have any of you guys ever had someone be racist to you. Especially at stores? I had it happen to me once becuase I am mexican. i wanted to buy this really expensive teddy bear that was on a top shelf so i asked the lady if she would get it down and she told me that it was too expensive and i would probably not be able to afford it. She got it down atleast but it upset me.
2006-08-05 14:20:34 · 12 answers · asked by robot_17 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
i have had it happen to me and i am considered Caucasian because I'm so mixed with different nationalities ignorance comes in all colors forgive them for they do not know
2006-08-05 14:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by mommamarjo66 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it happened to me and I'm Mexican too. I was at Bartel Drugs when I was going to buy some milk, while being at the store I remember I needed some new back-packs for school so I stopped by the school utilities section and I saw this employee behind me "cleaning."
I thought it was bothering so I left and went to get the milk and the employee was behind me, like 3 feet away from me, but always giving me a eye. So to prove he was racist or discriminating me I went back to the school section and he followed me and asked me if I was planning to take something.
I said, "no, why" and he answered, "because you are taking too much time inside the store" and actually I had only taken about 5 minutes. So I went front desk and called manager and I sent them to court and got them law suit.
:)
2006-08-05 21:24:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm Irish (from Ireland!) and I spent a summer working in a bar in Myrtle Beach, SC back in 2000. I remember two customers, a middle-aged married couple, heard my accent and asked me where I was from. When I told them they wanted nothing to do with me! They wouldn't talk to me after that. I guess they were anti-catholic klans-people or something.
That's the one and only time I've experienced racism. It was really strange.
What's up with these KKK people? Don't they like anyone?!!!
2006-08-05 22:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by gaztronica 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I experienced racism in school. Some kids would say things in Spanish to me then laugh at me because I didn't know what it meant. Or they'd say (not about language, just anything in general) "Oh, you wouldn't understand, it's not a white thing." Or they'd call me boring just because I'm white.
2006-08-05 21:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a lady came in and asked me if I spoke Spanish. I told her no. So, instead of continuing in English, she starts rambling in Spanish. I stopped her, and in the choppiest Spanish I could, I told I did not speak Spanish. She glared at me, and said in PLAIN English. "I know, I heard you the first time." I don't understand why she did that?
2006-08-05 21:31:42 · answer #5 · answered by Gothic Martha™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have. My mom is half Arab and after the OKC bombing things got nasty. I was caled anti-American, a terrorist lover, sand n*gger, etc whenever I tried to defend my Arab brothers and sisters.
It still happens today.
2006-08-05 21:27:07 · answer #6 · answered by Songbird 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh, yeah. im asian and they (people @ my school) think im r different physically AND mentally. well, physically i DO look different. no 1 can disagree with that. but mentally we all like the same things and have the same desires/goals. and yet, they treat u like u were MEANT 2 stand out.
2006-08-05 22:21:17 · answer #7 · answered by gelly700 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah all the time, especially at my job cuz they think im mexican when im really puerto rican.
2006-08-05 21:24:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, man i don't have enough fingers to count them! (SALuDoS I'm MEXICAn Too)
2006-08-05 21:28:54 · answer #9 · answered by EaSt OaKlanD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it happens to me to, i am a WHITE AMERICAN.
2006-08-05 21:27:51 · answer #10 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋