Racism (Update 1st post)

[PowerMonkey]

lol well dont worry... most of the racists now a days are generally adults and are of the older "more traditional" generation... theyll die off and i think racism will decrease over time .. yea.. i know.. that sounded mean but im not trying to be lol

diversity is a beautiful thing.. learning and being a part of new cultures is just fun, and i just feel bad for the people that only stick to their own culture.. theyre missing out lol

 

[Sparx]

i grew up in a multi-racial home. i wish everyone could see race teh way I do. i don't even think about it, to be honest.

 

[MadameLeota]

I don't think about it either...I mean my mom is white and my dad is Mexican. It's never bothered me before...I've dated black guys, Mexican guys, white guys, and a Philipino guy before. Race doesn't bother me in the least bit.

 

[Babyjustrun]

I have a tendency to forget that some of my friends are a certain race. Like one of my friends is asian, her parents were born in China, and she's a first generation Canadian. Today I almost started talking about Falun Gong in China and how it scared me, and then I realized it'd probably be a touchy subject, and sound kind of rude.
I don't even notice half the time that people are a different race, it's not really that important. Their personality is.

 

[Disney.Ears]

I'm so sorry Some people just don't think when they do things like that.

I mean I'm not racist, and I'm not going to get into my beliefs (some of which I have shared before..) but the mixing of some races to me is no big deal. Others however, I don't agree with but I'm not getting into it.

I'm sorry this happened to you though

well, who would there be for us to be racist on?

Uhhh, the who point is that racism and being racist is bad. Do you not get that? It's not funny either.

 

[Ampris]

Oh geez. I'm really, really sorry... that's depressingly terrible.

And thinking about it, if one of my grandparents had said or done the same thing twenty years ago, I would have never been born. Nice. I'm pretty lucky in that respect, that no one in my family seem to give a darn regarding color or background or what have you; it's just how I was raised. But there's also the little problem of being left shocked now and then at the realisation that racism and crap are still a problem in this day and age. I can barely wrap my head around it sometimes. I mean, what's the justification? Seriously, I loathe attitudes like those, that make decisions based on NOTHING or based on speculation, rumor, fear, stereotypes, idiotic tradition, or other senseless crap and not actual THOUGHT. I can't stand that.

...

Hm. I just noticed that my new sig suits the topic perfectly. How very weird.

Still, IDIC, man. Respect it.

 

[tinkerbell12]

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racism sucks.
it's totally wrong.
we're all human-beings.
why do people treat diffferent colored skin differently?

 

[MrsSparrow..]

We're all pink on the inside.

In my opinion if people want to be racist theres nothing (unfortunately) we can say or do about it to change their minds. Some (mostly older) people can remember "the good old days" but I know this sounds harsh, let their views of the "perfect society" go down with them.

Try not to let it bother you

 

[wilmabride'sdaughter]

Omg that is the stupidest reason i have heard in my life. It shouldn't matter what you are or where you come from. And it's not her choice anyway she's not the one that was going out with you. And if he did dump you because she wanted him to to be honest he is as bad as her for dumping you.for that reason (if that made any sense)!!!

Racism sucks and yes unfortunatly ther is nothing we can do about that!!! which is too bad.

Try not to let it bother you and I'm sorry that it happened to you. Hope you are ok!!

 

[xo juicy splash]

I'm so sorry!!

 

[PixieDust32]

His Mom is an Ignorant.

 

[MadameLeota]

Update on the first post.

 

[::Snow_White::]

Aww I'm sorry Brenna.

That's stupid of him.
You deserve someone better.

 

[peace out]

OMG I am so sorry!!

 

[.:I'mJustMe:.]

EDIT: So it turned out it wasn't his mom that had the problem with me. I found out that it was HE who decided he didn't like me because I'm Mexican. Wow...

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

I've never had those kind of problems with boys, it makes me kinda unique knowing that I'm Mexican and not alot of kids here are.

 

[MadameLeota]

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

I've never had those kind of problems with boys, it makes me kinda unique knowing that I'm Mexican and not alot of kids here are.

I freakin live in Texas...there's a ton of Mexicans...not like it's something unusual here!

 

[.:I'mJustMe:.]

I freakin live in Texas...there's a ton of Mexicans...not like it's something unusual here!

Oh, what race was he?

I live in an area in Chicago where not many Mexican people live (Which is almost impossible...), but its still considered in Chicago. If you go deep into Chicago you'll more than likely find many Mexicans there...

There's probably ALOT of Mexican people there in Texas.

 

[DramaGirl]

I dated a black boy last year, and he was the best boyfriend I have ever had, he was so sweet to me and never pushed me to do anything more than I wanted. But because I am white people looked at us like we were crazy or inhuman. our friends were even upset with our relationship, and that included white, back and mixed people that were upset by OUR relationship, they had nothing to do with it. But we broke up, not because people didn't like us together, but because we never got to see each other, and it was hard on both of us. After we broke up my friends started talking to me again, the sad part is we had a group of mutual friends and they only stopped talking to me during the relationship, they talked to him, but they would get in a lot of arguments. But after we broke up, everything went back to normal. I still talk to him, we are still friends, and I miss him a lot. My mom knew I was with him, but she didn't tell her boyfriend because he is really prejudice and he would have been really mad at me. And if i ever get married to a guy of another race half of my family will disown me, my mom wont, but my grandparents and some of my aunts and uncles will. And that sucks because I find myself more attracted to black boys than white boys because they tend to respect me better than white boys do.

I can sympathize here.
God forbid I ever wanted to marry an African American man.
My mom would say "As long as your happy"
My dad?
"No way in hell is that gonna happen"
I would be disowned from my dad's side of the family.
And if my granp were alive,he'd probably kill me or my fiancee in my sleep!

My gosh.

Even though they are racist, remember your a person like everyone else. And thats really all that matters.


My dad is racist and I feel terrible because of it.

For some people in families it's a rule.

" No black boy will put his hands on my daughter "

my dad says.

its terrible. people are people.

Wow. It's so sad that so many people are still so racist. You would think that so long after segregation, people would "see sense"...

I'm so sorry. He doesn't deserve you.

 

[tinkerbelle22]

That's absolutely terrible. It's so awful that racism like this is still going on. My dad is Latino, and has really dark skin. My mom is white. They had been through a lot in their relationship, including people and friends who never thought they should be together. But their families accepted the marriage and still do. It makes me proud to have parents that represent different backgrounds. And I'm really sorry that the boy you were with isn't like that. You deserve someone a lot better

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

Wow

to me I'm COLOR blind


Wow if that's why he broke up with you,

Then (this is just my opinion) I wouldn't want to be with him anyway if that's how he sees things.