Thread: Race in Argentina
+
Submit Report
Results 1 to 15 of 35
-
07-22-09 01:25 #35
Posts: 148Originally Posted by Prtyr2
A week later when I was returning to México, in the morning I find him in Ezeiza as I entered the first door in the airport, I think if I tried to find him on purpose I wouldn't have been able to locate him.
It is almost my Karma that whenever I travel inside or outside México I MUST find someone I know. How do I explain that? Jung would say sincronicity, I would say WTF? LOL XD
-
07-21-09 09:05 #34
Posts: 25I did a bit of research and it appears that in Uruguay a very tiny percentage of "morenas" work in anything other than service jobs especially domestic servants.
.5% actually have a bit of education while almost 90% work service jobs.
I know it is all ignorance and last night we went to a cool Irish pub, that actually had Dominican Rum! They had both Brugal and Barcelo but I don't drink rum and the novia had a margarita and some champagne. Younger people that did not grow up back in the days when things were even worse are less ignorant about race issues. We had a good time and may go back to that bar.
The funniest part was the taxi driver was asking my client where we were from and how he met us, in a very hushed voice of course. He asked my client if he met os "en la calle". My novia was steaming so to make her laugh when we got out of the cab I asked the guy if there was another taxi company with NICE cars and not "feo". We all had a good laugh.
As I was asking him this a guy taps me on the shoulder. It was a guy that is in the same business I am in that I met 1.5 years ago in Mexico City. I immediately remembered he was from Uruguay but did not recall his name. I remember chatting with him in Mexico and saying I had never been to Uruguay but wanted to visit.
What are the odds I run into the ONLY guy I know from Uruguay? Lol.
-
07-21-09 01:56 #33
Posts: 1885You are going to the wrong places, I guess
It's too bad that you have encountered these problems. I am however glad that you have pointed them out for those of us that have not traveled with such beautiful and exotic company and the places to avoid when doing so in the future.
As an enlightened, rightwing, bigoted, racist, sexist, homophobe and a lover of women, from any nationality, race or creed (although I have not sample one of each yet) I can tell you that this problem is of course born of ignorance.
Good luck with the rest of your travels, I hope you move on to a place where she gets the ego-boosting glances (without obscene commentary) and you get the respectful acknowledgment of more intelligent passersby.
-
07-20-09 18:00 #32
Posts: 25Worse in Uruguay
I am here in Montevideo and it seems much worse here. My novia has gotten upset becuase of the looks and the laughter she encountered. Today she went to a salon and asked about getting her hair done. The guy who owned the place who was putting curlers in the hair of some older woman said he was booked all day. There was nobody else waiting but he looked flustered when my novia asked about getting her hair done.
She was actually crying a bit last night. I had to calm her down and explain that THEY have a problem of low self esteem and try to make themselves feel better by making others feel badly.
We are out of here Wednesday and I don't see her ever wanting to come back. Their loss!
-
07-18-09 01:00 #31
Posts: 302You forgot to mention
How that is Obama's fault.
Originally Posted by Sidney
-
07-17-09 20:02 #30
Posts: 25Originally Posted by MiddleAgeGuy
-
07-17-09 12:19 #29
Posts: 173Bad Vibe Fervor
Prtyr2,
Fervor gets a lot of Argentina celebrity clientle. Politicians, sports, etc. Plus some of the crusty Argentine old money. I love the food and service there but I would place my dos centavos on the bad vibe as a result of your novias color plus beauty / natural attributes. Perhaps a little jelousy mixed with an immediate reason to discount her in order that the other ladys there can feel on top of the heap.
Spirit Rider says it best and Fervor has the type in spades.
MAG
-
07-16-09 15:12 #28
Posts: 25Originally Posted by Wild Walleye
-
07-16-09 13:54 #27
Posts: 1885Originally Posted by Prtyr2
-
07-16-09 13:04 #26
Posts: 25Originally Posted by Spirit Rider
WE have been to Cabanas Las Lilas twice, Spettus twice, Kansas, Hard Rock etc etc etc. We have gone shopping on Florida and bought her nice leather jacket and coat. She dresses better than most of the argentine women I see.
Of course if it were summer she may stick out more because dominicans dress sexier. At Spettus she was wearing a full length leather coat with Fox trim, black dress pants, light pink colored sweater.
We had never been to Fervor and had been planning to make it an early night by eating in walking distance to my hotel. I was thinking Nazarena or similar. She then said she was craving shrimp so we asked the concierge for a recommendation and he mentioned Fervor. I was wearing jeans, a HRC t shirt and a black leather blazer. My novia was wearing jeans, a t shirt and a nice white ski jacket over it all as she is not used to the cold.
She liked the shrimp at fervor, thought the service was great but said she did not like the clientele. It was the first place she felt uncomfortable. I had my back to most of the restaurant but she was facing them and said she received many looks from people that appeared snobby.
At one point a couple came in. Dressed up less than we were. And were offered the table next to us. The female looked at my novia and shook her head no. Lol.
I know we were a bit underdressed but since it was a last minute decision we didn't want to go up to the room and change just to at dinner. WE were not the only people that were dressed a bit on the casual side bt there were certainly many biz men in suits and ties.
The ironic thing is the food was cheap. It was not as expensive as Cabana las Lilas, Spettus, and probably not even Kansas. So the snobbery was a bit funny.
I may take her back another night to see if the looks were because we were dressed casually. Though I am sure I would not have received any looks. Or if it was soley o the color of her skin.
I have even been thinking about spending 2-3 months living in eitehr BA or sao paulo and in BA of course recoletta would be a neighborhood to look at. Not so sure any more.
-
03-20-09 15:55 #25
Posts: 366Originally Posted by Jeren
Argento
-
03-20-09 11:47 #24
Posts: 2470Originally Posted by Daddy Rulz
-
03-20-09 10:48 #23
Posts: 2808Holy shit
Originally Posted by BadMan
Unlike Dogg, I am a skinny white guy with a really, really, big black dick. (there was an industrial accident)
-
03-19-09 23:21 #22
Posts: 1657If you could onlly step back for a moment
You would realize how silly, pointless and dead ended this debate really is.
Regards,
BM
-
03-19-09 22:41 #21
Posts: 5If you ain't a big dicked black buck in Buenos Aires you ain't getting no pussy.
Originally Posted by Argento
the ignorant, bad attitude, cigarette smoking, tattooed white trash that constitute the majority of the local Buenos Aires scrags. The majority could do with a good scrub and an explanation of the finer workings of a toothbrush.
Not that I believe the basic premises of this current thread