Being Black In Vietnam **MUST WATCH**
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- čas přidán 22. 03. 2020
- Vietnam is one of the most BEAUTIFUL and MAGICAL places I've ever been! I loved every person I came across here. I encourage everyone to go!
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I remember when I first went to Vietnam with my natural Afro and I had so many Vietnamese that wanted to touch my hair. Then one lady pointed to a dragon god and the tourist lady told me that my hair resembled one of their gods. I was so flabbergasted and amazed. I love Vietnam!!!
And if an Anglo-American woman does the same you get angry...
In Vietnam foreigners can often be treated like celebs because many Vietnamese can be really curious (in a friendly way) about ppl who are different from us no matter the race. I'm sorry if it feels like an invasion of privacy or disrespect sometimes
Corey Smith they do, as long as you friendly then we always cool to each other lol
Corey Smith We do treat people of color in a positive way as long as you’re friendly and nice. Don’t worry about racism in Vietnam, instead, watch out for your belongings and avoid scammers
Most of Vietnamese are curious about people and things just like a young child who just learning about everything and Evy in their environment. I love that you all have good experience and have lots of respect for you. As human being we all deserve to have friends and it should not discriminate for any reasons. Love like a child would love another friend they just met.
@@MinhVo-cw2pp Yes, what I find is that I have to break the ice first because staring feels unfriendly, even though I know friendliness is behind the stares and laughter, it's still a mental trip to get over it....it's ever present.
No you're not disrespecting . In fact. I think Vietnam are probably the only best Asian country that is original and authentic human. Just from my interactions with two different Vietnamese
I am Vietnamese and I never discriminate or discriminate against people of different skin color than me. Even though we have different skin colors but our blood is all red. I always respect everyone around me.
To all foreigners who want to make Vietnam stronger, better and wealthier, we warmly welcome you as part of our Viet family. However, PLEASE LEARN TO SPEAK VIETNAMESE and know about our Viet culture. Cảm ơn bạn.
Hi,I want to come to your country can you assist me in getting the Visa?
Please how can I have a tourist visa or business to Vietnam
@@martiniyke2356 did u succeed in going to Vietnam?
@@martiniyke2356 now is easy to get VISA at arrival at the airport, fill the online form and you will get it
Hey just make sure when you guys tell you fam in the states to fix up the stores they own here in black neighborhoods.
Haven't been to Vietnam. I've been to Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong. What's interesting is the idea that Asians get a "curiosity pass" that a foreigner would never be given. Can I just walk up to a random stranger in Vietnam, and put my arms around them for a picture?? Would they be okay with that? I doubt it. Most Asian cultures have very defined rules of social engagement, based on relationship, age, etc. They know very well that touching people isn't something you just do, because you're "curious".
I don't care if they've "never seen Black people". We don't have an extra head, or 3 arms, or 4 legs. We're obviously human, so they can recognize we're the same species. We're not sooooo different - we're not alien life forms.
Living in Korea as a black American, I completely resonate with this and experience it often! My non-blac POC friends find no fault in the behavior, just give them the “curiosity” pass. Like.. when has it been acceptable to just stare at someone so openly, touch them without permission, and say overly insensitive things? It’s not like they don’t know Black people exist, they consume enough of our media and have access to the internet to not be allowed such ignorance. It’s so annoying dealing with and it seems like Asians living in Asia are the only ones given this?? I wonder how that came to be.
I can answer the question "Can I just walk up to a random stranger in Vietnam, and put my arms around them for a picture?? Would they be okay with that?": in Vietnam, you can do this It's normal, as if they were your close friends. You will be welcomed as if you were meeting friends after a long time apart. 😊
honestly I do agree to some extent, but again Vietnam is not a developed country. I would only hold those standards to developed countries that get lots of international tourists, only recently has Vietnam started to receive this sort of attention. many expat communities are more closed off so you never really get to see them integrated into society. immigrants make below 1% of the Vietnamese population. social engagement with tourists is different from social engagement with your own people, and Vietnamese people are already very extroverted and we do have a lot of physical touching with our own people even if its with a stranger or a new friend. i know that in Vietnam at least, it's not black people that exclusively receive this sort of treatment, many white foreigners who have more body hair are also stared at curiously and are asked to be touched. i will say this though, they should always ask. if they are not asking, then they are in the wrong, for sure! any civilized Vietnamese person would know. Vietnamese are a very pragmatic society, i hope that you know that when we get touchy or stare its not out of judgement or hatred, we just want to know everyone better. The type of staring you get in Vietnam is going to be different from the one you get in Korea, etc. etc... we don't have the same racism or extreme colorism that South Korea does (although it does exist). i don't want to speak over those who are black and have experienced Vietnam for themselves, but I hope I can explain a little. In the end, it is up to you to form your own opinions and experiences on those topics, hopefully they will be positive ones.
I love to see black Americans abroad being successful and enjoying life. I was in the military for twenty years. For my first duty station, I had a choice between Virginia and Japan. My black friends were telling me to go to VA and telling me horror stories about Japan. I chose Japan anyway and it was the best decision of my life. I have been all over Asia and will retire there.
Have you been anywhere else
Hope you have a wonderful time here! its great to see our people are treating you good!
These two sisters are super pretty!!
“We have no idea that you need a visa to enter Vietnam ”....what ?
I didn't need a visa to visit Colombia but I did research extensively so I wasn't surprised
No, you didn't do any research about entering Vietnam. Ignorance is not so much a problem compared to feigned ignorance.
Went to VN solo in 2016, loved it so much that I went back in 2018. Vietnamese people are fabulous.
Went to a Vietnamese church today. It was awesome. It lead me here 😂
OMG the restaurant with post-its is so CUTE.! Regarding the photos, I’ve heard about it before. The people just don’t seem mean just amazed. I mean you’re so pretty...maybe you shocked people. It’s like getting hit on in the States but with cameras. Now, I’m an introvert so I would crawl away, but you guys handled things well. 😊🙌🏽💗
Hello the beauty queen. Glad to have you in vietnam
I hope all your wishes and dreams come true for you like yesterday 😊
God bless Vietnam. Can’t wait to get there. They are the sweetest people ever! I like their style 🌹
Is it just me or you used too much orange coloring and a bit too high saturation?
I think reducing the saturation and add some blue will make it better.
Yeah, you have to research those countries for things like visas. I hope ya'll enjoyed yourselves
We had an absolute blast. Vietnam was such a life changing experience. The people, the food, and the experiences we had were priceless. I encourage everyone to go to Vietnam!
@@DebbieSueProductions
Its not just Vietnam, traveling in general is often a life changing experience because it makes one appreciate that their world view is often incredibly limited. Have had friends that visited Tehran Iran and enjoyed every second of it. Great to see you ladies experience different cultures.
Are you still in Vietnam, and which city?
I love the way you smile! When can you visit manila, phils????
Hi,I'd like to ask a private question please can you give me a link or means through which I can contact you,thanks.
Great! Hope you had a good time in Viet nam!
I am Vietnamese and live in Austin, Texas. You are so pretty so so pretty
If I were there I'd want a photo with y'all too. You are beautiful.
That happened to me a couple of years ago:-) I got tired of being treated like a celeb. It started at Hanoi Airport, then from there all over........super friendly except for the tricycle driver who ripped me off for a few extra bucks. The key to getting along is........being polite....smile.......they tend to like Black Americans, but you must not let them confuse you with Nigerians....Enuff said!
Why... ?do they dislike nigerians?
What? I’m Vietnamese and I worked with a lot of Nigerian here in Vietnam. Maybe you misunderstood something?
Nigeria ? I'm Vietnamese and we certainly have no problem with them
. why did you say that
@@benjamin2713 the scammer came from Nigeria became poplular these days in Vietnam, they even sell drug :(
Not all but that not hard to see those bad guys
@@introvietnammusic2322 you should watch video of an famous Nigerian has Viet's name Nam Đen, he talked about this topic already his channel is Viet Afro
Omg you're so beautiful
Why the grill????? Just curious
As a Vietnamese American born in America. I still get criticized as being Việt Kiều.( not true Vietnamese) to the Vietnamese people
YOU KIND OF SOUND LIKE DOJA CAT (which is a compliment because i love her)
in other way, I alway check the destination requirement before I go, traveling abroad need good preparation for documents, I am supprise a lot when you don't know about VISA while travel, I am aware that American citizen don't need VISA to enter many countries but you should check it first, don't you ?
Btw, you're pretty.
You can see people in the back staring lol
It's relentless....but meant well. Still...relentless. It must be taken mindfully.
Yes, because they've never seen someone that's such beautiful
she said 100 baht when the use vietna.ese dong. I was there in august in ho chi ming and felt like a free man, people are beyond nice and very safe. at no point I felt threaten. Im goi g baco next year and rent a motor bike and tour the country from south to north. I think in the next 3 years I might relocate to vietnam.
This is difficult because Black Americans culturally do not like to be ogled or especially touched. The long history of objectification in the west makes being grabbed sort of triggering for us. I would really like to go to Vietnam but feel like that experience would be draining for me.
I understand how you feel, but I would take that over the racism in America anyday
Vietnamese people are friendly and they do like to touch, that the culture of Vietnam
I turned my phone like 100 times
Great job with handling the chopsticks 👍
Who vlogs with Snapchat? 🤷♂️ bruh
One of the hardest languages on earth we have to learn to travel to?
It's all fun and games until someone makes a BBC joke and then you have a whole crowd staring at your crotch.
Ya'll must have filmed this before the lockdown
We did :)
I don't care what culture you have don't put your hands on people you don't know. you wouldn't treat your own like that so stop treating others like dogs.
@@LVR-em8xb so? They’re grown enough to have common sense
Am to visit Vietnam
Love to see our minority cultures colliding
on jesus christ
we are not the minority
Love all Asian people ecspecially South east Asian people ✊🏿
The fish sauce is for you to dip lightly, not soak the noodle in there. It must had been super salty for you guys.
Bien Thach .. I think that’s how they eat bun cha in Hanoi. I have seen several videos of people in Hanoi eating like that. The fish sauce is slightly diluted so it’s not as salty.
nice
Apart from never seeing someone that different before, coupled with you're also very gorgeous that locals must have a picture. Curiosity as well as admiration but I get it can be tiresome. Now, the Chinese locals though, most are known to be very impolite especially when they travel abroad....
I'm at least a tenth-generation American, and I've met many impolite Chinese in the US. You might say it's endemic in their culture, and maybe they think they are being "normal," which is what a Chinese friend tells me. Want to insult a S.Korean, or Filipino? Call him/her "Chinese."
EXACTLY! It zaps your energy to 'represent' all the time, even when you're welcomed, you know you're being 'observed' for what you are not who you are.
I be honest with you the first time I meet African/American is when I move to USA 2008.
I try to imagine what that's like. I imagine how I would react if I saw a blue person...then I can understand how folks here feel. Very kind and curious....so luckily it's in my culture to just talk to strangers because we consider it rude to treat someone as 'strange'. It goes well, but it does zap your energy.
Alot of the touristy places have alot of tourists from other places.
I don't think the Vietnamese would wanna take pictures of places like they're on vacation, cuz they're already in their own hometown.
I don't feel comfortable seeing how ppl think its ok to invade personal spaces of others like that, as a Vietnamese I would yell at my own people if I see that.
Nobody says a word.
Come here, you will have pho(1.5$) 😆
Did you get to visit Sai Gon. It will be different than Ha Noi. It is like visiting NYC vs California in us ... Sai Gon is nyc and Hả Noi is California ....
I mean.............you're CUTE. U should be treated like a Celeb anywhere but yeah Vietnam is Awesome
Okay my people are praising vietnam? Now i will learn the language and visit!
Yeah as far as that, vietnam beat every other asian countries. You can literary look up all the "Black in vietnam" On youtube and no one have any bad thing to say!
I'm coming to Vietnam at the end of the month and was wondering where is the welcoming center for my people? If there isn't one how can we create one?
Hopefully there are others that feel the same way
Enjoyed your video keep up the good work
of course they gonna stop you everywhere asking for phto op. i they would stop me too (but they never do) if i look like a model.
Are you serious? "They are acting like you don't exist?" Must be kidding me, sista! Are there a lot of hoods out there? If there are, they are much safter than hoods we have here in US! You're Beyoonce lookalike, sista. Everyone wants to take picture with you.
We don’t have any hoods in Vietnam because the authority doesn’t hesitate to tear it down. It’s not like in America where you can protest, the police here will take down some criminals or violent protesters in one second.
Hi Debbie, nice to see 2 Black American ladies exploring Vietnam ! Your photos seem blurred, can you use better cameras for better colors ? Show us other "Blacks" (indian, caribbean,african) in Vietnam eating, drinking, walking ?
I got you! Will make note of this for next time :). Thank you so much for watching!
Are you sure you wanna see all that gawking?
"LIKE"
Having the victim mentality in a foreign country won’t grant you the ‘boo hoo’ attitude you’re used to. You’re beautiful and you friend is very polite….just think before you talk.
Oh shut up with that bs
Cô này xinh và rất nóng bỏng ❤️
You shouldve got some traditional clothing wouldve looked really nice and respectful towards to the vietnam people.
Chinese tourist alway do that no manner. Trust me it isnt the vietnamese. China tourist travel to vn alot
I am black
They think you're a celebrity like Alicia Keyes or other model.
Maybe they thought you were famous, Beyonce.
Vietnamese people when they see a black person: well boys, we struck gold
Stop thought such you are a nut!
@@richardlionheart720 w7st?
They love black people in Vietnam
Lies…
In vietnam no privacy
That's exactly what it feels like. I try to take it in the spirit of goodwill because the flip side is that people will also help you...and we often need help to accomplish very basic things here. That's reassuring.
Sounds like an assault to me… have they heard of personal save?
Just be honest. You didn't do any research, or you would've known you needed visas.
You are coming to another country and culture. You should learn their culture before coming over. Instead of complaining and should embrace. This is why people from US are extremely ignorance.
Mr.Glass you shut up fool
No complaints here! I had so much fun in Vietnam. They typically try to kill black people in America where I'm from so it was such an unique experience to get treated like some type of celeb. Mr. Glass's comment is right on the money . I hate that it came off to you like I was complaining because that wasn't at all what I was trying to portray in this vlog. Vietnam was beautiful and I would love to go back.
Y'all have the audacity to come on someone's channel and have the nerve to say that I don't think she was the one being ignorant it was YOU
You’re ignorant
Because they know that the black woman is God everything from the culture of the red dragon and everything
Only God himself is God.
Must watch huh....
Why....
Second thought I'll just dislike it and roll 😂
Don’t be surprised when you visit other countries. Each country has a different culture. So don’t be surprised if they stare touch or grab you because you look different. It’s only curiosity. So don’t feel offended. If you guys can’t accept it then should not visit again. Just like American would start dancing out of blue while walking on the street etc...
they wouldn't approach one of their own and put their hand on their body like they know them. they (and many other asian countries) only do this to black foreigners. the white ones are lucky they only get stared at the black ones are treated like a spectacle especially in china.
@@EmoDarkness36 In India too... People literally will grab you
She is literally here showing love, and breaking it down for how it is. Yah it's from her own personal perspective but like she said, people in Vietnam do it in a more curious/respectful way compared to China...so why are is everyone arguing? She is showing love and people are picking it apart to find anything to complain about.
These Vietnamese people might have thought you were Alicia Keys or some kind of musical celebrity from America. And with your approval of course, they want to take photos with you because not everyday they get to see Alicia Keys or someone that beautiful.
Don’t take it personal . They welcome foreigners and appreciate tourists . Just their Culture how to be friendly with foreigners… I think They are the least racist people .
“Least Racist” 😂 yeah ok…