Im a 43 old spanish guy...The three kings thing is because here in Spain i didnt saw a black human being in my city until i had 25 years old. And here Baltasar (the black king) is the favorite of us all.
Morena is a form of endearment. I love being called morena because I feel like my skin is beautiful and it’s being acknowledged. Idk it doesn’t make sense in English but in Spanish that’s what I can describe it as. I am Dominican and my mom and sister look white so I would be called morena if someone was to describe me.
Yes!! Europeans are so much more direct about calling others by their race! For me, it's just been random times that race was brought up unnecessarily, or made into a topic of discussion without cause. Like eating dinner, and people just feel the need to mention all the different races of people at the table, like they are proud of the integration or something. It definitely takes some getting used to. Especially with the use of the word "chino" which is *a little too close* to the English slur for my comfort, lol. On the second-note, yes please do a follow-up on your experience and job search as well as work you did.
Im so happy you had a good experience. Bless! and Thank You so so so so so so soooo much for sharing this. Im black american considering/ pre planning to move to spain. You answered some of my key black woman questions lol like haircare , socializing and racism. I do have questions about the practical logistics, such as what visa did you have , and how was the english teaching program.
Melchor is the black king. SO therefore when people impersonate the Kings black face may be needed. Remember you are not in the USA. Do not apply USA rules to Spain. You should not demand to the local culture to change to your taste.
I'm was thinking about moving to Spain for various reasons but being the father of 2 black children this was a worry of mine. While I am of Afro-Caribbean descent I'm so fair skinned that most people don't believe I am Haitian and Dominican. That being said black face would offend me as well & not just for the sake of my children. This video helped put my mind at ease a bit though. Thank you!
Hi munny I'm a dad from Spain, let me tell you that most likely your kids will be treated great. If you can, have a vacations in Malaga or Seville (South of Spain) or Valencia (at the East) they are relaxed cities and will give you time to understand us a bit better. For the black face situation, the tradition as explained in the video, is for the three wise kings to represent one from Europe Melchor, one from East Gaspar and one which represent Africa Baltasar (here known as three Wizard Kings) so every year schools ask volunteers between fathers to act as the Kings. If that year the school has no black dads who can lend a hand they had little option because noone outside the moms, dads or school staff is allowed to enter the school for safety reasons. We also make one great parade for the Kings in every city and village and when black voluntaires are available they are granted the position of King Gaspar or his servents. But as you see is not always possible. Sorry if this made you unconfortable, but was never our intention. This is all made with respect and having in mind that Baltasar is a figure as respected here as Santa is in US.
Hey LoveBugs, welcome back beautiful Taylor ❤❤🎉! Love how you express, show and etc all about Spain especially on Ig. Happy Friday and have a great upcoming weekend 🐞❤❤🫂.
Moreno/a=tan ≠no black ot Brown but is also sometimes uses for people of colours to calle that in a polite manner and not being rude, disrespectful or racist
Hey!! look who's back 🤩 glad to see you again!! Let me start by saying (very respectfully) girl, you're glowing!! like fore real, hope to see that smile shining as often as possible 💞 anyway!! wow! has been already 2 months you got back to the US?? hope everything is good with you, like family and everything 😘😘😘😘😘
The black Paint in the King Baltazar at Christmas time IS a tradition , and its like that because before didnt exist black man in spain( because the Country before isnt multicultural like now and only had their own race of their Country ( and later a bit of their same race but from others places of europe or mixed with them or with americana (south ans central) and less of another races like asians and africana/blacks
Thank you so much for this video! I'm considering an English teaching position in Spain 🇪🇸. PLEASE do a video on your teaching experience, housing, etc.
We Spanish men tend to stare at women (from all backgrounds) probably in a way that for Americans would probably be felt as disrespectfull. Sorry for that, that's a cultural difference right there. Curiosity, attraction...You name it. In response, Spanish girls treat us back (usually) with disdain. I know it's a different game than in the USA. I am sure that in your case those stares ware exactly that case. Most surely nothing to do with racism. Ask your Spanish girl friends about it.
Nice that you could find a Hairdresser. Here in the Soth 10 years and still did not find one, just braids and the products. And btwww here in the South you Will Be exotic, it was overwhelming in the beginning, well that waw indeed in a smaller town Granada 😅🎉
With the black face thing, I would have been very happy with them maybe feeling guilty as I walked into the room. That means they got heart and care about your feelings. Cuz BAE-BAE! I live in Chicago suburbs ok. When they do black face here they do not care! No one has a conscious. Hatred prevails. And had you walked into that same room here? You most likely would have ended up missing. The fact they felt uncomfortable doing that in front of you' and YOU are in THEIR country. Despite that they felt respect for you and felt guilty. That's awesome!
Called "ehy morena" or "ehy rubia" is not something bad. All the opposite, it's a complement... It's means that you are so special that call someone attention...
Morena no es despectivo en absoluto, es descrptivo. Tambén puedes encontrar llamar rubia de la misma manera. O rojo a un hombre pelirojo. El que un hombre se disfrace de rey Baltasar pintando la cara, es usual y no tiene ningún tono ofensivo. Ahora puede que veas bastantes hombres negros, especialmente en una gran ciudad, pero hace no tanto no era así. Así que la solución era maquillarsevpara oscurecer la csra y guantes negros. Es algo que no tiene ninguna intención te usurpar o menospreciar, simplemente antes era casi imposible que para la fiesta del colegio hubiese un padre negro que pudiera interpretar ese papel, o para la cabalgata del pueblo. Son muchas generaciones adoptando esa solución, por lo que nadie piensa que pueda ser ofensivo hasta que pasa que una de las profes sea negra y lo mire extrañada 😄. Piensa que lis Reyes Magos son personajes muy queridos en España, el que uno de ellos sea negro, lejos de ser racista es onclusivo y normalizador de la diversidad étnica.
Hi Queen, when you have time study The Moors and Berbers.The Moors and Berbers ran the area we know as spain, built castles and fortress and had armys...check the old spain flags with the black faces. Also The Black Madonna some say the statues's faces are dark because of oxidation... no the first virgin child birth to place in Africa in the area of Kem/egypt/the black land. King Asar, Queen Isis and their virgin born son "Heru". This is why the pope and other european noblemen bow down to the Black Madonna because this is where the Mothe Father and Child stories we know, came from. Let your study go way beyond the inventions of the religions. ASE' and Be Empowered! ✊️
Prior to 1995, I can assure you there were *no foreign people* at all in Spain. Not only Latinos or Africans, but NOBODY at all. Maybe 1 out of 1000 people might have had a non-spanish origin. So for the Three Wise Men celebration a Xmas time, some white actor had to "blackface" in order to fake it, because - I repeat - there weren't any coloured person at all in the wild. However 30 years later, 18% of the population is foreign (27% in Madrid), and you can find lots of southamerican or caribbean guys to perform that role, but some prefer to keep the tradition.
Hi Taylor I'm from Spain and I'm sorry you had a bad expirience with the Baltazar King painted face, I know it will not excuse the action but let me try to explain. In Spain Black people were nearly non existent untill 1970's, the tradition as you explained is for the three wise kings (here known as three Wizard Kings) so every year schools ask volunteers between fathers to act as the Kings. If that year the school has no black dads who can lend a hand they had little option because noone outside the moms, dads or school staff is allowed to enter the school for safety reasons. Hope this helps ;)
Glad your doing videos again. And foreal they walking around in blackface in spain in 2023 you should have walked in that room and just started cursing 😂
Nice video. I have to say that, for me and I'm 34 years old, the black face is just a ridicolous thing that the conservatives still keep doing and telling that there is no problem about that. Left's people still fitghting this kind of nosense things, and in a lot of cities and towns it's no longer done, so it's completely understandable that it bothers you. And the "morena" thing its just another, in this case, because of machism too, so this is not normal, it's not goodloking for us and u can being angry about that.
Uber eats everywhere and every city, Uber "taxi" in Madrid, Barcelona yes, but with limitations in numbers of cars.. In many cities it is prohibited because they make unfair competition to taxis that have to pay a license to the town hall etc.
The "black face" Three Kings thing is actually a (small, fortunately) political issue here. Right leaning parties insist on using it while left leaning ones don't unless there's no alternative (i.e. small villages with low population). Madrid is ruled by the right nowadays, so there's the cause of what you have seen. In a particularly funny moment, a far right party mounted an alternative parade to the official one organized by a left government of the city (back then), which they considered too "untraditional". They had a neo-nazi guy with painted face pose as Balthazar, and his angry face at the parade became a meme we laughed at. They're just too dumb to take them seriously.
@@TaylorFaye You have the problem in the US, in Spain various races have coexisted for centuries, various peoples have passed through Spain, and this is even noticeable in the colonization of America. The first Spaniard to set foot in America mixed with a native (Hernán Cortés). The English case was different, where there was never any miscegenation and where people lived segmented by race until 1960. Hence you have this madness with races, and you see micro-madness in anything.
Girl if you would of went to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, or Costa Rico They would of claim you as a cousin 😂 you definitely have Spaniard within you
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¿como se puede disfrazar uno de negro sin pintarse la cara? no es una ofensa es un disfraz, tu te disfrazas de blanca alisandote el cabelloy ¿eso no es ofensivo?
Lo que tienen que analizar es la historia y el motivo por el que se hace. No se hace para ofender a nadie, se hace para representar las tres razas conocidas en la epoca en que se creo la imagen de los tres reyes magos.
😂 Most of Portugal and half of Spain where Moorish people dear. The people you call black today. Which is a derogatory term. Not morena. Today Spain, which was Andalusia to us…it is a part of Europe. To us it was always just a Northern point of Africa. You should read about Moorish history and culture. What is so called Africa today was basically the entire world.
Moors were not black. They might have conquered a lot of Spain but they didn't mix nor left much of a dna impact. They were a tiny minority and it was illegal to intermarry.
Morena is Spanish for Moor and Moor is what we called ourselves. Moors invaded Spain in 711 and ruled until 1492. As we lost power the called us Blackamoor then they called Black. We never called ourselves Black, Europeans called us that which is disrespectful. Stop calling yourself Black and research on Moorish history.
Im a 43 old spanish guy...The three kings thing is because here in Spain i didnt saw a black human being in my city until i had 25 years old. And here Baltasar (the black king) is the favorite of us all.
Morena is a form of endearment. I love being called morena because I feel like my skin is beautiful and it’s being acknowledged. Idk it doesn’t make sense in English but in Spanish that’s what I can describe it as. I am Dominican and my mom and sister look white so I would be called morena if someone was to describe me.
I’m moving to Valencia soon… let me sit down & get my popcorn hunny 🍿
Am in valencia am Kenyan , got no friends would nice if we linked up and talk
I am moving next year to Valencia!
Yes!! Europeans are so much more direct about calling others by their race! For me, it's just been random times that race was brought up unnecessarily, or made into a topic of discussion without cause. Like eating dinner, and people just feel the need to mention all the different races of people at the table, like they are proud of the integration or something. It definitely takes some getting used to. Especially with the use of the word "chino" which is *a little too close* to the English slur for my comfort, lol.
On the second-note, yes please do a follow-up on your experience and job search as well as work you did.
I hope you have a good day, know that JESUS died for you and loves you so very much!
@@naoedouard4422 ...
I'm visiting for the first time in October for my birthday. As a black woman, I appreciate your content. Thank you!❤
Morena also may mean beautiful.
Morenaza, even more beautiful
Im so happy you had a good experience. Bless! and Thank You so so so so so so soooo much for sharing this. Im black american considering/ pre planning to move to spain. You answered some of my key black woman questions lol like haircare , socializing and racism. I do have questions about the practical logistics, such as what visa did you have , and how was the english teaching program.
I’m thinking about moving to Barcelona in 2026.
A caucasian woman with black hair is also called morena in Spain. Una morena y una rubia, hijas del pueblo de Madrid...
Melchor is the black king. SO therefore when people impersonate the Kings black face may be needed. Remember you are not in the USA. Do not apply USA rules to Spain. You should not demand to the local culture to change to your taste.
Estas equivocado, el rey negro es Baltasar y el preferido por la mayoría de los niños.
@@tonipatino9813 : El negro era el favorito, pero pensé que era melchor..
I'm was thinking about moving to Spain for various reasons but being the father of 2 black children this was a worry of mine. While I am of Afro-Caribbean descent I'm so fair skinned that most people don't believe I am Haitian and Dominican. That being said black face would offend me as well & not just for the sake of my children. This video helped put my mind at ease a bit though. Thank you!
I hope you have a good day, know that JESUS died for you and loves you so very much!
Hi munny I'm a dad from Spain, let me tell you that most likely your kids will be treated great. If you can, have a vacations in Malaga or Seville (South of Spain) or Valencia (at the East) they are relaxed cities and will give you time to understand us a bit better.
For the black face situation, the tradition as explained in the video, is for the three wise kings to represent one from Europe Melchor, one from East Gaspar and one which represent Africa Baltasar (here known as three Wizard Kings) so every year schools ask volunteers between fathers to act as the Kings. If that year the school has no black dads who can lend a hand they had little option because noone outside the moms, dads or school staff is allowed to enter the school for safety reasons.
We also make one great parade for the Kings in every city and village and when black voluntaires are available they are granted the position of King Gaspar or his servents. But as you see is not always possible.
Sorry if this made you unconfortable, but was never our intention. This is all made with respect and having in mind that Baltasar is a figure as respected here as Santa is in US.
Enoyed listening to you! Thank you for the details of your experience. I had a wonderful experience in both Germany and France.
I spent some time in Colombia last year. I saw people of all shades there as well. I plan to visit Japan and Philippines later.
I hope you have a good day, know that JESUS died for you and loves you so very much!
@@naoedouard4422 Amen! 🙏🏽
Hey LoveBugs, welcome back beautiful Taylor ❤❤🎉! Love how you express, show and etc all about Spain especially on Ig. Happy Friday and have a great upcoming weekend 🐞❤❤🫂.
Thank you my love! You have an amazing weekend as well!❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@TaylorFaye You're more than welcome and Thank you as well 😘😘
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I hope you have a good day, know that JESUS died for you and loves you so very much!
Moreno/a=tan ≠no black ot Brown but is also sometimes uses for people of colours to calle that in a polite manner and not being rude, disrespectful or racist
Girl it’s about time ❤we miss you!! 🥺
I missed y’all too❤
I hope you have a good day, know that JESUS died for you and loves you so very much!
Morena is NOT a derogatory statement in Spanish. In fact its a term of endearment
They don’t know their history.
That’s not always true especially In the states it can be used as a derogatory racist term
@@cynfrombrooklyn no one is calling anyone morena in the states.
Y’all use the moniker black which is derogatory.
She never said it was, she very clearly stated that it’s just their culture n that they WERENT discriminating.
For whom?
Tay stays looking fine 😍😍😍😍😩
Im pretty sure people stare at you in the states too your beautiful 😂😊
Thank you❤
Hey!! look who's back 🤩 glad to see you again!! Let me start by saying (very respectfully) girl, you're glowing!! like fore real, hope to see that smile shining as often as possible 💞 anyway!! wow! has been already 2 months you got back to the US?? hope everything is good with you, like family and everything 😘😘😘😘😘
Thank you ❤️❤️everything’s going well so far!
@@TaylorFaye glad to know that 😘
I hope you have a good day, know that JESUS died for you and loves you so very much!
The black Paint in the King Baltazar at Christmas time IS a tradition , and its like that because before didnt exist black man in spain( because the Country before isnt multicultural like now and only had their own race of their Country ( and later a bit of their same race but from others places of europe or mixed with them or with americana (south ans central) and less of another races like asians and africana/blacks
literally just saw you in a movie when you were younger i knew that was you omg did not know you were a actress 🥰
Thank you so much for this video! I'm considering an English teaching position in Spain 🇪🇸. PLEASE do a video on your teaching experience, housing, etc.
More videos. Your so brave for doing that. That's a life change. Did anything over there remind you of the states or was it just completely different?
I’ll do a video on that. But yes, I noticed a few similarities
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We Spanish men tend to stare at women (from all backgrounds) probably in a way that for Americans would probably be felt as disrespectfull. Sorry for that, that's a cultural difference right there. Curiosity, attraction...You name it.
In response, Spanish girls treat us back (usually) with disdain.
I know it's a different game than in the USA.
I am sure that in your case those stares ware exactly that case. Most surely nothing to do with racism.
Ask your Spanish girl friends about it.
Nice that you could find a Hairdresser. Here in the Soth 10 years and still did not find one, just braids and the products. And btwww here in the South you Will Be exotic, it was overwhelming in the beginning, well that waw indeed in a smaller town Granada 😅🎉
I was assume when people stare at me is cuz I’m FINE!!!!! 😎
We definitely do call people “chocolate, red, and yellow,” so that definitely is a common thing in America, ESPECIALLY amongst the black community.
They use moreno/a in Mexico too when referring to darker people. No one gets offended though
With the black face thing, I would have been very happy with them maybe feeling guilty as I walked into the room. That means they got heart and care about your feelings. Cuz BAE-BAE! I live in Chicago suburbs ok. When they do black face here they do not care! No one has a conscious. Hatred prevails. And had you walked into that same room here? You most likely would have ended up missing. The fact they felt uncomfortable doing that in front of you' and YOU are in THEIR country. Despite that they felt respect for you and felt guilty. That's awesome!
Okay taylor time to come back to RUclips again we waiting on you friend.
Happy you enjoyed in my country.
You're right! If you know better (which they do now ) do better!
I hope you have a good day, know that JESUS died for you and loves you so very much!
Called "ehy morena" or "ehy rubia" is not something bad. All the opposite, it's a complement... It's means that you are so special that call someone attention...
Please what’s the name of the Dominican Salon, moving to Madrid next week😇
Morena no es despectivo en absoluto, es descrptivo. Tambén puedes encontrar llamar rubia de la misma manera. O rojo a un hombre pelirojo.
El que un hombre se disfrace de rey Baltasar pintando la cara, es usual y no tiene ningún tono ofensivo. Ahora puede que veas bastantes hombres negros, especialmente en una gran ciudad, pero hace no tanto no era así. Así que la solución era maquillarsevpara oscurecer la csra y guantes negros. Es algo que no tiene ninguna intención te usurpar o menospreciar, simplemente antes era casi imposible que para la fiesta del colegio hubiese un padre negro que pudiera interpretar ese papel, o para la cabalgata del pueblo. Son muchas generaciones adoptando esa solución, por lo que nadie piensa que pueda ser ofensivo hasta que pasa que una de las profes sea negra y lo mire extrañada 😄.
Piensa que lis Reyes Magos son personajes muy queridos en España, el que uno de ellos sea negro, lejos de ser racista es onclusivo y normalizador de la diversidad étnica.
King Balthazar is the coolest king, you have no right to take away from Spanish kiddies that their dad may be the Black King in their town.
Hi Queen, when you have time study The Moors and Berbers.The Moors and Berbers ran the area we know as spain, built castles and fortress and had armys...check the old spain flags with the black faces. Also The Black Madonna some say the statues's faces are dark because of oxidation... no the first virgin child birth to place in Africa in the area of Kem/egypt/the black land. King Asar, Queen Isis and their virgin born son "Heru". This is why the pope and other european noblemen bow down to the Black Madonna because this is where the Mothe Father and Child stories we know, came from. Let your study go way beyond the inventions of the religions. ASE' and Be Empowered! ✊️
What is the name of the Dominican Hair Salon in Madrid? I would go.
There are hundreds of them, don't worry
Great info! Did you only work as a teacher? What other jobs are there for foreigners?
Aquí te esperamos.
Prior to 1995, I can assure you there were *no foreign people* at all in Spain. Not only Latinos or Africans, but NOBODY at all. Maybe 1 out of 1000 people might have had a non-spanish origin.
So for the Three Wise Men celebration a Xmas time, some white actor had to "blackface" in order to fake it, because - I repeat - there weren't any coloured person at all in the wild.
However 30 years later, 18% of the population is foreign (27% in Madrid), and you can find lots of southamerican or caribbean guys to perform that role, but some prefer to keep the tradition.
Hi Taylor I'm from Spain and I'm sorry you had a bad expirience with the Baltazar King painted face, I know it will not excuse the action but let me try to explain.
In Spain Black people were nearly non existent untill 1970's, the tradition as you explained is for the three wise kings (here known as three Wizard Kings) so every year schools ask volunteers between fathers to act as the Kings. If that year the school has no black dads who can lend a hand they had little option because noone outside the moms, dads or school staff is allowed to enter the school for safety reasons.
Hope this helps ;)
70's? I would say 1995
Stares because guapa 😊
Glad your doing videos again. And foreal they walking around in blackface in spain in 2023 you should have walked in that room and just started cursing 😂
Nice video. I have to say that, for me and I'm 34 years old, the black face is just a ridicolous thing that the conservatives still keep doing and telling that there is no problem about that. Left's people still fitghting this kind of nosense things, and in a lot of cities and towns it's no longer done, so it's completely understandable that it bothers you. And the "morena" thing its just another, in this case, because of machism too, so this is not normal, it's not goodloking for us and u can being angry about that.
Nice video 😊😊😊😊
Are you back in the US?
Do they have Uber and Uber eats in Spain?
Uber eats everywhere and every city, Uber "taxi" in Madrid, Barcelona yes, but with limitations in numbers of cars.. In many cities it is prohibited because they make unfair competition to taxis that have to pay a license to the town hall etc.
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Jezus you are beautiful
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Madrid is the Capital of Latin America in Europe.
But can I get the Dominican lady’s number? Your girl is going to be there this fall.
you too fine 💕
The "black face" Three Kings thing is actually a (small, fortunately) political issue here. Right leaning parties insist on using it while left leaning ones don't unless there's no alternative (i.e. small villages with low population). Madrid is ruled by the right nowadays, so there's the cause of what you have seen.
In a particularly funny moment, a far right party mounted an alternative parade to the official one organized by a left government of the city (back then), which they considered too "untraditional". They had a neo-nazi guy with painted face pose as Balthazar, and his angry face at the parade became a meme we laughed at. They're just too dumb to take them seriously.
sorry, but cant see where the offence lies, not good to judge a culture you know little about
@@TaylorFaye You have the problem in the US, in Spain various races have coexisted for centuries, various peoples have passed through Spain, and this is even noticeable in the colonization of America. The first Spaniard to set foot in America mixed with a native (Hernán Cortés).
The English case was different, where there was never any miscegenation and where people lived segmented by race until 1960.
Hence you have this madness with races, and you see micro-madness in anything.
Girl if you would of went to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, or Costa Rico
They would of claim you as a cousin 😂 you definitely have Spaniard within you
Lol according to Ancestry DNA, I have some Spaniard ancestry. Maybe that explains my draw to Spain haha
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Bruh we wanna hear p1town lol
¿como se puede disfrazar uno de negro sin pintarse la cara? no es una ofensa es un disfraz, tu te disfrazas de blanca alisandote el cabelloy ¿eso no es ofensivo?
En argentina se hace lo mmismo, cuando desfilan reyes magos baltasar es alguien disfrazado y pintado
Lo que tienen que analizar es la historia y el motivo por el que se hace.
No se hace para ofender a nadie, se hace para representar las tres razas conocidas en la epoca en que se creo
la imagen de los tres reyes magos.
😂
Most of Portugal and half of Spain where Moorish people dear. The people you call black today. Which is a derogatory term. Not morena.
Today Spain, which was Andalusia to us…it is a part of Europe.
To us it was always just a Northern point of Africa.
You should read about Moorish history and culture.
What is so called Africa today was basically the entire world.
Moors were not black. They might have conquered a lot of Spain but they didn't mix nor left much of a dna impact. They were a tiny minority and it was illegal to intermarry.
Tu es métis,ne pas noir
Morena is Spanish for Moor and Moor is what we called ourselves. Moors invaded Spain in 711 and ruled until 1492. As we lost power the called us Blackamoor then they called Black. We never called ourselves Black, Europeans called us that which is disrespectful. Stop calling yourself Black and research on Moorish history.
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