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Discussion: Share Your Racist Experiences
Member Since: 6/9/2012
Posts: 3,964
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Originally posted by JonnyϟLightning
Yeah but our skins are different. We don't need to act "color blind" to have equality. Yes I am black, that shouldnt stop you from treating me the same as you would treat a white person.
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Nothing bothers me more than people who say they're "color blind." I acknowledge every single one of my black, asian, indian, and hispanic friends that they are a different race from myself. Of course treat them the same, but don't deny who they are.
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Member Since: 5/28/2012
Posts: 11,243
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Originally posted by LMFAO
Black people experience racism FAR MORE than white people. No one said only black people can experience racism, that does not make any sense.
Just take a look at this forum. Beyonce,Rihanna and others black artists get more racist comments here than white artists(if any).
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I never said they didn't, but black people from what I have seen tend to get extremely defensive about white people sharing even the slightest racist experience as if it can't happen which isn't the case.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by LMFAO
Since when was Jonny black? The lies...
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Member Since: 1/25/2012
Posts: 6,215
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Yes, I have experienced racism from both black and white people. 
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Member Since: 6/9/2012
Posts: 3,964
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Originally posted by Callisto.
Indian/Native Americans are asian.
Hispanics are a a big melting pot they could be white, black or asian, but alot are a mix of the three. |
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.
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Member Since: 1/4/2014
Posts: 3,567
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Originally posted by rawwritsmikey
Yeah, that is a better way of wording that. I think it's that some people come across as saying only White people owned slaves, so they want to clarify that everyone has had slaves but also lessening the impact of what happened without realizing. I guess it's just miscommunications.  |
True. Being on the internet and not having person to person interaction hurts how we interpret messages as well.
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Member Since: 6/6/2012
Posts: 25,442
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Originally posted by LMFAO
No one said only black people can experience racism, that does not make any sense.
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Read this thread lol
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Member Since: 1/25/2012
Posts: 6,215
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Originally posted by bey0nce
I never said they didn't, but black people from what I have seen tend to get extremely defensive about white people sharing even the slightest racist experience as if it can't happen which isn't the case.
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Oh, I get you know. You are right.
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Member Since: 1/25/2012
Posts: 6,215
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Originally posted by Blatboy
Nothing bothers me more than people who say they're "color blind." I acknowledge every single one of my black, asian, indian, and hispanic friends that they are a different race from myself. Of course treat them the same, but don't deny who they are.
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Color blind = Treat every race the same
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
Posts: 2,974
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I'm white, so this isn't a racism story let alone a story at all.
My friends People at my school ALWAYS say such terrible and stereotypical things like "oh there's that Arab girl, take cover!" And I look at them like what the **** are you doing. It's terrible that people STILL experience that these days.
However, I honestly agree that it's completely understandable to be a little more cautious if you will when a gang of a different race approaches you in the middle of the city. I hate to say this, but the African Americans at my school (who are generally from a wealthy area) try to act like they're "everything" and get in people's faces. And honestly, I don't like that at all. It's sometimes scary when a gang of them approaches you. Don't get me wrong; OF COURSE there are nice African Americans. A girl at my old school was one of my best friends and one of the nicest people there if not the nicest.
I'm Jewish, so my "friends" always make jokes about Hitler and Nazis and think it's okay. Do they think it's okay to joke about six million deaths? That's one thing that always makes me mad. So I stopped telling people my religion when I was asked.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 11,808
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Originally posted by downbywednesday
If that was happening to blacks or another race, it'd be called racism, but this ain't?
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Precisely,
because the Irish are white people
It is discrimination, but not based on race
Honestly, what is so hard to understand about that
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Member Since: 8/24/2008
Posts: 35,091
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Originally posted by karron0624
Yes, but even in Race, there are sub-classifications of Race. I.E. White (German, Polish, etc.); Hispanic (White Hispanic, Black Hispanic) so on and so forth. So just because someone is white doesn't mean you can't be racist to another White person. Etc.....
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Yes, but that is what sets racism apart.
The use of Racial classifications and racism began with the trans Atlantic slave trade.
The Europeans used it as a way to paint Africans as inferior so they could justify enslaving them.
The Africans had different ethnicities and sub-classifications too, but the Europeans did not care and enslaved any African they could find despite what the ethnicity and social status was.
That is what makes it different.
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Member Since: 5/17/2010
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I attended a Miley Cyrus concert once. It was horrifying, tbh.
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Member Since: 6/9/2012
Posts: 3,964
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Originally posted by LMFAO
Color blind = Treat every race the same
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Uhh, no. Color blind is denying people them being colored. Oprah talked about this. "My neighbor told me 'i dont see you as a black person, you're just my neighbor.' " It's like, really offensive, but not intentional.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 7,221
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The first American slave was owned by a black man. #Fact
And whites can experience racism. It's old news to hear blacks cry victim. Sometimes yes they are but I've see too many examples of disrespectful, ignorant, and criminal blacks trying to pull that card when THEY'RE wrong. It's so ****ing annoying. I'm also black so I'm just being objective. But some white people are way too ****ing judgmental. It goes all ways. And when people see that we are all people, and they strive to improve as a human being instead of stay tied down as a race that has the blurriest of lines nowadays, then we can move forward as a society.
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Member Since: 6/2/2011
Posts: 28,055
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Originally posted by Buddyc614
While I agree with the majority of this post, acting like both sides don't have any wrong doing's is absolutely wrong. Theres hate crimes on both sides, everyone needs to change tbh
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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 
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Member Since: 1/5/2012
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Oh also, recently there have been a lot of Nepalese immigrants in my city, and everyone in my school hates them and calls them "Nepalians". 
Some of them are kind of rude, but they are not bad people. Usually they just stay together because they don't speak very well English and no one really wants to talk to them.
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Member Since: 7/9/2010
Posts: 28,061
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Originally posted by bey0nce
I swear you're not even black
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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.
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Member Since: 11/23/2011
Posts: 2,492
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Originally posted by Blatboy
That's a made up definition of racism and is not true. It's called RACism, not MINORITism
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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 ****.
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Member Since: 1/25/2012
Posts: 6,215
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Originally posted by Blatboy
Uhh, no. Color blind is denying people them being colored. Oprah talked about this. "My neighbor told me 'i dont see you as a black person, you're just my neighbor.' " It's like, really offensive, but not intentional.
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What? That is just ridiculous.
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