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injest:
--- Quote from: David on July 25, 2007, 01:43:14 am ---What Jess said, Kelda.
Most of the African American side of my family still lives in the South, in Louisiana near New Orleans. Most of the French side of my family also still lives down there. And every once in awhile, people will still refer to members of my family as "colored". In addition to what Jess said, it's also offensive because it was commonly used during the pre civil rights era. To call someone "colored" suggests to African Americans that they/we haven't made any progress. It reminds us of the "back of the bus" days. Most people of African descent in America today prefer to be called "African American".
There are many choice words for Native Americans too, and people have used some of these nasty words when referring to me; words such as "Prairie N*gger" and "Injun". Terrible words! Like I said, discrimination hurts. :'(
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humph! when EVERYONE that knows you knows that the PROPER words to describe you is:
Sweet
Kind
gentle
funny
smart
and
KEEEEE ute as a bug!!
;D ;) :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
(there are other words but I don't want to embarrass you or give you a swelled up head)
Kerry:
It breaks my heart to hear that you've been hurt so badly, David. :'(
There really are some despicable people out there.
I was discriminated against all through my childhood. I grew-up in an era when men were men (even if you were eight years old!) and women were invisible! I won't get into the gay discrimination thing here, because that wasn't entirely the root cause of the discrimination I was exposed to. No, I was naturally just a delicate, effete kinda kid who hated sport and loved ballet and art - even from a very early age. This just came naturally to me. All the little butch boys at school were very threatened by me and I used to get beaten and attacked on a regular basis. Got so that I was terrified to get on the school bus and had to get public buses to and from school, just to avoid the pint-sized terrorists that made my lil life hell.
I used to hide out in the library and art rooms and in time became very religious.
Fortunately, I had loving, supportive parents. As my dear ol' Mum used to say, "They're more to be pitied than blamed."
Yep, good ol' school days weren't exactly very "good" for me.
Kelda:
the only people that think school was the good old days is in my experience the chherleaders and the jocks (are whatever the equivalent is each country - in mine probably the smokers, the rugby players and the hockey players)
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Kerry on July 25, 2007, 09:26:31 am ---It breaks my heart to hear that you've been hurt so badly, David. :'(
There really are some despicable people out there.
I was discriminated against all through my childhood. I grew-up in an era when men were men (even if you were eight years old!) and women were invisible! I won't get into the gay discrimination thing here, because that wasn't entirely the root cause of the discrimination I was exposed to. No, I was naturally just a delicate, effete kinda kid who hated sport and loved ballet and art - even from a very early age. This just came naturally to me. All the little butch boys at school were very threatened by me and I used to get beaten and attacked on a regular basis. Got so that I was terrified to get on the school bus and had to get public buses to and from school, just to avoid the pint-sized terrorists that made my lil life hell.
I used to hide out in the library and art rooms and in time became very religious.
Fortunately, I had loving, supportive parents. As my dear ol' Mum used to say, "They're more to be pitied than blamed."
Yep, good ol' school days weren't exactly very "good" for me.
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I don't think I'm any different than anyone else Kerry. Not really. In fact, I think every single person in this world has felt discrimination at some point in their lives. A conservative in a room full of liberals; a liberal in a room full of conservatives; a woman in a room full of male chauvinists; someone living or visiting a country and they cannot speak the language; religion. There's all different kinds of situations.
I had a difficult time in school too Kerry. I think those school years were probably the most difficult time in my life. I was an effeminate Catholic boy which was not a good thing to be in 1960's and 1970's Indiana. Catholic schools can be rough anyhow, for some reason. But most of the boys at my school viewed me as a "sissy pretty boy"; because they didn't know those other bad words yet. In middle school and high school the word "fag" reared its ugly head. So, we've all been through discrimination haven't we? Discrimination, intolerance, ostracism and the feeling of confusion and isolation.
Things are better now in some ways. But we still have a way to go when it comes to race and sexual preference, at least in some places in this country and in the world. :)
KristinDaBomb:
I'm sorry to hear/read about people on here being discriminated. None of you deserve that.
When I was in Kindergarten or first grade, I moved from Chicago (I think, can't remember, we moved around a lot) to Atlanta Georgia. Everyday kids would call me cracker because I was the only white girl in a class of African American's. And when I lived in Hawaii people would call me a Haloe which is supposed to be a term for foreigners, but it was really just a bad word for white people.
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