Would it be ok for a black person to visit Italy?

[Anonymous]

Is it ok for a black woman to visit Italy. Would I experience racism? I'm dark skinned, skinny 120 pounds, very feminine. I wear floral dress etc

[Anonymous]

The timing of this question is good because I just recently got some insight. My wife took a cruise last month with some girl friends, one of whom is black. They visited several ports in Italy. Her friend was not treated well. My wife didn't notice it until her friend said something about it and told her to pay attention. When my wife started paying attention she could easily see it for herself. For example, when walking in a crowd the Italian men would just bump right into her intentionally whereas they would try to step out of the way for others. If they were paying for something and getting change, they would just toss her change on the counter whereas they would hand it to others. Nothing serious but they were just more rude to her black friend than others. She said the racism she experienced in Italy was much worse than what she experiences back home in the US. Just my $0.02.

[Asker]

That's horrible. My aunt married her husband from Italy. I thought Italy would be a good place.

[Opinion Owner]

Yeah it is horrible. It's funny how the US is believed by many to be the most racist country in the world, but it's actually one of the least racist countries, by far.

[Pyrofox]

A lot of the EU - Mediterranean area are more passively racist. As in glares. >.> With SE - S Asia you get under the breath comments where it can be a wide range from bordering on fascist to almost idolization. Really what you just wanna focus on is how to come off polite and if you can handle being humble and polite most people will try to reciprocate it. If anyones too bad you just walk away. And be the better person.

[Asker]

That doesn't sound welcoming 😕

[Dinklex3]

?

Of course, lol.

You can experience racism anywhere.

I’ll be visiting later this year. I have friends there as well.

[Anonymous]

Italy can be quite racist

[Asker]

Are you black?