Has Anyone Ever Been Racist/Sexist/Discriminatory To You?

[Kenny Kondom]

As a German-born living in the US

Can i ask first? are you pround of you'r German Heritage?
If it is a yes, then brilliant. Being English, i hold no grudge against German people, hell, they are probably the most respectful people. But as an English Person whom was BORN within Germany, i get a lot of the same shite as you. Both Parents were Britsh, but my dad had a job in germany, so mum n dad moved there. I was a sprog, and didnt really get a choice where i lived/got born into. However, ive had the mini hitler routine too.
First of all, HITLER WAS AUSTRIAN YOU DUMB FUCKS... and secondly, just no.
Dont worry too much about it mate. Americans in general are known for their stupidity.
(BTW, not all Yanks are stupid, im not saying this, but the vast majority give the others a bad reputation.)

 

[Tactician42]

Way back in 6th grade some kid was ragging on me about how "my people" had mistreated black people and how we were responsible for everything bad in the world. I then kindly informed him that my ancestors were vikings, and that they in fact enslaved anyone regardless of race or gender. He shut up.

 

[siege_1302]

I was in China and people point blank refused to get into conversation with me. Bear in mind this is a school where most of the students have been learning english for a while. They just wouldn't engage. Apparently, I was icky, and capitalist.
Oh, and on a train in China, two elderly women were sitting across from me making insulting comments about me which they assumed I couldn't understand. Yeah, ladies, because a foreigner on a train in the arse-end of nowhere in China isn't going to have the slightest idea how to speak the lingo at all. I just wound up there by magic.
I'll also bring up the way I would get stared at almost constantly, but noone would make eye contact. They'd stare really intently, then as I give them a quizzical 'Excuse me?' kind of look they'd swiftly turn their heads and pretend to be really interested in a tree or something. Then, roughly ten seconds later, they would be back at the inquisitive stare gig.

Also, whilst in Shanghai someone attempted to push me under a train. Could have been because I was the only caucasian on the entire metro system, could have been a lone psychopath. I don't know or care.

TL;DR from my experience westerners are...interesting...to the Chinese.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Sure being Jewish has had its up and downs. Some kid threatened to bake my family in an oven, others have written Jew over my backpack followed by a barcode under it. My name has been reduced to being called Jew. None of it bothers me that much though so it stops after a while.

Wow, no one gets that kind of thing here. In my part of Britain it's all homophobia and racism against Asians. I've never seen any real discrimination against Jews here. I have Jewish friends, and half of my family is Jewish. All jokes made have been in jest - nothing derogatory.

 

[siege_1302]

Oh, yes, and one more thing:
It was a revolutionary 'scuffle' compared to real wars at the time, so please, why does this get brought up alongside WWII as an example of American patriotic dick waving?

In all fairness, I've met people genuinely interested to hear a British perspective on events, but for the most part it's "LOL WE SAVED/WHOOPED UR ASSZ IN WWII/THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR [Delete whichever is inappropriate]".

 

[martin's a madman]

Well I'm a white straight property owner, I think it's physically impossible to discriminate against me. I do get bullshit about being intelligent enough to be an atheist though. also why the hell would you know anything about socialism? the third Reich was a fascist regime not a socialist one.

Well, the Third Reich were actually socialist that is how they were put into power as the National Socialist German worker's party. Also, there have been many incredibly intelligent people and even more so I imagine far more intelligent than yourself, who have been theologians. You seem to be a bit pretentious, if you weren't sarcastic then I am guessing you are far less intelligent than you want people to think. If you are a troll, please leave.

but...but...but I already claimed the bridge *points t bridge and what looks to be a living room under it* in all honesty I only said that because I'm fucking tired of being berated by morons (not you guys cause I brought this upon myself) because I don't believe in a god. Yes I am quite empirically intelligent, yes I am an atheist, do the two correlate? yah from what I've seen they correlate at least a little bit. does that matter? not really. anyway, I don't care if the third Reich called themselves the anarchist party that doesn't make it true. they were objectively a fascist regime not matter what label they gave themselves. which is why I find it odd that the prejudiced would think you knew about the topic, then it donned on me they're stupid. which would also explain the prejudice.

I suppose I could relate. I don't belong to any religious groups, so when I say that some people do get angry. But the atheists being inherently more intelligent because they are atheists I mean, come on if you are as intelligent as you say you should recognise the lack of logic in there. I mean claiming prejudice means someone is stupid while saying that atheists are more intelligent is hypocritical. Not trying to flame you or anything just trying to help you clear your words up to avoid misunderstandings.

Edit: Unless you were kidding, which I hope you were.

gah why do people keep fucking up causality >_< it's not a hard concept.

You are right, it is not a difficult concept, but becoming MORE intelligent does not cause someone to become LESS religious. Intelligence and Religious belief are unrelated. Also, you are VERY pretentious so... I am almost convinced you are the type to try desperately to make everyone on the planet believe you are more advanced than them or else you feel inadequate.

 

[martin's a madman]

Oh, yes, and one more thing:
It was a revolutionary 'scuffle' compared to real wars at the time, so please, why does this get brought up alongside WWII as an example of American patriotic dick waving?

In all fairness, I've met people genuinely interested to hear a British perspective on events, but for the most part it's "LOL WE SAVED/WHOOPED UR ASSZ IN WWII/THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR [Delete whichever is inappropriate]".

Ha Ha if I were French (and I'm not) Whenever an American would say "We saved your ass in WW2!" I would say "We Saved YOUR ass in the revolutionary war"

 

[Enigmers]

I'm a ginger, so people poke fun at the fact that I supposedly have no soul and spend my spare time eating babies.

 

[Serge A. Storms]

I haven't experienced traditional forms of discrimination, but someone did say that I looked like a pedophile because of my beard. I wasn't mad, because I knew he was jealous and his face would only support a chinstrap that wilted in comparison to my awesomeness.

 

[silentsentinel]

Well I'm a white straight property owner, I think it's physically impossible to discriminate against me. I do get bullshit about being intelligent enough to be an atheist though. also why the hell would you know anything about socialism? the third Reich was a fascist regime not a socialist one.

Sorry for being off topic, but could you please explain to me how your "intelligent" simply for being atheist?

I can't because you have your causality switched.

Ok, perhaps I'm understanding you wrong, but it seems to me you said you get discriminated against because you are intelligent enough to be atheist. As in you have required intelligence to be atheist, if that is not what you meant, please explain your self to me.

According to a study done while ago, one which I will not be able to hunt down, the most intelligent people in the world are Taoists.

Until I see that study I'm calling zombie bullshit. Until I see that study, as far as I'm concerned, you yourself are being discrimatory (Spelling?).

To use an incredibly cliched example, Einstein sure as fuck wasn't Taoist.

Calm down. I wasn't saying that Taoists are smarter than anyone else. Sheesh. I was simply quoting a study that I saw a long while ago, one which may be out of date. And besides, the study measured IQ rates, which don't really measure intelligence at all, so I should have been more clear.

And also, I'm curious. What do you mean by zombie bullshit? Is this an advanced form of bullshit of which I am not aware?

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Nope, I'm usually able to side step that sort of stuff. And when I can't it's laughably bad insult.

 

[Fbuh]

I get hear a huge raft of religious shit, but most of it's on the Internet, so no surprise there. I also hear a lot of the "Oh, you are American so therefore you are A)Dumb B)Racist C)Egotistical D) All of the above. America, while certainly lacking certain appeals, does occasionally put out a good person, and I mean that as modestly as I can. In all actuality, I'm just so gosh darn friendly that I make friends wherever I go!

 

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

Well I am white. But I'm from Canada, so I've heard my fair share of dumb stereotypes. I've also been called a nerd on many occassions, although that hardly bothers me anymore.

I'm also also a white male from Canada, and even though I've already travelled to the U.S.A. at three occasions, the only discrimination I've ever experienced is when I'm playing games online. Surprisingly less in MMORPGs and more in games like TF2 or Counter-Strike. I have never experienced discrimination in Eve Online, since most of the players are adults.

Yes people are always the dumbest online. Its liek what your gameing preference is determines how much of an asshole you have to be. People on MMOs and RPGs are usualy helpful and excepting to noobs(to a point), while people who always play shooters are always assholes(I cite pretty much every frequent Halo 3 player with a mic as my example.) RTS sits somewhere in the middle.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Well I'm a white straight property owner, I think it's physically impossible to discriminate against me. I do get bullshit about being intelligent enough to be an atheist though. also why the hell would you know anything about socialism? the third Reich was a fascist regime not a socialist one.

Sorry for being off topic, but could you please explain to me how your "intelligent" simply for being atheist?

I can't because you have your causality switched.

Ok, perhaps I'm understanding you wrong, but it seems to me you said you get discriminated against because you are intelligent enough to be atheist. As in you have required intelligence to be atheist, if that is not what you meant, please explain your self to me.

According to a study done while ago, one which I will not be able to hunt down, the most intelligent people in the world are Taoists.

Until I see that study I'm calling zombie bullshit. Until I see that study, as far as I'm concerned, you yourself are being discrimatory (Spelling?).

To use an incredibly cliched example, Einstein sure as fuck wasn't Taoist.

Calm down. I wasn't saying that Taoists are smarter than anyone else. Sheesh. I was simply quoting a study that I saw a long while ago, one which may be out of date. And besides, the study measured IQ rates, which don't really measure intelligence at all, so I should have been more clear.

And also, I'm curious. What do you mean by zombie bullshit? Is this an advanced form of bullshit of which I am not aware?

Zombie bullshit is from L4D, it's a quote from Zoey.

Eh, sorry for flipping out. Didn't mean to sound like such a prick.

 

[Misaek]

I have gotten sorta made fun of for being an atheist like people saying i am cynical and emo (don't really understand how that one works) though its no biggie I don't really thinks its at all bad considering the discrimination other groups go through.

 

[Crystal Cuckoo]

I'm French (and currently reside in Australia), so yeah, I get crap from lots of people.

But it's only from dicks and the uneducated, so I'm pretty cool with the whole "DURR DURR U SUCKED IN WWII."

My inner circle of friends call me 'Frenchy', and I'm fine with it (even a little proud). They're not poking fun at my heritage, rather marking me as special for it.

On a side note, I am apparently /very/ effeminate (and look young), which results in some very amusing situations, mainly involving 12 year old lads yelling that I look like a pussy and me towering over them. =D

 

[silentsentinel]

Well I'm a white straight property owner, I think it's physically impossible to discriminate against me. I do get bullshit about being intelligent enough to be an atheist though. also why the hell would you know anything about socialism? the third Reich was a fascist regime not a socialist one.

Sorry for being off topic, but could you please explain to me how your "intelligent" simply for being atheist?

I can't because you have your causality switched.

Ok, perhaps I'm understanding you wrong, but it seems to me you said you get discriminated against because you are intelligent enough to be atheist. As in you have required intelligence to be atheist, if that is not what you meant, please explain your self to me.

According to a study done while ago, one which I will not be able to hunt down, the most intelligent people in the world are Taoists.

Until I see that study I'm calling zombie bullshit. Until I see that study, as far as I'm concerned, you yourself are being discrimatory (Spelling?).

To use an incredibly cliched example, Einstein sure as fuck wasn't Taoist.

Calm down. I wasn't saying that Taoists are smarter than anyone else. Sheesh. I was simply quoting a study that I saw a long while ago, one which may be out of date. And besides, the study measured IQ rates, which don't really measure intelligence at all, so I should have been more clear.

And also, I'm curious. What do you mean by zombie bullshit? Is this an advanced form of bullshit of which I am not aware?

Zombie bullshit is from L4D, it's a quote from Zoey.

Eh, sorry for flipping out. Didn't mean to sound like such a prick.

It's cool.