I've been treated like crap by a lot of people due to my lack of religion, but more personally another way. I went for an interview for a firefighter position in a suburb of Detroit. I we were required to take a test prior to the interview. We all got there and were waiting patiently. A Captain from the dept. came in and said "We only have positions available to black females." No one in the room was a black female and we all left.
Poll: Have you, personally, ever been discriminated against?
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I'm quite a small guy, so quite use to discrimination solely upon that. Being a Scot and growing up in England meant I also got some flak from that angle. That and now the fact I sound Scottish to English people and English to Scots doesn't really help at all.
Tell your friend that the next time they do that, he should act like he is at a restaurant and they are trying to take his order but he only came there because he wants a refund, however the sauce was so good he decided to give it another chance. Tell him that he should insist that last time the cat was terrible, have him say "NO CAT" repeatedly,(this is important) and when they look at him like he has lost his mind he has to insist, "NO ! NO CAT ! I MEAN IT ! every single time I come here! it's always cat! Your cat is terrible!" Make it out like he is trying to haggle for... dog or something, it's really not important what. And just go with it from there.SckizoBoy said:
The goal of this game is to act like they owe you for something that didn't happen, because the food was so bad you either deserve a refund or something better to eat. Oh, and make sure that it's one of your "foreign devil" friends doing it, for that extra mind fuck.
Oh you mean the eyelid fold thing? Yeh I don't have those. I'm suprised you get crap for that. I was under the impression orientals thought that was attractive hence these insane Japanese "treatments" you see to obtain the eyelid fold!SckizoBoy said:
Who gave you elocution lessions? My folks figured that growing up here I would be bound to be fluent in English so that resulted in the no English policy and Chinese school (Mandarin) for a decade.
I can read alright though my writing is lacking somewhat... Too lazy to practice though, you know what I mean?
Yeh, I think we are really lucky to have liberal parents!
Well I was called a ****** once for kissing my boyfriend in public.
And I had a feminist teacher who although never explicitly stated it, disliked the men in the class.
And I had a feminist teacher who although never explicitly stated it, disliked the men in the class.
Yeah, a few times back in middle school and high school, when I identified as lesbian. Spreading rumors, tripping me, saying snide things to my face. About the worst thing was a girl who pushed me down the stairs in 8th grade.
Got disowned by half my family for being atheist. Got dirty looks for half a year from a devoutly religious health teacher when one of her kids from bible study told her that my being atheist made her uncomfortable.
Got disowned by half my family for being atheist. Got dirty looks for half a year from a devoutly religious health teacher when one of her kids from bible study told her that my being atheist made her uncomfortable.
I like to think it's because I have the sheer poor judgement to involuntarily have hair growing out of the lower part of my face, (though this started before I had facial hair) but people have generally treated me as though I were posessed or something (which I'm not, to my knowledge) for the past several years. A friend of my sister's visibly shook every time she saw me, never found out why. I think maybe it's related to behavior in that I didn't do exactly what most everyone else did in school, that is, socialize excessively, don't ask too many questions about things that matter, and at least pretend to respect public opinion. Failure to do these things (in the States, anyway) apparently marks one as a serial killer, because I've literally been greeted with "Are you going to kill me?"
The most perplexing thing is that I've never even hurt anyone. (physically, I mean. You know how easy some folk are offended these days?) It's handy that some people step aside in hallways just so I'll be away from them faster, (or maybe some are genuinely being polite?) but I honestly can't tell if the majority of my classmates have been pulling some preposterous joke that some of the teachers went along with or if I've got Candlejack following me around and I'm the only one who can't see him, I
The most perplexing thing is that I've never even hurt anyone. (physically, I mean. You know how easy some folk are offended these days?) It's handy that some people step aside in hallways just so I'll be away from them faster, (or maybe some are genuinely being polite?) but I honestly can't tell if the majority of my classmates have been pulling some preposterous joke that some of the teachers went along with or if I've got Candlejack following me around and I'm the only one who can't see him, I
I am a teenager in an overpopulated public school, here not being discriminated against, is something to discriminate against.
I'm a white male heterosexual aged 25 with ginger hair (think Rupert Grint colour). I'm pretty sure that what I got was only a small view of the rather horrible world of discrimination. But I realised early on that the people throwing casual insults (Irn-bru pubes was my personal "favourite") about an un-changeable biological factor were rarely perfect specimens themselves. So they got casual insults back, making me just as bad. And not very popular in school. No one ever beat me up, or flushed my bag down the toilet
Although I do look pretty good in a kilt (I'm a ginger Scotsman and proud!!!) if I do say so myself.
Although I do look pretty good in a kilt (I'm a ginger Scotsman and proud!!!) if I do say so myself.
Many times, though even though they were big issues to me at the time, they're not particularly worth recalling and listing right now.
With the exception of having served in the army, and having been barred from pursuing any combat-related MOS due to my gender. That one still sits quite badly with me, given the reasons for it.
Most of the time what I deal with is simply being treated slightly differently, which I attribute to being one of the only females in my workplace. Things people being careful not to swear around me, changing their desktop wallpapers, stuff like that. I'm not offended by any of that, but it does lead to a slight sense feeling awkward, left out, and not fitting in at times. Which is silly.
With the exception of having served in the army, and having been barred from pursuing any combat-related MOS due to my gender. That one still sits quite badly with me, given the reasons for it.
Most of the time what I deal with is simply being treated slightly differently, which I attribute to being one of the only females in my workplace. Things people being careful not to swear around me, changing their desktop wallpapers, stuff like that. I'm not offended by any of that, but it does lead to a slight sense feeling awkward, left out, and not fitting in at times. Which is silly.
I was insulted for being Spanish. I'm not even spanish, my nickname is in Spanish.
Something along the lines of "You have more chances running from bulls than in here" which is an obvious insult to the Spanish culture (I send a holla at my neighbours in The Escapist).
If I said something like "You have more chances in a Nazi gas chamber than in here" to someone with the nickname JewBoy or something, guess who would have got a permaban? I hate double standards.
Something along the lines of "You have more chances running from bulls than in here" which is an obvious insult to the Spanish culture (I send a holla at my neighbours in The Escapist).
If I said something like "You have more chances in a Nazi gas chamber than in here" to someone with the nickname JewBoy or something, guess who would have got a permaban? I hate double standards.
There are valid reasons for that and the Israeli pretty much learnt it the hard way.Chemical Alia said:
I'm black.
So...Um,. I am told to go back to the Ghetto or hell Africa, or someone call me a gangsta. Oh and I get call ****** when I go to certain Neighborhoods. White women/ Old people are are scare of me.
Oh, and little kids like me I suppose, which is NOT bad it's just a tad annoying.
So...Um,. I am told to go back to the Ghetto or hell Africa, or someone call me a gangsta. Oh and I get call ****** when I go to certain Neighborhoods. White women/ Old people are are scare of me.
Oh, and little kids like me I suppose, which is NOT bad it's just a tad annoying.
Judging from your response to Alia, it seems like your nickname rubbed off on you.ElPatron said:
Is it wrong of me that I imagined that exclamation in the accent of Edna Mode from the Incredibles?! =PA Shadows Age said:
I was surprised I got crap for the eyelid thing as well. *shrug* The petty things people get insulted for. And I got English & elocution lessons from a (unfortunately, former) family friend and went to Chinese school (where my mom was/is a teacher) until I went to high school. After that, my written Chinese went to pot, though I can still read some, though probably worse than you. And it can get a little confusing, since I can read/write Japanese as well (I've unfortunately made freudian slips when speaking both languages as well, which is a source of endless amusing embarassment for my mom, who makes frequent jokes about it, though I know she's quite proud of the fact that I'm the family's only trilingualist, my old man's knowledge of Mandarin notwithstanding).Gordominus said:
And yah, much as I make fun of my folks, I'm grateful for them (and their liberal-ness!).
Gotten grief for being Irish lots of times.
One occassion i was even called 'n****er' despite the fact that im blatantly caucasian.
Aside from that, i work as an actor. Inumerable dickheads immediately categorise you as a waster/homosexual/ponce/west brit etc. etc. etc. because they don't know any better, and the only culture they come in contact with is the stuff lodged between their fingernails.
On the other hand, im also an army reservist so i've been labeled, facist/freestate bastard/weekend warrior/sandbagger etc. and i've had a fair amount of wannabee tough guys trying to pick a fight just because of the uniform, and a fair amount of regular army guys who would sooner spit on you than look at you.
All that said....People by and large are decent, the only problem is we seem to remember the racist mindless dickheads more than we do the decent people.
One occassion i was even called 'n****er' despite the fact that im blatantly caucasian.
Aside from that, i work as an actor. Inumerable dickheads immediately categorise you as a waster/homosexual/ponce/west brit etc. etc. etc. because they don't know any better, and the only culture they come in contact with is the stuff lodged between their fingernails.
On the other hand, im also an army reservist so i've been labeled, facist/freestate bastard/weekend warrior/sandbagger etc. and i've had a fair amount of wannabee tough guys trying to pick a fight just because of the uniform, and a fair amount of regular army guys who would sooner spit on you than look at you.
All that said....People by and large are decent, the only problem is we seem to remember the racist mindless dickheads more than we do the decent people.