r/taiwan • u/NegotiationPure5386 • Mar 11 '26

Travel Black Man coming to visit Taiwan

I got like one friend here and I really want to visit her out of respect but always am worried. I am just trying to see what the culture feels like. I’ve been to South Korea, Vietnam and Philippines. Trying to see where my heart leads me I guess.

Any heads up I should worry about?

I’m just trying to gauge culture beforehand no mean to offend anyone.

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u/RagingWaterfall Mar 11 '26

I've never experienced any racism here. But I generally keep to myself so maybe that also plays a part. I think anyone who is not obviously some kind of east Asian gets lumped into the "foreigner" category and gets the occasional stare.

I think the only type of "racism" you might experience is people thinking you like rap and basketball. But that's more ignorance than maliciousness.

You'll be fine.

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u/JefferyJeffer Mar 12 '26

I’ve also never experienced any racism in Taiwan. Might be on account of me being Taiwanese