A Nigerian prepared to visit Romania invited the locals to offer him travel recommendations and tell him if they should worry that he will become a victim of racism, and the answers received by Romanians have amazed him.
African tourist. Photo: freepik.com
A tourist from Nigeria, who plans a several-day trip to Romania, has tested the hospitality of the locals, asking if they could become a victim of racism, because of the color of his skin.
“I am Nigerian and I will visit Bucharest, Timișoara and Reșița for a few weeks. I would like to know how the people of color and Africans are treated in Romania. Will I face racism or is it quite safe here for a black? How friendly are the locals? My Romanian friends in the UK are nice, but I would like to know what the locals in Romania think. I would also appreciate some recommendations about the places to visit and the foods I can try here ”, writes the young man from Nigeria, in a message on Reddit.
Romanians only “will stare”
The answers of the Romanians were not expected and amazed the Nigerian, who was convinced, finally, that he has no reason to worry, even if it will seem that the Romanians will look at him strange.
“If people will stare at you, it is because in their localities they see more people of color than elsewhere, but do not misunderstand.” a Romanian sent him.
People have nothing with color people, even when they look at them, quietly another Internet: “I am from Timisoara, and here you will be one hundred percent safe. I had a few college colleagues in Africa and they were comfortable here very well, they graduated, they found work, etc. Timisoara has always been a multicultural city, where people in cultures have lived in peace, so don’t worry. Maybe just the residence is a little sadder, but you can survive there for a few weeks. “
Romanians are friendly with strangers, regardless of their skin color, another local.
“Maybe in the younger cities, some will look insistently at you, especially older people, but not to judge you. They are just curious, because we don’t have much history with color people. You do not have to feel prejudiced ”, Write this.
Nigerian prince, folklore character
However, some Romanians have remembered their deception by emails sent on behalf of “Nigerian princes” to Romanians to make money in the accounts of scammers and joked about them.
“Are you that Nigerian prince?”asked one of them. “My prince, come on, you will have no problem here. But bring the promised inheritance. I help you transfer it all to your account“He adds.
“Are you the prince who promised me that wealth ten years ago? I am happy that I will receive it. I hope that the money I sent you for the air ticket finally came to you, after so many years ”wrote another Romanian.
“After all these years in which he sent so many emails, here he found a good Samaritan who sent him $ 10,000, in order to help him recover his huge wealth, and now he comes to Romania to reward.”transmitted, joking, a Romanian.
Other Romanians showed him that the banks about the color people are not so offensive in Romania.
“A shepherd from Transylvania met a black train. Asked: Where are you from? The traveler answered: from Congo. The shepherd: “Yes, and who are you from Congo?”
The little child. Photo: Copșa Mică City Hall
“Another Romanian enters a train wagon where there were three blacks. One with the white ears, the other with the white nose and the other with the white index finger. What happened to you, the passenger asks. The first explained that it is from Guinea, being from a tribe of people recognized by the white pigment pigment in the ear and black skin. The second said that he is also part of a tribe distinguished by the white nose and black skin. Third, with the white finger he answered: I am a gynecologist at Copșa Mică. You can find out about this locality that it was one of the most polluted cities in Europe, and everything was covered with smoke black, from the chemical plant here ”he told him another internet.
Reasons for concern, regardless of skin color
Romanians from the university cities have seen people of color from the 1970s, another local wrote.
“Romanians are not racists about people of color. I’m 99 percent sure you will have no problems. But you still have to be careful. You can get in the middle of a conflict, in the center of a city like Bucharest, not because you are black, but because there are people who want to deceive tourists. You could also avoid areas like Rahova, Ferentari or Chitila and walk alone, at night, through the old center in the Capital ”, He recommended another Romanian.
Another Bucharestian told the story of a color person living in Bucharest. “10 – 15 years ago, things were much better. When I was walking around the city, I was meeting a group of young people at about 20 years old, seeing me black, they were asking me, where I came from, if I want a cigarette, and the girls asked me more personal things. Now I feel like an ordinary man in a city. I no longer feel exotic at all“He recalls.
Taxi drivers will not try to deceive it because it is color, but because it does not know the language, another Romanian believes.
“If you hear the black word, the translation of the word” Black “will not feel discriminated, because it is the common way to refer to color people. Otherwise, many Romanians are racists, but do not show it. Maybe they’ll just talk about you about you, but the behavior will not betray them ”he believes another internet.
The Romanians got used to people of another color in cities, writes a local.
“There are a lot of migrants who come to Romania to work, but we have no feelings of racism or xenophobia. Romania is the least racist country between the states of Europe, regarding the colorful people, which is less true about some minorities ”he says.
Romanians do not have prejudices about people of color. “For us a Nigerian is just a person who comes from Nigeria and so”concludes another Internet use.
