Does Racism Only Exist in “White Countries”?

Unfortunately, Racism is a Pandemic.

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First of all, I would like to make it clear that I believe that someone can only speak about something they have experienced, and experiences can be very different from person to person. I never lived in an African or Asian country, so I can only speak about Brazil, Canada, and the UK, three countries I lived and experienced.

If you are from an African or an Asian country, please comment on your experience to add to this conversation.

Ok, here we go.

In one of my articles, someone commented that I was experiencing racism because I live in the UK, a “white country”. Then, I commented back that I am from Brazil, a “non-white country”, and I also experienced racism there, and to be honest, much worse than in the UK. So there isn’t such a thing about racism being only related to a “white” or “non-white society”.

In a very simple way, racism is basically treating someone differently because of the colour of their skin, or for other “ethnic” characteristics, for example, the shape of a nose or the eyes, the texture of the hair, and others.

As I mentioned before in other articles, I grow-up in Brazil and around two years old, my white parents adopted me. I grow-up attending schools with a…