Yeah, that's one way to ensure the advancement of your race in society. Reject people who speak intelligently (because only white people should be articulated) and who carry themselves with civility. Great
But now it's story time. I spent my early childhood on a military base where issues like race and the N-word didn't really surface and aside from learning about slavery in history class, as kids racism didn't really have bearing on our lives considering the majority of my school mates were asians and we were all used to that.
Then, I moved to a civillian neighborhood and the first people I saw were a group of black girls. I went to say hi and make friends and they told me that I am white therefore I am racist and my family owned slaves and white people shouldn't be friends with black people (By the way, my family didn't get here until slavery had been made illegal). I noticed that they used the N-word a lot but I didn't know what it meant ans the dictionary did not offer a definition that made sense regardin the context that it was used in
So I asked my English teacher what it meant. She was also a black woman but at the time it did not occur to me that it was socially unacceptable to ask her due to her race, she was an English teacher and I was asking her about English, right? So I explained to her that I had never heard the word before and asked her what it meant and she was not the least bit phased. She gave me the dictionary definition and I asked her... "But if that's true then why do they use it towards their friends and not get angry?
I'll never forget what she said and I didn't understand it at the time. Her answer was, "Because they are not proud of their heritage". For many years I struggled to understand the concept of racism and why race is even relevant in regards to what kind of person you are and whether or not you are to blame for your actions or the actions of people that you don't even know and I have just barely been able to wrap my mind around the rationale of the whole thing
I feel sorry for your classmates. Living with a closed mind is living a sad life.
I've had similar experiences, in life and on the internet. Even professional websites make statements like " you know how evil white south africans are" so not only are we hate by black people but by other people from other countries because they all assume th if you are born white in south africa, you supported apartheid. You're afraid to support your white(afrikaans) culture in this country because you're immediately labelled a racist. People should realise that what your race has done in the past is what OTHER people did in the past and society should stop being so ignorant and start accepting people for who they are and not what their race has done. (Even saying that sounds retarded) love your comments by the way, you're one of the most intelligent people on this site. Yeah I didn't paraphrase, typing this on my stupid phone
Is it normal to be rejected by your own ethnicity in school?
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Yeah, that's one way to ensure the advancement of your race in society. Reject people who speak intelligently (because only white people should be articulated) and who carry themselves with civility. Great
But now it's story time. I spent my early childhood on a military base where issues like race and the N-word didn't really surface and aside from learning about slavery in history class, as kids racism didn't really have bearing on our lives considering the majority of my school mates were asians and we were all used to that.
Then, I moved to a civillian neighborhood and the first people I saw were a group of black girls. I went to say hi and make friends and they told me that I am white therefore I am racist and my family owned slaves and white people shouldn't be friends with black people (By the way, my family didn't get here until slavery had been made illegal). I noticed that they used the N-word a lot but I didn't know what it meant ans the dictionary did not offer a definition that made sense regardin the context that it was used in
So I asked my English teacher what it meant. She was also a black woman but at the time it did not occur to me that it was socially unacceptable to ask her due to her race, she was an English teacher and I was asking her about English, right? So I explained to her that I had never heard the word before and asked her what it meant and she was not the least bit phased. She gave me the dictionary definition and I asked her... "But if that's true then why do they use it towards their friends and not get angry?
I'll never forget what she said and I didn't understand it at the time. Her answer was, "Because they are not proud of their heritage". For many years I struggled to understand the concept of racism and why race is even relevant in regards to what kind of person you are and whether or not you are to blame for your actions or the actions of people that you don't even know and I have just barely been able to wrap my mind around the rationale of the whole thing
I feel sorry for your classmates. Living with a closed mind is living a sad life.
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I've had similar experiences, in life and on the internet. Even professional websites make statements like " you know how evil white south africans are" so not only are we hate by black people but by other people from other countries because they all assume th if you are born white in south africa, you supported apartheid. You're afraid to support your white(afrikaans) culture in this country because you're immediately labelled a racist. People should realise that what your race has done in the past is what OTHER people did in the past and society should stop being so ignorant and start accepting people for who they are and not what their race has done. (Even saying that sounds retarded) love your comments by the way, you're one of the most intelligent people on this site. Yeah I didn't paraphrase, typing this on my stupid phone