Racism, Has it affected you? |
Racism, Has it affected you? |
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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. |
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![]() t-t-totally dude. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 125 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 474,665 ![]() |
the effect on me has been major...
being a classical musician, there aren't too many minorities in the "orchestral classical music world." my community orchestra had white, asian, and indian people in it. i was the only black person for FOUR YEARS. all through high school. and it doesn't help that a majority of the people are from a stuck up city [city is stuck up as a whole]. i have had KKK jokes told to me by trombone players i have been tormented to the point where i had to go to the conductor. well, i made it to third chair in my section [viola] and they couldn't say nuthin then. they didn't even give me ANY recognition for being in their organization. i don't go to their concerts, but every once in a while i see some of the nice people that were in this orchestra, and i talk to them. |
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