Have you ever experienced racism?

Question

Care to share your story?

I experienced a lot of racism after 9/11 and so did my dad (from work.) A lot of people gave me dirty looks and said rude comments to me. One time a woman was like, it's ashame Muslim girls have to wear masks or something along those lines. But I am a strong girl, I show them that there is more to me than just my religious beliefs.

Answer 1

Sure.

As a white guy, living in South Florida 95-96, I eventually had to learn some Spanish from a friend to find out the names I was being called (it's the sort of Spanish you will NOT get taught in a classroom).

It was a very illuminating process.

Answer 2

Yeah I have, I grew up out in the country, primarily white community and the city down the road was primarily black. Almost every other time I went into the city to pick something up or get gas or whatever the reason was I was harassed. One time me and my little brother wanted to go to the bowling alley (in the city), when we went to leave at the end of the night we got jumped by 5 blacks, just cause we're white. Fortunately for us we had some lumber in the back of the truck and beat the crap out of 3 of them with it, the other 2 ran after a hit or 2. Don't get me wrong we took a beaten, but you should've seen them.

Answer 3

Yes I have. I am a Palestinian Muslim woman who experienced racism after 9/11. I actually don't look Arab in the least, but when I was with my family members who look more "Middle Eastern" than me, people would stare and/or make comments.

I can tell you one thing though, I NEVER shut up for them. If they had one thing to say to me, I had 10 more things to say back to them!!! We have to be strong.

Answer 4

All of my life. Because it is a life story it would be far too long, but I must say it is definitely a shame that any person can look at another person's skin color or nationality, and without ever speaking to them form a negative opinion about them. The old saying ( "don't judge a book by it's cover) is quite appropriate because there just may be a wonderful story inside.

Answer 5

I have experienced DISCRIMINATION from many different cultures. Here's a list of those groups:

Wealthy White Women
Arabs (in general)
Muslims
Jews
Blacks

There is no particular order to the list.

I live in Metro Detroit, and we are lucky to have a very diverse community. There are always going to be instances where someone is on the outside - I just behave like I have a right to the place I am at, and that I accept you as you are.

Answer 6

yes, as a white, when I came to live in England from South Africa as a child, the black children here called me "n****r-basher". My family were so un-racist, that I had never even heard the word before and didn't even know what it meant. Also, we came from a non-segregated area of South Africa, we didn't have TV in SA in those days, our school was mixed, our church was mixed and we had mixed-race families in the town, so I didn't even know what apartheid was. Sadly, when I got to know the locals in England, of all colours, I discovered what true racism was. The local whites were far more abusive to the local coloureds than I had ever seen in SA. Turns out SA may have had apartheid, but racism was more rampant in Europe and the USA.

Answer 7

Yes. When I was a little girl I rode a bus to school. There were mostly black people on the bus. Well they were always mean to me and my sisters. One time the bus driver had assigned seats to everybody at the beginning of the year. We were the last to get picked up before heading to school. So anyhow all 6 of us got on the bus and started looking for our seats. The bus driver had marked them with duct tape with our names on it. The one with me and my brothers name had been mover to the back of the bus over the trash can. I heard somebody say. The perfect place for you. : (

Answer 8

Yes, as an Asian I have experienced it many times. But you learn how to deal with negative people by just ignoring them and focusing on who your real friends are. Once in a while they may step beyond annoyance and simple ignorance. That's when it's time to defend yourself by any means necessary. I've gotten in a few fights over stupid racism. It's stupid. Really stupid. But you gotta do what you gotta do.

Answer 9

I was an obese child and this girl in my class called me elephant. The funny thing was she was fatter than me. But then I guess this is not a racism story.

Answer 10

Yes. Some Dorkus McPoopants decided to PM me from Y! A, and accused me of trying to brag on the fact that I have two bi-racial kids...called me a "Polly Purebread"(which I am not. I appear caucasian, but you don't get an @$$ as fabulous as mine by being alllll white), and my man an "Uncle Tom" and my kids "mutts"...
*angry face*

There are other instances, but that one ticked me off the most, I think.