I am an italian, I was born in Italy and I grew up in Italy and I also have italian friends but the problem is I do have moroccan roots .I started to work in a big company in north Italy and as soon as I say I am from morocco they start staring you in a certain way and after I presented my moroccan parents they all started to treat me differently. They don’t like the fact that I earn alot of money doing perfectly my job and not being fully italian . I feel like italians hate on anyone who is non-italian at this point. They also hate the italians from the south of Italy so it was normal for me to have them starting at me differently after saying I’m moroccan . Now after I have been to other countries I know that is not normal and italians are just racist people . I also want to add guys, I cannot wait to move out of this country for its stupid racism! I hate Italy
@Laura Inutile lottare, le persone razziste lo saranno sempre a prescindere da tutto. Appena però vedono una donna africana bianca occhi celesti naturalmente e capelli rossi, i loro volti diventano rossi dalla vergogna perché si rendono conto che il loro razzismo sugli africani è infondato . Il razzismo sai da cosa nasce ? Dall’ ignoranza, solo le persone con una mente chiusa possono essere razziste . E
Thanks for sharing that Sofia. That explains a lot. When I was outside, Italy, those Italians were not racist. But the Italians I met outside Italy also said something similar to what you said that they couldn't wait to leave the country. I think your story best illustrates the situation there which is very unfortunate as Italy is a beautiful country rich in history and yummy food.
What part of Italy did you visit? I want to visit Rome and Venice. As an African American as well, on a scale of 1-10, where would you put Italian racism at?
@@DorFra3 strong 7 on average. Amalfi is toeing the line on an 8. I didn't even want to walk down the street. My hotel asked me to confirm my room and the eyes on you are something to be experienced just so that you can remind yourself that these folks DO NOT have your best interest.
Yes my friends who keep telling me that Italians are racists. Being an Asian living in London, I have also experienced being discriminated here by Italians.
We have experienced the same racist treatment in Rome. We were queuing up in a restaurant to place an order - and when it was our turn, the person at the counter simply blanked and ignored us. He went on to ask the order from the Italians behind us. We waited so long in the queue and was ignored. Seriously its a racist place to go.
I experienced the racism in Lake Como and Venice. In Lake Como, the ticket clerks for boats and ferry in different ticket locations yelled at me for just asking a question which ticket to go to which destinations. Everyone stood there turned around and looked at her and him. When the Caucasian persons came and asked the same question, they were happily answered. Another experience was in Venice at the hotel which I will write review in just a few minutes. My Italy visit on October 2022.
Wow... I went to Italy 4 times, twice during the 90s, 2008, 2009. Although the service could be better, I never had a problem with people. Things have changed for the worse.
@@dezafinado yup, i went to Venice for several months for my parents Eye surgery and most of the folks there won't help even if you ask informations to reach the hospital, and I talk Italian so the language barrier wasn't an issue.
I’m not sure why people are so surprised. Fascist ideology is rooted in the core of the older generations. Although Italy chose to side with the axis powers during WW2, it didn’t receive as much post war control as Germany so these ideologies continued even after Mussolini’s execution. Whereas Germany and its entire school system was rebuilt from scratch and fascism eradicated(mostly).
This is so true. We did not come to terms with our fascist past, contrary to what they did in Germany. In our mind we alway been the "good ones" and this is a shame.
@@genzo9394 we do enough for the world especially america we give people art fashion cuisine etc you know how that Italian fast food in north america is 73 billion dollar industry and majority isn't Italian owned we give they take advantage I walk by an Italian resteraunts ran by Indians owned as well Italian national colors on the the shops sighns all decorated with paint in side the place? This is a mockery we don't start Indian resteraunts and present to public
I lived in an Italian neighborhood in North America for a year and a half and the entire area was cursed with the same kind of ignorance and evil you described from your visit to Italy!
My friend went there on a high school trip and was refused service by a waiter because of her race he was very rude to her, it makes me so angry and sad that a grown a man has to take out his racist anger at a child
Yeah, continuing to make up stories... I'm Italian, I'm 41, and I've NEVER EVER seen someone to be refused the service because they were black, maroccean, asian or whatever.
Black people get the "hate" racism (assault,being insulted...). Asian people get the "mock" racism. It's just 2 dishes of the same food, i can assure you that being mock, stared or joke about is not pleasant either.
@@marceltresvant8581 One shouldn’t be held as better than the other they’re both equally as bad lol racism is racism and wtf is wrong with these European countries
God I hope my fellow Filipinos and other Asians don't visit Italy. Good god especially since the pandemic happened. Might as well put Italy on my blacklist. I worry for the Chinese italians. I visited Italy in 2017 and had the worst experience, they stared and mimicked us, ignored us, called us slurs. We didn't even break any rules.
There is a huge filipino community here and they are the asians and probably the immigrants who integrated best and receive very little criticism, second generation filipinos, even if they are still seen as filipinos and associated to some stereotypes are pretty well integrated compared to other groups, the problem now is that the anti china sentiment has gone up lot so the racists and ignorants might discriminate filipinos thinking they're chinese, also in the last 10-15 years italians became aware of the shaboo drug problem in the filipino community because italians started doing it too, meth was never a thing here before and people didn't know what it was so now filipinos might get some criticism cause they're seen as the ones bringing that drug into the country, but out of all the immigrants filipinos generally face very little criticism, they are seen as hard working, polite, law abiding and trust worthy, in fact most of the people working as house cleaners here are filipinos, so they generally get very little criticism (aside from shaboo and maybe a few people that had some stuff stolen by their filipino house cleaner). There are almost no other east asians here aside from chinese and filipinos so filipinos might get discriminated by ignorant strangers thinking they're chinese, but the recent anti chinese sentiment is not that bad, chinese restaurants and shops are still very popular here, it's mostly a distrust towards chinese government and the idea that china is stealing our economy and trying to take over the world.
Filipinos are italian catholic brothers, they are the most respected Asians and are also payed more because Filipinos are well known in Italy to be hard workers, that's because they used to be hired as ship crews, and they made themselves famous in the ships for being hard workers. So for a Filipino it's different.
As an Arab Canadian who likes to travel and dated an Italian for a long time I can tell you that Italy is 2 not north and south but young and old. The younger generation is more cool and open minded than most of Europe. The older generation have seen their country go to the dump mainly because of the declining GDP and the very low net birth rate (lowest in western Europe ) , so many of them blame immigrants for this .. regardless I suggest another visit ... Italians are one of the most welcoming and warmest people in Europe
We blame immigrants for what they do, that is filling jails from 3 to 5 times more than Italians being a minority. For the declining we accuse our politicians and UE not certainly immigrants. 🤡🤡
No they’re not. You’re probably a light skinned Arab. So they treat you better. Italians are rude as hell to brown and black people… just like Arabs in the Middle East to be honest… that’s why the Arab world supports modern day slavery
What I witnessed in Rome (and Italy in general) was a different kind of racism. From just my opinion and personal observation, Italians will treat a black person from somewhere like the U.S. (and who looks like he/she is well off) very differently from another type of black person.
Yes, because the problem is that in big cities like Rome or Milan a large part of the ‘invic ones’ are immigrants, obviously because the Italian government is not able to help or relocate these people, so, the elderly especially, but not only, they see them as bad people and discriminate, it’s all because of fear.
@@dogsalwaysbarkatbetamaleswoof Yes, trwatment is very different. I just returned from traveling through Italy, and on several occasions I noticed a huge difference in how I was received when they heard my American accent. I went to college in Rome years ago, so this change in Italy was distressing and sad to me.
@@loriannrichardson7644 that’s likely a one off in your case. I was treated with heavy eyes watching me, questioned about my room number, not allowed to cross the street, served last but paid first, quoted a different price out in the open before a European inquired, AND to top it off there was a slave figurine to greet me on the welcome desk serving jelly candies.
I traveled there just this summer and I noticed the same treatment. Never had a problem in Croatia, no one treated me any differently. You should check it out!
@@TravelandLiveFree Stop your hatred on Italy, you ungrateful racist and remember that, there hundreds of thousands of Chinese who lead a wonderful life in Italy. A wonderful life that they did not have in your wonderful country.
I was Thinking about to travel to italy. But heard to much negative stories about italian racism there. I Decided not to spent my Holiday there any more and not in future. Thank you for your opinion
Italy is the second industrial power in Europe, I don't know where have you taken this preposterous information. Second, there's a lot of tourists from many countries across the world who aren't so racially sensitive, and I think we can handily rely on that. So that you know, by the way, Eastern Asian countries are not splendid for foreigners. Japanese are very austere and close-minded, and they openly scoff at foreign behaviours in their country. Same for Chinese and other peoples. But no westerner complained about Asian narrow-mindedness and obtuseness.
As an Italian, I am so sorry for what you have experienced. I am now married to an Algerian, and I can see that the treatment we have at the beginning is slightly different. Unfortunately, the mentality is still like this, especially in Rome, actually. I hope that we can make you change your mind somehow, someway.
Honestly dude, I've always been a victim of racism and usually get upset by such stories but youuuuuu, you made me laugh even though the stories are disgusting. You do have that gift of a storyteller. Thank you for putting your great personality and especially sense of humor in this disgusting and vivid story of racism in Italy! All the best to you!
@@kazzana9013 yes we have. you have no argument. Italy economy also depends on tourism, so telling people to not go would have a bad effect on the economy
Hi, I'm Italian and you are totally right. If you see the media and the political discussions in general probably you cringe. They really think (or just try to make us believe) that the real social-economic problems of Italy are drug addicts and immigrants... It disappoints me so much that I reached a level in wich it just makes me laugh bitterly instead of crying. P.S. Sorry for bad english... After all I'm Italian...
I've only had horrible experiences in Rome. The people in Florence and Venice are amazing. I wouldn't let it stop you from seeing Cinque Terre, I'm not.
Oh, don't bother yourself. We Italians was persecuted by Asians and the rest of the world for a long time. Roughly more than 250-300 years. We faced lynchings in America, genocide in Russia, systematic extermination and torture in Asia... But usually we never held a grudge. 😉👍
Bro gli asiatici (cinese, giapponesi ecc) non hanno mai invaso mai l'Italia. Per quello la colpa andrebbe ad Austria, Germania e stati uniti@@danielefabbro822
The less tourists that visit there, the more their economy will suffer. Also, with climate change, most people will be forced to move from their homelands due to flooding, drought, fires, etc. Then where will their racist attitudes get them when they're forced to move to places where the people might not look like them?
i know this is an older video but i just came back from italy a week ago and ill tell you this...btw im a white american. i visited genoa, rome, tropea, and matera and ill tell you this. i didnt have many problems in genoa and rome.....i saw a LOT OF asian tourists and im not sure if they just dont like me or what because i say hi or give a nod and they just ignore me but i think thats just how they are...more reserved....anyway when i got to tropea and matera which is much further south then rome i have never experienced more annoying, loud, rude,and just overrall awful people in my life. they would talk loudly on long bus rides on the phone, yell across tables, come up and take your seat if your friend got up for the bathroom, walk in front of you or bump shoulders without ever saying excuse me. would mouth profanities in italian towards me....stare at me while i eat. literally everything. i would never go back to italy for any reason whatsoever
I'm half asian and half italian, and I'll be trying to get my italian citizenship in Italy in February 2023. I'm already preparing my mind and spirit to face racism, unfortunately. There's a lot of amazing italian people in this world, almost all of the italian people in my family, for example, married black, native or asian people, but racism exists everywhere, unfortunately.
I really did not know this about Italy. I've been to Europe before and while there is racism there it isn't as intense. I thought Italy would be the same but hearing about your experience.... oh my god. I heard they are not used to foreigners or non-whites/Europeans. Welp, I guess I'm gonna have to put Italy at the bottom of my vacation list lol.
Put it way down. The most racism I experienced was in Italy. I received the most of it in Amalfi. I immediately stopped spending my money when they didn't even have courtesy to let me cross the street.
Instead you should try by yourself and check the reality. I see a bit too much of animosity here and I don't recognize my country in those descriptions.
@@cata9380 OR the questioning of the hotel room I came out of (high on a mountain and one of its kind) after I just came out of it, OR the slave figurine in chains holding a pan of candies greeting me at the front desk that they ended up hiding, OR being served and addressed last behind every European in the room OR…………. I have quite a few others and I’m pretty much over expressing my grievances about that place. If you need concrete examples, search African migrant workers. You can also search Mussolini and be done with it.
i been there for 4 nights and seen alot of racism for this short period of time .. literally got stopped by the police twice because i am an arab tourist .. i had a lady asking me in italian to follow her so she can take me to the police station "carabinieri" .. i thought she wanted some physical help or something but this is what she was asking the other bystanders to direct her .. once i stopped following her she started screaming at me lol.
So being stopped by the Police is racism? I'm Italian and I've been stopped by the Police multiple times... they can stop you whenever they want to. What's your problem? You've got something to hide?
I have always wanted to visit Italy, but after all the negative experiences I am reading about, I have to re-think that! Especially being brown. My daughter is mixed, and is very fair, often people think she is Latina, so when she went to Italy, no racism at all.
"often people think she is Latina, so when she went to Italy, no racism at all" Or maybe this is a lot of bullshit and you're drinking it. Just to say, racism in Italy is about country of origin not skin color... You can't understand it if you think to similarities with the US racism. If your daughter looks Latina she can experience racism like any other stranger in Italy.There are several South American communities of immigrants in Italy, and hostility surge from frictions between communities of locals and strangers.
@@paolocarpi4769 racism is everywhere. Too many divisions. It's time to see how more alike we are than different. It shouldn't matter about one's country of origin, people are people.
@@charmelizabeth8584 If the world were made by good people only maybe, but the reality is different and you should learn to deal with that. You have to know with the exact problem you're facing, calling everything racist is not a solution, you should learn what kind of hostility you're addressing to know which response enact. Simplification is not a solution, it's a form of ignorance.
@@paolocarpi4769I agree, not everything is racial. I always say that. All I'm simply answering to, is what people have said allegedly happened in their experience, and my daughter visiting (no racism). My thing is gender (I write on male issues). I don't know about Italy, but from what I see and have researched on in Western countries like the U.S. and Canada, is there are not enough men's community resources. But back to traveling, I think everyone will have a different experience. You have to go and see a country for yourself. It's nice to travel all over the world. We are all part of one race- the human race. Have a beautiful day :-) 💛🌟🌈
@@charmelizabeth8584 That's a good point. A starting point. There is a world of knowledge about why those hostilities begin. Often the origins are completely different in different nations even if the phenomenon are similar.
Thank u for u r video, will bring my money elsewhere. There are many countries welcome foreigners unlike Italy. Their government needs to educate their people better. Racism should not be tolerated anywhere in the world.
Dear friend, I'm an Italian who born in Northern Italy and raised in southern Italy because of my sicilian dad. I have experienced what you call racism my entire life, from silly situation, prejudice to violence from kids. It's horrible but it's life, because racism doesn't exist, race doesn't exist. What you find at the bottom is only a dividing game between low classes or crazy people, so please just ignore them and carry on with your good work ✌️
@@ruciferu93 absolutely zero problem, just in big cities like Palermo or Catania don't use rolex, leave your passport to the hotel, carry just the money you need, same general travel advices you need to apply everywhere. Violence in Sicily has a value, mafia is an economic parallel state that use it very carefully otherwise it decrease in value, theoretically no one is going to touch you.
@@quelodequelo I've been to Italy 4 times before 2009 and didn't have any problem. Regret much that I didn't go further south to Sicily. I have heard many people said that Sicily is much better in terms of racial tolerance. Hope to visit Sicily one day.
I’m an italian, and I’m really sorry to hearing that. I’m also really embarrassed, not all the people in Italy are like this, for example I live in Milan and I don’t see this racism episodes. But racism came from ignorance, and Italy is full of that. Still sorry
I have recently traveled to Italy as well. and was very disappointed to see how they are racist, unfriendly and rude. My friend and i actually had similar experience in the train when we were going from Milan to Venice. Some random guy stop by us and starting say Chinese, Korean, Japanese to my friend because she is east Asian. Like there's no hi/hello. straight to what her ethnicity is. pissed me off. They have a bad habit of staring as well. found those who work in restaurant to be rude as well. we wanted to dine in couple of restaurant and they were ignoring us and didn't seem like they wanted to serve us. so we left and went to different restaurants. really made me dislike Italian. I have said i wouldn't visit Milan and Venice again due to that. I do want to see the other parts because of how beautiful they are. but not looking forward to dealing with their people.
Restaurant service in Europe/ western Europe is total crap, don't be offended. I'm white and waited 45 minutes for the waiter to approach us. So we decided to leave. I lived Switzerland and just in general people are not afraid if getting fired so they can and can be very rude. Unlike the US but it's forced.
Unfriendly is a different thing from racism. Rudeness also, doesn't mean they dislike you because of your ethnicity. I can't recognize this behavior even by the stupidest fellow citizen of mine. About restaurants, I don't know which standard you're used to, but I can't believe that any restaurant treated you in the same way. This kind of comments seems a little forged, and I don't tell you why I have so much doubts about the honesty of those anedoctic stories.
@@crembruley2694 The reason is you have to call them, politely. We in Europe don't like obnoxious waiters so they are trained to not obsess you. Rudeness... I'm sorry I simply don't believe that. Sure, some people can be rude, but all people? Are you sure there's something strange in your behavior?
Thank you for sharing this, i thank you for being blatantly honest. I have black friends who have traveled there too and shared similar anecdotes. Very saddening for me because I took a high interest in Italian history. I’ll keep my sanity!
I feel you bro i had a same experience in rome. Worst town ever. Never going back. But Italians in outside of italy they are friendly and easy to hang out with ha!
Yes i confirm this 100% It is the truth that "most" Italians won't admit it in words but through their stupid long gazes and awkward stares towards any foreigners.. I am from Tunisian origins and I have been traveling to several countries but currently in Italy because of my husband job . It has been a 3 years in Rome and I can't understand why many natives are rude to foreigners. I noticed this also from the tourists and visitors who comes by our restaurant located in Roma the center ,and they would complain from the same . Examples, one group from America they hated how lots of Italians don't speak with them English and insist to speak Italian with them, and they remarked why Italians stare awkwardly to your shoes or the way you dress and they give envy looks to you if you are better dressed or "elegant " which is very" ignorant " and "uncivilized " things to happen to a tourist. And because most of our customers are tourists or foreigners who live here in Rome and guess what not because our food is not good or something no no guys totally the opposite. But because the Italian racism is not only in the looks or the way they treat foreigners but also they are racist in food . Imagine that they don't eat pizza made by the hands of a foreign!! and the list is so long. To conclude I think that Italian must study more about Other Cultures and must Accept more the OTHER in general because we all have countries you know!! And we have other cultures living with us i harmony. in my country we treat tourists with all respect and speak with them in English or French or Italian or any other language without any racist reason.. I mean they really should be more tolerant!! Even the neighbors they would pass next to me not replaying my greetings IMAGINE. I tried hard to learn the language and integrate in society but they are putting boundaries already in their minds.. I mean me and my husband are planning to move to the UK in the near future. I can't stay here longer I am starting to have depression already from this situation!!!
I'm really sorry for your experience but not many italians know how to speak english, going in a foreign country and complaining because not everyone speaks you language is pretty dumb, and people stare at the way tourist dress because many tourist dress like they have to go through Sahara desert, many find it funny, or wear sock and sandals
Thanks for keeping it real. Same here. I have lost respect for italians. Shameful that a culture of people worshitthe black Madonna yet hate black women. Sick.
I am sorry for your experience. I really love Italy, but the more I live here the more I feel very uncomfortable. I feel like it is a very closed minded country that doesn't understand how the rest of the world is. People are always dramatice but when it comes to real problems, they never solve it. They just do as they please and talk non-stop about nothing. I'm sure one day I would give up and move.
We moved from Italy to US when I was nine and have all wonderful memories of my old country. Now, I see so many stories of racism in Italy, it gives me a sick feeling to learn that this degree of ignorance exists there. I feel for all who have experienced this horrible behavior, and I'm embarrassed. Thanks for sharing.
LoL. You went from Italy to America because of racism. A country that have almost completed the genocide of the Native Americans? A country that have the KKK? A country that have financed the Nazi? 🤣🤣🤣 Good luck white dude. 👍
Thank you for this. Asians tend to be level-headed and less sensitive in these situations. So, if you can be that angry, I’ll pass on Italy. I was planning a Southern European trip but that won’t happen.
l was kind of anticipating some punks or Karens might pick on us during our ten days in Rome. But glad everything went smoothly. On our first day after visiting the Borghese Gallery, l asked a guy on the street for directions to Piazza del Popolo, he actually rode with us on the bus to the square and then walked back to we met him. Sadly, after the pandemic, Anti-Asian incidence is on the rise, don't think l have the confidence to return to Europe any time soon. *Your unpleasant experience is exactly what l fear most when on a vacation, easily dampens my mood.*
Rule no.1 of traveling to Italy: Have a backbone and stand up for yourself. If you need to remind someone that their existence on this planet was a mistake the go for it. They need to learn to step off.
I went to Rome, Italy and my experience over all was great. I took the public transit and I felt like a local. My bad encounter with an Italian was at a bakery in Amsterdam. He was very condescending to me when he took my order but he was the exact opposite to the Caucasian people behind me.
Great video! Which countries outside of Asia would you say are the friendliest to East/Southeast Asian people? It'd be cool if you could make a video about your top 10 best and worst countries you have visited. It'd be so helpful for Asians who want to travel overseas.
Once I hit 100 countries, I'm happy to make a top 10 best/worst/friendliest countries video! (I'm at 97 countries right now). Here's a list of the worst/best/friendliest countries I've travelled to so far from my personal experience (travel is very subjective and this list is subjective to change after I hit 100 countries): Top 10 worst: 1) Egypt (Harassment - but still worth it for archeological sites) 2) Italy - (Racism but worth it just a one-time visit to the archeological sites and the Vatican) 3) Myanmar - (Food poisoning and unfriendliness in Bagan and Inle Lake but worth it for culture) 4) Guyana - (Rough and scams but has the best fried rice I've ever eaten) 5) Switzerland - (Racism from the older generation - most younger people are friendly) 6) Israel - (Jerusalem is unfriendly but Tel Aviv is more friendly) 7) Albania - (Food poisoning but people are very friendly) 8) Sweden - (Unfriendly and some racism) 9) Panama - (Expensive and money grabbing from those in the tourism industry but friendly locals) 10) Turkey - (Snobby but archeological sites are worth it - I'd give it another chance) Top 10 best: 1) South Africa - (Mind-blowing how beautiful the country is and people are friendly but has safety issues) 2) Colombia - (Beautiful landscapes, friendly locals, good place to live, some safety issues) 3) Thailand - (Overhyped that lives up to the hype, delicious food, friendly locals, but watch out for scams) 4) Malaysia - (Amazing food, great nature and wildlife) 5) Poland - (Friendly locals though they appear grumpy at first, good food) 6) Scotland - (My favorite part of the UK, friendly locals, great desserts, amazing nature) 7) Argentina - (Delicious food, beautiful nature, locals can be serious but overall friendly) 8) Paraguay - (Underrated, beautiful nature, friendly locals) 9) Vietnam - (Friendly locals who are direct and blunt and good food in some areas) 10) Venezuela - (Super friendly locals, amazing nature, but dangerous) Top 10 friendliest (in no particular order): 1) Finland 2) Serbia 3) Philippines 4) Scotland 5) Colombia 6) Brazil 7) Venezuela 8) Uruguay 9) Rwanda 10) Greece
@@TravelandLiveFree As a Swiss, I'm very sorry to hear that my country is on that list too. I will never understand racism, the least thing that is important when it comes to human beings is their ethnicity or skin color! What matters is what's inside a person, not outside. Hope the day will come when racism doesn't exist anymore and I hope you will have lots of wonderful travels in the future!
I am Italian and I live in Rome. I am very ashamed for what you are saying and I wish I could apologize to all of you. I am absolutely not racist, as are my relatives and friends. Unfortunately in Italy we have a political class that over the years has made people believe that the cause of the many problems in Italy (lack of work, corruption, poverty) are foreigners. Those who believe in it are stupid and repressed. I hope that one day you can all come to our country and live unforgettable moments. My home is your home. Let’s love each other
I understand everything you said, however I just couldnt accept that Italians hate Asian. Im a Filipino and Filipinos are so much loved by Italians, even though we clean their toilets, cook their food and took care of their babies Italians have given back a lot to Filipinos. Dont get me wrong but if you will open your eyes you will see that Filipinos are everywhere in Italy, We sing for them in bars, nurse them in hospitals, wash their dishes and even marry them! We are thankfull for the Italian government for opening their country to us. Grazie mille Italia!
I'm Italian. I'm very sorry for what happened to you. My people have started to meet foreigners in our land only by just a few years ago. Therefore there are a lot of people (but still a minority fortunately) who do not like foreigners in general especially of other "races" (if we can call them like that since there is only one race). Anyway I hope you will change your mind. A bad experience in a country doesn't mean that it is racist. There are good and bad people everywhere. So I hope you will come back to Italy soon👍Our country is rich of history and culture and it would be a pity renouncing to explore it just because if some idiots.🇮🇹
Hello, thank you for your message. I did meet some friendly Italians also, especially on the eastern side of Italy, so I don't think the whole country is racist. I will visit one day again and give it another shot.
@@truthwillsetyoufree4816 maybe so but everyone knows what acting like a good person is versus a bad person and those "racist" people I met chose to be a bad person.
@@TravelandLiveFree im a black italian and i can tell you if you were black you were treated worst. Black people here must go to France and uk to find a job beacuse they dont want black people. Is not a case Is not a though I can tell you man since when i was a child i always played football and other players and their parents insulted me saying fucking nigger and other stuffs. When i go out i always got ti remember that im black and its the same for other thousands black people here
@@brandnewdrip7073 yes, black people definitely have it worst in Italy. I feel bad for you guys, it's not cool to be treated with racism because of the colour of your skin.
I love Italian culture, especially Italian American culture but I would never want to visit, nor would I want to hang out in an Italian American neighborhood because of these same reasons. I just love their culture and food from a far.
Italian Americans are actually some of the nicest people. They were hugely discriminated against when they immigrated to America and actually sympathize with a lot of other races because of that experience of discrimination.
I had very similar experiences. I also. want to add that my wife and I were harassed by two Italian policemen in a small town train station. They were literally interrogating us when we were just sitting waiting for our train. I think they want to let us know that our kind is not welcome.
I’m a white Italian born and raised in Italy. I’m not here to deny the existence of racism in my country but being stopped at the train station or in the metro by police is not unusual. Police here have the right to randomly stop cars and/or ask for documents without any specific reason. It doesn’t happen often but in certain places like stations more often than others. I have been stopped two times by K9 police in the metro and taken apart to show them the content of my backpack.
I completely agree with you. Italy is the most rascist country I have ever been, I have been to Venice and Milanand havent met the at least one nice person.
I travel a lot and I have been to many countries around the world. I have always wanted to travel to Rome due to its rich history but after hearing about all the racist treatment people's been getting, this be one place I will never visit.
hello there, im italian, im really sorry of what happened, is true is full of racism, and is a shame because i like italy but they ruin evrything, i hope you will be well though, hi from Italy
No you are not . Tutti quelli che ho conosciuto li sono dei branchi di cani senza un briciolo di rispetto speravate che le vostre attitudine sarebbero passate inosservate ma il calice si sta riempiendo e tutti sapranno de chi pasta siete fatti
Just spent 4 nights in Italy. Let's put it this way. They're friendly people are the same as friendly people anywhere else. Maybe even more friendly at times. Italians are culturally very warm and expressive. I was looking for leather in Tuscany and within 10 minutes of meeting,, this young gentlemen from Florence gave me 7 hides of leather he had laying around his house. By far the friendliest gesture I've received in Europe. The difference is in their rotten apples. Being more generally expressive as a group means that this racism will also manifest more clearly. In my opinion, they have the best of the best, and the worst of the worst. They will not reserve their feelings, whether it's love or hate. Italy is still a cool place rich in architecture and history. Is it worth going? Depends how thick your skin can be. Expect sub-par service here and there. 9 out of 10 times you are the only one saying Thank You when patronizing a business. Once you're mentally prepared and know what to expect, you'll be able to appreciate the better things that Italy has to offer.
with the lady saying "niha" repeatedly, going by your accent, you sound like you're filopino, not chinese. in 2021, we still have people lumping the whole continent of asia in with china and yet these very people would probably get their back up if someone referred to them as being from a different european country than their own. just like most other western media outlets, i notice that there's a strong anti-china (and probably anti-everything else) angle to their "reporting" and i think it's no different in italy. they all regurgitate what every other western media outlet puts out. it's ironic, because it's probably china and asian countries spending the most on luxury italian goods and helping the italian economy through tourism. the lay person must only want to see what they want to see, which is negative bias. does anyone else see the striking contrast between italy being known as being a very religious country and the foremost catholic country in the world (it's where the religion originated, isn't it?) and yet, they're very racist? i thought all religions preached peace and certainly not propagation of the "Us versus Them" mindset and dynamic and mistreatment of people who look different to you. and you said you got racism from kids in the Vatican of all places...
You're right, the "us versus them" mindset is so dumb, I can't believe people still think like this. I'm Chinese but born in the Philippines hence the Filipino accent. 🙂
the lay person must only want to see what they want to see, which is negative bias. yup can confirm it's true with many people in italy, especially an italian dude who not long ago at a post office accused me for no reason..
Wow dude! Sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience. I never had that issue in Italy and I'm an American of Asian heritage (Filipino). I was there working for six months relating to my job with the U.S. government during the late 1990's in Northern Italy (Friuli). I took public transportation everywhere and no one ever bothered me or gave me a hard time. Of course, I made every effort to learn to speak Italian months before I actually traveled there. In my experience there, I found that people were generally kind to me, so I reciprocated. You'll find racism everywhere you go in this world and sometimes it can be difficult to avoid. I wish you much better luck wherever you decide to travel next.
Hi Kendrick, I'm terribly sorry for the negative experience you have had in my country, I'm born and bred in Sicily, in southern Italy, and racism reports are very uncommon. The wuhan's pandemic has spread a bit of prejudice on some people and I'm very sorry for you. Racists are a very small minority and my people are always very welcoming and generous to foreigners.
Thanks, Salvatore. Racism was pre-covid back in 2017 so I think it was already there before the pandemic but not all Italians are racist. But the ones that are racist are making the normal friendly Italians look bad.
That's not true in Milan. I heard people vomiting Neo-Nazism 101 in public and nobody lift an eyebrow. Many don't even realize I think, due to rampant ignorance.
Racism is huge in Italy, you just don’t notice because you don’t have to! Your not going to see what’s not happening to you. I am married to a Thai man and have been to visit together because I was hoping to see where my moms side was from. I can tell you for sure it is everywhere all over Italy and is constant more than you think. The non racist actually exist in very few numbers. You are one of the few but I wouldn’t be so ignorant if you have not experienced it yourself… I wouldn’t recommend Italy to even my worst enemy.
I hv been watching videos of Asian specially indian students in Italy because i am planning to send my daughter for study , she's half indian and my worry is racism but surprisingly i never heard of any bad experience by these Indian students there!!!! 🤔🤔🤔 Are they not telling the truth or is it different for Indians ??? My daughter is so tiny tiney 4.11" only i am scarred to death by the thought of her being harrassd 😭😭😭😭
I don't hear about such deeply entrenched hate for other brown races, like the way black people are hated either. People hate something about those of African descent and I don't know why. We are all human.
Man that sucks that happened to you I really want to visit Rome and the Vatican and I’m Mexican American and my wife is Thai I just dont want any issues through
I'm Italian, you and your wife are welcome to come. Italy is not a racist country, but unfortunately it can happen to find racist Italians, in particular among the old generations. Sometimes if someone is unkind it's also because is rude and stupid, is not always about racism, those type of individuals are like that also with other Italians
Im italian and dont living in italy but im strong catholic and since i was a little kid im going to the church i was Growing up in a peacefull family were we all respecting everyone i was learning since i was young that we are all diffrent but that we are all equal and yes we are all diffrent but thats ok i dont think hmmm im italian yes im better than other People no everyone is diffrent and dont matter where you came from and what your skin colour is when you are a good person and doing nothing wrong and when you respecting everyone how someone is is everything ok peace
Hey so sorry for your experience, but don’t think is just you, Italians from the north dislike the one from the south, they are racist, racist comments towards people from Napoli or the south in general. I would suggest you to go back to Italy but not Rome or the north in general but the south! Total different country !
Why are u sorry do u want that our country should flooded by migrants no way it's country of white people these Asian and American should go somewhere else like America and Canada where they often choose to live
I had travelled to almost all European countries in different times. Apart from Russian, whom i attributed it to their lack of interaction with international tourist, I had concluded that Italian are the most racist people, particularly towards Asian. I visited Milan and Florence in 2002, Rome and Venice in 2003. I encountered racism in Venice, and Rome and also Italia airline. My asian friends also told me the same thing.
Oh nooo.. I'm just accepted in an Italy university and soon I'll go there🥲 I always heard Italians are friendly and warm , I thought they're less racist than other Europeans! Japan was my main destination though.. but I've heard Japanese are racist too! So which country is more racist? Japan or Italy?
@@andreabertazzoli7695 well, I got full fund scholarship from Japan so I changed my destination to Japan finally.. do u know sth abt racism in these countries?
@@fairy7sinSorry I'm a bit late here, but if you're not already in Japan, I would like to say that going to Japan is thousand times better than going to Italy, so you really dodge a bullet right there, mate. Based from my experience of staying in Nippon for 3 years, most of the Japanese people there are far more nicer and welcoming to tourists or foreigners if you follow their rules and manners. Racism exist everywhere in every country in the world, but those who are being racist are just some sad individuals, not the whole community/country. For Japanese people, rather than race or skin color, they are far more troubled if a person is being a nuisance in public or being disrespectful to other people. You'll be just fine if you can follow their living etiquettes and proper manners like greet before/after eating, dressed well, be polite when talking to others (no shouting or pointing fingers), and just be respectful in general. I'll see you're going to have a happy and prosperous life living there just like I did, just don't forget to learn the language first as they really like a fluent and well-spoken person 🙏.
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I am an italian, I was born in Italy and I grew up in Italy and I also have italian friends but the problem is I do have moroccan roots .I started to work in a big company in north Italy and as soon as I say I am from morocco they start staring you in a certain way and after I presented my moroccan parents they all started to treat me differently. They don’t like the fact that I earn alot of money doing perfectly my job and not being fully italian . I feel like italians hate on anyone who is non-italian at this point. They also hate the italians from the south of Italy so it was normal for me to have them starting at me differently after saying I’m moroccan . Now after I have been to other countries I know that is not normal and italians are just racist people . I also want to add guys, I cannot wait to move out of this country for its stupid racism! I hate Italy
@Laura Inutile lottare, le persone razziste lo saranno sempre a prescindere da tutto. Appena però vedono una donna africana bianca occhi celesti naturalmente e capelli rossi, i loro volti diventano rossi dalla vergogna perché si rendono conto che il loro razzismo sugli africani è infondato . Il razzismo sai da cosa nasce ? Dall’ ignoranza, solo le persone con una mente chiusa possono essere razziste . E
Thanks for sharing that Sofia. That explains a lot. When I was outside, Italy, those Italians were not racist. But the Italians I met outside Italy also said something similar to what you said that they couldn't wait to leave the country. I think your story best illustrates the situation there which is very unfortunate as Italy is a beautiful country rich in history and yummy food.
Ben detto Sofia siamo in molti a vivere questa situazione...
@@alessandraferrara240 Ripeto il razzismo nasce dall’ ignoranza e aimè in Italia di ignoranti ce ne stanno parecchi .
@@alessandraferrara240 e tu sicuramente hai il quoziente intellettivo di una gallina
I’m African American and experienced racism in Italy on my vacation. Never seen anything like it.
What part of Italy did you visit? I want to visit Rome and Venice. As an African American as well, on a scale of 1-10, where would you put Italian racism at?
@@DorFra3 strong 7 on average. Amalfi is toeing the line on an 8. I didn't even want to walk down the street. My hotel asked me to confirm my room and the eyes on you are something to be experienced just so that you can remind yourself that these folks DO NOT have your best interest.
@@dogsalwaysbarkatbetamaleswoof Wow! Thanks for the heads up!
@@DorFra3 no problem. Go to Greece instead lol.
@@dogsalwaysbarkatbetamaleswoof But I've heard that the Greeks are very racist yoward Blacks, no?
Yes my friends who keep telling me that Italians are racists. Being an Asian living in London, I have also experienced being discriminated here by Italians.
We have experienced the same racist treatment in Rome. We were queuing up in a restaurant to place an order - and when it was our turn, the person at the counter simply blanked and ignored us. He went on to ask the order from the Italians behind us.
We waited so long in the queue and was ignored. Seriously its a racist place to go.
I experienced the racism in Lake Como and Venice. In Lake Como, the ticket clerks for boats and ferry in different ticket locations yelled at me for just asking a question which ticket to go to which destinations. Everyone stood there turned around and looked at her and him. When the Caucasian persons came and asked the same question, they were happily answered.
Another experience was in Venice at the hotel which I will write review in just a few minutes. My Italy visit on October 2022.
people are really racist in venice I know the place
Wow... I went to Italy 4 times, twice during the 90s, 2008, 2009. Although the service could be better, I never had a problem with people. Things have changed for the worse.
@@dezafinado yup, i went to Venice for several months for my parents Eye surgery and most of the folks there won't help even if you ask informations to reach the hospital, and I talk Italian so the language barrier wasn't an issue.
@@erinblue4043 Do you think it's the Coronavirus that caused the prejudice/racism?
@@erinblue4043 In Venice? Eye Surgery?
I’m not sure why people are so surprised. Fascist ideology is rooted in the core of the older generations.
Although Italy chose to side with the axis powers during WW2, it didn’t receive as much post war control as Germany so these ideologies continued even after Mussolini’s execution. Whereas Germany and its entire school system was rebuilt from scratch and fascism eradicated(mostly).
So why Poland Is so racist even if the 2nd world war?
@@canalenumero1912 Modern Poles are based
This is so true. We did not come to terms with our fascist past, contrary to what they did in Germany. In our mind we alway been the "good ones" and this is a shame.
@@genzo9394 we do enough for the world especially america we give people art fashion cuisine etc you know how that Italian fast food in north america is 73 billion dollar industry and majority isn't Italian owned we give they take advantage I walk by an Italian resteraunts ran by Indians owned as well Italian national colors on the the shops sighns all decorated with paint in side the place? This is a mockery we don't start Indian resteraunts and present to public
@@wilsonfisk4741 highly overrated food
I lived in an Italian neighborhood in North America for a year and a half and the entire area was cursed with the same kind of ignorance and evil you described from your visit to Italy!
same
Nice. Don't come in Italy. Thanks.
@@Gianluca-I will keep coming to Italy
Yeah, sure. As if those 'Mmmuricans were really "Italians"... please.
@@Randomvideos250😂
My friend went there on a high school trip and was refused service by a waiter because of her race he was very rude to her, it makes me so angry and sad that a grown a man has to take out his racist anger at a child
Bs, if it's true he should have called the Police and the waiter would have lose the job.
@@francisdrake7060 hes not gonna lose his job the majority of italians feel that way a bunch of disgusting racists
What race was your friend?
Yeah, continuing to make up stories... I'm Italian, I'm 41, and I've NEVER EVER seen someone to be refused the service because they were black, maroccean, asian or whatever.
@@gabrielesolletico6542 you’re probably not out enough racist
If you were a black person in Italy I can assure you that you would have been treated much worse.
Someone said that already
1FDerek That's true, sadly.
Black people get the "hate" racism (assault,being insulted...). Asian people get the "mock" racism. It's just 2 dishes of the same food, i can assure you that being mock, stared or joke about is not pleasant either.
@@TakumiFujiwara80 Being mocked is not pleasant I know it, but it's surely better than being assaulted or insulted.
@@marceltresvant8581 One shouldn’t be held as better than the other they’re both equally as bad lol racism is racism and wtf is wrong with these European countries
God I hope my fellow Filipinos and other Asians don't visit Italy. Good god especially since the pandemic happened. Might as well put Italy on my blacklist. I worry for the Chinese italians. I visited Italy in 2017 and had the worst experience, they stared and mimicked us, ignored us, called us slurs. We didn't even break any rules.
There is a huge filipino community here and they are the asians and probably the immigrants who integrated best and receive very little criticism, second generation filipinos, even if they are still seen as filipinos and associated to some stereotypes are pretty well integrated compared to other groups, the problem now is that the anti china sentiment has gone up lot so the racists and ignorants might discriminate filipinos thinking they're chinese, also in the last 10-15 years italians became aware of the shaboo drug problem in the filipino community because italians started doing it too, meth was never a thing here before and people didn't know what it was so now filipinos might get some criticism cause they're seen as the ones bringing that drug into the country, but out of all the immigrants filipinos generally face very little criticism, they are seen as hard working, polite, law abiding and trust worthy, in fact most of the people working as house cleaners here are filipinos, so they generally get very little criticism (aside from shaboo and maybe a few people that had some stuff stolen by their filipino house cleaner).
There are almost no other east asians here aside from chinese and filipinos so filipinos might get discriminated by ignorant strangers thinking they're chinese, but the recent anti chinese sentiment is not that bad, chinese restaurants and shops are still very popular here, it's mostly a distrust towards chinese government and the idea that china is stealing our economy and trying to take over the world.
Why don't you worry about the racism from your own people
Filipinos are italian catholic brothers, they are the most respected Asians and are also payed more because Filipinos are well known in Italy to be hard workers, that's because they used to be hired as ship crews, and they made themselves famous in the ships for being hard workers. So for a Filipino it's different.
@@Jp-do9ny why don't you check your white fragility when people of color are calling out racism, KKKaren.
As an Arab Canadian who likes to travel and dated an Italian for a long time I can tell you that Italy is 2 not north and south but young and old. The younger generation is more cool and open minded than most of Europe. The older generation have seen their country go to the dump mainly because of the declining GDP and the very low net birth rate (lowest in western Europe ) , so many of them blame immigrants for this .. regardless I suggest another visit ... Italians are one of the most welcoming and warmest people in Europe
I can Say this guy Is not Arab i am Arab and i am Born in Italy and i can Say italien behavior Is the exact opposite of good peaple
@@kingsnake1368 allora vattene
@@kingsnake1368 I believe you... the young ones are actually the worst
We blame immigrants for what they do, that is filling jails from 3 to 5 times more than Italians being a minority. For the declining we accuse our politicians and UE not certainly immigrants. 🤡🤡
No they’re not. You’re probably a light skinned Arab. So they treat you better. Italians are rude as hell to brown and black people… just like Arabs in the Middle East to be honest… that’s why the Arab world supports modern day slavery
What I witnessed in Rome (and Italy in general) was a different kind of racism. From just my opinion and personal observation, Italians will treat a black person from somewhere like the U.S. (and who looks like he/she is well off) very differently from another type of black person.
Not that much different.
Yes, because the problem is that in big cities like Rome or Milan a large part of the ‘invic ones’ are immigrants, obviously because the Italian government is not able to help or relocate these people, so, the elderly especially, but not only, they see them as bad people and discriminate, it’s all because of fear.
@@dogsalwaysbarkatbetamaleswoof Yes, trwatment is very different. I just returned from traveling through Italy, and on several occasions I noticed a huge difference in how I was received when they heard my American accent. I went to college in Rome years ago, so this change in Italy was distressing and sad to me.
Not true at all, on RUclips and on internet in general there are stories of black Americans who suffered racism when they were in Italy.
@@loriannrichardson7644 that’s likely a one off in your case. I was treated with heavy eyes watching me, questioned about my room number, not allowed to cross the street, served last but paid first, quoted a different price out in the open before a European inquired, AND to top it off there was a slave figurine to greet me on the welcome desk serving jelly candies.
I traveled there just this summer and I noticed the same treatment. Never had a problem in Croatia, no one treated me any differently. You should check it out!
I been to Croatia, good place for sure
@@TravelandLiveFree Stop your hatred on Italy, you ungrateful racist and remember that, there hundreds of thousands of Chinese who lead a wonderful life in Italy. A wonderful life that they did not have in your wonderful country.
I went to Paris and our waiter suggested Croatia instead of Italy. He said Italians are extremely rude.
French waiter calling Italians rude? Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black. 🤣🤣
I was Thinking about to travel to italy. But heard to much negative stories about italian racism there. I Decided not to spent my Holiday there any more and not in future. Thank you for your opinion
Go to Greece instead, they're really friendly there!
Don't do it.
You shouldn’t really force people on where to go
Thank you for not visiting my wonderful country.
Sorry you felt this and thanks for sharing. Appreciate the honesty!
Italy is a poor country and depends on tourism. Apparently, they are not too bright to insult their tourists who spend money in their poor country.
Italy is the second industrial power in Europe, I don't know where have you taken this preposterous information. Second, there's a lot of tourists from many countries across the world who aren't so racially sensitive, and I think we can handily rely on that. So that you know, by the way, Eastern Asian countries are not splendid for foreigners. Japanese are very austere and close-minded, and they openly scoff at foreign behaviours in their country. Same for Chinese and other peoples. But no westerner complained about Asian narrow-mindedness and obtuseness.
Bingo
You clown..LOL The income from tourism is only the 8% of the total GDP. You aren't too bright not even to inform yourslef.
Italy does NOT depends on tourism but it is an important sector anyway.
As an Italian, I am so sorry for what you have experienced.
I am now married to an Algerian, and I can see that the treatment we have at the beginning is slightly different. Unfortunately, the mentality is still like this, especially in Rome, actually.
I hope that we can make you change your mind somehow, someway.
Probably because you are a white male. Therefore you have privilege buddy.
Honestly dude, I've always been a victim of racism and usually get upset by such stories but youuuuuu, you made me laugh even though the stories are disgusting. You do have that gift of a storyteller. Thank you for putting your great personality and especially sense of humor in this disgusting and vivid story of racism in Italy! All the best to you!
Problem with Italy is that they don't ever educate their citizens in the media or at school to respect other cultures and race.
Why should they? Have you been educated on how to respect theirs? Don't go where you are not welcome.
@@kazzana9013 Shut up guido kid
@@kazzana9013 yes we have. you have no argument. Italy economy also depends on tourism, so telling people to not go would have a bad effect on the economy
I am Italian, and you have OFFENDED ME >:(
Hi, I'm Italian and you are totally right. If you see the media and the political discussions in general probably you cringe. They really think (or just try to make us believe) that the real social-economic problems of Italy are drug addicts and immigrants... It disappoints me so much that I reached a level in wich it just makes me laugh bitterly instead of crying.
P.S. Sorry for bad english... After all I'm Italian...
I've only had horrible experiences in Rome. The people in Florence and Venice are amazing. I wouldn't let it stop you from seeing Cinque Terre, I'm not.
but when italians come to asia, we treat them so well. we gotta start giving them the same treatment they give us.
Oh, don't bother yourself.
We Italians was persecuted by Asians and the rest of the world for a long time.
Roughly more than 250-300 years.
We faced lynchings in America, genocide in Russia, systematic extermination and torture in Asia...
But usually we never held a grudge.
😉👍
@@danielefabbro822your family in the mob was putting pressure on everyone on america😂😂 you guys live like kings in America
@@benjietorres9642 I'm from and still live in Italy. Here I live like a king.
Not in America.
Bro gli asiatici (cinese, giapponesi ecc) non hanno mai invaso mai l'Italia. Per quello la colpa andrebbe ad Austria, Germania e stati uniti@@danielefabbro822
@@danielefabbro822 your country is quickly being overrun my migrants from africa and the middle east. good luck with that buddy
The less tourists that visit there, the more their economy will suffer. Also, with climate change, most people will be forced to move from their homelands due to flooding, drought, fires, etc. Then where will their racist attitudes get them when they're forced to move to places where the people might not look like them?
After all stories I don't want to visit Italy. The World need more kind and civiliced people
And Italy has a lot of such people. And this site is full of anti Italian bigots.
i know this is an older video but i just came back from italy a week ago and ill tell you this...btw im a white american. i visited genoa, rome, tropea, and matera and ill tell you this. i didnt have many problems in genoa and rome.....i saw a LOT OF asian tourists and im not sure if they just dont like me or what because i say hi or give a nod and they just ignore me but i think thats just how they are...more reserved....anyway when i got to tropea and matera which is much further south then rome i have never experienced more annoying, loud, rude,and just overrall awful people in my life. they would talk loudly on long bus rides on the phone, yell across tables, come up and take your seat if your friend got up for the bathroom, walk in front of you or bump shoulders without ever saying excuse me. would mouth profanities in italian towards me....stare at me while i eat. literally everything. i would never go back to italy for any reason whatsoever
My friend's traveled to italy they faced lots of racism. They advice not to travel to Italy.
Great.
I mean technically I'm mixed race but I get mistaken for being Italian in America. So when I lived in Frascati for a month I didn't have any problems.
I'm half asian and half italian, and I'll be trying to get my italian citizenship in Italy in February 2023. I'm already preparing my mind and spirit to face racism, unfortunately. There's a lot of amazing italian people in this world, almost all of the italian people in my family, for example, married black, native or asian people, but racism exists everywhere, unfortunately.
Every where in Italy of corse since i came in Italy i never Met a non racist italien
why? and you are wrong abt racism. Yes it may exist everywhere but Europe, esp Italy is another level.
You don’t look Asian
I really did not know this about Italy. I've been to Europe before and while there is racism there it isn't as intense. I thought Italy would be the same but hearing about your experience.... oh my god. I heard they are not used to foreigners or non-whites/Europeans. Welp, I guess I'm gonna have to put Italy at the bottom of my vacation list lol.
Put it way down. The most racism I experienced was in Italy. I received the most of it in Amalfi. I immediately stopped spending my money when they didn't even have courtesy to let me cross the street.
@@dogsalwaysbarkatbetamaleswoof Great work indeed
Instead you should try by yourself and check the reality. I see a bit too much of animosity here and I don't recognize my country in those descriptions.
@@dogsalwaysbarkatbetamaleswoofdo not confuse "Italian problems" with racism. Nobody lets you cross the road it's not racism is bad driving
@@cata9380 OR the questioning of the hotel room I came out of (high on a mountain and one of its kind) after I just came out of it, OR the slave figurine in chains holding a pan of candies greeting me at the front desk that they ended up hiding, OR being served and addressed last behind every European in the room OR…………. I have quite a few others and I’m pretty much over expressing my grievances about that place. If you need concrete examples, search African migrant workers. You can also search Mussolini and be done with it.
"It's not neeha B!tch!" lmao I love u.
i been there for 4 nights and seen alot of racism for this short period of time .. literally got stopped by the police twice because i am an arab tourist .. i had a lady asking me in italian to follow her so she can take me to the police station "carabinieri" .. i thought she wanted some physical help or something but this is what she was asking the other bystanders to direct her .. once i stopped following her she started screaming at me lol.
So being stopped by the Police is racism? I'm Italian and I've been stopped by the Police multiple times... they can stop you whenever they want to. What's your problem? You've got something to hide?
It’s most racist and fascist
@@donnuele7693 Certo che lo era.
@@donnuele7693 italiano medio ,taci
@@zetsubo5282 Coccolabaluba medio, soyboy millenial, mavacagher..LOL
I have always wanted to visit Italy, but after all the negative experiences I am reading about, I have to re-think that! Especially being brown. My daughter is mixed, and is very fair, often people think she is Latina, so when she went to Italy, no racism at all.
"often people think she is Latina, so when she went to Italy, no racism at all"
Or maybe this is a lot of bullshit and you're drinking it.
Just to say, racism in Italy is about country of origin not skin color... You can't understand it if you think to similarities with the US racism.
If your daughter looks Latina she can experience racism like any other stranger in Italy.There are several South American communities of immigrants in Italy, and hostility surge from frictions between communities of locals and strangers.
@@paolocarpi4769 racism is everywhere. Too many divisions. It's time to see how more alike we are than different. It shouldn't matter about one's country of origin, people are people.
@@charmelizabeth8584 If the world were made by good people only maybe, but the reality is different and you should learn to deal with that. You have to know with the exact problem you're facing, calling everything racist is not a solution, you should learn what kind of hostility you're addressing to know which response enact.
Simplification is not a solution, it's a form of ignorance.
@@paolocarpi4769I agree, not everything is racial. I always say that. All I'm simply answering to, is what people have said allegedly happened in their experience, and my daughter visiting (no racism).
My thing is gender (I write on male issues). I don't know about Italy, but from what I see and have researched on in Western countries like the U.S. and Canada, is there are not enough men's community resources.
But back to traveling, I think everyone will have a different experience. You have to go and see a country for yourself. It's nice to travel all over the world.
We are all part of one race- the human race.
Have a beautiful day :-) 💛🌟🌈
@@charmelizabeth8584 That's a good point. A starting point. There is a world of knowledge about why those hostilities begin. Often the origins are completely different in different nations even if the phenomenon are similar.
Thank u for u r video, will bring my money elsewhere. There are many countries welcome foreigners unlike Italy. Their government needs to educate their people better. Racism should not be tolerated anywhere in the world.
Thank you, reverend.
Disagree. You don't realize it but you really say Italians should replace their people with foreigners
The Fun part is that there are tons of video of blacks insulting whites everywhere..LMAO.
Dear friend, I'm an Italian who born in Northern Italy and raised in southern Italy because of my sicilian dad. I have experienced what you call racism my entire life, from silly situation, prejudice to violence from kids. It's horrible but it's life, because racism doesn't exist, race doesn't exist. What you find at the bottom is only a dividing game between low classes or crazy people, so please just ignore them and carry on with your good work ✌️
2 years late bruda but is it safe for tourist in Sicily ?
@@ruciferu93 absolutely zero problem, just in big cities like Palermo or Catania don't use rolex, leave your passport to the hotel, carry just the money you need, same general travel advices you need to apply everywhere. Violence in Sicily has a value, mafia is an economic parallel state that use it very carefully otherwise it decrease in value, theoretically no one is going to touch you.
@@quelodequelo I've been to Italy 4 times before 2009 and didn't have any problem. Regret much that I didn't go further south to Sicily. I have heard many people said that Sicily is much better in terms of racial tolerance. Hope to visit Sicily one day.
How bad do Asian face racism in Sicily. I would take a trip, just hesitant about this video
Rome is not even more racist, come to piacenza in italy the are lorts of racist
Are the older people racist?
I’m an italian, and I’m really sorry to hearing that. I’m also really embarrassed, not all the people in Italy are like this, for example I live in Milan and I don’t see this racism episodes. But racism came from ignorance, and Italy is full of that. Still sorry
I have recently traveled to Italy as well. and was very disappointed to see how they are racist, unfriendly and rude. My friend and i actually had similar experience in the train when we were going from Milan to Venice. Some random guy stop by us and starting say Chinese, Korean, Japanese to my friend because she is east Asian. Like there's no hi/hello. straight to what her ethnicity is. pissed me off. They have a bad habit of staring as well. found those who work in restaurant to be rude as well. we wanted to dine in couple of restaurant and they were ignoring us and didn't seem like they wanted to serve us. so we left and went to different restaurants. really made me dislike Italian. I have said i wouldn't visit Milan and Venice again due to that. I do want to see the other parts because of how beautiful they are. but not looking forward to dealing with their people.
Restaurant service in Europe/ western Europe is total crap, don't be offended. I'm white and waited 45 minutes for the waiter to approach us. So we decided to leave. I lived Switzerland and just in general people are not afraid if getting fired so they can and can be very rude. Unlike the US but it's forced.
Italy... land of "far niente" and high unemployment.
Unfriendly is a different thing from racism. Rudeness also, doesn't mean they dislike you because of your ethnicity. I can't recognize this behavior even by the stupidest fellow citizen of mine.
About restaurants, I don't know which standard you're used to, but I can't believe that any restaurant treated you in the same way.
This kind of comments seems a little forged, and I don't tell you why I have so much doubts about the honesty of those anedoctic stories.
@@crembruley2694 The reason is you have to call them, politely. We in Europe don't like obnoxious waiters so they are trained to not obsess you. Rudeness... I'm sorry I simply don't believe that. Sure, some people can be rude, but all people? Are you sure there's something strange in your behavior?
@@dezafinado Silly people instead are globalized, I see.
Thank you for sharing this, i thank you for being blatantly honest. I have black friends who have traveled there too and shared similar anecdotes. Very saddening for me because I took a high interest in Italian history. I’ll keep my sanity!
I feel you bro i had a same experience in rome. Worst town ever. Never going back. But Italians in outside of italy they are friendly and easy to hang out with ha!
Out there they afraid
@@shitGreece Big deal, even Africans are afraid to come to Italy and do what they want so what?? LOL
Yes i confirm this 100% It is the truth that "most" Italians won't admit it in words but through their stupid long gazes and awkward stares towards any foreigners.. I am from Tunisian origins and I have been traveling to several countries but currently in Italy because of my husband job . It has been a 3 years in Rome and I can't understand why many natives are rude to foreigners. I noticed this also from the tourists and visitors who comes by our restaurant located in Roma the center ,and they would complain from the same . Examples, one group from America they hated how lots of Italians don't speak with them English and insist to speak Italian with them, and they remarked why Italians stare awkwardly to your shoes or the way you dress and they give envy looks to you if you are better dressed or "elegant " which is very" ignorant " and "uncivilized " things to happen to a tourist. And because most of our customers are tourists or foreigners who live here in Rome and guess what not because our food is not good or something no no guys totally the opposite. But because the Italian racism is not only in the looks or the way they treat foreigners but also they are racist in food . Imagine that they don't eat pizza made by the hands of a foreign!! and the list is so long. To conclude I think that Italian must study more about Other Cultures and must Accept more the OTHER in general because we all have countries you know!! And we have other cultures living with us i harmony. in my country we treat tourists with all respect and speak with them in English or French or Italian or any other language without any racist reason.. I mean they really should be more tolerant!! Even the neighbors they would pass next to me not replaying my greetings IMAGINE. I tried hard to learn the language and integrate in society but they are putting boundaries already in their minds.. I mean me and my husband are planning to move to the UK in the near future. I can't stay here longer I am starting to have depression already from this situation!!!
good luck to you!
there's many language in the world and you choose to speak facts.I've depression since i was born in this country
I'm really sorry for your experience but not many italians know how to speak english, going in a foreign country and complaining because not everyone speaks you language is pretty dumb, and people stare at the way tourist dress because many tourist dress like they have to go through Sahara desert, many find it funny, or wear sock and sandals
You just travel to Italy then how about people who lives here😂😂, racism here in Italy is for everyone except their Italian
Leave if you don't like. Bye...
Thank you for such an honest video. I'm sorry to hear that you did not have the most pleasant experience.
Thanks for keeping it real. Same here. I have lost respect for italians. Shameful that a culture of people worshitthe black Madonna yet hate black women. Sick.
We do not, trust me, many mixed family as well and Italian men loves black women, it's a well known fact
I am sorry for your experience.
I really love Italy, but the more I live here the more I feel very uncomfortable. I feel like it is a very closed minded country that doesn't understand how the rest of the world is. People are always dramatice but when it comes to real problems, they never solve it. They just do as they please and talk non-stop about nothing. I'm sure one day I would give up and move.
We moved from Italy to US when I was nine and have all wonderful memories of my old country. Now, I see so many stories of racism in Italy, it gives me a sick feeling to learn that this degree of ignorance exists there. I feel for all who have experienced this horrible behavior, and I'm embarrassed. Thanks for sharing.
LoL.
You went from Italy to America because of racism.
A country that have almost completed the genocide of the Native Americans?
A country that have the KKK?
A country that have financed the Nazi?
🤣🤣🤣 Good luck white dude. 👍
Mavacagher... Think to Murica and how they treated your ancestors at the beginning of the century and where the KKK was until 60's..🤡🤡🤡🤡
Thank you for this. Asians tend to be level-headed and less sensitive in these situations. So, if you can be that angry, I’ll pass on Italy. I was planning a Southern European trip but that won’t happen.
Italy has a problem with pickpockets.
That are almost all Romanian gipises.. 🤣🤣🤡🤡
Damn, I always wanted to go to Italy but I've heard way to many bad things about it. Thanks for your video.
Is a very racist country against Blacks arabs and asians
@@brandnewdrip7073 what about first nations people
Thank you we don't miss you ✋🏻🇮🇹🖤
@@donnuele7693 You're very welcomed! Can't spend my money in a CUNTRY that don't prefer it.
@@dodahbay7313😂😂
l was kind of anticipating some punks or Karens might pick on us during our ten days in Rome. But glad everything went smoothly. On our first day after visiting the Borghese Gallery, l asked a guy on the street for directions to Piazza del Popolo, he actually rode with us on the bus to the square and then walked back to we met him. Sadly, after the pandemic, Anti-Asian incidence is on the rise, don't think l have the confidence to return to Europe any time soon.
*Your unpleasant experience is exactly what l fear most when on a vacation, easily dampens my mood.*
Please stop crying.
i’m sorry that happened it’s so disgusting, i’m italian and i can’t wait to go away from this country.. i don’t like it in general
Rule no.1 of traveling to Italy: Have a backbone and stand up for yourself. If you need to remind someone that their existence on this planet was a mistake the go for it. They need to learn to step off.
Also would be better if one spoke Italian
But who wants to deal with that crap while on vacation?????
@@tracruns1406 So ALL tourists should learn Italian for a few weeks stay?????
@@loriannrichardson7644 no but you will know how to defend yourself in their language and they would respect that.
and don't be afraid of screaming and making a scene, that's almost the national sport
i can only imagine the rage you must have felt, hopefully u can permanently cross them off that list of 193.
Thanks for empathizing Matt, yeah, I definitely felt a lot of rage when the racism happened.
Travel and Live Free Italy is very racist don't be fooled
And the funny thing is they still want to be racist even when they come to your country. They are naturally rude.
Italy is bad
Had same experience
Never go back
Some people might like Italy, it wouldn’t be ideal to say that
Bye tu@d.
But you seems white, in your profile picture.
I went to Rome, Italy and my experience over all was great. I took the public transit and I felt like a local. My bad encounter with an Italian was at a bakery in Amsterdam. He was very condescending to me when he took my order but he was the exact opposite to the Caucasian people behind me.
Great video! Which countries outside of Asia would you say are the friendliest to East/Southeast Asian people? It'd be cool if you could make a video about your top 10 best and worst countries you have visited. It'd be so helpful for Asians who want to travel overseas.
Once I hit 100 countries, I'm happy to make a top 10 best/worst/friendliest countries video! (I'm at 97 countries right now).
Here's a list of the worst/best/friendliest countries I've travelled to so far from my personal experience (travel is very subjective and this list is subjective to change after I hit 100 countries):
Top 10 worst:
1) Egypt (Harassment - but still worth it for archeological sites)
2) Italy - (Racism but worth it just a one-time visit to the archeological sites and the Vatican)
3) Myanmar - (Food poisoning and unfriendliness in Bagan and Inle Lake but worth it for culture)
4) Guyana - (Rough and scams but has the best fried rice I've ever eaten)
5) Switzerland - (Racism from the older generation - most younger people are friendly)
6) Israel - (Jerusalem is unfriendly but Tel Aviv is more friendly)
7) Albania - (Food poisoning but people are very friendly)
8) Sweden - (Unfriendly and some racism)
9) Panama - (Expensive and money grabbing from those in the tourism industry but friendly locals)
10) Turkey - (Snobby but archeological sites are worth it - I'd give it another chance)
Top 10 best:
1) South Africa - (Mind-blowing how beautiful the country is and people are friendly but has safety issues)
2) Colombia - (Beautiful landscapes, friendly locals, good place to live, some safety issues)
3) Thailand - (Overhyped that lives up to the hype, delicious food, friendly locals, but watch out for scams)
4) Malaysia - (Amazing food, great nature and wildlife)
5) Poland - (Friendly locals though they appear grumpy at first, good food)
6) Scotland - (My favorite part of the UK, friendly locals, great desserts, amazing nature)
7) Argentina - (Delicious food, beautiful nature, locals can be serious but overall friendly)
8) Paraguay - (Underrated, beautiful nature, friendly locals)
9) Vietnam - (Friendly locals who are direct and blunt and good food in some areas)
10) Venezuela - (Super friendly locals, amazing nature, but dangerous)
Top 10 friendliest (in no particular order):
1) Finland
2) Serbia
3) Philippines
4) Scotland
5) Colombia
6) Brazil
7) Venezuela
8) Uruguay
9) Rwanda
10) Greece
@@PersonalityTraineris that based being south east/East Asian ethnicity?
@@Drew-po6ju yeah, I'm Chinese that grew up in Canada so it's based on that.
My family had the same experience- you mentioned there are four other countries in your top fice worst experiences- what were the other four?
Egypt, Switzerland, Myanmar, and Guyana
@@TravelandLiveFree would never go to Switzerland either 😂
@@TravelandLiveFree As a Swiss, I'm very sorry to hear that my country is on that list too. I will never understand racism, the least thing that is important when it comes to human beings is their ethnicity or skin color! What matters is what's inside a person, not outside. Hope the day will come when racism doesn't exist anymore and I hope you will have lots of wonderful travels in the future!
I am Italian and I live in Rome. I am very ashamed for what you are saying and I wish I could apologize to all of you. I am absolutely not racist, as are my relatives and friends. Unfortunately in Italy we have a political class that over the years has made people believe that the cause of the many problems in Italy (lack of work, corruption, poverty) are foreigners. Those who believe in it are stupid and repressed. I hope that one day you can all come to our country and live unforgettable moments. My home is your home. Let’s love each other
I understand everything you said, however I just couldnt accept that Italians hate Asian. Im a Filipino and Filipinos are so much loved by Italians, even though we clean their toilets, cook their food and took care of their babies Italians have given back a lot to Filipinos. Dont get me wrong but if you will open your eyes you will see that Filipinos are everywhere in Italy, We sing for them in bars, nurse them in hospitals, wash their dishes and even marry them! We are thankfull for the Italian government for opening their country to us. Grazie mille Italia!
Lol this is kind of sad subservience.
@@yabbadabbadoo9299 try again, this time in a language known to humans.
LMAO
@@lucianomezzetta4332 lmao shitalians
Yikes...Asian female here. I was planning to do a solo trip to Italy but I don't think so now
Go with me 😂
I'm Italian. I'm very sorry for what happened to you. My people have started to meet foreigners in our land only by just a few years ago. Therefore there are a lot of people (but still a minority fortunately) who do not like foreigners in general especially of other "races" (if we can call them like that since there is only one race). Anyway I hope you will change your mind. A bad experience in a country doesn't mean that it is racist. There are good and bad people everywhere. So I hope you will come back to Italy soon👍Our country is rich of history and culture and it would be a pity renouncing to explore it just because if some idiots.🇮🇹
Hello, thank you for your message. I did meet some friendly Italians also, especially on the eastern side of Italy, so I don't think the whole country is racist. I will visit one day again and give it another shot.
@@truthwillsetyoufree4816 maybe so but everyone knows what acting like a good person is versus a bad person and those "racist" people I met chose to be a bad person.
@@TravelandLiveFree im a black italian and i can tell you if you were black you were treated worst.
Black people here must go to France and uk to find a job beacuse they dont want black people.
Is not a case Is not a though
I can tell you man since when i was a child i always played football and other players and their parents insulted me saying fucking nigger and other stuffs. When i go out i always got ti remember that im black and its the same for other thousands black people here
@@brandnewdrip7073 yes, black people definitely have it worst in Italy. I feel bad for you guys, it's not cool to be treated with racism because of the colour of your skin.
Italy is one of the worst country in Europe!!!
There is no model minority treatment outside of USA.
shade!
Thanks for keeping it real it’s what I go through everyday as a black.
I love Italian culture, especially Italian American culture but I would never want to visit, nor would I want to hang out in an Italian American neighborhood because of these same reasons. I just love their culture and food from a far.
They're racist though
Italian American culture is American. DUH
Italian Americans are actually some of the nicest people. They were hugely discriminated against when they immigrated to America and actually sympathize with a lot of other races because of that experience of discrimination.
I had very similar experiences. I also. want to add that my wife and I were harassed by two Italian policemen in a small town train station. They were literally interrogating us when we were just sitting waiting for our train. I think they want to let us know that our kind is not welcome.
This one is not unusual, they do it all the time with everyone. It's a stop and search country
I’m a white Italian born and raised in Italy. I’m not here to deny the existence of racism in my country but being stopped at the train station or in the metro by police is not unusual. Police here have the right to randomly stop cars and/or ask for documents without any specific reason. It doesn’t happen often but in certain places like stations more often than others. I have been stopped two times by K9 police in the metro and taken apart to show them the content of my backpack.
Filipina-Italian here, I’m sorry you had to deal with all this during your trip
Filipino, American born. Will I have issues visiting Italy?
I completely agree with you. Italy is the most rascist country I have ever been, I have been to Venice and Milanand havent met the at least one nice person.
In Venice we call people from mainland italy "foreigners" so it's basically a racism to everyone. A very non racist racism.
I love how you expressed your self 😂
❤
I was going to go but Il pass on Italy.
Not all of Italy is racist…..
Fine, tell others too. Bye bye.
I travel a lot and I have been to many countries around the world. I have always wanted to travel to Rome due to its rich history but after hearing about all the racist treatment people's been getting, this be one place I will never visit.
You are a fool to believe bigots.
hello there, im italian, im really sorry of what happened, is true is full of racism, and is a shame because i like italy but they ruin evrything, i hope you will be well though, hi from Italy
It's alright, all countries have good and bad people. It's just bad luck I ran into the racist ones making the good people look bad.
No you are not .
Tutti quelli che ho conosciuto li sono dei branchi di cani senza un briciolo di rispetto speravate che le vostre attitudine sarebbero passate inosservate ma il calice si sta riempiendo e tutti sapranno de chi pasta siete fatti
It's very racist to black people too lol not Asian males specifically but since this is a video from your perspective I will definitely share it
Just spent 4 nights in Italy. Let's put it this way. They're friendly people are the same as friendly people anywhere else. Maybe even more friendly at times. Italians are culturally very warm and expressive. I was looking for leather in Tuscany and within 10 minutes of meeting,, this young gentlemen from Florence gave me 7 hides of leather he had laying around his house. By far the friendliest gesture I've received in Europe. The difference is in their rotten apples. Being more generally expressive as a group means that this racism will also manifest more clearly. In my opinion, they have the best of the best, and the worst of the worst. They will not reserve their feelings, whether it's love or hate. Italy is still a cool place rich in architecture and history. Is it worth going? Depends how thick your skin can be. Expect sub-par service here and there. 9 out of 10 times you are the only one saying Thank You when patronizing a business. Once you're mentally prepared and know what to expect, you'll be able to appreciate the better things that Italy has to offer.
I will also add that it's the worst in Rome. Florence and Naples have a more chill accepting vibe.
with the lady saying "niha" repeatedly, going by your accent, you sound like you're filopino, not chinese.
in 2021, we still have people lumping the whole continent of asia in with china and yet these very people would probably get their back up if someone referred to them as being from a different european country than their own.
just like most other western media outlets, i notice that there's a strong anti-china (and probably anti-everything else) angle to their "reporting" and i think it's no different in italy. they all regurgitate what every other western media outlet puts out. it's ironic, because it's probably china and asian countries spending the most on luxury italian goods and helping the italian economy through tourism. the lay person must only want to see what they want to see, which is negative bias.
does anyone else see the striking contrast between italy being known as being a very religious country and the foremost catholic country in the world (it's where the religion originated, isn't it?) and yet, they're very racist? i thought all religions preached peace and certainly not propagation of the "Us versus Them" mindset and dynamic and mistreatment of people who look different to you. and you said you got racism from kids in the Vatican of all places...
You're right, the "us versus them" mindset is so dumb, I can't believe people still think like this. I'm Chinese but born in the Philippines hence the Filipino accent. 🙂
the lay person must only want to see what they want to see, which is negative bias. yup can confirm it's true with many people in italy, especially an italian dude who not long ago at a post office accused me for no reason..
Unfortunately Italy IS very racist! I apologize for your experience! But yeah Italy is lost in xenophobia:(
That’s kinda mean
Wow dude! Sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience. I never had that issue in Italy and I'm an American of Asian heritage (Filipino). I was there working for six months relating to my job with the U.S. government during the late 1990's in Northern Italy (Friuli). I took public transportation everywhere and no one ever bothered me or gave me a hard time. Of course, I made every effort to learn to speak Italian months before I actually traveled there. In my experience there, I found that people were generally kind to me, so I reciprocated. You'll find racism everywhere you go in this world and sometimes it can be difficult to avoid. I wish you much better luck wherever you decide to travel next.
it's well known fact Filipinos tolerate a lot from Caucasians. subservient culture
@@jamiesanderson4052 That's pretty sad but true. Colonial mentality.
Italy is a country that offers you everything except love sad but true😢
Especially towards Asian males? Really? You sure?
Totally agree man this is why I cancel the Europe trip
do your europe trip in norway, denmark, germany or UK, not Italy
Hi Kendrick, I'm terribly sorry for the negative experience you have had in my country, I'm born and bred in Sicily, in southern Italy, and racism reports are very uncommon. The wuhan's pandemic has spread a bit of prejudice on some people and I'm very sorry for you. Racists are a very small minority and my people are always very welcoming and generous to foreigners.
Thanks, Salvatore. Racism was pre-covid back in 2017 so I think it was already there before the pandemic but not all Italians are racist. But the ones that are racist are making the normal friendly Italians look bad.
That's not true in Milan. I heard people vomiting Neo-Nazism 101 in public and nobody lift an eyebrow. Many don't even realize I think, due to rampant ignorance.
Racism is huge in Italy, you just don’t notice because you don’t have to! Your not going to see what’s not happening to you. I am married to a Thai man and have been to visit together because I was hoping to see where my moms side was from. I can tell you for sure it is everywhere all over Italy and is constant more than you think. The non racist actually exist in very few numbers. You are one of the few but I wouldn’t be so ignorant if you have not experienced it yourself… I wouldn’t recommend Italy to even my worst enemy.
Oh come on lol racism in Italy is just another level, it's everywhere, dont be fooled guys. I you are black, don't go there, i left traumatized
Great video
Based Italy. Need to visit for sure!
Yeah racism against asians and black people are really big in italy and eastern europe.
Eastern Europe was really friendly from my experience!
I 'm sorry for your bad experience.
No you are not
@@kingsnake1368 you can't just generalise people bruh
Naples - awful. Saw a group of Italian men chasing an elderly Roma woman away just because she was asking for some change.
That goes back hundred of years gypsies
Nah, because they probably knew her and was already been caught stealing. 🤡🤡
I wish I could see you video earlier, not only we are being treated unwelcomely but also we almost got robbed yesterday 😅😅
That's terrible! Yeah, being treated unwelcomely and almost getting robbed seems common in Italy unfortunately...
You have been almost robbed by your kins the, by gipsies or by North Africans 🤡🤡
You can be having the greatest trip anywhere, it only takes one bad experience to ruin the whole thing unfortunately.
Hi I'm so sorry this has happened to you my dad is Calabrese Italian god I love Asians !! I'm from Adelaide South Australia.
Italy Greece. Just avoid them
I'm planning to go to Italy, who wanna go with me. We can catch these racists together 😂
Facts
I hv been watching videos of Asian specially indian students in Italy because i am planning to send my daughter for study , she's half indian and my worry is racism but surprisingly i never heard of any bad experience by these Indian students there!!!! 🤔🤔🤔
Are they not telling the truth or is it different for Indians ??? My daughter is so tiny tiney 4.11" only i am scarred to death by the thought of her being harrassd 😭😭😭😭
No, it's not different for Indians. Italian education sucks anyways, she'll be better off somewhere else.
Don’t send her there
I don't hear about such deeply entrenched hate for other brown races, like the way black people are hated either. People hate something about those of African descent and I don't know why. We are all human.
Man that sucks that happened to you I really want to visit Rome and the Vatican and I’m Mexican American and my wife is Thai I just dont want any issues through
I'm Italian, you and your wife are welcome to come. Italy is not a racist country, but unfortunately it can happen to find racist Italians, in particular among the old generations. Sometimes if someone is unkind it's also because is rude and stupid, is not always about racism, those type of individuals are like that also with other Italians
I heard from Oprah Winfrey how an Italian sales person refuse to sell a Luis Vuitton bag to a friend’s daughter because she was black. 😳
Im italian and dont living in italy but im strong catholic and since i was a little kid im going to the church i was Growing up in a peacefull family were we all respecting everyone i was learning since i was young that we are all diffrent but that we are all equal and yes we are all diffrent but thats ok i dont think hmmm im italian yes im better than other People no everyone is diffrent and dont matter where you came from and what your skin colour is when you are a good person and doing nothing wrong and when you respecting everyone how someone is is everything ok peace
La blm e un gruppo di criminali
I see u everywhere under these racism in Italy vids dude wth 😄
Well...THIS makes me excited for my trip there in July...
How did it go? I’m going in August..
@BlinkSkater Everything went good! We didn't have any issues
@@Aliciaaa87 thank you!
Hey so sorry for your experience, but don’t think is just you, Italians from the north dislike the one from the south, they are racist, racist comments towards people from Napoli or the south in general. I would suggest you to go back to Italy but not Rome or the north in general but the south! Total different country !
Why are u sorry do u want that our country should flooded by migrants no way it's country of white people these Asian and American should go somewhere else like America and Canada where they often choose to live
I had travelled to almost all European countries in different times. Apart from Russian, whom i attributed it to their lack of interaction with international tourist, I had concluded that Italian are the most racist people, particularly towards Asian. I visited Milan and Florence in 2002, Rome and Venice in 2003. I encountered racism in Venice, and Rome and also Italia airline. My asian friends also told me the same thing.
I feel the same bro
Oh nooo.. I'm just accepted in an Italy university and soon I'll go there🥲 I always heard Italians are friendly and warm , I thought they're less racist than other Europeans! Japan was my main destination though.. but I've heard Japanese are racist too! So which country is more racist? Japan or Italy?
Japan is more racist
How is it going?
@@andreabertazzoli7695 well, I got full fund scholarship from Japan so I changed my destination to Japan finally.. do u know sth abt racism in these countries?
3 replies? Why can't I see them though? 🥲
@@fairy7sinSorry I'm a bit late here, but if you're not already in Japan, I would like to say that going to Japan is thousand times better than going to Italy, so you really dodge a bullet right there, mate.
Based from my experience of staying in Nippon for 3 years, most of the Japanese people there are far more nicer and welcoming to tourists or foreigners if you follow their rules and manners. Racism exist everywhere in every country in the world, but those who are being racist are just some sad individuals, not the whole community/country.
For Japanese people, rather than race or skin color, they are far more troubled if a person is being a nuisance in public or being disrespectful to other people. You'll be just fine if you can follow their living etiquettes and proper manners like greet before/after eating, dressed well, be polite when talking to others (no shouting or pointing fingers), and just be respectful in general. I'll see you're going to have a happy and prosperous life living there just like I did, just don't forget to learn the language first as they really like a fluent and well-spoken person 🙏.
I'm not being allowed to like this video.. YT is wicked.
Same bro but i was with my friends and we from NY and we don’t play that so we had to smack some
@@Christian-wm5bq yep name checks out.