Racism Question?

Question

I am writing a paper in psychology about racism and I would like to know about the differences every day people see in different races whether it be Blacks, Whites, Latin, Palestine, or Asian culture. If you have experienced racism from a different race of people other than your own kind or another race, can you share your opinions on any kind of racism whether you experienced it or someone else around you? Share your experiences - NO JOKES!

I don't want to leave anyone out of the mix, I need everyone's help. Native Americans can you share your experiences, Sorry.

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Answer 1

I am of native american and european decent. I was born on a reservation in western New York state and was raised in an entirely white community in Northeast Ohio. I would have to say I have been on the receiving end of prejudice from both white people and native people. I don't really look indian, unless you know what you're looking for (certain facial traits). I have had people actually say to me "you don't look indian". We don't all look like Pocahontas! My children are dark complected, with brown hair and brown eyes, yet I have green eyes and fair skin. I get all kinds of stupid questions like "have you ever scalped anyone?" "Do you live in a tipi?" People have called me a squaw, which is the equivalent of calling a black person a n******. It's just sad that in this day and age people are still so ignorant about other cultures.

Answer 2

I am WHITE and have been a victim of racism often, but I will only give you two illustrative examples.

1) I applied for a job with the government and was blatantly told that I could not get the job because I was not "from another culture." In other words, even though I possessed the same (or greater) foreign language capabilities and educational qualifications as the other candidates, I could not be hired because I was not Hispanic. It turned out that the person who was hired had fewer qualifications than I did, and in fact did not even have a college degree. But she fit the color requirement, so she got the job that rightfully should have been mine.

2) In a previous workplace, I had two black secretaries. They would constantly make comments to me such as "you're all right for a white girl" and "I like you even though you're white." They would also exclude me from certain conversations saying that I "wouldn't understand" because "it's a black thing." WTF!? If I had said to them that they were all right even though they were black or that certain topics were "white things," I would have been fired instantly and been denounced across the front page of the newspaper as a racist! I brought this to the attention of the supervisor, who was also black, and of course nothing was done. Well-meaning whites, I believe from my experience, have no protections against the racism that is inflicted upon them.

"Racism" is the incendiary catch word du jour in society these days. The problem is that when you hear about "racism," it is exclusively about whites against minorities. You never hear about the very prevalent reality that many minorities exhibit blatant racism against whites in their words and actions.

I have a news flash: It is hurtful to everyone, not just minorities.

Answer 3

Racism exists everywhere, and even in the simplest of things. I was rather amused the other day, because my white friend stepped aside at the check-out line the other day to let a lady go before him, and after we had left the store, I asked him, "Why did you let that lady go first?" and he said, "Because she's black!" My friend didn't mean this in any mean way, it is just like the way we are taught in school, that we are made to feel that we owe minorites things now. I just think it is wrong to notice race at all; we are all equal! We should all be treated with equality! Race shouldn't any longer be something to determine anything. I try not to notice a persons race, and just think of them as any other person, not as a blak person, or a white person.

Answer 4

I am a women of mixed colors, and I use to get teased in school by the whites and the blacks. Either my hair was too pretty for the black kids, or my skin was a shade darker for the white kids. Racism is everywhere. From a child to an adult. It will always exists.

Answer 5

Here's a good one for you. I'm white and I teach at an inner city school in Brooklyn. Most of my students are Black and a few are Hispanics. One time I was talking to my students about the civil rights movement. One of them asked, "Why do White people hate Black people?" (These were third graders, BTW). I replied, "I don't actually think that's true. I'm white, and I don't hate Black people." The kids all gasped. They said, "You're not white!" I thought for a moment that they thought I was hispanic. I said, "Yes I am." They said, "No, no, you're just light-skinned." I realized that, to them, calling someone "white" was a big insult.

In another incident, one of my coworkers who taught 1st grade had a similar experience. She mentioned being white, and one of her little students said, "You're not white!" This woman was very pale-skinned and had blonde hair. When she insisted that she was indeed white, the kid said, "But you talk like we do, you listen to the same kind of music, you like the same stuff..."

Lastly, I had a Dominican student write a very interesting journal entry. She wrote that when she visits the Dominican Republic, her cousins there tease her for being white. She wrote about how much that upsets her. She tells them, "I'm not white, I'm black. I look white on the outside but I'm really black on the inside."

That's a perspective I had never heard before. Thought you might find it interesting.

Answer 6

The definition of racism is anything that gives special privileges or denies anyone because of their race. As long as racist organizations exist racism exists. Organizations like United ***** College Fund and government programs that give special treatment based solely on race perpetuate and promote racism. If we're all treated equally racism will become a thing of the past, as it should.

Answer 7

I have noticed Blacks tend to be the best dressed, Asians the most polite, Latinos seem to have the closest families and Whites tend to have the highest concentration of bald, goatee'd, ball cap wearing men driving impossibly huge pickup trucks.

Answer 8

When I was in College, the Indian Students would always hang together and make fun of the rest of us Caucasian Students for being "Below" them in Intelligence. They always had this Superiority thing going.... at least that's how it seemed at the time.

Answer 9

You forgot Native Americans (American Indians)

Answer 10

ive been told i rap good for a white girl does that count it was possitive now i think about it maybe it wasnt hmmm i dont no