Have you ever experienced prejudice over your skin color?

Question

I'm referring to those of the African American or mixed culture.

Answer 1

Sure. Unfortunately prejudice is a fact of life. Whether you're gay, disabled, overweight, immigrant, whatever. It's a near certainty that someone will have a negative reaction to you and treat you poorly because of it. You can't make your life about their issues...you call people on it when you can. Otherwise you just get on with what you're doing and nevermind the rest.

Answer 2

i'm Egyptian and i have been in America for 3 years, i traveled half way around the world and the only country that still has problems with people's skin color is America, its a shame that its considered the best country in the world when some of the people that live in it are this stupid to have an issue with someone's skin color. in the end we are all human!

Answer 3

Of course.
Any black person in this world at some point in time, if they haven't already, will experience some form of prejudice and racism.
Black people even have a developed and learned propensity to practice prejudice and racism toward one another.
But the TRULY SAD PART about prejudice is that
most likely,
EVERYONE at some time or another will experience prejudice in some form.
The one thing that WE ALL DO that perpetuates prejudice is the DENIAL of that prejudice.
We must first BE HONEST and ADMIT that
DEEP INSIDE ALL OF US IS RACISM, PREJUDICE
AND BELIEF OF STEREOTYPES.
I'm trying to rid myself of it.
Won't you join me?

Answer 4

Yes, I have by many people. It it a sad thing that we are in 2007 and prejudice people still exist. I am African American.

Answer 5

I am from a German Community (mostly white) and I went to a company picnic where there were many people not of my culture. I felt odd. I tried so hard to fit in, but I found no way of bridging the gap between myself and all the other people at the picnic.

Answer 6

yes!
several times!
i am from brazil, and im toffe color. My hubby is a iowa boy, (caucasian).
But when we go out like once i got stop by the cops on the streets of Boston, bcause he said dat the ''coach store said i robed something. it was cold and all and the cop had me strip down my jacket and sweater. he found ziltch on me!


I also live in georgia for a while, now on one 4 of july day. i was walking with my hubby on the parade and felt tired after a while, then we walked to the bench were one ''black ol' lady had sat as well... SHE TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT ME, U KNOW IM BLACK,
THEN SHE TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT MY WHITE HUSBAND AND GOT UP AND LEFT. I FELT AS IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASE!

RASCISM IS A MUTUAL THING, ITS LIKE A KNIFE'' U CAN CUT EITHER WAY.
GET OVER!!

Answer 7

Yeah. Working construction in East St. Louis. All the laborers were black. They kept telling me how all their problems were because they were black. How white people got it too easy. Its like a crutch they lean on. Never trying to better themselves. It easier to say I could have been this or that if I wasn't black. No such thing as African American. One or the other.

Answer 8

You're acting as if only mixed cultures experience racism. That's completely untrue. I live in a town where there are people who are white, black, hispanic, indian, oriental, etc. And there are a lot of racist people. I've been called names before, and I'm white. You might want to try thinking some time.

Answer 9

I got a call from an agency.On the phone they were excited to meet me.But when I got there.An they saw I was white.They all sorts of excuses why there was no job.Everyone there was black.What other reason was possible?

Answer 10

Yes I have and I am sick of it. I am sick of living in a racist world, where white people seem to GET everything and BENEFIT from everything, I can only hope that this time ends soon. This society was built on evil (slavery, rape, murder) and it is only a matter of time before it will be pulled down by evil.