Racism in Spain exists. Call me naïve, but that surprised me. Racism exists in the United States too, but there are laws to protect people from companies acting on their racism. Maybe Spain has those laws too, but they’re not enforced. If a restaurant refused service to someone in the United States because of their race, that would make headlines, but in Spain that happens all the time. Moroccans are refused entrance into certain clubs and there’s just a general distaste for Moroccans living in Spain. There’s not much tolerance for the Islamic faith here which surprises me because religion isn’t widely practiced in Spain. People will claim to be Catholic, but the percentage of practicing Catholics is very low. My interactions have showed me that the mindset is “if a Moroccan comes knockin’…don’t answer the door”.
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