Racism, Has it affected you? Options

[Simba]

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.

[oXMuhNirvanaXo]

I have no problem with any other race then mine..
But I do think twice.. If im walking down the street in the middle of the night there there were two roads to go down and one had some "punk" black dude on one road.. and there was a plain white dude down the other I think I would go down the white person's road.. I hope that doesen't make me racist.. Like I said I have no problem with black people. >.<

[kykip]

I have no problem with any other race then mine..
But I do think twice.. If im walking down the street in the middle of the night there there were two roads to go down and one had some "punk" black dude on one road.. and there was a plain white dude down the other I think I would go down the white person's road.. I hope that doesen't make me racist.. Like I said I have no problem with black people. >.<

Well maybe you should think a third time...that scenario was not balanced at all..."punk" vs. plain... ...and stereotyping is a subtitle of racism...never doubt the unexpected...that "plain" white man could have done something to you...worst that that "punk" black guy... with a bias world...he would have gotten away with or lesser charge...did you think twice about that...you just basically stated that you fear black people...why? Half of my life I grew up in a all black community and the second half in a all white community...the only difference is that black people are more hostile cause of situations like this one...they want to be accpeted as an equal individuals...breathing and living like the next...the actions are rebellious...like a 15 year old in their rebellious stage when there parents treat them lesser like a child...if you don't have a problem why comment on it?! Brush it off your shoulders and keep it moving...

By the way, I thought this was experiences, not personal opinions...if you comment about this you obviously have something in the back of your mind that you're covering up...if you're not racist...then there is nothing to comment!

MY EXPERIENCE

I moved to the suburbs in my early pre-teens. In middle school I had a teacher that failed me in every project that I did in her Social Studies class. My parents were concerned because my mom was very active in my studies...she told my mom that I wasn't doing my homework...which my mom knew was a lie because she would help me with my work and I was a honor student for everyother class and teachers loved me. Once I had the best project in the class (even the principal agreed) and she still failed me. She just would not give in. In high school my chemisty teacher gave me a D- on a lab that was done with my lab partner and he got an A and we did the same exact lab...one of each material needed for the experiment...so we had the same results from that one experiment...but I failed...every other paired partners had the same grade. My mom wrote to the Superintendent, School Board, Principal of my school and to the Science Director. He kept that grade and never gave a logical reason why he failed me and gave my partner an A. He also gave me harder test then the rest of my classmates...after a test we would talk about some of the hard questions and they would say...that wasn't on the test...and I would always wonder why he would not give tests back..he would just call us by name and we would go to his desk and he would show us our grade on the front page (like a cover) of our test where we signed our names. At the end of the semester when he gave us a folder of our tests, that's when I compared tests with a a few people and realized I had different tests. All the other teachers loved me. I was an All-American student...A's and B's, captain of my sport, involved in alot of activities, graduated with honors in the top 30 of my class. But I passed anyway..that was the only semester that I got honorable mentioned instead of my usual back and forth highest or just honors...it's wasn't a big deal...I had another incident with the high school principal when I first switched from private school to public schools...but that's another post for another day...

[EmoEyelinerx]

MY EXPERIENCE

I moved to the suburbs in my early pre-teens. In middle school I had a teacher that failed me in every project that I did in her Social Studies class. My parents were concerned because my mom was very active in my studies...she told my mom that I wasn't doing my homework...which my mom knew was a lie because she would help me with my work and I was a honor student for everyother class and teachers loved me. Once I had the best project in the class (even the principal agreed) and she still failed me. She just would not give in. In high school my chemisty teacher gave me a D- on a lab that was done with my lab partner and he got an A and we did the same exact lab...one of each material needed for the experiment...so we had the same results from that one experiment...but I failed...every other paired partners had the same grade. My mom wrote to the Superintendent, School Board, Principal of my school and to the Science Director. He kept that grade and never gave a logical reason why he failed me and gave my partner an A. He also gave me harder test then the rest of my classmates...after a test we would talk about some of the hard questions and they would say...that wasn't on the test...and I would always wonder why he would not give tests back..he would just call us by name and we would go to his desk and he would show us our grade on the front page (like a cover) of our test where we signed our names. At the end of the semester when he gave us a folder of our tests, that's when I compared tests with a a few people and realized I had different tests. All the other teachers loved me. I was an All-American student...A's and B's, captain of my sport, involved in alot of activities, graduated with honors in the top 30 of my class. But I passed anyway..that was the only semester that I got honorable mentioned instead of my usual back and forth highest or just honors...it's wasn't a big deal...I had another incident with the high school principal when I first switched from private school to public schools...but that's another post for another day...

Wow, sorry to hear that that happend to you. I would ahve punched those teachers in the face.