[karron0624]

Originally posted by ECNEICSNOC

Anyways, to give a few examples, people in high school used to think I'd get into a better college then them simply because I'm Black (not because of my outstanding test scores and good grades). Like that's true.

When I worked retail, customers assumed that I couldn't do my job right because of my race.

I get followed around in malls constantly. As if I need to steal from JCPenney's.

My three favorite artists (Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Beyoncé) are compared to animals because of their race on this very website.

I've been called the n-word and people looked at me as if I was out of line for standing up for myself.

I got the first one. (It is probably the only reason I got into Georgetown law school.

I get followed around in parking lots. Even when helpping old ladies put food in their cars.

Venus, Serena, and Tiger are always called apes on the yahoo forums.

[Newt]

The ****ing irony that GreasyBruce came in here to invalidate the OP's experience with discrimination and claiming that it is not as serious as "real" racism. Isn't he an upper class latino?? I'd bet my left nut he's a rich, white-washed, white passing latino ****-talking whites when he is most likely very white himself. Same goes to JonnyLightning. Hispanic is not a race so I guess by your logic, your experiences with racism are as baseless as the OP's Irish/White-directed "racism".

[Kamil24]

Originally posted by Latch

Precisely,
because the Irish are white people

It is discrimination, but not based on race

Honestly, what is so hard to understand about that

Well if you look at it like that, the word racism should not exist because if you look at biological anthropology studies, you will see that there is only one human "race".

[LMFAO]

Originally posted by JonnyϟLightning

I'm from the Caribbean. I identify as black. Some of my ancestors were slaves. Some of my other ancestors were Indios. Just because I'm light skin doesnt mean that I'm not black.

You have lied so many times and it's hard to believe you.

[ECNEICSNOC]

Originally posted by LMFAO

Color blind = Treat every race the same

To be color blind is to not be able to see color. Unless a person is ACTUALLY colorblind (colorblindness is a medical deficiency), they SEE the color of everyone they meet.

If a person wants to say that they treat every race the same, they should say THAT. That colorblind **** is insensitive as hell.

[Blatboy]

Originally posted by shenzi

What the **** isn't a "made up definition" tho? You let old white dudes make your opinions for you? Is the dictionary the only place you go to to understand topics?

What in the entire ****.

It's called english. You learn what the words mean and you use them in proper context. I don't think I'm the first to speak it??????

[uoa]

i've never experienced racism but there's a guy from syria who moved to my school this year called danny and everyone calls him ramadan danny and today i heard these guys chanting something about him having a bomb and he was gonna kill everyone

disgusting

[LMFAO]

Has anyone other than me experienced racism within same race?

[Buddy!]

Originally posted by GreasyBruce

What the **** is this ****? What hate crimes have people of color done towards white people that merit colonialism and its lingering effects (the basis of oppression people of color face worldwide today)? This thread is seriously distrubing, the amount of ignorance and blatant racism apologists on here

Why so abrasive? I agreed with what the poster said, ALL i said was things need to change on both sides, which is true. Clearly. Don't call me ignorant BTW, im FAR from ignorant. If anything you're acting ignorant.

[Blatboy]

Originally posted by LMFAO

Has anyone other than me experienced racism within same race?

Well earlier in this thread I saw a black person telling another black person that they shouldn't thin a certain way because they are black, sooo

[Callisto.]

Originally posted by Blatboy

That's interesting. I live in Northern California, so 99% of hispanic people are Mexican, and 99% of asian people are hmong, so they refer to themselves as their original nationality.

Well the steretypical Mexican in America is a mix of white & Native American because Mexico had and still has the highest populartion of Native Americans, but Mexican as a term is really broad.

Latin Americans in general are more likely to identify with their country than their race though.

[Black Pearl]

Originally posted by Blatboy

oh yeah, i forgot, I'm white. Let me bow down to you for forgiveness. I know nothing, I am so sorry for offending you with my lack of intelligence.

I'm white too, I'm just not ignorant. Educate yourself, but you can continue bowing

[Kamil24]

Originally posted by LMFAO

Has anyone other than me experienced racism within same race?

No, but my friend is brown, and she hates all other brown people

[Black Pearl]

Originally posted by Kamil24

Read this thread lol

Quote where someone said that. Until then, just stop

[karron0624]

Originally posted by LMFAO

Has anyone other than me experienced racism within same race?

No, Black people are sometimes the worst. But I think it is more classicism. A lot of them say I'm not really Black. I want to be white. I live in an upper-middle class family, so apparently, I don't understand the struggle to be truly black. I hate my race because I am Republican. Etc. Etc. I can give you a twenty page experience about it, but not worth the time.

Edit:

Also because i'm light skinned, some people have reversed paper browned me. WTH. I didn't know people still did that.

[LMFAO]

Originally posted by Kamil24

No, but my friend is brown, and she hates all other brown people

[Blatboy]

Originally posted by Callisto.

Well the steretypical Mexican in America is a mix of white & Native American because Mexico had and still has the highest populartion of Native Americans, but Mexican as a term is really broad.

Latin Americans in general are more likely to identify with their country than their race though.

Yeah, my specific friend I was referring to was born in Mexico, and came here. I've NEVER heard a hispanic person refer to themself as "hispanic" or "latino." Always their national origin.

[downbywednesday]

Originally posted by Latch

Precisely,
because the Irish are white people

It is discrimination, but not based on race

Honestly, what is so hard to understand about that

So let me get this straight. Both Irish and blacks:

- can be portrayed as savages
- can be forced into slavery
- can be forced to work for low wages
- be forced to convert to another religion
- have their land taken away from them
- be murdered in riots and bombings
- be profiled by the police
- be barred from jobs and education
- be seen as subhuman
- be whitewashed in films
- have their culture appropriated
- be called ugly due to beauty standards
- be ****ed over repeatedly by the British
- be murdered in extensive numbers during wars for their freedom
- be lynched
- be targeted by hate groups like the KKK
- be barred from immigrating
- be viewed as lowing the moral standards of the US/UK
- be viewed as equals to each other

...but it's inherently worse against one group and not another, even though the Irish have never been in a position of power?

[GreasyBruce]

Originally posted by Callisto.

Institutional racism would have to be demolished before that could happen. There are places in the world with the same mentality and you can clearly see the gap between who is wealthy and educated and who is poor and living in conditions that could be better, but to point out this difference is considered a bad thing.

In Latin America if you take the Top 10% earners and compare them to the bottom 10% the difference in average skin colour is STAGGERING. The Top 10% could be from anywhere in Europe while the bottom 10% are straight up Native American. This is not a coincidence, that's why it angers me so much when people say "but in POC countries whites face discrimination!!", no they don't. I've lived in Latin America and in my school British and American teachers would get paid 3x more than Latin@ teachers even if they had exactly the same amount of experience and the same level of credentials. It's illegal but no one does anything about it and it's accepted. At the same time in the media all things European and American are exhorted as being superior, if something is from Europe it's automatically assumed to be better than anything local or from Asia, Africa, etc.

And if you can't connect things like that to how POC are treated in Western countries then you're a moron (in Canada, for example, a study was conducted that showed people with non-white names and surnames were 40% less likely to receive a call back from a potential employer than people with typical white names like Lily Smith, John Brown, etc).

[LMFAO]

Originally posted by karron0624

No, Black people are sometimes the worst. But I think it is more classicism. A lot of them say I'm not really Black. I want to be white. I live in an upper-middle class family, so apparently, I don't understand the struggle to be truly black. I hate my race because I am Republican. Etc. Etc. I can give you a twenty page experience about it, but not worth the time.

I relate to you. I have experience more racism from my own race than from white people, especially by girls. It hurts.