Worst Racism You've Encountered
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I used to go to a boarding school, and my Grandad would pick me up on holidays. When driving back through Bradford (an area known for its high multiculturalism), he would often make outrageous comments about coloured folk. One that stands out in particular is, "Christ, you can smell 'em, can't ya?"
Well, a peer of mine is a spanish exchange student here in the states. She has a relatively thick accent and clearly ethnic name. For whatever reason, everyone thinks she is an impoverished mexican (yeah...I'm not completing the description), and has repeatedly told her to "get the ***k out of our/my country." That's pretty much the worst racism i experienced. I have also heard that some Vietnamese kid was killed at the high school i attend due to racial tensions back in the eighties but I have not experienced it, so it doesn't really count, now does it?
How do I describe the last 20 years of my life? I can make a shortlist and you can be the judge of what was worse.
I've lost 5 jobs because of my black person status (they usually just n-word me.... a lot, and calling me buckwheat is also popular around here)
I was assaulted in high school (again, lots of n-words... bottles and rocks were thrown, and not shit was done about it by faculty member or local law enforcement)
I've been ejected from church... (not as much n-wording)
I've been ejected from places of business (very little n-wording, but my "kind" was not permitted)
I've been refused service at a restaurant (also a bar, but at least the owner was willing to call me n-words to my face, the restaurant manager was another of those "we don't serve your kind" people)
I won't even go into what my family life has been like, but let's just say one of my parents was not above making remarks about me either
I get harassed often when in public, which is why I'm a shut-in now, have been for most of these last two decades.
I've been n-worded by local police, so if something happens to me I don't exactly feel safe looking to them for help.
Little children have n-worded me.... that one stung a lot more than usual, though you never quite get used to it, even after all these years
I can disguise being half-black, and I generally do that as much as I can, but on occasion questions arise and I answer honestly, even knowing the consequences will usually be pretty goddamn negative. My favorite was a white girl I dated briefly that stated that the only kind of men she wanted to be with were whites only. I knew my future was not with her, but then this is not uncommon where I live, so I just sort of went with it for that final date (yes, it was the final date that she'd said that).
Friends have questioned whether or not I really consider myself a black person, treating it like an unfortunate condition. They aren't friends anymore, not all because of this, but it happens a lot here.
I was refuse employment because I revealed I was black to potential employers, who would upon finding out show me the door saying they were no longer interested in hiring, or "we just don't need your kind of trouble".
Friends have refused to be in public places with me because I am black, so I was sort of a secret for them.
I really could go on and on, but I think this should be enough to choose from. You tell me, which is worse? Which one of these has left me with clinically diagnosed debilitating disorders.
For me this growing collage of personal experiences has sort of melted into two very simple schools of thought; I am ethnically inferior to anyone that is not black and white, and that the state I live in will always be hell.
And before anyone suggests I leave explain how I do that when I can't hold down a job long enough to make money and move....
Apologies for typos, but this thread upsets me, and writing this the first time was hard enough.
I've lost 5 jobs because of my black person status (they usually just n-word me.... a lot, and calling me buckwheat is also popular around here)
I was assaulted in high school (again, lots of n-words... bottles and rocks were thrown, and not shit was done about it by faculty member or local law enforcement)
I've been ejected from church... (not as much n-wording)
I've been ejected from places of business (very little n-wording, but my "kind" was not permitted)
I've been refused service at a restaurant (also a bar, but at least the owner was willing to call me n-words to my face, the restaurant manager was another of those "we don't serve your kind" people)
I won't even go into what my family life has been like, but let's just say one of my parents was not above making remarks about me either
I get harassed often when in public, which is why I'm a shut-in now, have been for most of these last two decades.
I've been n-worded by local police, so if something happens to me I don't exactly feel safe looking to them for help.
Little children have n-worded me.... that one stung a lot more than usual, though you never quite get used to it, even after all these years
I can disguise being half-black, and I generally do that as much as I can, but on occasion questions arise and I answer honestly, even knowing the consequences will usually be pretty goddamn negative. My favorite was a white girl I dated briefly that stated that the only kind of men she wanted to be with were whites only. I knew my future was not with her, but then this is not uncommon where I live, so I just sort of went with it for that final date (yes, it was the final date that she'd said that).
Friends have questioned whether or not I really consider myself a black person, treating it like an unfortunate condition. They aren't friends anymore, not all because of this, but it happens a lot here.
I was refuse employment because I revealed I was black to potential employers, who would upon finding out show me the door saying they were no longer interested in hiring, or "we just don't need your kind of trouble".
Friends have refused to be in public places with me because I am black, so I was sort of a secret for them.
I really could go on and on, but I think this should be enough to choose from. You tell me, which is worse? Which one of these has left me with clinically diagnosed debilitating disorders.
For me this growing collage of personal experiences has sort of melted into two very simple schools of thought; I am ethnically inferior to anyone that is not black and white, and that the state I live in will always be hell.
And before anyone suggests I leave explain how I do that when I can't hold down a job long enough to make money and move....
Apologies for typos, but this thread upsets me, and writing this the first time was hard enough.
in my opinion, racism is when you put special (not necessarily good) distinctions on races.
like once, i criticized someone for wanting to sag pants like an idiotic douchebag in a videogame.
he then said i was racist for calling african people idiotic douchebags
then i called him racist for associating idiotic, pants sagging douchebags with african people when i never made such a connection
like here's what i think:
the fact that "******" is a racial slur when said by certain races is racist because it gives special privileges to a certain group
same with any other "racial slur" that can be said by one race but not others.
special distinctions are racist.
like once, i criticized someone for wanting to sag pants like an idiotic douchebag in a videogame.
he then said i was racist for calling african people idiotic douchebags
then i called him racist for associating idiotic, pants sagging douchebags with african people when i never made such a connection
like here's what i think:
the fact that "******" is a racial slur when said by certain races is racist because it gives special privileges to a certain group
same with any other "racial slur" that can be said by one race but not others.
special distinctions are racist.
The Australians here will understand this.
Went to the Northern Territory. A community with roughly even Aboriginal and White population.
Never seen anything like it, seemed like Civil Rights movement era US.
Went to the Northern Territory. A community with roughly even Aboriginal and White population.
Never seen anything like it, seemed like Civil Rights movement era US.
Well, one guy in my class has on multiple occasions said that all Muslims are ticking time bombs, constantly says "******" or "that's gay" and has also said that all Asian people are retarded. Although those first two weren't racism I still thought they were worth mentioning. Yeah, he's kind of a dick over all too.
I didn't even have to look at your profile to guess you were Canadian... yay me?Rayne870 said:
I grew up in rural Victoria and though my parents were educated proffessionals, I was still exposed to a large amount of the underlying racism and general discrimination that is endemic. The worst thing is people don't know they're being racist, they actually think it's a fact that Aboriginals are petrol sniffing thieves or that all Asians speak poor English and want to steal their jobs or rampant stereotyping of homosexuals. So often have I heard statements prefixed with "I'm not racist/homophobic, but..."
The worst recent racism I have encountered has been quite a few incidents were people wanted to get into fights with Indian and Sri Lankin friends of mine. One guy told a mate to "get on his camel (wtf?) and leave town before he bashed him". Another guy wanted to bash an asian friend who was actually several generations of Australian citizens, just because he "looked un-Australian". I haven't yet gotten into a scrape fortunately but we've had some close calls. Best thing ever was that theres about a dozen of us at a club when the camel comment was made, the look on the guys face when we turned up, five black guys and six white guys, with a couple of us very big guys. A bouncer who witnessed it the stand-off later told me, that realistically they could have done very little to stop us if it had escalated, if they had even wanted to (the bouncer was Samoan).
The worst recent racism I have encountered has been quite a few incidents were people wanted to get into fights with Indian and Sri Lankin friends of mine. One guy told a mate to "get on his camel (wtf?) and leave town before he bashed him". Another guy wanted to bash an asian friend who was actually several generations of Australian citizens, just because he "looked un-Australian". I haven't yet gotten into a scrape fortunately but we've had some close calls. Best thing ever was that theres about a dozen of us at a club when the camel comment was made, the look on the guys face when we turned up, five black guys and six white guys, with a couple of us very big guys. A bouncer who witnessed it the stand-off later told me, that realistically they could have done very little to stop us if it had escalated, if they had even wanted to (the bouncer was Samoan).
My school's student body is 47% Mexican and 43% Caucasian. With that in mind, you'd think we'd get less racism towards the majority population. Nope. Whites get some racism too, but I haven't seen as much.
Once, in the hallway, my friend said "Hey, look, it's a trash can!" I looked at the trash can and nodded, somewhat confused. Then he said, "I wasn't talking about the trash can - I was talking about the Mexican." This confused me further, for a few reasons.
1) We were in a hallway full of Mexicans, most of whom were reasonable people trying to go about their daily lives. (There are some gangsters and sluts, but I don't think they represent their race very well.)
2) The comment came completely out of the blue, and made no sense as an insult.
I think he was just trolling me because he knows racism bugs me, honestly. And he failed. I didn't feel anger at that, just "Wtf?"
That isn't the worst racism I've encountered, but it's certainly an example of the kind of racism in my city. And it's kind of amusing.
Once, in the hallway, my friend said "Hey, look, it's a trash can!" I looked at the trash can and nodded, somewhat confused. Then he said, "I wasn't talking about the trash can - I was talking about the Mexican." This confused me further, for a few reasons.
1) We were in a hallway full of Mexicans, most of whom were reasonable people trying to go about their daily lives. (There are some gangsters and sluts, but I don't think they represent their race very well.)
2) The comment came completely out of the blue, and made no sense as an insult.
I think he was just trolling me because he knows racism bugs me, honestly. And he failed. I didn't feel anger at that, just "Wtf?"
That isn't the worst racism I've encountered, but it's certainly an example of the kind of racism in my city. And it's kind of amusing.
Funny racism:
Connor(white): Hey Devon, let's trade bodies.
Devon(black): OK. (pretends to push glasses up his nose and says in nerdy white guy voice) Hey everybody! let's play pokemon!
Connor: Whoa! I want some fried chicken. Whoa! My dick is 12 inches long!
Not funny time:
random picture of crying black baby in 8th grade civics slideshow.
Spoiled closet retard shouts out: Is that Obama as a baby?
Teacher: Taylor, just shut up ok?
Connor(white): Hey Devon, let's trade bodies.
Devon(black): OK. (pretends to push glasses up his nose and says in nerdy white guy voice) Hey everybody! let's play pokemon!
Connor: Whoa! I want some fried chicken. Whoa! My dick is 12 inches long!
Not funny time:
random picture of crying black baby in 8th grade civics slideshow.
Spoiled closet retard shouts out: Is that Obama as a baby?
Teacher: Taylor, just shut up ok?
I'm Irish Canadian and lucky now that it's cool to be Irish. 45 years ago I would of been called a drunk and a freeloader.
I have been called a cracker by other white kids. Which I'd than always outwit and make them look stupid. They'd never fight me either cause I'm a big guy.
Worst bit of racism I'm seen was some guy going off at how much he hates non whites.
I have been called a cracker by other white kids. Which I'd than always outwit and make them look stupid. They'd never fight me either cause I'm a big guy.
Worst bit of racism I'm seen was some guy going off at how much he hates non whites.
You know the hicks that we (Or at least I) try to pretend don't exist? You ever try to listen to them talk? Dear god, I sat next to one in an English class sophomore year in high school. I heard every racist term I know (And several I didn't) said in the most derogatory manner possible. At first, I honestly thought he was joking.
The really worrying thing is that this guy is now in the military. Yes. He was given a gun.
The really worrying thing is that this guy is now in the military. Yes. He was given a gun.
I used to work somewhere that was a 70% hispanic workforce. The racism was very heavy there. The strange part of it was that the facility manager was cuban, he was racist towards anyone white. This was a new spin on racism i hadn't foreseen. I was one of the victims.
Seeing it from both sides racism is both stupid and in poor taste.
Seeing it from both sides racism is both stupid and in poor taste.
Well, do past life experiences count?
I saw a 10 year old black kid being beaten by Klu Klux Klan members.
I saw a gay asian man stabbed, with the asshats saying
And I saw a 6 year old white girl being smacked around(literally) by black parents, with one mother stating,
I can top everything in this thread with things that are just off the tip of my memory.
No wonder I have nightmares at night. >.>
I saw a 10 year old black kid being beaten by Klu Klux Klan members.
I saw a gay asian man stabbed, with the asshats saying
"I bet you like this in your ass, don't you slit-eye?"
And I saw a 6 year old white girl being smacked around(literally) by black parents, with one mother stating,
"You think you are better than my daughter? Think again little cracker."
I can top everything in this thread with things that are just off the tip of my memory.
No wonder I have nightmares at night. >.>
My roommate has a bunch of friends that like to act racist. He then feels the need to join in to try and look cool. The lot of them are fucking dumb asses. I've heard them tossing around the N word while listening to black rappers. People don't generally make sense to me.
My friends parents are hilariously racist. We were watching the news once and there was a story on how full up the hospitals are getting in the UK and his mum just full out and said "ugh damn black people, now they are filling up our hospitals".
These people are really very nice but I had never heard anyone ever be that racist in my life and I couldn't help but laugh.
If you ever want a friend in the UK, I will buy you a beer sometime. Where on earth do you live to receive such disgusting racism?
These people are really very nice but I had never heard anyone ever be that racist in my life and I couldn't help but laugh.
...JeezIcehearted said:
If you ever want a friend in the UK, I will buy you a beer sometime. Where on earth do you live to receive such disgusting racism?
When I was in college I had to take out loans every year, work study programs, and had a part time job pulling 35 hours a week; no free money for me. I come from a family that makes about $55,000 a year with two other kids other then myself, however I knew a couple of blacks and latinos who's folks made about $100,000 a year who got around 50% of their college paid for with public scholarships or grants.
After college I had a friend who tried to get me job but his boss overrode him since a black woman put in for it. Apparently he told my friend that he'd "rather hire the minority then a white kid since he can't sue us for discrimination."
After college I had a friend who tried to get me job but his boss overrode him since a black woman put in for it. Apparently he told my friend that he'd "rather hire the minority then a white kid since he can't sue us for discrimination."