Thinking about racismin in Spain? Do we think we are more racist than immigrants claim?

Abstract

In this essay we expose some results of my surveys to students about racism since 1986, following in 1993, 1997, 1998, 2002,2004, 2008, and the last one in 2019 (N = 2.476) We divide the text into two parts. The first one talks about the evolution of racism (1986-2019), and the second part shows the opinions of immigrants themselves about their experiences of racism in Spain, according to my life stories and surveys since 1997 out of a total of 3,496. The most important conclusion is that the number of militant racists has decreased, although the minority that remains is more militant, activist, and dangerous. On the other hand, we Spaniards believe that we are more racist than what immigrants declare.