all the time you'll be as close minded not trying to start anything just being honest

I wonder if you could suggest a few places that you really like that are close to Barcelona by train that are international and more accepting of people from different countries. I have found that a lot of Spanish people still have a lot of prejudice against people with darker skin colors, but I find very funny because I am not white and yet many Spanish people are much darker than myself!

Please what camera do u use for this video

Hi Adria, I am born in Algeria, I speak Algerian, French and English. I want to move to Barcelona. I am interested in culture, architecture, to learn Spanish, and start building a new live there, I am very sensitive to racism, we are in 2021 Would you advise me to look for another country, or Spanish people are getting to understand that a falling tree makes more noise than a growing forest. Regards, Aziz

Hi Adria! 1) Escalera = ladder 2) I feel like you described prejudice or discrimination, more so than racism with regard to Moroccans and Romanians. 3) Thanks so much for this video, because I am planning to move to Barcelona and racism is a concern for me. 4) With regard to tourism inflating rents and driving up prices, what are your thoughts on air bnb and Uber (or the lack thereof in Barcelona) 5) I'm from the US, specifically the southern US in Atlanta. The US has always had issues with race and prejudice. With the recent presidential election things may appear to have gotten "worse", but in actuality these issues are just being given more media attention. There are assholes and ignorant people all over the world lol ! :-)

I am an Asian American male who lived in Barcelona for a month. I was a professor doing research and lived in a residential district. People were not racist to me. I was a member of Couchsurfing for social reasons--meet ups--and I did notice that people had some stereotypes about me...but they were not racist. One girl who was from Spain that I met on Couchsurfing was Chinese from Spain. But everybody kept assuming that she was from China...and I could tell that it was a little annoying for her...but there wasn't anything ass-hole-y. She had to make sure to correct them--not directly--but by speaking her perfect regional Spanish. I see how that can be tiring. What I did notice was that there was a racial hierarchy of dark skinned workers from former colonies who did all the little jobs that were shitty. And I did notice that there was a language discrimination: Castellano accent was considered superior to Latino accent. And sometimes people would act like my Mexican accent was a joke. This is still not anything to call racist. I actually felt a little more racism in Madrid.

Spain really needs to improve basic education. There is so much ignorance and it causes so many problems.

I like you for a reason but I don't know why.

Soy de Guadalajara Mexico 🇲🇽 y ciudadana Americana. Me encantaría ir a a España pero le tengo miedo al racismo y eso que mis ancestros son de Galicia. Pero mis propias tías en Jalisco si no eres rubia no te tratan tan bien como a las otras sobrinas que son rubias lo cual lo considero una estupidez pero ese racismo debe de venir de sus ancestros ., I hope 🤞 I don’t have a problem when I go visit Spain.

i've been to Barcelona last summer, loved it. amazing city. the only thing that i found a little bit weird was that almost every shop, coffe shop, restaurant, bar, or something like that, had asian or indian people running the place. wich made me thought, ok, we gonna have asian and indian food all around (yeah)...nope...just regular food. so seeing your vídeo, racism in Barcelona? i was kinda, what??? but ok, i got it, ur talking about people from another places.

it's good when people look as the behaviour of one, than skin tone, but as you say things are slowly but hopefully changing for the good for all👍 people, because in lots of white they're bad person , we need to try and get to know people not they skin types,! my opinion as a black woman,

Search video: "Go home drunk tourist! Thousands protest in Barcelona".

true,true,true.....

In my humble view: Spanish are a lot of fun but very regionalists.

Racism is definitely a hard topic but I honestly appreciate your honesty. My family is from the country of Puerto Rico but I was raised in the states. My father often say racist things about Dominican people because he said they're ruining the island of Puerto Rico. He claims they've brought crime and prostitution. It's hard for me to relate because in the States there have been much racism towards Latino people from Anglos, so ALL Latino people often link together. The younger generation of Latinos have a more diverse group of friends vs the older generation. On that note lol my husband and I have talked about moving to Spain. So I guess it's good to know where as stand as Americans. I recently found out that I am 74% Spanish and Portugal. My husband was 60% Spanish. So, in some weird way we want to connect and learn about our Spanish side. Thought the best way to do that would be by moving there. Was hoping my husband can find a job on the U.S military base there after he retires.

Thank you for your honesty. Unfortunately, it is everywhere. I live in the most diverse community in the U S so that my children can have an advantage of a successful future. Once you know and understand people and their culture, you have an advantage to business, relationships, and global networking. Unfortunately, I (a gorgeous black lady) and a very nice white lady I met in Madrid were encountered by very odd and egregious racism. As if we were in a land that never saw non Spaniards and that they were being attacked. Like someone who has been blind for a long time, loved it, and is being forced to see other beautiful people. Yes, it can tank an economy but some people, even Africans in Africa, don’t want to see anyone but themselves. If you live in a place like this, please leave!!! Life is very brief and you are waisting precious time.

It is called STAIRS

Did you just mention in Barcelona is hard to get a job?

la palabra que buscas para describir la situacion para con ambos los rumanos y morrocanos es paranoia. robaban... y entonces habia miedo. soy puertorricano y lo entiendo perfectamente.

I am an African American and would like to go to visit Spain especially finding out I have Spanish ancestry but your comments are shaky on the race issue as you can't differentiate good and bad people so I'll pass for the time being on traveling to Spain. I don't want to spend thousands of dollars in a country that do like me just on my appearance.

Spain needs to improve education urgently. That’s the most impactful thing that any country can do to combat racism. Education standards are still very low in Spain compared to many other countries of the EU.

there are good peopole and bad people everywhere in this world. its up to you which group you want to belong to. saludos de florida

How can u tell someone is from Morocco or Romania? Many Moroccans look like Italian, Greek, or Turkish. Many Romanians look Russian or Easter European.

It's a latter, to reach things,& spaces. comment by Cuban wife in U.S.A.

What about to English people? Are we hated in Barcelona like in most places?

How would you know? You're not on the receiving end.

When you say Romanians, you say gypsies with Romanian nationality.

You look Algerian Thanks for the video, you seem like a nice guy.. Gracias por el video pareces tener compasion y algun integridad.. La verdad es que Ninguna persona es buena o perfecta fuera de Jesus Cristo, pero ohala me entiendes

Every country on the planet has its quotas of racists.

the Stairs you call are a Ladder.. Ladder was invented in spain...

So you were born in Barcelona? Where did your parents come from, if you don't mind me asking? 🤔

You mean those two borders are not highly controlled?? Hahaha man 👨 u don't know

the way he speaks is disgusting. he often says "we are a little bit racist" every 5 minutes. don't forget that Spain has an awful economy. They need cheap labour.

Adria, I think you need to give yourself and Barcelona a little more credit. What you're explaining seems like a case of prejudice and not racism. It's not that people from Barcelona feel superior to those from Morocco and Romania, but rather you're all struggling with the perception that all people from Morocco and Romania are there to steal and commit crimes, which unfortunately is based on previous experiences and is not a conclusion solely based on their genetic make up.

Is there racism in Liberia? There is No Racism in Liberia! Why? Because Liberia has a black only immigration policy, so one race equals No Racism!