Have u ever been a victim of racism?

Question

Last year, I went on a trip to New York wit my Girl Scouts troop. We were in the mall and just checking out tha stores and we went into dis one store that sponsered make-up. Now let me tell you, before dis store we went to plenty other make-up stores and we would try samples on each other and none of da store owners said anything. They didn't seem to have a problem wit it. A couple of them even asked to help us put it on! But one store we went into we started trying on make-up. Dis white lady comes up to us and says, "Um, u have to be 16 and up to try on make up." And she had dis fake-@$$ smile on her face!! We left immediatly complaining dat she could lose customers dat way. Now doesn't dat sound kinda funny? All of us are Black and we didn't even LOOK 16 let alone be it! And she was a middle-aged white woman. Now tell me, do u think it wuz racism? If u think u have been a victim of racism, tell me and why?

Okay. Lemme get dis straight. For all u people out there answering my question. I wasn't SCREAMING racism! I was only asking have u ever been a victim. I'm just sayin', it looked pretty funny ta me wheneva I look back on it. So, if u got somethin' negative ta say about my story or da way I talk. Email me and say it to muthaf***in' face!!

Answer 1

Actually yes, and I'm a white guy, but that's another story. I was practically thrown out of a barber shop in Maryland because I asked what the jar of coins were being collecting for. The barber said it was to buy tickets to send all the nigers back to Africa. I told him that I had a lot of friends that were black and I didn't see anything wrong with that. I only got half a haircut that day, but I didn't have to pay for it. I just got to leave really fast! That was back in 1962 when race riots were hot in Maryland and the DC area at the time. What did I know? I was from West Virginnia.

I'm sorry that had to happen to you, especially since you happen to be black, and you were told by a white lady to bug off. But I don't think she would have done anything different if you had all been a bunch of white kids, not really even teens yet, in that she was just probably trying to protect her samples--that's probably all it was--not for sure, because I wasn't there--but so it seems to me anyway. If I were you, I would not race to racism as the first defense to every hit you get from humanity. Because if you do, you will not be able to focus on some of the issues that will really matter to you, really, for the rest of your life. Let by-gones be by-gones is what a lot of folks live by, or so my mom told me, and that's what I always try and do. And try not to ruminate stuff all the time or it will get to you every time. Enjoy your life and try not to hone in on life's little bumps, or life will be really bumpey. Or so it seems to me.

Answer 2

Yeah it happens here all the time, I live in Namibia which is bordered to South Africa. South Africa use to be the biggest racist country in the world but today it is very scares there, but in Namibia there is still lots because most of the kidz I grew up with Parents are racist and you can just feel that s hit the way they look at you, But I am half black and half white and some of the kidz accepted as white but fuc k that if you don't like the way I was born, coz no one in the world choose to be white, black, Asian or whatever and you cant change it to, only if you are Micheal Jackson.

But I just ignore people like that and don't care about what they think and know one day they will come up to you and then show them you are better than them by helping them it will hurt them.

Answer 3

I have been a victim of racism. I live in the New Orleans area, and before Katrina hit, I had gone to a theater to watch an off broadway show. Before going to that show, I went to Popeyes to eat. I stood in line and was almost to the front of the line and some woman comes in and butts in front of me. I say "excuse me, Ma'am, but you just jumped in front of me." and she responded with "who you talking to cracker? Your kind belong at the end of the line". I said "and what kind would that be?" and she said "you white crackers aint nothing so you need to take your white a** to the back of the line where you belong!"

New Orleans is predominantly African American (I am color blind when it comes to race, so that doesn't matter to me one way or the other), but to hear that really stung.

And then, after hurricane Katrina hit, at a Martin Luther King Jr. rally, the mayor of New Orleans (Mayor Ray Nagin) said that New Orleans "will be chocolate at the end of the day.", and "This city will be a majority African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be," Nagin said. "You can't have it no other way." That is an exact quote (see source for verification). So he was telling the crowd which was mostly African American, that he will make the city an African American city, like no other race matters. There was such a fuss over that one, that many Caucasian business owners sold their businesses and left the area-- let him have his "all chocolate" city, but then he has no right to scream when people say that other places should be "all milk".

So that is just two times out of numerous times that I have experienced racism firsthand, for being Caucasian.

Answer 4

First off if you can speak or spell the English language that would be a help.Secondly maybe the peeeps you dealt with before had experience with black people i.e. understood your language. The Black people have been here foe over 200 hundred years its time you learn to speak English. Yea Yahoo give me
grief for speaking the truth.

Answer 5

Yes. When I went to apply for a job, the manager gave us forms to fill out. It said to specify your race. and i put that i was hispanic because im puerto rican. I dont really look puerto rican, kind of arabic. But nyways she looked at it and she said "Oh! your Hispanic!" and i said yes and she was like "Hmm" and then she just saaid shed call me the next day and my friend applied the same day and he is white and got the job and i didnt even though i did better than him at folding clothes and inventory and stuff. It was at Abercrombie and Fitch. Theyve gotten sued a few times for that

Answer 6

That doesn't sound overly racist to me. And would you please learn to spell "this" - every time you write "dis" it makes your argument that little bit less convincing. To be honest, it sounds more like a case of a shopkeeper wanting to get the teens out of her shop - let's face it, you weren't buying, so why would she want you in there taking free samples and taking up space that could be filled with a paying customer? From someone who has worked in shops in the past - it's nothing unusual to find an excuse to get rid of gangs of teens from your shop - most of the time they don't spend and just get in the way and waste time.

Answer 7

Yes. When I was in HS I wanted to go to a school dance with a white boy and needless to say I am hispanic. He said, "Yes." I was soo happy and then the next day he said he couldnt go to the dance with me because it was made clear to him that he was not to date anybody out of his race. I didn't know what to say. I was so embarassed. I had never been told I was Mexican before. lol.. if that makes sense? Just made me feel bad. To this day, I still hate him for the racist statement he made that day.

Answer 8

OMFG, every time someone so much as does their job someone like you is screaming racism! If it was a black woman telling you the same thing all of a sudden it wouldnt be racist anymore.....people pull SO many things out of context to suit their own needs and to scream racism......that kinda **** causes more racists crap then anything

Answer 9

Honestly, I've never received racists comments even though I'm a mixed Black girl. Maybe there has been some racial things showed against me and I just haven't noticed.

Answer 10

Yes