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Hello /trv/,
I'm an asian guy (Vietnamese) who is planning to stay somewhere in S. America for vacation for a month (I know fluent Spanish). I am thinking about going to Buenos Aires. I was wondering, is Argentina as racist as Spain?
Thanks.
>> ­­Anonymous
racist?! wtf are you talking?
>> Anonymous
lol @ blowing things waaaaay out of proportion
>> Anonymous
Are you saying they're racist because of the football shite that went on? >_>
>> Anonymous
Well, I live in Argentina and I'm not extremely racist, but my cousin in Commodore Riveria makes it a point to spit on the shoes of any asian person he sees.

He's just a weird guy though.

Anyways, I don't think you will have many problems, but Argentine people will call strangers racial slurs and they are blunt about things like this, but its more of a term of endearment then normal racism.
>> Anonymous
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I just moved back from Spain after having lived there for over a year. They are fucking racist. They think you Chinese and stupid if you look asian even if you are citizen of Spain herself speaking the goddamn best Castilian in the world. They hate blacks more though.
>> Anonymous
You should stay in your little country we don't need racist fucks like you, perhaps in a couple of years when you grow up a bit.
>> Anonymous
Not too sure about South America, but I've been to Spain before and the people were pretty friendly to me. More so than the French anyway.
>> Anonymous
>>50733
I don't think you're from Argentina.
Learn to spell "Comodoro Rivadavia".

And no, we are not racist. If you are black, people will stare at you with curiosity because it's something very rare to see over here, but that's it. In fact, we are full of asians and mestizo (brown) immigrants from our south american neighbours, and there's little if any discrimination against them, we get along fine.

South America in general has a very laid back attitude to race, specially in Brazil.
>> Anonymous
>>50746
And yeah, the concept of political correctness does not exist over here.

If you are fat, you will be called fat
If you are black, you will be called negro (black)
If you are asian, you will be called chinese
If you are a redhead, you will be called colorado (red)
Etcetera

Have this in mind to remember that these are terms of endearment, this is what we use to call each other, among friends. If someone feels comfortable enough to give you a nickname like this, it's a good thing.
>> Anonymous
When I was in Buenos Aires, I hardly saw any Asians, so take that as you well. There were barely any black people either, and they got stared at, but like the previous anon said, I think it came more from a place of curiosity than malice. Argentines were very nice to me, and I would love to go back.

Basically I don't think you'd have any problems unless you looked Bolivian/Indian/indigenous.
>> Anonymous
>>50753
>Basically I don't think you'd have any problems unless you looked Bolivian/Indian/indigenous.
They don't have much problems either.

Sure, there are some tensions because the situation is very similar to that of the Mexicans in the US, and some people are very worried about illegal immigration and there's some xenophobia, but I haven't seen any cases of discrimination. Heck, my last year's college class was full of bolivians and everybody got along just fine.

This is a country that was lilly-white until the 1990s, so the sudden influx of immigrants is bound to cause some tensions, but it's not that bad.
>> Anonymous
lived there for a year, over an asian supermarket in fact. friendly they were too. would go back in a shot. Argentinians are a lil racist however. but its not overt.