How is life in Switzerland as a black?

I am swiss and if you will see inside my heart, how much I love black people. I fight against racism. I am sorry that you experienced such racism in Switzerland. I will always prefer and trust more black than white. I will always say that we dont have enough black people here in Switzerland. Where do you leave? I leave in the french part.

Hi Switzerland has never had any colonies. I remember seeing the first black person of my life as a child in the seventies, my mother telling me off because I was staring at him. The first colored people arriving here in larger numbers were the tamils from Sri Lanka in the 80s. It was quite a thing. Thanks to their diligence and willingnes to accept all sorts of jobs they were widely accepted. Switzerland is a very open country with the fastest growing population in Europe, witch puts a lot of stress on the infrastructure, housingmarket, etc. We simply cannot accommodate the whole world here, and due to the agreements with the neighbouring EU, EUcityzens have priority. As for professionnel degrees, these are an absolute must for any kind of job, even for the Swiss themselves. Remember, the countrys welfare is based on its highly educated and skilled workforce. It has nothing to do with racism. Language is crucial, we have to adapt ourselves to the different languages in our own country we expect that foreigners do the same thing. I'm sorry if you experience real racism, but many things are just because you come from a completely different system and have to integrate in the new system, which takes time and effort. Wish you all the best!

Very interesting to hear about your experience and your views. Very insightful for me who is not affected by the points you raised. Thank you

Regarding the Jobs, it is not really racism... Switzerland, like all the rest of the countries in Europe have their own set of rules regarding education, and a college degree from another country need to be validated in their countries, this is just standard. Although "poor" countries will just accept 1st World degrees no question asked, it does not mean Switzerland will do the same. I was born in Brazil, moved to Portugal 5 years ago, and every degree that I have is useless here, the validation is expensive and very slow (Portugal has a horrible bureaucracy system), and when I started living here, I had to accept "low" income jobs. It is just the way things work, nothing to do with racism. You are either lucky to be born in a country like this, or struggle to move to one. By the way, like you said, there is racism everywhere, and here in Portugal is not different, with Black people, Asian, and south Americans suffer a little bit with racism or xenophobia, people are shitty everywhere.

I like your attitude. I still think it's so sad that you experience hurtful situations and racism in Switzerland. But you're definitely right in that it's better for your mental health to focus on what you can do and on being a better person yourself. I just want to say that the criticism on the system might not be quite correct. I don't think the system is made to hinder PoC to thrive. It's just very rigid and less flexible and less people-oriented than what people from other countries might be used to. Rules are very important in Switzerland, and there are a lot of rules regarding education and which degree is needed for which job. Still, that's how they ensure the high quality work they're renown for worldwide. I wouldn't recommend people to "trick the system", but rather try to understand what they want from you and why. Most rules in Switzerland do make sense, and following them is usually the best way to go.

🙏✍✍🎤🎈 Great reflections. Petty prejudices against innocent people in 2024 is a disgrace. Human beings needs each other now more than ever. "The Earth is the Lords"

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very good advice

Am facing this already in my cite mum but am adapting already if you smile i smile too if you greet i greet too i don't care all is that am focused on what i came hear to look for even i get the cleaning job i will do if so far i get money from there.thank for the video pls mum don't forget to program us to me thanks.

I want to precise that even for me its very hard to find a job i was rejected so many times

God bless the United States of America. I've been in the States for over 21 years now...... and I've never not been at home here. My wife is American......my in-laws are the best anybody can ever ask for. My neighbors are awesome. I really do think (though) that Switzerland is Heaven on earth, beautiful Country.....but America got every other country beaten by their HOSPITALITY. Americans will work with you, they will tolerate you..... just as long as you are law abiding.

Omg😢

American racism is all over the internet, but America may be the safest place for black people outside Africa and the Caribbean.

If you have a work permit in Switzerland you have it for a sector of the economy and a region/canton. So be very careful if you are a lawyer or a white color worker and you accept a job in construction. You will have to work in that field for 10 years. Maybe that has changed by now and it got more flexible but check it out with the authorities not friends

If a white guy went to live in africa he would also experience racism. I grew up in South Africa for 18 years so I would know

Why somebody who is a judge in his country does leave it without knowing what he/she will work in the new country, its a job/degree which is very specific to a country, so its better to stay where you are as a judge. The discussion about racial profiling from police officers is a difficult one, if you know ecactly that dealing of a certain drug is in the hand of for example a nigerian gang, so why should police stripsearch white guys, ?

Wenn du in der Schweiz lebst . Lerne eine der Sprachen. Rassismus gibt es in Afrika auch gegen Weisse... Rassismus ist immer unverzeihlich überall auf der Welt

This is the second video I've watched on this. This is so sad. This is really bad. America isn't half as bad as this. NOT AT ALL. SWITZERLAND needs to be uncovered for their racism.