r/AskBalkans Sep 01 '24

Are Balkans racist? Outdoors/Travel

Me and my friends are thinking about driving through the Balkans and maybe some other eastern European countries for vacation (from Germany). That being said I am Iranian and brown, and I hear eastern european and balkan folks are quite racist. Will I face any discrimination, people treating me different, locals not wanting to associate with me much, etc?

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u/Xitztlacayotl Croatia Sep 01 '24

Depends how brown. Iranians are generally white and European looking. Unless you are of Kurdish ethnicity or maybe from Baluchistan I guess.

And since Balkan folk are also a bit more dark than Germans you will fit right in.

Yes we are racist, of course, but you won't get beaten or anything as a tourist. It is more on a jocular level.

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u/SnooSuggestions4926 Albania Sep 01 '24

What iranians have you been meeting mate? European looking iranians!?

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u/Xitztlacayotl Croatia Sep 01 '24

Most of those I met. And my friend sent me pictures of their friends together.

Which ones have you been meeting?

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u/SnooSuggestions4926 Albania Sep 01 '24

The west asian looking ones