Hi I’m from Europe and unfortunately in the past few years I realized how much racism there is in the world which really messes up my mind since that concept didn’t exist for me as a kid and I thought it’s normal that people look different.
Having very pale skin and not having visited too many countries I was wondering if I might encounter any problems in America because of my skin. Can I just talk to anyone or will people reject me because of my skin? (I have blond hair too)
You should have no problems based on skin color, I would guess.
What problems there are with skin colors usually go the other way, and more importantly tends to not involve foreigners, so the moment someone hears your accent they will realize that you are not part of their target demographic. For the most part, I think?
Obviously there is crime but this is the same as everywhere in the world, so I’m speaking here strictly of racial based ones.
I guess you are asking if people who are not white - being black or Hispanic or whatever - and who hate whities/crackers, would they do something like mug you? And the answer is yeah they could, but those who would do that are roughly equally likely to mug others of their own race as well.
There is also a possibility that they could want to mug you merely because you look different. But the same would be true for a non-white person who wears a noticeably different style of clothing or some such.
Crime here, like everywhere, is based on locality. You aren’t wrong to have asked, obviously, but that is my answer is that specifically skin color based crimes are not something for you to worry about. Poor areas where crime happens, now THAT is what you want to worry about, regardless of how you look.