has anyone been affected by racial prejudice? i need real stories for an assignment please help?

Question

i would just like to thank everyone who answered my question you were all very helpful. thanks :)

Answer 1

A couple of days ago, I went into a Sony store just outside New York City. Everyone in there was black, except for me. The saleperson ignored me, even when I talked directly at him and served only the black customers. Since I was there to look at a Sony R1 camera, that's basically a $1000 sale that walked out the door due to racism.

Answer 2

Prejudice Stories

Answer 3

Yes, but not in the way you might think. I used to drink coffee with my mother when I was very young, 4 or 5 years old. It was mostly milk and in the fifties. One day we were at the grocery market and I was helping her find the can of coffee we used when the owner came up and said, "You know if you drink too much coffee it will turn your skin black." To me that sounded like a bad thing, I quit drinking coffee. Actually didn't start again until my twenties, didn't like the taste. Then there was the time my mother told me that Black people were black because they didn't bathe. Until I was a teenager I would hold my breath when I walked past a Black person, I assumed they would smell bad. No matter which way racial prejudice is passed down, it is wrong and should not be tolerated. By the way I look a lot like my avatar, at least I did thirty years ago.

Answer 4

Yes, I have experienced lots of racial prejudice; however, the biggest incidence of prejudice that I personally experience in this world is as a Christian. You can look at the Religion section of this site and see just how vehement and angry people are towards Christians and the ugly things they have to say, like, we're brainless, we're stupid, we need a crutch, we believe in fairy tales, we're trying to rule the world, Christianity should be made illegal, we should taken out and shot, etc., etc. So much for tolerance and religious freedom for all.

I have received more hate for being a Christian than I have for being Hispanic, a woman, not being African American (long story), for being Jewish (a common assumption), or for being a Republican, all put together.

I have been fired from two jobs specifically for being a Christian, one from a Jewish Ministry and one from a very large world wide insurance agency whose bosses were offended by the tiny little cross around my neck, which was often hidden by my button up blouses. I didn't have a Bible on my desk and I didn't go around trying to convert everyone. I did my job in excellence, as I believe to witness on the clock and on the job is robbing my employer of my time. But my bosses called me in nonetheless and explained to me that my cross was "infringing on everyone else's religious freedoms" and I was terminated and escorted out of the building like I was a terrorist.

I have been passed over for promotion because my 'religious views might interfere with the job.' Really? How does being a Christian interefere with assisting an Exexutive when it does not interfere with assisting a manager?

No, I've never sued because how does one prove a conversation that takes place in a private office between two people when no one else is present to confirm it?

Prejucide is an ugly thing, but there are more ways that people are discriminated against besides their race.

Rebecca

Answer 5

Yes. I shared this on answers before, but here goes...

I am a white female, and lived in the "hood" from 1989-1992. The Rodney King beating (which happened on my b-day) and subsequent police trials took place then.
I was buckling my baby in his car seat when a black man rode by on a bike and said, "remember Rodney King, or I'll blast ya bi*ch!" I didn't know this guy, nor had he stopped to ask me my thoughts on the subject! If he had, I would have told him that I thought the police had NO REASON to use the extreme force they had on Rodney, and I was really upset by it. We could have become friends, but he chose to burn that bridge before he ever even looked at it!
You see, he assumed that just because I was white, I was on the white guy's side. Isn't assumption the whole foundation for prejudice?
I really hope that one day people of all colors can become color-blind, and decide that we are all brothers & sisters!!


Much Love!!

BTW - Did you know that the Theory of Evolution was used as an excuse for racism and slavery? White people said that black people were not as evolved as they were, therefore were closer to animals than whites.

Answer 6

I am a middle-aged white male from the United States who has lived in Japan for 20 years. Some Japanese people seem to be prejudiced against non-Japanese or non-Asian people. For example: I have been asked to leave a bookstore because I was white. The sign on the door said "Japanese only!" but I missed it on my way in. I have also been refused service at onsen (hot spring resorts) and sento (public bath houses) for the same reason. To be fair, there are also lots of bookstores, onsen and public baths that I can and have used. Other stories include having people get up and move when I sit next to them on a bus or subway.
On a completely different note, when I was a teenager I had black friends at school and used to get beaten up by other students who called me "****** lover" and other names. I have had a cross burned on my lawn and been attacked by police dogs during civil rights marches back in the 60s and 70s.
Unfortunately racial prejudice seems to exist everywhere even as we begin the 21st century. People have probably always preferred to be with other people who are like them, but there have also always been people who actively hated or despised people who were different from them: they looked different, worshipped a different god, had different customs ...
Religious people need to be especially aware of this kind of prejudice. A great deal of persecution has been commited in the name of god by Christians, Moslems, Hindus and others. I hope that we can all remember that everyone is created equal and deserves to be treated with respect.

Answer 7

One of the greatest lessons that I have learned is that people are people and race has little to do with anything. There are ignorant people in every race and just because of an isolated incident I refuse to judge an entire race for anothers stupidity!
If I walked into an all "black" operated store and I was ignored, and I happen to be black, (which has happened to me) what would be my reasoning for their rude behavior? I couldn't pull out the race card, I would actually have assumed it was something I may have said or maybe they just were too busy?
Living in this wonderful country, as a black woman, I would be lying if I said I have never felt discrimination, I just personally ignore fools!

Answer 8

I have.. The most recent thing that happened to me was just a few months ago. I am of white skin but I have black in my family line and was raised by my mother from Guyana. You can hear it when I am mad or talking with my mom and her family. Anyway, I was out with an old friend that I haven't seen in 100 yrs.( he doesn't know my mother) and in a joke I said " My baby daddy" and he said "How black can you be?" I am not a woman that holds her tongue and I've always spoke my mind but this shocked me and was so unexpected that I just sat there with my mind screaming and I was not able to say anything. Other things have happened to me to about this but your paper will be full with everyone else.. Good Luck

Answer 9

im guessing that being racially discimated does not include if your white and you have to deal with affirmative action and you cant get a job becuase the employer has a quota or the school wont give you aid because your application has the word caucation on it. not to meantion any club that cators to whites only is a racially discrimating place but its ok for a group to have thing like the black caucus in washington ( youll never hear of a white cuacus) im white but i guesse im not included in this conversation.... if you have been offended by my coments. i would say sorry but i would be lying. i didnt own a slave nor would i treat anyone badly becuase of skin color, so i owe noone anything for being truthfull and factual.

Answer 10

In 1989 I was The only white girl in my 5Th grade class and it was the first day of school. I raised my and asked to go to the restroom. She told me know and if I wanted to go the the restroom I needed to get a note from my doctor. My neighbor also had raised his hand and he was allowed to go. She also told the class to stop voting for me when student council time came up. They voted for me any way and I took the position later to drop it because she went out of her way to be very hateful towards me. I often talked to my mother about and she told me to lye low and don't rock the boat because I was the only white person in my class. I don't understand why people treat people of a different color so bad. Especially children. It really has not effected me much. I do avoid situations where I am the only anything in a group.