The first time you saw a black person What was your reaction It was a bit unusual of course I had lots of different emotions For us ni*** is just a river For people in the West, this is an insult Raci*m still exists in some parts of Russia I only know Obama and that's all Oh, frost, frost Don't freeze me Hi guys, Tochi right here Welcome back to Afro Russia TV So today we are in the beautiful and Historical city of Saint Petersburg The cultural capital of Russia Our topic today is quite simple B
ut very interesting One of the biggest complains black people Living in Russia have is that When they are out in public In the metro, in the bus or in the street People often stare at them Sometimes people can walk up to them And ask for pictures Or to touch their hair This can feel uncomfortable if you are New to the country And you don't understand why people Could do this My goal with this video is not to cause controversy But to promote cross cultural understanding Between Russians and black
people in general What is your name? Olesya My name is Sergey, mine is Ulyana Hi, my name is Dasha, my name is Larisa Elena and Nadezhda Masha Danil and Svetlana Question was, what was my 1st reaction when I saw a black person for the first time? Black people? For me as someone from the north of Russia I'm from Arkhangelsk The northernmost city in Russia I will not lie I'm fucki** shocked Because As someone from the North when I see any foreigner In generel not only black people But anyone from
warm Southern parts From Turkey or anywhere in the South This is very surprising because I'm used to the cold And for me I look at the Southerners I shudder and ask myself People is this place not cold for you? Why did you come here to the North Why? It's good for you in the South Well, t's just interesting When this person You nornmally don't see/notice like us Then you see him for the first time Wow that's interesting You can even take a picture That's how I feel It's cool right? That is it,
we are not against anything We don't have any negative thoughts On the contrary, it's even interesting to talk Ask where he is from How does he live and if he likes our country For me it's just I saw a black person and I will tell my friends the story Maybe he is from France etc just tell his story How is he doing here Does he like our country or not Just a story to tell friends Just like that Here I have a funny story I'm in Tula, just in our hometown I met 1 young man He is from Africa and he
is a musician He came specifically to Tula to develop his style of music And my first reaction was wow He is so cool He was burning with fire His eyes were shinning so bright He was just, well, transferring his energy to other people So even I didn't think for a moment about his nationality So therefore About the colour of skin in general, as for me, this is utter nonsense Honestly, I think I was quite small When I saw an Afro American His hair was like a dandelion His hairstyle was very intere
sting I said in the bus Mum look at a dandelion It's unusual But I'm thrilled because I respect your culture a lot I like your culture a lot First time I saw a black person was in the bus So I just stared and just watched Because it was unusual We rarely see such and it's beautiful I have good relationship Always postiive Especailly if the foreigner behaves culturally And he does not try to bring his own rules In everyday life and emphasize it I undestand that everyone has some cultural differen
ces But to wait that here will be like your country that you Came from is strange I was actually surprised. because we in the Far East We have very few people that are not from Russia And It was a bit unusual so to speak I was surprised too, I was on vacation in the city of Voronezh too And my Mum told me not to be surprised if I see such and I saw and had a lot of different emotions well, but in general What's the big deal Like in America There is aggression and racism Well, I don't have such I
n Russia as a whole Well, there is no such thing on my part I kind of I communicate well with everyone I don't care what race Yes, that's why uh in Russia Those who are usually treated badly are Those who want to treat us badly And about skinheads they can roughly speaking attack just any person because of his skin color or something like that but an ordinary Slavic person There is no such understanding Let's say like before The word nig** is not an offensive word This roughly speaking for us is
just a word For us nig*** is just a river For people in the West it's an imsult It's just different mentalities People are often surprised When on the subway On the bus, somewhere just on the street They see a black person At least not because He is black but because there are not many such people this is unusual in the 1st place And most people look at it positively. that is, with a smile on his face They want to say hello try to communicate Now we were walking with Ulyana and I felt And it's
interesting To know if you speak Russian Because, again, to approach At least ask you is it possible to take a picture It's important People are surprised Because it's interesting that is, not because it's bad But because it's interesting in the 1st place This is something new something that our eye has not yet got used to because it's not that widespread yet. It's just that I think people are just scared of something unusual. When you live Yes, in some kind of comfortable environment And you se
e the same ones people who look like you Even when Uh, we have a lot of people coming for example, in Vladivostok We get a lot of tourists from China This also immediately catches the eye very much And well, this is unusual It's just the same thing When I went to China I am very white snow white I'm blonde and they're just like, wow can I take a picture with you can I take a picture with you Even for a Russian person this is very that's the kind of snow-white they don't see there They come up to
you like this And start to touch you wow wow Well, they dream about it Yes, that's why it seems to me people Well people admire what they are not used to And maybe somewhere it's even When they are looking It may not be out of aggression. but really You just watch and fall And think what is this How is it this is s not like me Well, you're just not like us, you're a little bit different we are very white and you're darker Well, it's just when you see something unusual You always want to watch T
hat's why it's the same here To see something new Let's say it happens That we see a person All with there with brown hair someone with white, some with black And heresomeone else passes by Let's say with yellow hair Naturally, we will look at it for the 1st time But when we get to know the person better то это будет тоже самое then it will be the same but the 1st time it's certainly out of curiosity What do you think? How do Russians treat foreigners & black people now Now it's normal These ar
e the same people like us and we are used to it Because there are many of them now Most of the time I think That they come here for education Because it's like Because our education in Russia is on a high level We are used to seeing black people now It's interesting because they don't look like others I was in Hong Kong A month ago, and I was stared at in the sameway of course This is not because Russians are There was lots of them and few of us So it's rare to see us in China that's why they st
ared therefore, they also pointed at us Stared at us Especcially on disney land да да там прям вообще девчонки All the girls there were looking at me Because I was dressed like Maleficent Ah yes, of course there is surprise But not because of the color of the skin But because people are not used to seeing even Someone that doesn't look like them That's it Well, it is obvious even if the person is somehow dressed in an unusual way People will stare directly So it's not just about colour of the sk
in on the contrary, big cities do not care about such things Like in Moscow and Saint Petersburg I have a lot of very friends who live in Moscow for example, people of all nationalities are there And my friends tell me They have lots of friends From Africa that came to Moscow to study They are became friends with each other And people are not so surprised to see blacks anymore So on the contrary it has become less of a surprise I don't stare at black people They are the ssme people like us I don
't see the point in it Because I'm studying a foreign cultures And learning english accordingly I see all kinds of people And communicate with different people and this suprise/ border does not exist for me But it's like looking at a girl. with curly hair Not like a girl with straight hair That's how I come see it So it's weird for me So for me it's the same as staring at a black person In Russia exactly it's interesting Because We have very few black people here And because of this They stand
out quite strongly against the general public So it's just natural instict for people to look at them Unfortunately, this is the simple truth Yeah well Well black or not important thing is if person is good If you're not trying to be show offs then there are no complaints But if you start to show that Oh I'm this Im that and cause problems Then they need to **** off far away The most important thing is for a person to be good Everything else doesn't matter In general black, white, or red skin th
ere is no difference Even Chinese да да да да человек если нормальный If the person is normal then no difference His race doesn't matter If you can find a common ground/language Most famous I know is Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar Rihanna... does she count? Will Smith да 50 Cent Snoop Dogg My head is spinnng Kim Kardashian's husband Kanye West My favourite is Will Smith There is no one better than him I can say Mr. T Jay Z A$AP Rocky A$AP Ferg I won't lie I can't name as much as Pasha I know onl
y Obama and that's all I don't know anyone else If you are a Russian watching this video When you see a black person what comes to your mind? Do you stare? Do you ask for pictures? And if you do it why do yoo do this? I'm really curious to know what your answers could be So please write your opinions in the comment section And I would really appreciate it Don't forget to like, subscribe and share If you want me to make more videos about life in Russia Hello please can I interview you All Grandma
s are saying no You know I've been trying to get like a Russian Grandma To you know answer this question Because usually in my own experience Russian Grandmas like to also ask for pictures a lot But so far it's been difficult All the Grandmas I've approached They's always been like oy oy I can't I can't I don't want to be filmed on camera So I don't know if it will be possible to interview To interview a Grandma So if I don't suceed And you're a Grandma watching this Please tell us in the commen
t section why you Sometimes stare a lot at black people
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