What really annoys me is the role of the media in that.Custard_Angel said:The worst case of racism (with malice) that I've witnessed was a little thing called the Cronulla Riots.
The initial spark involved a group of Lebanese Australians assaulting some volunteer surf lifesavers. The witty response to this involved a mob riot on Cronulla beach by a pack of loud mouthed racists.
The outcome featured the bashing of anybody who didn't look "right" i.e. white.
Basically it can be summarised with the slogan "get out of my country".
Sad stuff.
Yup, me too, but that was on account of my German background. Weird thing is, I don't even look distinctly German or Aryan. They simply took what they knew, which was that I had some German in me, and decided to make an instant link to the Nazis...CM156 said:I was called a ... "Nazi" more times then I could count.
The same at mine, OP: I wasn't actually exposed to this, but an (American) family friend was (and now is) married to an Albanian man, and when this crazy veteran learned that he started screaming at her about how "He protected the country and its bullshit she wasn't marrying an American". It was very odd. Also, I've been accused of being racist for disliking people of a different ethnicity, not because of their ethnicity but IMO, they were douches! I believe in hating people because you know them and dislike them, not because of any uncontrollable prerequisites such as epidermal pigment.Varanfan9 said:In my school calling something "jew" is considered an insult. People all the time casually say "Thats jewish" or "you're a jew". And its so shocking how casually they say it not even realizing the sub-text behind it.
The youtube tags are really strange around here, you must do this:burzummaniac said:EDIT: It doesn't show for some reason: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCFD-GfvK7Q
Have you never been on a internet forum? Why complain just go with it nothing will ever change.DefinitelyPsychotic said:I swear that at least two threads a day get written about racism and sexuality.
This subject has been way overdone. Just leave it alone!
I'm originally from Long BeachXanian said:O_O ::hugs:: I'll sponsor you...move to L.A. People will think your accent is cool.
StBishop said:That is truly awful. Do you mind if I ask where you live? I grew up in rural Australia, and I thought I saw racism at the more extreme end of the scale, evidently I did not. Not even close.
Chamale said:Sadly, this kind of horror is completely believable. Can I ask what state you live in?
I live in the southern part of Idaho. Choosing to give up would be a welcome change of pace (edit: because it would imply I have some kind of actual choice), but for me there isn't a lot of other options, so giving up or more of the same are about all I have to choose from. Right now I'm just trying to find my way out of here, which again I've been working on for 20 years. If I could hold down a job that would at least be a start. It's been so long, I can't really even imagine life without this crap.Ericb said:I was about to ask about your state too, in the very least to avoid such a hellhole. Icehearted, I know you spoke about the difficulty of landing a stable job to get the income to get the hell out of there, but still... don't give it up!Icehearted said:....
If only...LegendaryGamer0 said:(O_O)
Where do I donate to your retirement fund? (O_O)
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[sarcasm] Oh yes! Because we all know there is no such thing as black racism. mmmhmmmmm! [/sarcasm]BobDobolina said:From the examples you give, sounds mostly like you're expected to feel inferior to anyone who is not white. [sarcasm]Which of course has never happened in American history and I'm sure, this being the Escapist, someone will be along presently to tell you how they skinned their knee on Martin Luther King Day once and how this is proof that BLACK RACISM IS THE REAL PROBLEM somehow[/sarcasm].Icehearted said:For me this growing collage of personal experiences has sort of melted into two very simple schools of thought; I am ethnically inferior to anyone that is not black and white, and that the state I live in will always be hell.
"was mulatto himself"AvsJoe said:Most of my ex-flatmates in Calgary were either slightly or full-blown racist, the worst of whom was mulatto himself. I can't stand racism, even if it's in jest, so at times that was a particularly difficult place to tolerate.
PettingZOOPONY said:Have you never been on a internet forum? Why complain just go with it nothing will ever change.DefinitelyPsychotic said:I swear that at least two threads a day get written about racism and sexuality.
This subject has been way overdone. Just leave it alone!