Prejudice

[Cheesus333]

I've been called a Nazi before, due to blond hair, blue eyes, and short hair. Last guy who said it received a roundhouse kick to the crotch.

Why was he facing away from you? Did he really dislike you so much that he didn't even want to look at you? :S

I don't get a lot of prejudice, but this dickhead I have the misfortune of knowing seems to think I'm a woman beater because I retaliate to violence form anyone who gives it. I don't give a shit how you dress it up: an attack is an attack, and an assailant is an assailant. I'd be a shiit black belt if I laid down and took a beating just cause the one administering it didn't have a dick.

/rant. Sorry, it just really pisses me off that society expects me to take shit and give nothing back based on long dead codes of chivalry. If we're doing the 'hur hur don't hit a girl cause then you're gay' thing, then feminism has really failed us.

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

Plenty of people take the piss out of me for having a relativly posh accent, i hate people in the north of england, very intolerant of almost everyone else

 

[lightningmagurn]

A LOT of kids in my school hate gays for no reason other than gits and shiggles. I get bashed cuz people think I'm gay. It's mostly just jocks and shit but it gets really annoying and the worst is I'm not gay or bi I'm just not a bigot.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Apparently I'm gay because I don't like football. I live in Texas, and American Football is a huge deal here.

I'm in Texas and American Football sucks.

Real football is where its at. That and rugby.

OT:

A couple of conservatives at my high school called me gay because I participated in a pro-LGBT event (Day of Silence), and a few people dislike me because I am a Socialist agnostic, but that is a very small number of people.

sorry for being off-topic but many people participated in this event at my high school and well its very counter productive, the people who participate get called fag and cant get in a word or explain how there is nothing wrong with being gay, people just see it as a bunch of weird kids putting tape over their mouth, if anything you need to be more vocal not quieter, well thats just how i saw it, and yah rugby is the shit

I had a notepad on which I would right out my thought out responses to them. It actually improved my ability to make my point because, instead of being allowed to respond with anger to ignorance and not making an effective argument, I actually had enough time to calmly write a response.

 

[Sebenko]

Surprisingly, not really. Then again, the typical response at school when I came out was "Wait, what?"

It probably helps that I'm usually the first to start shouting when someone talks about parades or starts being limp wristed. I am... not a fan of parades. Or anything in public, really.

 

[ultimateownage]

I'm mildly obese, so people automatically assume I never get off my lazy arse and that I sit at home being drip fed with lard or something. It's just because I have a slow metabolism, I do a fair amount of exorcise and eat pretty healthily.

I've been called a Nazi before, due to blond hair, blue eyes, and short hair. Last guy who said it received a roundhouse kick to the crotch.

Wow, they're really stupid, seeing has the idea of the Aryan race had been around for hundreds and hundreds of years before the Nazi's. I've been called Hitler's best friend before 'cause of that.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

I think that's more hazardous stupidity than prejudice. But yes, because my girlfriend is Scottish I occasionally get mocked by them for my pronunciation.

I want you to think about that for a second: Scottish people, mocking an English person, for their pronunciation of English words. It's as stupid as it sounds.
EDIT:

Well, other than the occasional "English bastard", "Go home", and violence which used to be directed towards me, no. It's not always pleasant sounding English in Scotland.

It appears I've been partially ninja'd.

Yea disregard the years of anti-Scottish prejudice to the extent of trying to drive out the native language and it does seem a bit stupid.

Yes there is prejudice in Scotland towards the English but I would argue you get off relatively lightly compared to a Scot south of the border, at least we honour your currency.

Yes but that's the thing: I'm an 18 year old guy who's been born into the 21st century...I haven't done anything to any group of people. And the people I'm talking about here are around the age of 16. Politics comes nowhere into it.

And I'm a 20 year old guy, I haven't done anything to any group of people. But I get abuse south of the border because of my accent. Two sides, same coin.

I'm not 100% that you're getting my point there. You spoke about 'the years of anti-Scottish prejudice' but I myself and the people concerned with this aren't in the right kind of time for it to be a politically based thing.

 

[Verlander]

English, therefore subject to hundred of unfunny stereotypes mostly originating from America. French and Aussies aren't big fans of us either.

Here's the weirdest thing about it though, a lot of English people prejudise (sp?) against themselves. In the area of London I'm from, nearly everybody doesn't admit they're English. They are "irish" or "turkish" despit their great grandparents being the last people in their family to even see these so called coutries of origin. My mum is Italian and my Dad and I are offically Australian, but I've live in the UK most of my life, and I refer to myself as English

 

[Verlander]

I think that's more hazardous stupidity than prejudice. But yes, because my girlfriend is Scottish I occasionally get mocked by them for my pronunciation.

I want you to think about that for a second: Scottish people, mocking an English person, for their pronunciation of English words. It's as stupid as it sounds.
EDIT:

Well, other than the occasional "English bastard", "Go home", and violence which used to be directed towards me, no. It's not always pleasant sounding English in Scotland.

It appears I've been partially ninja'd.

Yea disregard the years of anti-Scottish prejudice to the extent of trying to drive out the native language and it does seem a bit stupid.

Yes there is prejudice in Scotland towards the English but I would argue you get off relatively lightly compared to a Scot south of the border, at least we honour your currency.

Yes but that's the thing: I'm an 18 year old guy who's been born into the 21st century...I haven't done anything to any group of people. And the people I'm talking about here are around the age of 16. Politics comes nowhere into it.

And I'm a 20 year old guy, I haven't done anything to any group of people. But I get abuse south of the border because of my accent. Two sides, same coin.

I'm not 100% that you're getting my point there. You spoke about 'the years of anti-Scottish prejudice' but I myself and the people concerned with this aren't in the right kind of time for it to be a politically based thing.

I lived in Carlisle for 4 years, arguably the most anti Scottish city in England, and Glasgow for 2, and I have to say the Scots are far more anti-English than vice versa. It's understandable considering the history, but in nearly every part of the country your accent wont change the way people treat you. In fact, from Manchester south, it works in your favour.

As for "honouring the currency", that's a stupid thing to say. An extremely high majority vote SNP and are British seperatist. People are welcome to practice their own language as well. Look how well it schemes have launched in Wales and Cornwall. If you feel strongly about that, you should work with it and encourage it. I for one would back you, because history and heritage is very important

 

[shadow741]

I've seen hypocritical racism. My friend is racist against Mexicans, although he calls EVERYONE racist for doing ANYTHING.

 

[GrinningManiac]

I get that, too, in Canada, except I was born here and I'm SWISS. Pisses me off to no end. Other questions are usually limited to, "Do you like cheeeeese!?" or "DOZ UR GRAMPA MAKE CLOKZ?" I don't see how it's different from asking a black person if all they eat is fried chicken or if THEIR grandfather was a slave. It's equally offensive.

Also, I'm 19 years old. That means that shopkeepers get a carte blanche to treat me like I'm either shoplifting, rude, not interested anyways, or going to cause a ruckus. Not all shopkeepers, but it does annoy me.

If it interests you, my prejudice against the Swiss is a different kind...

I think you've all been too neautral for TOO LONG. You're trying to avert attention, because you're PLANNING SOMETHING

ADMIT IT, SWITZERLAND IS BUILDING THE BOMB!!!!

*Cough*

OT: White, English, in the suburbs...

nope!

Although, I get a bit of friendly stick for my Scottish heritage, though in actual fact, my Scottishness actually attracts more attention from Scottish Nationalists, who annoy me to no end with their arguments. I think independence is a good idea, eventually, but on a point-by-point argument, the ideas they have and the understanding they have of the political system/history/basic common sense is appalling

 

[William Dickbringer]

I got called a hick because I said my older brother use to ride bulls

Everyone is a little racist, and most people are abhorrently stupid.

I don't really get prejudiced. Unless you call confusing us with Australia prejudice.

I was thinking of the exact same song

 

[samstewiefisher]

I guess assumptions that women naturally are better at certain things and so are men. I reckon we see that all the time but it's so insidious that people don't really see it as prejudice, just what's "natural".

Dats not prejudice, men nd women are different, so it stands to reason their good at different things.

 

[SuccessAndBiscuts]

I think that's more hazardous stupidity than prejudice. But yes, because my girlfriend is Scottish I occasionally get mocked by them for my pronunciation.

I want you to think about that for a second: Scottish people, mocking an English person, for their pronunciation of English words. It's as stupid as it sounds.
EDIT:

Well, other than the occasional "English bastard", "Go home", and violence which used to be directed towards me, no. It's not always pleasant sounding English in Scotland.

It appears I've been partially ninja'd.

Yea disregard the years of anti-Scottish prejudice to the extent of trying to drive out the native language and it does seem a bit stupid.

Yes there is prejudice in Scotland towards the English but I would argue you get off relatively lightly compared to a Scot south of the border, at least we honour your currency.

Yes but that's the thing: I'm an 18 year old guy who's been born into the 21st century...I haven't done anything to any group of people. And the people I'm talking about here are around the age of 16. Politics comes nowhere into it.

And I'm a 20 year old guy, I haven't done anything to any group of people. But I get abuse south of the border because of my accent. Two sides, same coin.

I'm not 100% that you're getting my point there. You spoke about 'the years of anti-Scottish prejudice' but I myself and the people concerned with this aren't in the right kind of time for it to be a politically based thing.

Yea I kinda bypassed that but what you have to understand is that it still works both ways, I couldn't blame anyone for what their ancestors did but it did happen and there is a resentment of that that exists outside of politics or even any real understanding.

My 10 year old brother was happy that England got knocked out of the world cup but couldn't put together any real reason why when I asked him, it was simply because his friends, family and their/our friends/family felt the same way. Its an ingrained mindset right or wrong and it exists on both sides.

 

[Hashime]

I read this study on cbc a while back, apparently our brains are prejudiced as well.
"People are better at recognizing faces of their own race than faces
of other races1?3. The same-race advantage has been demonstrated
with behavioral studies involving a wide variety of protocols,
face stimuli, participants and cultural settings."
http://dmschreiber.ucsd.edu/Teacher/SubstantiveTeachingAreas/CoursesTaught/Spring2008/192/Readings/Golby%20et%20al%202001.pdf (sorry, it is a PDF)

 

[War Penguin]

Yep, I've faced some prejudice before. You have no clue how many times I've been called a "gay jew." Hell, I've even been accused of being racist for the most bullshit reasons.

 

[RobotNinja]

Apparently I'm gay because I don't like football. I live in Texas, and American Football is a huge deal here.

I'm in Texas and American Football sucks.

Real football is where its at. That and rugby.

OT:

A couple of conservatives at my high school called me gay because I participated in a pro-LGBT event (Day of Silence), and a few people dislike me because I am a Socialist agnostic, but that is a very small number of people.

I can definitely imagine that would happen in Texas. At least in the rural parts. To be honest, I've never watched a rugby game so I wouldn't know how it is.

 

[ECasThat]

Being white and Danish the only people that do that sort of thing to me is other Danes
It is horrible!