What would life be like in Spain, for an Afro-American female. I speak, read and write Spanish. I have a BA?

Question

What would life be like in Spain, for an Afro-American female. I speak, read and write Spanish. I have a BA?

Answer 1

I think life for you in Spain would be AWESOME!  You already know the language.  The only thing I have personally observed to make life in a foreign country pure h**l is to show disrespect for their culture and people.  The more sincere respect they receive, the more one is apt to be treated wonderfully.  I'm not sure how one would go about finding employment though; not acquainted

with their hiring methods in regard to one whom has emmigrated.  I wish you luck.

Answer 2

You may have a BA but maybe iit is useless here in Spain and in the end you have no titles valid for Spain.

It happened to me. I got a certificate in archaeology (which meant more credits on archaeology subjects than those that may be studied in a Spanish University) and i was asked to do a master course (1 year studying the same contents I had already passed and paying a l ot of money) to have the spanish validation of the master course (not of my certificate). (???)

Make sure your BA may be validated before coming here.

Answer 3

This is my answer to a similar question that was asked:

It would be no worse, if not better than, living in the US. As an Af-Amer. female having studied and lived in the somewhat xenophobic northern region of Spain, I would NOT say people were "racist", but maybe more curious. I often got a lot of stares, which was annoying at first, but seems to be a European/Spanish thing, and may or may not have had something to do with me being black or speaking english with my other [white] American friends. I was often asked where I was from, but that may have to do with the fact that I'm sort of light/brown complexioned. I never felt threatened or anything and only once did I hear a Spanish stranger overtly annouce "Es una negra" as if she'd never seen one before. But like another poster said, I think being an black AMERICAN, especially a female, you are seen as an exotic and fascinating commodity, which you can in stride. In the neighborhood where I lived and riding the metro everyday, I think people got use to seeing me around and realized that I was an American, and not really an "immigration threat". I'll actually be going back to Spain, this time in the southern region, in the fall for about a year to [assistant] teach English.

I never heard any Spaniards using the "N-word", but the Dutch roommate of one of my white American friends innocently (and I truly believe he didn't realize that it wasn't a "term of endearment") used it in conversation in the company of a black american friend in our group, and she politely schooled him on the history of that word, and hence he was enlightened :-). Behold the power of music & Global-MTV.

I hear finding a job as a non-EU citizen is difficult, due to immigration and visa policies. I found my upcoming position through the university I studied at in Spain.