Ever experienced racism?

Yesterday me and two of my friends (both Korean) were looking for an apartment to rent for college. At the first several apartments we tried we all went in together and kept getting told that they either didn't have any three bedroom apartments or didn't have any that were available. One place even told us that they didn't even have two bedroom apartments and was very reluctant to give us details about one bedrooms, telling us that perhaps we should look at a different complex further down the road because they "might be a better fit".

After that we decided that I should go into the next few places alone to see if I got any better luck (I'm white), partly as a joke and partly because we thought something was fishy. Amazingly enough once I started going in alone every place we tried had three bedroom apartments available. Just about all of them told me that the rooms could be moved into immediately if we wanted.

Now I'm not saying that these places were actively discriminating. It's possible that the first half we looked at had nothing available but the second half did. And to be fair there were two apartment complexes where we all went in and found three bedroom apartments available even if one of those was a given since it looked like it was mostly rented out by immigrants. But still, it's a interesting coincidence that we only started finding available rooms only when I went in by myself.

So, anyone else ever had any experiences with discrimination or where it seemed like there was discrimination?

If I worked in a call center I probably would.

Im a black guy living in the south so...yeah..

Im a black guy living in the south so...yeah..

bc1391

im white when I lived in AZ, mexicans were racist agaisnt me

I remember when I first came to America and I went to elementry school, there was a kid who had a problem with me. It wasn't because I did anything to him, at least not that I know of.

Not racism but more stereotypes. I'm half Japanese so back in grade school I always got the "You're Asian you should be good at math" lol which I'm horrible in. hockey73

yup, in some US airport....Washington I think. Travelling with a group of friends from the UK to Mexico we had to transit through this airport, and had to re-check our bags and pass imigration, despite never going into the country at any point. I'm mixed white/asian (by which i mean indian, not chinese) but i'm quite dark, and the dude initially was pretty friendly did a cursory check of my passport and gave me the usual questions about business/pleasure etc etc, and made some small talk while he fiddled with his computer. but then he saw my middle name on my passport, which is an identifiably asian-origin name, and immdeiately his whole attitude changed and started to get a lot more prying and asked a lot of quite personal questions about me, my parents and so on. Not too bad I guess, but i was still quite annoyed. And then one of my friends was held up for comprehensive questioning because he's Pakistani and has been there before, so we all had to go into this mirrored room to wait for him while he was questioned. Which sucked, frankly. And my dad is consistently stopped for so-called "random" searches because he has brown skin.

Nothing too shocking, but all rather upsetting.

I, a Caucasoid, have experienced racism from an Africoid person. I was accused of being "racist" because I denied him something that I would have denied anyone, regardless of skin colour, since it is a rule for all customers.

The only racism I've ever witnessed in real life is that of black people claiming white people are being racist when they clearly aren't.

yup, in some US airport....Washington I think. Travelling with a group of friends from the UK to Mexico we had to transit through this airport, and had to re-check our bags and pass imigration, despite never going into the country at any point. I'm mixed white/asian (by which i mean indian, not chinese) but i'm quite dark, and the dude initially was pretty friendly did a cursory check of my passport and gave me the usual questions about business/pleasure etc etc, and made some small talk while he fiddled with his computer. but then he saw my middle name on my passport, which is an identifiably asian-origin name, and immdeiately his whole attitude changed and started to get a lot more prying and asked a lot of quite personal questions about me, my parents and so on. Not too bad I guess, but i was still quite annoyed. And then one of my friends was held up for comprehensive questioning because he's Pakistani and has been there before, so we all had to go into this mirrored room to wait for him while he was questioned. Which sucked, frankly. And my dad is consistently stopped for so-called "random" searches because he has brown skin.

Nothing too shocking, but all rather upsetting.

shaunk89

Many times. The most WTF example was when my friend and I (we're both Asian) were walking down the street in Georgia. This was when we were maybe 13 or 14 years old. I was on a family vacation and my friend came along with us. We started getting bored at the motel so we thought we'd explore a little. After we had walked maybe fifty feet, a police officer pulled up next to us. He asked us what we were doing. We said we're just walking down the street because we were bored. He told us that it wasn't a good idea and that we had better get back inside our motel if we knew what was best for us. Ah, good times. :)megagene

I am assuming that you guys were short in height compared to the people over there at that time?

Many times. The most WTF example was when my friend and I (we're both Asian) were walking down the street in Georgia. This was when we were maybe 13 or 14 years old. I was on a family vacation and my friend came along with us. We started getting bored at the motel so we thought we'd explore a little. After we had walked maybe fifty feet, a police officer pulled up next to us. He asked us what we were doing. We said we're just walking down the street because we were bored. He told us that it wasn't a good idea and that we had better get back inside our motel if we knew what was best for us. Ah, good times. :)megagene

Do you know the cop's name? If you do I will get a couple people and we would teach him a thing or two about racism. JK

Nah, I mostly get the homo . . homopho. . . . god damn it, I will NOT use that **** term! :evil:

I get the bigots.

My girlfriend lives in Dudley UK, so yeah I hear things from her all the time. It's hard to explain, she makes a lot of racist jokes as it's thrust onto them all the time there. Dudley is known as 'Spot the white guy'.

I'm just not going to go there. (the conversation I mean).

Many times. The most WTF example was when my friend and I (we're both Asian) were walking down the street in Georgia. This was when we were maybe 13 or 14 years old. I was on a family vacation and my friend came along with us. We started getting bored at the motel so we thought we'd explore a little. After we had walked maybe fifty feet, a police officer pulled up next to us. He asked us what we were doing. We said we're just walking down the street because we were bored. He told us that it wasn't a good idea and that we had better get back inside our motel if we knew what was best for us. Ah, good times. :)megagene

Where were you in Georgia? If it was some suburb then yeah, that's WTF material. But if you guys were in Atlanta there was nothing racist about that. Atlanta streets are not a safe place for kids, especially downtown where you're likely to run into a crackhead, gang member, prostitute, or potentially mentally unstable bum every block.

[QUOTE="megagene"]Many times. The most WTF example was when my friend and I (we're both Asian) were walking down the street in Georgia. This was when we were maybe 13 or 14 years old. I was on a family vacation and my friend came along with us. We started getting bored at the motel so we thought we'd explore a little. After we had walked maybe fifty feet, a police officer pulled up next to us. He asked us what we were doing. We said we're just walking down the street because we were bored. He told us that it wasn't a good idea and that we had better get back inside our motel if we knew what was best for us. Ah, good times. :)newb16

Do you know the cop's name? If you do I will get a couple people and we would teach him a thing or two about racism. JK

Um..have you ever been to GA? There are some reallllll sleezy parts of that state. Especially if Megagene was in Atlanta. The cop probably knew they were from out of town and was warning them before they got mugged. That entire city is horrible.

[QUOTE="megagene"]Many times. The most WTF example was when my friend and I (we're both Asian) were walking down the street in Georgia. This was when we were maybe 13 or 14 years old. I was on a family vacation and my friend came along with us. We started getting bored at the motel so we thought we'd explore a little. After we had walked maybe fifty feet, a police officer pulled up next to us. He asked us what we were doing. We said we're just walking down the street because we were bored. He told us that it wasn't a good idea and that we had better get back inside our motel if we knew what was best for us. Ah, good times. :)gameguy6700

Where were you in Georgia? If it was some suburb then yeah, that's WTF material. But if you guys were in Atlanta there was nothing racist about that. Atlanta streets are not a safe place for kids, especially downtown where you're likely to run into a crackhead, gang member, prostitute, or potentially mentally unstable bum every block.

Exactly. I was assuming that the cop might have been doing his job at the time.

Not exactly. When I arrived in Japan the taxi driver we caught wouldn't talk to me or my friends (all white) even with a friendly "konnichiwa" or "sayonara" I gave him. When it came to the price he just showed a calculator. Not that I cared, we were all jet-lagged to hell and I wouldn't understood him anyway. Everyone else I met were lovely.

EDIT: I just remembered - my law seminars at uni were quite heavily Muslim. One time a bunch of them were talking, then when I entered the room they switched to Urdu. Was bizarre, it's not like I listen to them anyway, alls they talked about were cars.

I'm a white guy who went to an inner-city public school. So yeah.savebattery

Yup. Is there anyone who hasn't to some degree?

Some black guy called me a cracker. :cry:

[QUOTE="megagene"]Many times. The most WTF example was when my friend and I (we're both Asian) were walking down the street in Georgia. This was when we were maybe 13 or 14 years old. I was on a family vacation and my friend came along with us. We started getting bored at the motel so we thought we'd explore a little. After we had walked maybe fifty feet, a police officer pulled up next to us. He asked us what we were doing. We said we're just walking down the street because we were bored. He told us that it wasn't a good idea and that we had better get back inside our motel if we knew what was best for us. Ah, good times. :)gameguy6700

Where were you in Georgia? If it was some suburb then yeah, that's WTF material. But if you guys were in Atlanta there was nothing racist about that. Atlanta streets are not a safe place for kids, especially downtown where you're likely to run into a crackhead, gang member, prostitute, or potentially mentally unstable bum every block.

I remember in middle school I overheard a black girl say she hated white people. She looked at me and told me that I wasn't one of the ones she hated. I'm 21 now and I don't think she was telling me the truth. :(

At least once a week. Me and my friends throw around racist insults jokingly at each other all of the time. But serious racism? Probobly about once a month.

[QUOTE="gameguy6700"]

[QUOTE="megagene"]Many times. The most WTF example was when my friend and I (we're both Asian) were walking down the street in Georgia. This was when we were maybe 13 or 14 years old. I was on a family vacation and my friend came along with us. We started getting bored at the motel so we thought we'd explore a little. After we had walked maybe fifty feet, a police officer pulled up next to us. He asked us what we were doing. We said we're just walking down the street because we were bored. He told us that it wasn't a good idea and that we had better get back inside our motel if we knew what was best for us. Ah, good times. :)megagene

Where were you in Georgia? If it was some suburb then yeah, that's WTF material. But if you guys were in Atlanta there was nothing racist about that. Atlanta streets are not a safe place for kids, especially downtown where you're likely to run into a crackhead, gang member, prostitute, or potentially mentally unstable bum every block.

I live in northern Fulton...It wouldn't surprise me if it was more about your safety than anything else...as far as atlanta being a horrible city, it has some bad parts downtown but it also has some awesome parts downtown, unfortunately, a lot of people who visit there tend to miss the great parts.

The only racism I've ever witnessed in real life is that of black people claiming white people are being racist when they clearly aren't.

foxhound_fox

I find this extremely hard to believe. You've never seen racism against a black person, or native person ever in your life? No one's life can possibly be that sheltered. Hell, I witness racism regularly on this very board a few times a week. Unless you mean racism that was specifically directed at you? Then that's plausible.

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

The only racism I've ever witnessed in real life is that of black people claiming white people are being racist when they clearly aren't.

megagene

I find this extremely hard to believe. You've never seen racism against a black person, or native person ever in your life? No one's life can possibly be that sheltered. Hell, I witness racism regularly on this very board a few times a week. Unless you mean racism that was specifically directed at you? Then that's plausible.

You find it hard to believe that black people are racist to white people?

[QUOTE="megagene"]

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

The only racism I've ever witnessed in real life is that of black people claiming white people are being racist when they clearly aren't.

Ragnarok1051

I find this extremely hard to believe. You've never seen racism against a black person, or native person ever in your life? No one's life can possibly be that sheltered. Hell, I witness racism regularly on this very board a few times a week. Unless you mean racism that was specifically directed at you? Then that's plausible.

You find it hard to believe that black people are racist to white people?

He never said that. Learn to read.

[QUOTE="megagene"]

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

The only racism I've ever witnessed in real life is that of black people claiming white people are being racist when they clearly aren't.

Ragnarok1051

I find this extremely hard to believe. You've never seen racism against a black person, or native person ever in your life? No one's life can possibly be that sheltered. Hell, I witness racism regularly on this very board a few times a week. Unless you mean racism that was specifically directed at you? Then that's plausible.

You find it hard to believe that black people are racist to white people?

I'm a white guy and have definitely experienced racism from black people, hispanics and asians, particularly Koreans.

edit, add to the list, Native Americans of various tribes.

Regardless of this, I still have friends from all different groups. The bottom line is that it doesn't matter what group your skin represents or what groups you hang with...racism is not unique to any one group of people.

[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"]

[QUOTE="megagene"]

I find this extremely hard to believe. You've never seen racism against a black person, or native person ever in your life? No one's life can possibly be that sheltered. Hell, I witness racism regularly on this very board a few times a week. Unless you mean racism that was specifically directed at you? Then that's plausible.

megagene

You find it hard to believe that black people are racist to white people?

I find this extremely hard to believe. You've never seen racism against a black person, or native person ever in your life? No one's life can possibly be that sheltered. Hell, I witness racism regularly on this very board a few times a week. Unless you mean racism that was specifically directed at you? Then that's plausible.

megagene

[QUOTE="megagene"][QUOTE="gameguy6700"]

Where were you in Georgia? If it was some suburb then yeah, that's WTF material. But if you guys were in Atlanta there was nothing racist about that. Atlanta streets are not a safe place for kids, especially downtown where you're likely to run into a crackhead, gang member, prostitute, or potentially mentally unstable bum every block.

Lindsosaurus

I live in northern Fulton...It wouldn't surprise me if it was more about your safety than anything else...as far as atlanta being a horrible city, it has some bad parts downtown but it also has some awesome parts downtown, unfortunately, a lot of people who visit there tend to miss the great parts.

Yesterday me and two of my friends (both Korean) were looking for an apartment to rent for college. At the first several apartments we tried we all went in together and kept getting told that they either didn't have any three bedroom apartments or didn't have any that were available. One place even told us that they didn't even have two bedroom apartments and was very reluctant to give us details about one bedrooms, telling us that perhaps we should look at a different complex further down the road because they "might be a better fit".

After that we decided that I should go into the next few places alone to see if I got any better luck (I'm white), partly as a joke and partly because we thought something was fishy. Amazingly enough once I started going in alone every place we tried had three bedroom apartments available. Just about all of them told me that the rooms could be moved into immediately if we wanted.

Now I'm not saying that these places were actively discriminating. It's possible that the first half we looked at had nothing available but the second half did. And to be fair there were two apartment complexes where we all went in and found three bedroom apartments available even if one of those was a given since it looked like it was mostly rented out by immigrants. But still, it's a interesting coincidence that we only started finding available rooms only when I went in by myself.

So, anyone else ever had any experiences with discrimination or where it seemed like there was discrimination?

gameguy6700

[QUOTE="gameguy6700"]

Yesterday me and two of my friends (both Korean) were looking for an apartment to rent for college. At the first several apartments we tried we all went in together and kept getting told that they either didn't have any three bedroom apartments or didn't have any that were available. One place even told us that they didn't even have two bedroom apartments and was very reluctant to give us details about one bedrooms, telling us that perhaps we should look at a different complex further down the road because they "might be a better fit".

After that we decided that I should go into the next few places alone to see if I got any better luck (I'm white), partly as a joke and partly because we thought something was fishy. Amazingly enough once I started going in alone every place we tried had three bedroom apartments available. Just about all of them told me that the rooms could be moved into immediately if we wanted.

Now I'm not saying that these places were actively discriminating. It's possible that the first half we looked at had nothing available but the second half did. And to be fair there were two apartment complexes where we all went in and found three bedroom apartments available even if one of those was a given since it looked like it was mostly rented out by immigrants. But still, it's a interesting coincidence that we only started finding available rooms only when I went in by myself.

So, anyone else ever had any experiences with discrimination or where it seemed like there was discrimination?

DudeMXP

Yeah how could you assume that the next few places would also discriminate?

[QUOTE="Lindsosaurus"]

[QUOTE="megagene"] We were in good ol' Cobb County, Smyrna Georgia.megagene

I live in northern Fulton...It wouldn't surprise me if it was more about your safety than anything else...as far as atlanta being a horrible city, it has some bad parts downtown but it also has some awesome parts downtown, unfortunately, a lot of people who visit there tend to miss the great parts.

hmm, yeah that is definitely a WTF? moment. I have a good friend that lives in Smyrna but I haven't really seen much of that area cause she lives right off the interstate...but my curiosity is piqued. I will have to go explore.

as a chinese i get descriminated all the time. Everywhere i go people squint their eyes at me mockingly, call me the "c word", and call me a f*b

i made a topic on it a couple weeks(months?) ago:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26927923&page=0

[QUOTE="megagene"][QUOTE="Lindsosaurus"]

I live in northern Fulton...It wouldn't surprise me if it was more about your safety than anything else...as far as atlanta being a horrible city, it has some bad parts downtown but it also has some awesome parts downtown, unfortunately, a lot of people who visit there tend to miss the great parts.

Lindsosaurus

hmm, yeah that is definitely a WTF? moment. I have a good friend that lives in Smyrna but I haven't really seen much of that area cause she lives right off the interstate...but my curiosity is piqued. I will have to go explore.

Not to me really...but i've seen it happen to other people and it really makes me mad.

Oh plentey of times... like a couple days ago some black guy called me a bea*er... then I called him a N***... then he handed me a beer..... good times good times

as a chinese i get descriminated all the time. Everywhere i go people squint their eyes at me mockingly, call me the "c word", and call me a f*b

i made a topic on it a couple weeks(months?) ago:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26927923&page=0

Guntrix7

[QUOTE="Guntrix7"]

as a chinese i get descriminated all the time. Everywhere i go people squint their eyes at me mockingly, call me the "c word", and call me a f*b

i made a topic on it a couple weeks(months?) ago:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26927923&page=0

Ace_WondersX