Just a little background info. I was born and raised in Jamaica, and I have lived in the US for well over 10 years...but I want to travel some more and see the rest of the world. OSmehow I managed to have fallen in love with Italy, and wish for this country to be my final stop. I tell my son that as soon as he is in High School I am moving to Italy! But, it seems that they hate or at least dislike black people. I can understand their point of view...but what if instead of taking jobs, I create jobs....I wish to own a small business their. What is wrong with that? PS: I did a little research on the subject...that is how come a know that there is some...racial discord. But I want to hear from someone who lives there or has been there recently to get their opinion. There is alot of racial discord with regards to immigrants, especially people of color...of African descent...if you google "black peole in Italy" an article from BBC will come up on that issue. But again...I really want to hear form some one who is there or was there recently.
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If you have never been to Italy, how do you know how they feel about people with dark skin?
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The Yahoo Q & A is the wrong place to be asking your question There are lots of ignorant people out there that will attack your question, just because you mentioned about Italians hating blacks in their country. It may be the truth, but some people don't want to hear the truth. They will try to make you feel that they are the real victims. Visit Italy first. Kobe Bryant and his family lived there for a long time and didn't have any problems. God Bless You.
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Hi,I am Chinese and have been living in North part of Italy since March this year. I can totally see why you are worried about before embark on a new journey here in Italy. I lived in UK for 7 years before I came here , and I think compare to UK and US, Italy still has a long way to go in terms of immigration and racism. There are lots of immigrants here from Eastern Europe, Northern Africa and China, and most of them are doing low-paid, low-skilled jobs. And for most Italians who have never traveled, that is what they think of immigrants--- those beggars come to our country and steal our jobs ( mind you , most of the Italians do not even want to do that kind of jobs). And one of my Italian friends told me that, not so long ago, Italy was a migrant countries, lots of Italians went abroad to search for a new life because Italy was really poor then. So the whole situation of huge immigrants influx is very new to this country, so they will need sometime to digest and to accept eventually!! I am not too sure what kind of business you want to set up , in North Italy, there are lots of family owned business. But you will have difficulties in dealing with the bureaucracy, and that will be a huge obstacle for immigrants--but once you will have all the documents, should not be any problem!! Anyway, best of luck for everything, follow your heart. There are racists all over the world, it is up to us to prove to them otherwise!!!!!
