No me jorobes, en españa a los personas de color se les lanza platanos desde los balcones. Lee el articulo y despues los comentarios. Te lo
cuelgo para que no te cueste mucho.
Como vas a saber si los españoles son racistas o no si tu no eres oscuro. Los peces tampoco saben si estan mojados o no.
Hi,
I am a graduate student from the Caribbean who is living in Barcelona and I am just about ready to pack my bags and go home. Prior to my coming to Spain I had never experienced racism. In fact, it annoyed me when Blacks, specifically Black Americans as I am more familiar with their stories, would latch on to the issue of racism and would make every issue about race. Yes, I’ve had stares when visiting places like Singapore or Indonesia for example but at the very worst they amounted to mere curiosity, but never racism. Like you, I do enjoy the fact that Spain does have a lot of beauty and character and can bring about wonderful experiences but unlike you, I don’t know if I can drum up the courage to go out and enjoy it. Spain is making me into a very bitter and angry person. On my way home from school yesterday as I walked by a few high rise buildings, there were “objects” (a yellow looking fruit) thrown at me. At first, I wondered what was falling from the trees, but then as I looked up and realized there were no trees, another object whooshed past within an inch of my ears. I turned to see who the miscreant was but I did not see who was doing it and as I continued walking the objects continued flying through the air all aimed at me. Now, I do not wish to be lengthy in my post so will not talk about my numerous other bouts with racism here. Suffice it to however that what annoyed me most was when I shared my experience with someone today how she tried to negate the experiences I have been having. I must concede though that she was right about one thing that as a Christian I do need to find ways to cope better because truth be told, I was so angry yesterday that I would have fulfilled the stereotype that blacks are some kind of savages, as I might have climbed that person like a monkey on a tree and ripped them to pieces. Now that I’ve had time to think it through, I have come to realize how racism in Spain could have cost me everything that I have been working so hard to build, my unblemished reputation and especially now when it is of utmost importance as I am transitioning to a professional field where character of good fit is everything, I could have lost it because yesterday my proverbial cup started running over. Then today when someone told me that as a Christian I should try to find out why the objects were pelted at me as it could have been a child or a crazy person, I realized that even worse that these overt acts of racism is relaying your story to people who have no capacity to understand being black in Spain. Imagine, she is a native Spanish born and over 30 years my senior and yet no child nor crazy person ever pelted objects at her but it so happen that I have been here for less than a year, and is over 30 and for the first time in my life I’ve had people pelting objects at me. Go figure. Now I know this person is really trying to be nice, she is a great human being and a beautiful soul but honestly I’m so upset right now that I cannot be around people who are so insensitive to my plight. Now I am not looking for sympathies, but what Idont want is to be patronizedand or be surrounded by people who cannot relate to the fact that the most hurtful experiences I’ve had thus far in life have been here in Spain. That being said, I hope to channel all the negative emotions into something positive and I do wish to be part of the solution rather than add to the problem.
