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**zlopikanikanza** · 06-10-2011, 08:52 AM

What about all the Angolans? Isn't there a huge population in Portugal? or is this just limited to Lisbon?
Also most Portuguese people that I know (and its a LOT) tell me that Portugal is a very mixed place due to people from Angola and such mixing. Also a big Romany community exists is what they said.

LOL, but then again, Madeirans and the mainland Portuguese have there own little issues, which makes me think racism could be an issue

Yes we have a lot of Angolans as well as Cape Verdeans, Brazilians and some Ukranians. They are mostly all in Lisbon. But like i said, these are all relatively recent. If you went here in 1970 or 1980 you would only see portuguese people.
As for mixed people you will find some in Lisbon and surrounding areas, but in the north or inland areas not really. Even so, in March hundreds of thousands of people went to the streets of Lisbon to protest against unemployment and 95% of the people there were portuguese, so this mixing is not as much as you imagine.
The gypsies exist too but are not that much. They have been here since the XV century though.

There are no issues between Madeirans, Azoreans and mainland Portuguese. Where have you heard that? The only issues are: azoreans have a very peculiar accent which makes them very difficult to understand and the governor of Madeira sometimes says bad things about the Lisbon goverment.

06-10-2011, 08:52 AM	#24
zlopikanikanza Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 721 Senior Member	What about all the Angolans? Isn't there a huge population in Portugal? or is this just limited to Lisbon? Also most Portuguese people that I know (and its a LOT) tell me that Portugal is a very mixed place due to people from Angola and such mixing. Also a big Romany community exists is what they said. LOL, but then again, Madeirans and the mainland Portuguese have there own little issues, which makes me think racism could be an issue Yes we have a lot of Angolans as well as Cape Verdeans, Brazilians and some Ukranians. They are mostly all in Lisbon. But like i said, these are all relatively recent. If you went here in 1970 or 1980 you would only see portuguese people. As for mixed people you will find some in Lisbon and surrounding areas, but in the north or inland areas not really. Even so, in March hundreds of thousands of people went to the streets of Lisbon to protest against unemployment and 95% of the people there were portuguese, so this mixing is not as much as you imagine. The gypsies exist too but are not that much. They have been here since the XV century though. There are no issues between Madeirans, Azoreans and mainland Portuguese. Where have you heard that? The only issues are: azoreans have a very peculiar accent which makes them very difficult to understand and the governor of Madeira sometimes says bad things about the Lisbon goverment.
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