It is really.
How is it racism?
Posts from Semigoodlooking in thread „Are Argentines racist?“
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UK Man is right, you don't have to dig too far anywhere to find racism. BTW, the English mocking you was not racist.
As for Argentina, I would say it is more upfront and casual racism is accepted. It is also still more institutionalized here than some other places. For example, TV in Argentina is white. Mestizo populations here are "negro" by default and low people by default. Essentially Argentina classes a whole population as "Negro" even when they are not really black.
As for actual black people in Argnetina, they are few and far between enough to be a local attraction. I met a black family a few years ago when we took our daughter to have a haircut in their house. They told us if they go to the mall they are like famous people walking around with people staring. Btw, I understand if my pasty white was walking around in a mall in Rwanda, Kenya, Cameroon, etc, I would be getting the eyeballs too.
