I’ve wondered what the ethnic, cultural and racial backgrounds are of the people who post here. After reading about some of the racism/nationalism going on in Spain and how the government/police are black-maling residents, I was wondering if anyone had any insight on how the various races, trans nationality, are/have been treated in Spain.
For example: What’s is the disposition of a Gypsy versus a recent Moroccan or North African immigrant. What about recent Sudanese immigrants verses the Sierra-Leonie, Senegalese, Nigerian, Equatorial Guinea and/or people of those groups who have been there for decades.
i was reading an article two years ago about a West African worker who arrived in Spain as a refugee after war broke out in his native country 25 years ago. He arrived with a degree in accounting from an African university. He has been a cab driver in Spain for 15 years because his degree and experience was not being honored, thus he could not find work. He felt that the discrimination was based on race, then age since he was now an old man.
on the other token, I know many African-Americans and Afro-Latinos who have moved to Spain and made a good living/lifestyle for themselves, both with and without degrees. Most don’t experience racism/discrimination as some of the recent African immigrants, or even some of the British Nationals seem to have had.
What is the disposition of other groups there: the East Indians, other Asians; or nationals from France, Italy, and other countries.
Do you think people experience less social adversity if they are of higher social economic status, all around? Or does it depend?
And what is your insight on how the ETA fits into all of this? Don’t the Basque consider themselves the original race of Spain?
