Is there any kind of discrimination against foreign people in Spain?

Spain is a country whose history is an undeniable proof of multicultural reality. This peninsula has been the home of many cultures since Celts and Iberian to Greeks, Romans, Muslims, Jews, and so on. Apart from that, because of having a huge cost available we have always been in contact with other countries due to trade. For these reasons, attitudes like racism or xenophobia could be seen ridiculous but they exist and it is an alarming problem.

In my opinion, the level of discrimination varies depending on many factors. The first is the region of the country because it is bigger when the place is smaller. Racism is indeed not only in villages but also in big cities, nonetheless, in these, the situation is progressively changing because of globalization and the bigger number of young people. This is the second factor to take into account, the younger you are the more you tend to accept immigrants.

However, although having an open mind seems to be a part of our evolution, communication, and connection between different societies is easier each day, it is important to make aware people of the disasters that xenophobia has caused in the past. We shouldn’t allow this current increase in extremist political parties that are reappearing in different countries, including Spain.