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Have you ever been discriminated against?

Insomniac100 Best Comment

Yep. I was the only Asian kid in a rich white neighborhood and it didn’t help we weren’t rich either. I’d get called “dog eater” and “jap chink” among other things by the time I was 10 and none of the teachers did anything about it and I actually got in trouble for standing up for myself

SW-User

@Insomniac100 im glad you stood up for yourself

Insomniac100

Thanks. It took a long ass time to move on from all that as I carried into middle school and a part of high school @SW-User

DragonFruit · 61-69, M

Yes, I have....and I can’t think of anyone I know who hasn’t been in some way or another.
I have not had the same kind of experiences with discrimination as some, though.

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

Yes. I have been denied an apartment rental, denied a job, and once thrown out of a party of Swiss people in a foreign country due to my ethnicity. (I would prefer not to reveal my background/ethnicity here).

Considering that I am now in my 70s, and that I have counted only 6 episodes of ethnic prejudice in my life that actually speaks well of the people I've known over the years; less than one episode every 10 years on the average. Not that bad.

SW-User

@greenmountaingal im sorry that happened to you

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@SW-User The worst one was the Swiss party. At one point I actually feared they would hurt me. And I was with a group of rich Swiss young people who were mannerly and prep school and college educated; I did not expect it.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

Every day, by the democrat party, simply because I am a citizen of the United States.

Thelonewolf1993 · 26-30, M

@sunsporter1649 lol

MarmeeMarch · M

I am sure as a black person you have come across rudeness in your life - how do you tell if they are being rude or being rude - and discriminatory BC of your skin color. ?

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MarmeeMarch · M

@greenmountaingal all understood that is history - I think we are talking about in the present

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@MarmeeMarch I think, then or now, people, particularly children, are affected by prejudice even when it's not overt or obvious.

SW-User

Not really, but my mother has.

SW-User

@SW-User im sorry to hear that

Thelonewolf1993 · 26-30, M

Yes I haven't met too many people in my life that haven't been the world and our peers are always going to judge us for something

SW-User

@Thelonewolf1993 very true

Thelonewolf1993 · 26-30, M

@SW-User I learned at a very young age that not everybody in life is going to like you but it doesn't really matter at the end of the day who does and who doesn't we have to do our best to go through this life staying true to ourselves and not let anyway break you people will always find something to nitpick about you it's up to us not to let it faze us

Reject · 26-30, M

Growing up I was, but then again I was the only black kid in a otherwise homogeneous white town.

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@Reject that is rough

Roflcash4 · 22-25, M

every ginger has been called "fire crotch" in middle school 🤣

pride49 · 31-35, M

@Roflcash4 HAHA! I would have taken that as a compliment lol

Roflcash4 · 22-25, M

@pride49 I own that title, and proud of it lol

Steve42 · 56-60, M

Yes. Istanbul Turkey, thrown off a bus to make room for a woman.

SW-User

@Steve42 damn really

Steve42 · 56-60, M

@SW-User Yep.

Strawberry9999 · 31-35, F

Yes and I was in a place called Whitesville

SW-User

@Strawberry9999 that name alone scares me

Strawberry9999 · 31-35, F

It was terrible...@SW-User

SW-User

@Strawberry9999 im sorry love

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RoxClymer · 41-45, M

I was born disabled and lived half my life in the South, of course i have been

QandALurker · 22-25, C

My Uber driver saw me and changed his music from rap to Chain Smokers

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@QandALurker what the hell

wakanda4eva · 26-30, F

I feel like everyone in some point in their life should have

Wurkoutgurl · 46-50, F

Actually, yes I have. And it was fairly recent.

SW-User

@Wurkoutgurl what happened

pride49 · 31-35, M

The usual faggoty remarks. Meh... No longer bothers me tho

CopperCicada · M

On the basis of religion.

SW-User

@CopperCicada how so

CopperCicada · M

@SW-User was (since highschool) and still am a religious minority in the deep south. people have strange ideas and they form the basis for social and even business decisions.