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At school (college) the other day i found racial slurs written on the chair that i usually sit in. My initial reaction of course was to beat someone's face in. But then again that is a lose/lose situation for me because if i make use of violence that fuels the stereotypes even more so. So what do i do with the anger then?

2007-07-08 17:21:43 · 9 answers · asked by aficionado 2 in Society & Culture Other - Society & Culture

No one has really addressed how to deal with the anger. Saying "just don't let it bother you" don't quite cut it

2007-07-09 10:09:28 · update #1

9 answers

"If someone offers you a gift and you decline to accept it , the person still owns the gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks". -- Nelson Mandela

2007-07-08 17:28:01 · answer #1 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 3 0

Great job on self control the other day. We all know that you are angered and naturally so, but you handled it perfectly!

If you react to a slur or slang experession meant to demean your heritage, it only demonstrates that you have a lower level of class....just like they are trying to prove!

But, when you look down your nose at people who behave prejudiced, biased or racially ignorant, you are showing them how ridiculous they are AND how little it affects you. They want you to be upset and make trouble, but you are too smart for that. You have already proven that you are smarter by not REACTING to the slur graffiti.

Keep up the good work, God is very proud of you and so am I. Will pray for your peace and God's quick vengeance.

Romans 12:17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"says the Lord.

2007-07-08 17:31:44 · answer #2 · answered by joe_on_drums 6 · 1 0

Write on the back of the chair,Thank you.
British troops in Africa under Field Marshal Montgomery were called dessert rats by the Germans,the British troops then adopted this as their nickname,similarly the Germans once referred to the British army as "that contemptible little army"and until this day they are known as "the Old Contemptibles"Try to turn the slur into a badge of honour,difficult,I know but,do you relay want to play into their hands and fight for the rest of your life?

2007-07-08 17:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

That would be my intial reaction to... but if u just be the better person i think things will go ur way.... cuz i beleive in karma lol...... but if it keeps happening i would just let it go cuz if u let it get to u...... then thats when u snap and everything goes wrong...... if it gets to serious i would notify sum1.... as gay and chickenish as it sounds, but would u rather be an asshole back or be the better person, violence is never the answer, or if it is it should be a last resort..... if it keeps happening i would ask the asshole why he or she is doing this ? if u know who it is........ if not they are a coward and they are gonna get whats comin to them... Karma :)

oh by the way i am asian so i know how it feels lol

2007-07-08 17:28:19 · answer #4 · answered by Sambo H 1 · 0 0

Ignore the idiots that wrote that. I don't know you but the fact that you stopped to think about it, before jumping into anything, tells me that you're a much better person than them. Let their hate consume them, people like that can never truly know happiness.

2007-07-08 17:34:43 · answer #5 · answered by Warren 3 · 0 0

Why get angry? There are billions of people on this planet. Each and every one of them are a product of their environment. Why not empathize with them through compassion, education and understanding? Why get upset at something that didn't hurt you or cost you anything?

2007-07-08 17:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by r~@~w 4 · 0 0

Well, just sit and enjoy the fact that you are better than whomever wrote it. They're a bigot, you're not, you win!

2007-07-08 17:24:53 · answer #7 · answered by Miakoda 5 · 0 0

dude if ur white write on the board WHITE POWER before the class starts and no ones in there if ur Hispanic write HISPANIC POWER and if ur black write BLACK POWER there...problem solved!

2007-07-08 17:25:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I always go with my gut reponse.

2007-07-08 17:30:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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