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.

[concreteangel]

My sister is half black/half white. Our mom is white and her dad is black. When she was little people always asked us if she was adopted. It hurt my mom alot to hear people ask that. But now things have gotten better. I think its pretty sad though that her dad doesnt want to have anything to do with her. Pretty much the only father figure that she has had in her life is her godfather and he passed away last May, a couple of days after my high school graduation. But she and I are extremely close.
I hate when people are rascist. Especially since 95% of my friends are black. So I really dont have a problem with what color someone is. I dont look at the color of someone's skin I look at their personality and how they approach people.