AFRICAN-AMERICAN🇺🇲 IN URUGUAY🇺🇾: | RACISM??🤔

[@edgardogarcia2719]

I'm Uruguayan presently living in Canada my wife is half Haitian ( mulatto) and I believe we belong to a normal group of people in my country, just a normal working couple with kids nothing more, my wife never told me she experienced racism like she faced in Canada where police stop her a couple of times ( very politely of course) but mainly for been a half black in the university area after dark, she is an economist with two master degrees. She really adores to go to Uruguay and if it wasn't for her job in Ottawa we would move there. I don't mean you can find a couple of stupid people that come to you with non sense, you can even find racist people in Africa believe it or not, stupidity is not a national brand and is spread all over the world, but 99% of the population don't have that kind of racist behavior specially the population 50 and below will not tolerate acts of racism in public. I hope you had a nice experience in my country and if that was not the case I hope you give it another chance to know he real Uruguayan people, we don't have many black heroes that is true, mainly because our black population is tiny less that 6% total however they are represented in all our society . I studied at the military academy and had a very close friend and comrade after 5 years in the academy almost upon becoming army officers I realized he was black mainly because he mention it , what I intend to say is that we see people as our nationals and even in very traditional environments as would be the equivalent to West Point in the US we are not taught to judge by skin color but rather by what you do and what you achieve on your own. Perhaps you don't agree with what I will say but on my experience I find much less racism in my country that in the US or Canada in those societies you fill a form and you must declare to what categories of people you belong, you think you belong, you perceive yourself, you want other perceive yourself etc, fragmenting society in group and sub groups trying to find to what stop a person has to be assigned, just to fill a simple form. In my country when you fill up a form in any administrative office you have to put name and your document number, I hope I was clear to make my point. Anyhow if Uruguay was a bad experience in that sense I mean you experienced racism, I apologize on behalf my people and as I said before small and stupid people are all over the world don't let them ruin your day.

[@JayFocused]

Gracias

[@AzureKite191]

How is your wife Mulatto?

[@edgardogarcia2719]

@@AzureKite191 Im not mulatto Im uruguayan we are all the same race with a variety of colours to give charm to our people, have a nice day

[@MikKhaim]

look, i wanna move to Uruguay now)) Muchos gracias!

[@lauruguayitausa]

Racism? What happened to you down there? In Uruguay we are used to seeing black people. 4 - 6% of population are African descent or mixed, and their music, Candombe, plays an important part in our culture. There are also Africans living in Uruguay, as well as Dominican (some are black), the same happens with Cubans...

[@AzureKite191]

Dominicans are not Black

[@JayFocused]

@AzureKite191 What are they?

[@BurnRoddy]

​@@JayFocusedWhat are they as in what origin? Most of them came from the tropical forests of West Africa more or less in between Cameroon and Congo. Hence why black Uruguayans aren't as tall as the North Americsn ones.There are two major timeframes where this happened. The Spanish enclave that is now Uruguay started as a military and naval port on the region so it was an entry point of goods and slaves. Most of them were sent for what now are Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and the Caribbean, because their economy was agricultural while Uruguay was animal husbandry which wssn't vwry labor intensive, but a small percentage remained. Thus un the 18th century back when Spain was still importing and using slaves there was a wave from Africa basiclaly to work on small task jobs at haciendas. This legally ended in 1813 with the "freedom of the wombs" when congeniral slavery was abolished and impoeting lsaves was peohibited. And in the 19th century many African slaves fled in masse from Brazil into Uruguay as slavery was legally fully abolished in 1842. This second wave began to dwindle circa 1888 when slavery was abolished in Brazil and it fully ended around 1910.

[@JayFocused]

@BurnRoddy My question was directed to the commenter who said that Dominicans aren't Black

[@checkfear]

U clearly CAN'T read 😂​@@JayFocused

[@diegoJalvarez]

In Uruguay there is no racism bro, they don't care if you are from jupiter, they live their life without bothering anyone, I'm from LA, I can assure you that you are in the right country if you want to live and work in peace!!! Enjoy!

[@JayFocused]

Glad to hear that you like it there. Thanks for watching

[@yadelterefe5045]

why lie?

[@JayFocused]

@yadelterefe5045 Who lied?

[@LiveMoreStudios]

My goddaughter and her husband moved there from Cuba and love it. It seem beautiful to me. I live in the US and want to visit to see if it would be a good fit for me.

[@JayFocused]

Awesome. My mom enjoyed it, so I'm sure you would too. Thanks for watching

[@alejandro131]

José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan (Le Merveille Noire) was the first black soccer player to play in Europe (France1924). He played and won an Olympic medal for our nation.. In Paris, Josephine Baker the most famous black actress at the time, invited him to dance in the Moulin Rouge. Well, for me, racism is in everywhere, the problem if it is on a grand scale or minimally. I went to the USA and there is a lot of the racism there. Human people always want to feel superior to others.

[@JayFocused]

Interesting. Thanks for watching

[@AMan-jg8rf]

Ot looks like a very pleasant place. Not sure why “racism” is even being mentioned in your heading? Or is that nonsense Clickbait?? I notice some Black really hang on to that race card while most other people have move forward! Hope we all grow in leap and bounds together real fast 🙏🏼

[@JayFocused]

Thanks for watching and trolling 😉

[@raymondcerv1370]

Confirmed, Uruguayans are the most civilized Latin Americans.

[@JayFocused]

🤔

[@raymondcerv1370]

@@JayFocused Alot of Latin Americans bully each other based on racism, but Uruguay and Brasil are the few countries that don't do that normally, plus the low crime rates of Uruguay.

[@amartin6617]

Uruguay didn't use slaved workers from Africa but many Brazilian slaves seek the south to escape, their culture have the "Candomble" that incorporates African aspects to it ... Well educated , civilized and respectful population ... Food is great and very safe !

[@JayFocused]

This isn't true. Uruguay didn't make slavery illegal until the 1840s. Do more research.

[@amartin6617]

@@JayFocused .. Uruguay secured it's independence in 1828 ... Civil wars between 1830 and 1851 and slavery was brought to Uruguay by the Spanish and Portuguese since 1760's .. abolition was in 1840 and Uruguayans had many internal and external problems a the time ... UK had a strong interest in Uruguay at the time and slavery into the Montevideo and Colonia ports were not allowed by the British since the early 1800's ... Maybe do a little more research on South America slavery routes during the young nations postcolonial period.... Between late 1700's and early 1800's less than 20 thousand Africans disembark in Uruguay. If you want to find something bad to talk about Uruguayans check the genocides of Charrua and Minuano tribes to extiction ... but not African Slavery.

[@JayFocused]

@amartin6617 You are splitting hairs. It's like saying that the nation of America, formed in the late 1700s, didn't import slaves. The English did. As if the country and people who would make up America weren't overwhelmingly of British descent and didn't maintain slavery on Day 1 of independence.

[@amartin6617]

@@JayFocused There was no nations on the late 1700's South America .... there was no Uruguayans before 1828 ... Portugal and Spain kept fighting over the territory that became Uruguay after the British intervened in the territory in the early 1800's bringing and enforcing the Slave Embargo of 1807 to the region ... Visit Uruguay and you will see by yourself ... 90% is white and related to Spanish, Portuguese, Italians, British and others ... then try Brazil and see the other side of true African slavery ... just walk around and see the difference... today in Uruguay there is a total of 50k descendants of the original African slaves brought by the Colonial empires ... from a nation of nearly 3 million population ... There is "Candomble Uruguayo" that keeps their art rooted to Africa, Brazil and Native cultures ... Cosmopolitan populations like the US or Brazil benefited from wider genetic poll ... but facts and math show it's just not the case in Uruguay.

[@agustina374]

Si crees que en Uruguay somos racistas directamente no vengas !! Nosotros vivimos nuestras vidas sin joder a nadie ! Gente problemática no queremos !

[@JayFocused]

obvio que no vistes el video

[@jkperkins4582]

What racism did you detect? Are you talking about the 2 young ladies clutching each other at 7:00 mark?

[@JayFocused]

It was fine, you won't have any issues. Thanks for watching. Kindly subscribe and turn on notifications to catch all the action!

[@MarvelousMarvin-nd4sr]

Is weird that black people go to other Countries to search out racism lol

[@1limited669]

I was thinking the same thing!....As far as I could tell, He didn't speak to anyone, and no one spoke to him!

[@2EKgn16]

@@MarvelousMarvin-nd4sr I was thinking the same thing...and I'm black and love travelling and cultural exchange. I'd rather live my life and deal with people and the situation accordingly.

[@ericaroful]

Las nuevas generaciones ven discriminación donde nos las hay!!!

[@JayFocused]

If you've been to Uruguay before or would like to visit, let me know below.

[@menopause-qn3el]

I would like to visit. Are they any tour guide groups I would love a black owned one.

[@banjoolamideolayinka8845]

I will love to visit

[@edgardruiz803]

dogs are not stray , they are free . Uruguay is a free country , not worries they don't finished their lives in some meat market , not here. 😆

[@JayFocused]

😂

[@JoseRodriguez-zh5cg]

Why u don't talk at all?

[@JayFocused]

I talk in my other videos. Feel free to have a look.

[@fcr1967]

Felicitaciones por el título engañoso para atraer ingenuos…porque el vídeo es bien malo y lamento haber perdido el tiempo mirándolo. Lamentable😡

[@JayFocused]

De nada amigo. Hasta la victoria! gracias por ver

[@raymondcerv1370]

Dude wanted to see racism 😂

[@JayFocused]

@raymondcerv1370 Thanks for watching, amigo

[@jazzman5652]

I don't get it , what does video have to do with racism? Other than walking around you have not mentioned anything about racism or your experience there. Just another click bait.

[@JayFocused]

🇺🇾

[@tm100pct7]

Looks like California. But with less people.

[@JayFocused]

I can see that. Thanks for watching. Kindly subscribe to support the channel

[@farodyne]

What kind of title is that when you don't say one word in the video? Obvious clickbait.

[@JayFocused]

Thanks for watching

[@ShaneM420]

Hello. Do you not like the united states? Aren't you from usa? And out of curiosity what led you there?

[@JayFocused]

This is a travel channel. Thanks for watching. Subscribe and turn on notifications to catch all the action!

[@letzsnuggzz]

The audacity to ask such a ridiculous question. Shane you think you alone are entitled to travel?

[@oz-zy]

shane where are from?

[@Infraredfr3d]

Looks super chill there...maybe good to retire

[@JayFocused]

That's a good observation. I think it attracts a lot of retired folks. Thanks for watching

[@jonnymarcus2840]

No entiendo por qué el racismo es tan grave en Uruguay. Incluso en Brasil, el racismo no es tan prevalente, pero en Uruguay el racismo es muy común. Incluso se burlan y discriminan a personas de países más desarrollados que el suyo. En partidos de fútbol, los gestos como estirar los ojos y en entrevistas, la discriminación racial hacia asiáticos o negros es algo muy común. Lo que realmente no entiendo es cómo en un país con un PIB en el puesto 80 a nivel mundial y un PIB per cápita en el puesto 50, siendo un país muy pobre sin productos famosos más allá de unos cuantos futbolistas, se puede discriminar y burlarse de otras razas. Me parece muy ridículo que en un país tan pobre hagan esto.

[@JayFocused]

Thanks for watching. Gracias por ver

[@nojiminnolife13]

eso d decir q discriminan a personas de “países más desarrollados del suyo” y sacar a tema cosas q no tienen nqv con la gente en sí es re xenófobo d tu parte así q t estás rebajando al nivel de lo que te quejabas en un principio

[@MikKhaim]

Uruguay one of the richest country in SA anyway)

[@JayFocused]

@MikKhaim Correct. Thanks for watching. Are you Uruguayan?

[@MikKhaim]

@@JayFocused no, I’m Kazakh, from Kazakhstan. Just I were on geography classes in a school))

[@federicobalboa9145]

Welcome! Hope you and your family enjoyed your stay.

[@JayFocused]

We did. Muchas gracias.

[@nojiminnolife13]

Creo q es obvio que, cmo se ve en el video, están todos en la suya, a nadie le importa si sos negro blanco o asiático mientras no jodas a los demás. Espero q hayas tenido una experiencia linda!

[@JayFocused]

si, tuvimos un gran viaje!

[@EzequielArenas-df9zt]

We are not racist lol

[@JayFocused]

Ok. I didn't say that you were. 😂 I like Uruguay. Saludos

[@EzequielArenas-df9zt]

@@JayFocused anyway I'm glad you like Uruguay♡

[@Dante_-cg3fq]

Man in Uruguay we call some of our friends and companions negro or negra and they my be withe asían balck or what ever is the color of his skin We all soo said crazy Como estas loco ? Como estas negra ?

[@JayFocused]

Claro

[@BlackLabelExpat]

Walked those same streets, had about the same experience

[@JayFocused]

So, you know what's up

[@tru2life467]

What's with all the stray dogs????

[@JayFocused]

Your guess is as good as mine

[@JayFocused]

@joaquinpampliega5722 Very interesting

[@AMan-jg8rf]

How about just free dogs, lucky to be free! Why Stray?

[@JayFocused]

@AMan-jg8rf Cities weren't designed for 'free' dogs. It quickly becomes a public health issue where overbreeding and rabies takeover, that is recognized in most modern municipalities around the globe. If they want 'freedom' they should return to the woods and become wolves again. Plenty of freedom there for animals, as nature intended.

[@Anti-BS100]

First time, seeing a brother in Uruguay 👍🏾

[@JayFocused]

We are everywhere, just gotta look a bit hard sometimes. Thanks for watching

[@catalinafernandez2504]

@@JayFocused hola, soy blanca uruguaya, y también me puedes considerar un hermano, amo la raza afro. En Uruguay la música que nos representa es el candombe, abrazo bro.

[@JayFocused]

@catalinafernandez2504 😎 Abrazo