Has racism ever had an effect on you?
Not just being called racist slurs, but actually being limited in some way because of race.

Something like this happend to my parents a few years ago.

I know my parents went to some foriegn store our of the U.S. (Rome I think it was) and stood in line to buy some things. When it was my parent's turn, the cashier ignored then but, continued serving people that were even behind my parents. My parents didn't get helped until my father complained. It was supposedly because my parents are Filipino.

you know,
I have when I think about it.
one of my very best friends is partly mexican.
and very very proud,mind you.
she calls me "cracker" all the time.
but she's just kidding.
she acts like it's a bad thing though.
it's annoying,if anything.
oh well,
you asked for effect and I gave it to you.

i usually don't have any issues with racism unless my friends are kidding around but most of my friends are asian too so were basically making fun of each other

there is one time that sticks out to me tho

my sister and i went to atlanta bread company to eat and there was this girl who worked there and she took our order and my sister ordered a soup but she gave her the wrong one so my sister wanted it changed and lik two seconds after my sister gets back to our seat i see the girl and her boyfriend talking and starring at us and they pulled their eyes back and made them look "chinky" and then they both cracked up

and not to be steriotypical or w/e but most asians are racist towards white people and mexicans

Oh wow, and that wasn't racist?

Yeah, that would be an example of how I, as a white person, am discriminated against.

^ dont mind jason. its like trying to reason with a hurricane.

but you know, harmless and more irritating.

First off, I am white. Racism has affected my life. My son is 1/2 black - 1/2 white. I adopted him and he is most wonderful. My sister has a 1/2 black daughter. (biologically) We live in Texas - when my niece was a baby, there were small towns that were awful (BOWIE Texas) People would see the stroller go to smile at the baby - see the baby - look shocked and then up and my sister in fury. My niece is now 18 and she is the most wonderful person. I love her and am closer to her than any of the other nieces and nephews (who are all white)

Oh, btw, once I was at Luby's (cafeteria) with my son and this old white man kept staring at us. You know the looks. Looks of disgust. Outside he muttered the N word. Called me a N-lover. Not that I cared what he said to me, but I did not want my son to hear such crap. I went off on the old man. I basically told him that I wish he and all the other old white racists would die. The world would be a much better place when all the old racists are dead. I think the younger generations are more accepting and less racist.

Racism makes me sad, and I have to say many times I am not proud of the white race. I am not always proud to be white and most of the time wish I was not. I don't want to be sterotyped as a typical white person. It sucks for people to automatically think you're something you aren't.

Love and peace to the world!

hmm where i live SOME rednecks call me a "SPICK" because im hispanic.

i think it has an affect on people whether they realize it or not. At my school it's not as bad, but it's still the south. i consider myself a loner because a lot of people label me as a troublemaker at first sight, or your "average black kid that speaks in slang, listens to gangsta rap, and is gonna end up nowhere". For instance, i few days ago i was in class and we were playin jeoprady( that's how we reveiw for tests, there were three teams) and one of the categories was middle names. My middle name came up and some one of my friends from another team got it right. Afterwards, one on my team members says " that's easy, he's black". it kinda confused me because their was another guy( he was white) whose middle name was alot similar to me, so it made me think what possesed him to say such i thing?

btw, this kids like really rich and conceited-like so mybe that me have an influence on the situation, but it still made a littl upset.

I've bee discriminated against in many situations, and sometimes I feel awkward being the only minority among my friends. I'm half Japanese, 1/2 Brazilian

Throughout school in America, things were quite odd. People didn't know what to label me as. In fact when racism was a topic in a class one, everyone's eyes sort of shifted towards me. Most had assumed I was African American, but that was something I wasn't aware of. Then adter I had finally made a friend, we were talking about ethnicity and after it was my turn, everyone gave me that same shocked look. It was then revealed then they thought I was African American. I was somewhat taken back myself, but continued on.

In another situation there was a bake sale, and a white man approached the table, and I politely offered him some of the items along the table. He said no, then as my back was turned I heard him mutter N***** and then o buy something from a less enthusiastic white student, coincidentally one of my friends. Most of the time, I can let stuff roll off my back, but I nearly broke down in tears, then anger built up in me, wanting to decapitate him. But I held that in until later on.

And that is just a sample of things throughout my life.

i've experienced racism, but not like what your parents went through. mainly just racist slurs, but it's just as bad in my opinion.

especially growing up where the majority is white. i hate growing up with racism everywhere. but it has also made me a more stronger person, and more aware. help others with it too.

yes i was affeected by racism, ahem only chinese in my school, it was in like 3rd grade at a bus stop and this kid kept going 'mye chinese me no dumb' and kept making fun of me and the next day my dad went with me to the bus stop and yelled at him and he hid behind the cars

Damn them humans for being racist against us Cetras

Not to be offensive, but what's a Cetra?

Whoa what a pretty mixture.
But I feel you.. I'm half black and half filipino. I remember one day my parents went fishing and we went to some hicky town down in Texas. We got our nice boat,and we put in the lake. When I notice, the place was filled with confederate flags. And some fat white guy came out of his rv or whatever, and said to us you need to get out, you can't catch no fish. Man and still they're people like that, I wish one day they woulr realize the world change.

I like by a ton of "rednecks" their scarier then what you think, easpecially when their drunk. haha.
I've never heard that.. I've just heard them call people stupid...I just ignore it all

I think it's some Final Fantasy 7 thing.

These n00bs with their FF7 names really like bringing random FF7 stuff into the threads.

My friends get that once in awhile. Damn them rednecks!

It does sometimes.
I am 1 of 3 white people at my school... out of like 30-40 students.
But I dont mind it, everyone is awesome..

Once this lady came in and wouldnt let me do her hair cause I was white...
I was extremely offended. But other than that it hasnt really affected me, because Im not really around it at all.

I hate racists. And those who are prejudice. But that kinda puts me at some kinda of ironical stage. I'm prejudice against those who are prejudice. o.0

I'm not prejudice. I hate everyone equally. :) (kidding...)

More hypocritical than ironic, if that.

YES! Thank you. Hypocritical was the word. ::bows::

i have this one customer. he always tries to give me a hard time. he said that "asians were the white trash of america" this guy had the nerve to say that when he comes in here wearing the same thing everytime i see him, smelling like wet towels/cats. thank you america

Yes, it has. Well I'm 25% chinese; when I was little was mistreated by teachers who were racist to asians. She called me a chinx. I didn't know what it meant until later.. from then on i didn't want to be asian I felt really bad. Now I just look really filipino, because after thinking it was bad to be asian every day i kept practicing to open my eyes as big as i can. But now I miss my asian eyes. Pretty weird huh, when we're all young we do stuff we wouldn't want to do when we grow up.

asians rock my socks.

Aww.

But you really..got your eyes to open wider..?

:: that's cool. i guess?