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Being white south american in europe is quite strange, people (usually old people) ask you were you are from assuming you are going to say germany/france/italy/
by DanielHB 4y ago
Being white south american in europe is quite strange, people (usually old people) ask you were you are from assuming you are going to say germany/france/italy/spain and when you say a country in SA they first frown, then, in their heads, they try to reconcile their views of that country with their views on your skin color.
For example I got told several times I don't look Brazilian and one time I remember someone completely changing their attitude (for the worse) after mentioning I was brazilian
I have one last name or German origin and one of Portuguese origin, I started putting only the german one in CVs
- hazn 4y agoI see! Your story hits home for me. It's interesting to see how the social integration of migrants is judged in middle Europe. People with a Greek and Italian descent share cultural similarities with people of Turkish descent. However, they often have a brighter hue than middle-eastern people. It appears that this fact is critical in how they are treated/thought-of/questioned. Just like the story you just told, looking “white/western” is more important than sharing the cultural values of the country you live in. I apologize for the stupid “white” and “western” terms everyone, I couldn't put better words to such a fickle concept. I also apologize for the overgeneralization, I love Germany and the wider German society.
- 908B64B197 4y agoIn Germany and Europe there might be another reason why (especially older) people frown at a white German from South-America [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)