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Hi I'm from Europe and unfortunately in the past few years I realized how much racism there is in the world which really messes up my mind since that concept didn't exist for me as a kid and I thought it's normal that people look different.

Having very pale skin and not having visited too many countries I was wondering if I might encounter any problems in America because of my skin. Can I just talk to anyone or will people reject me because of my skin? (I have blond hair too)

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[–] IndieSpren@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Having any skin other than what you have is how you experience racism in America.

[–] Social_Discussion@lemm.ee -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

So are you saying it's only when you have dark skin? Because I often heard it's also the other way around that some Americans generally separate based on that, just wanna make sure.

In some online content it seems like people with darker skin in America sometimes group together called "African-American community" and I'm not sure if they would accept you and interact normally with you when you have lighter skin

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

You're likely gonna experience racism in some form in any community you go to where you are the minority. People are racist, not people of some specific skin color.

So your assessment is correct, if you go to a majority black community you're probably gonna find people racist against white people.

But when you go to the US, white is still the majority. And if you're not the majority, you're mostly still a large part. Statistically, the most racism you'll experience is everyday racism, where maybe some black people believe you're an asshole even though you aren't. Most of the time you're not going to experience anything.

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