Do any of you get discriminated against? What is (or was) your situation, & how did (or do) you overcome it?

Question

Hi...I'd like to learn about how you feel you were, or still are, being discriminated against. & I'd like to know how you dealt with or still deal with it.

It can be anything from racial/sexist/ or sexuality, to simply never being listened to or respected for what ever reason, like your height or the way you look or talk. I'm interested in it all.

10 points to the best and most opened answer, and much respect in advance to all other insightful answers that I'm trying to learn from.

Yu

Answer 1

Ive been discriminated hundreds of times,but that's something I don't share with everyone,but since you asked so nicely,and was sincere about it here it goes.I was born in New York City,and I come from a second generation Puerto Rican family.But when I lived in New York City I did not see too much racism,because I was born in the eighties,my parents were born in the early 60's and they have endured most of the racism me and my siblings never discovered,
until me and my family moved upstate in a town where it is predominantly white at the age of fourteen in early 1999.We were called all kinds of names,many white people looked at us strangely,and they started picking on us for no reason.They would call us spics,and sometimes ***---s,and wet blacks.If these people were smart/sophisticated,they would tell the difference between blacks,and Puerto Ricans.In the past Mexican people were the ones that were called wet backs because these people when Mexicans would work hard in the hot sun,their
backs would sweat through they're shirts,and honky a-- white people would call them names like wet back or beaner,and I recent those names because I am not Mexican,I am Puerto Rican.Puerto Ricans and Mexicans are two different people.
But me and my brother were not nerdy boys or weaklings,so we could not figure out any other reason why they would pick on us,so it turned out that it was racism.Me and my brother did not stand for racism,and me and my brother were extreamly bombarded when it came to defending our selves.Me and my brother were not weak,we were small and very very tough and strong,and we weren't afraid of anyone.We tried to do things the nice way but no one would listen,so we had to switch to violence
in order to get our respect,and sure enough we did,but the only thing me and my brother found impossible to change was racism.We realized that a person who is racist has to decide
if they want to change or not and except others as equals.I don't hate white people at all,there are white people that are wonderful,and there are white people that are terrible.Me and my
brother also got picked on by blacks,but it was not racial,it was gang related.That isn't to say that all blacks are in gangs,but there are many blacks that are in gangs.I like all people,I despise racism,it's detestable to me.I wish it never exist.But I never let racism beat me,that's the other persons ignorance,and something they had to deal with,when people like that think they are better because they were born with blond hair,blue eyes,
light skin,and live in nicer neighborhoods,and come from rich and welthy families,and go to better schools.What I did not like was being bullied around,and I did not like other people bullying me and my brothers around.One time me and my friends were waiting on line to get a hamburger,and the white woman told me and my friends that the restaurant closed already and that we had to leave,but 30 seconds later that same white woman served a white customer with a big smile on her face.The place was opened for 24 hours 7 days a week.We came on time and everything.We did not skip on line and waited patiently like everyone else.And one time I wore a Du-rag like many African Americans do these days,and my friends neighbors friend told me,what are you a n----r or something?Your a ****,you should be wearing a sombrero not a Du-rag.Puerto Ricans don't even wear sombrero's,we wear something similar to that called straw hats,and straw hats are much shorter.I hope this answered your questions,and they were interesting questions.I was waiting for someone to one day,ask me about a topic related to race.Adios.(Fare well my friend in Spanish)

Answer 2

I have been discriminated against for being American (because I live in Canada, and sometimes certain people are very ignorant)
I have also had comments about me being a Christian, and a couple times I got remarks from this group of East Indian people at my school who made fun of how white I am (I look like a ghost lol), which can all be hurtful, but generally I just ignore it. I haven't always been wonderful myself... I remember thinking just the other day when I was pushed by an Asian person on the LRT about how "pushy and rude Asians are"---- talk about a generalization! That was wrong of me, so I know people are going to make mistakes as well. We all slip up sometimes.

Answer 3

As a matter of fact, during the Census 2000 campaign, I was invited to participate in our town's rally. Maxine Waters came, and officiated there. I felt a little out of place at first because I was the only white person on the premesis, but I shrugged that off at first. During the opening ceremony, they sang the National Anthem. But to my surprise, it turned out to be the 'BLACK' National Anthem. I stood there, mouth agape, listening to a beautiful song, that I had never heard before. I wondered why they were singing this song at a rally supposedly about a census of the AMERICAN people. Especially strange was the fact that an American government official, Maxine Waters, was leading this oddity. Was I no longer in the United States? What weird dimensional warp had I entered? But I could have forgiven all of the above. At the end, Ms Waters came down to meet the 'people'. After debating internally for a moment, I decided to go in and shake her hand. Maybe ask a question or two. But somehow, I couldn't get past her security. And she refused to make eye contact with me, even though she looked past me several times.

I NEVER want to hear a black person cry 'discrimination' against ME again. Anyone with the temerity to do so will hear this story for the rest of my life.

Answer 4

Yes it does still happen, not that frequent though. Sometimes if I am just in a bad mood I will make a scene in a store when a cashier is rude and you know its because of you race... but usually I just role my eyes or laugh about it and not let those idiots get the best of me.

Answer 5

well its life some ppl think that one type of ppl are bad because from two reason one, they would have had a hard life and was bulled alot with those type and they were raisined that way (curtlure)

Answer 6

I suffer from age descrimination; people thinking I'm younger than I really am. No one takes me seriously.