Racism a daily occurrence for many in Spain

(23 May 2023)
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++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS RACIST SLURS AND PROFANITIES++

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Barcelona, Spain - 23 May 2023
1. Wide of Cuban journalist and writer Abraham Jiménez Enoa walking
2. Mid of people sitting in a park as Jiménez Enoa approaches
3. Wide of Abraham Jiménez Enoa, Cuban journalist and writer living in Spain
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Abraham Jiménez Enoa, Cuban journalist and writer living in Spain who has recorded in writing over 180 episodes of racism he has faced since moving to the country:
++Please note there is a racist slur and a profanity in this soundbite++
"There’s a video specifically that really shocked me. It's a close-up video of Vinícius in which you can see him suffering from what he is hearing and I really identified with that. I've been living in Spain for one year and four months and in a way I know what he is feeling. Obviously, I’ve never been in a football stadium where thousands of people are shouting ‘monkey!' but in the day-to-day with things that were perhaps not as aggressive as this, I have felt like crap. So I know what he was going through. A couple of times I have even cried from anger and frustration inside my home.”

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Madrid, Spain - 12 May 2023
5. Vinícius Júnior warming up at Real Madrid training session

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Valencia, Spain - 21 May 2023
6. STILL by AP PHOTOS Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti, left, speaks to Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior
7. STILL by AP PHOTOS Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior, lower centre, reacts towards Valencia fans

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Barcelona, Spain - 23 May 2023
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Abraham Jiménez Enoa, Cuban journalist and writer living in Spain who has recorded in writing over 180 episodes of racism he has faced since moving to the country:
"It's unfortunate that it happens but it's good that it is being analyzed and that the sheets are being torn down, talking about the racism that exists in this country."
9. Wide of Jiménez Enoa reading from the document where he has recorded more than 180 instances of racism he has faced, one example while walking in the street. UPSOUND (Spanish):
"I hear in my left ear, almost as if the guy had gotten close to me to whisper a secret that nobody else could hear, the phrase: 'Better if you let him go in front (referring to Jiménez Enoa) because you never know who are the dangerous ones.'"
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Abraham Jiménez Enoa, Cuban journalist and writer living in Spain who has recorded in writing over 180 episodes of racism he has faced since moving to the country:
"I had never suffered from such explicit racism, in the day-to-day, in the metro, in the streets, in shops, in the market, wherever. I had never suffered from how my skin color marked my everyday life."
11. Close of Jiménez Enoa's phone as he reads another example. UPSOUND (Spanish) "I'm having a drink with friends. We are seated at the bar drinking beer and having some tapas. The bar is packed, I just went to the bathroom and one can barely walk. A woman walks by me and tells me 'we are going outside to smoke, we're not leaving, we still owe the bill.' I don't understand why this lady tells me this. A few minutes later she returns with her friends, I look at her and she tells me: 'I'm sorry, I confused you with the bartender. You are the only different ones.'"
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Abraham Jiménez Enoa, Cuban journalist and writer living in Spain who has recorded in writing over 180 episodes of racism he has faced since moving to the country:
++Please note there is a racist slur and a profanity in this soundbite++



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