A Cuban living in Spain for five years shared on TikTok the episode of racism she experienced in a supermarket when a woman, upset because she wasn't allowed to cut in line, approached her after making her purchase and harshly said, "Just so you know, you are in my country."
The user MAI (@bbosstel8) posted the video on July 24 and recounted that the incident left her paralyzed, as she had never experienced anything like it in all her years in the country.
"I have been living in this country for five years, and I have always felt that I have been welcomed wonderfully," she explained, adding that whenever someone asked her if she had experienced racism, her answer was always negative: "I have always said no, I am blessed."
According to her account, it all started when the woman tried to skip the line at the supermarket checkout, and she politely told her that she couldn't do that because there were people ahead of her.
The situation escalated after the Cuban woman finished her purchase: while she was putting her things in her bag, another woman approached and made the remark with evident hostility.
The lady's husband immediately reacted by repeatedly apologizing: "forgive me, I'm sorry, please forgive me, excuse me," as MAI reported in the video.
The Cuban emphasized that this behavior does not reflect the majority of Spaniards and took the opportunity to teach her children a lesson: "So you can see that there are good people and that there are indeed people who do not represent the majority of Spaniards."
At the end of the video, he explained why he decided to share it on social media: "I'm here in my little space to vent; I don't go to a therapist, my therapists are you."
The testimony of MAI adds to a series of similar complaints from Cuban women in Spain fed up with xenophobic remarks, particularly phrases like "you're in my country" or "if you don't like it, go back to your country," which in August 2025 another Cuban creator, @legmy_, bluntly called out: "that's not cultural debate, it's xenophobia."
Episodes of discrimination against Cubans in Spain are not always limited to verbal abuse. In March 2026, a Spanish court sentenced a man for racist insults and threats sustained for over a year against a Cuban resident in Barcelona, imposing a six-month prison sentence, a fine of 2,700 euros, and 3,000 euros in compensation to the victim.
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