a crude reality

"Sudaca" is a racist term used against latinamericans mainly in Spain. I posted a video on www.youtube.es/elecciones08 asking the Spanish presidential candidates for some key words about themselves or their parties. I don't live in Spain and I obviously can't vote there but i'm a firm believer in the power of technology to make democracy a reality, or at least bring us a little closer to it. I wish that someday we would have the same kind of iniciative (as www.youtube.es/elecciones08) in Guatemala and in every country so that candidates could be more accesible and real to the people. And I was also interested because Spain is, still, very close to Latinamerica when it comes to politics.

I posted my video late sunday evening and today I come to find it's been watched 1,030 times already- and 2 comments have been made, both of which were pretty strong and...well i can't really define them, but i'll translate one of them so you'll get the idea:

SHIT "SUDACA"!!!! GET OUT OF SPAIN!!!!

you don't have the right to comment on our politics....DIE BITCH

GET OUT OF SPAIN

SPAIN FOR THE SPANIARDS

I OUGHT TO PUT A BULLOT BETWEEN YOUR EYES

SPEAK FOR YOUR SHIT COUNTRY, DON'T SPEAK FOR SPAIN

The person who made this comment is 20 years old. His user name is "europeanpatriotism", and he defines himself as a profound patriot, lover of Spain and Europe...

Xenophobia and Racism are a crude reality, all over the world. And the worst part is that they're spreading. I guess that's the duality of globalization.