I am a high school freshman. In 8th grade, a hispanic boy walked up to me as I was reading at my desk. He slammed his hand on my desk and yelled "YOU'RE A F***ING G R I N G O, WHITE GIRL! GO TO HELL!"
I looked up and replied, somewhat loudly, "Just because you're hispanic doesn't mean you can say that to me!"
He started screaming that I was a f***ing racist. The (white) teacher had been watching all of this, according to the other kids in class, not just my friends. She swooped down on me and started screaming about how racist I was. I asked why I was racist- he called me a g r i n g o, I said he was hispanic. She didn't reply, just took me to the principal's office. They, having been regaled with the tale of my horrible bias, gave me a stern lecture on why I shouldn't go around being racist, and threatened me with suspension if something similar happened again. Similar things happen frequently, that was just the worst example. Why is it that racist?
2007-03-21 11:39:25 · 3 answers · asked by Halcyon 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Also, why is it perfectly right and good for there to be Black Entertainment Tv (I forget the exact name), Black Student Unions, Asian Clubs, Chinese Clubs, Hispanic Clubs, Indian Clubs, but it's terrible and racist to have a particular brand of white-person club. The Scottish-Irish Culture Club in my school gets soooo much grief that you can't join unless you're white. They have been closed down and restarted because of petitions at least 4 times this year.
2007-03-21 11:42:39 · update #1
Ok, the boy who yelled at you and called you a g*ingo, is a racist p*ick. Your teacher should've said something and took up for you. You really got treated unfairly in that situation and I hope you never have to go through that again. You weren't being racist at all. I don't know how they got offended by you calling him hispanic, if anything you were the one entitled to be offended. I hope that you don't allow the actions of one a$$hole change your perception on an entire group of people. That's what's wrong with this world today.
As for your whole BET remark and the various club questions...I find it weird that your Scottish/Irish club was shut down, unless they specifically only wanted white people in it. You can't go around saying that you can't join because you aren't (fill in the blank). People of all ethnicities are free to join those clubs. It's a school open to all people, therefore all activities have to be open to all people. I know. I was in the Latin American club in college and I'm black. LOL The thing is, most folks want to be around their own people and while they may go out of their way to make others feel unwanted or unwelcome (I felt that way trying to join the Black Student Union in college) doesn't mean that you can't join. But why join something that doesn't make you feel welcome? I can't imagine any Asians wanting to join the Scottish/Irish club, but they should be welcome if they do. I can't see any Jewish people wanting to join the African American club, but they should be made welcome if they do. If you are excluding people soley on the basis of their skin, race, religion, so forth and so on, then that is racist and the school has every right to shut it down. White folks are free to watch BET, just as black folks are free to watch MTV. It doesn't mean anything.
2007-03-22 05:07:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly splendid now, i'd say the Terrorists and Immigration are the main up-tp-date events which could do with racial prejudice and discrimination. u even have the common place of work, gender discrimination
2016-12-15 05:47:50 · answer #2 · answered by fechter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because there isnt enought racism geared at white people for them to feel the need to form their own groups and so it becomes racist
2007-03-21 21:06:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋