Question: I would like to visit a spanish speaking country. The thing is that I don't want to have to deal with LOTS of racism, although I know that racism itself isn't completely avoidable. I just want to know different spanish speaking countries that are open to dark-skinned people.
Answer: ahh that is so cool
I'm black and will also be doing a foreign exchange program next year to a Spanish speaking country.
The one thing that I find "stupid" is that you want to go to a country that is "similar to the U.S"
That is just so stupid, you won't learn anything about yourself or the surrounding world if you insist on surrounding yourself with people of your likes. Seriously, why go to a cheap version of America, eat mcdonalds, shop at walmart or anything else that you could be doing in the states when you could go to a secluded exotic region of the world and meet people who live in completely different cultures?
My advice: go to Chile, Cuba, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay or Spain (if you must)
** most Latin American countries are actually pretty racist, the least racist would probably be Cuba followed by spain.
Others:
go to CUBA. BlacK Latinos rock!