racism – Healing Madeira

Costa del Sol. Spanish coast, an area of high immigration during decades.

I tried to find contacts to talk about similar situations to that of Madeira, asking about legal immigration and how it was handled both at government level, and the experiences of locals and immigrants. Some responses are relevant, yet conflicting. Some interesting reading, but little about the big questions that I need to investigate. TheContinue reading “Costa del Sol. Spanish coast, an area of high immigration during decades.”

Racism in Europe

https://orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/figure/European_map_of_Implicit_Racial_Bias/4750588 This was produced by Sheffield University in England in 2017. The study and analysis methods are available from the URL above. The more red, the worse the racism is … in the simplest terms. Portugal is like a red wine stain, Madeira is likely to be even worse. Even many mainland portuguese visitors orContinue reading “Racism in Europe”

Some newspaper clippings (translated from Portuguese) leading up the the general election on 18th May 2025

This first one is from the moderate left party Bloco de esquerda. Left Bloc in defense of immigrants criticizes Chega’s “xenophobic discourse”. In a press release, the Left Bloc candidate for the national legislative elections defends immigrants working in the Region, criticizing “the xenophobic discourse” of the Chega party candidate. “During this campaign, the LeftContinue reading “Some newspaper clippings (translated from Portuguese) leading up the the general election on 18th May 2025”

What are the impacts of the growing dissatisfaction of the Madeiran people on the immigrant population and visitors?

There is no one simple answer to this question. Aside from the problems that have always existed for those who chose Madeira to live, or just for vacations. It is different for persons in different locations, for those who try to integrate, those who learn the Portuguese language, those who watch Portuguese news or readContinue reading “What are the impacts of the growing dissatisfaction of the Madeiran people on the immigrant population and visitors?”