Racist experiences

[KittyPeach]

I've once had someone call out to my bf, asking for the time by saying, "Hey Jackie Chan! Oi, Bruce Lee! Hey Jet Li!" Really got on my nerves. He isn't even Chinese, he's half Vietnamese, half Aussie. We just tried to ignore him, but he kept on pestering us, it was horrible.

In a 'reverse-racism' experience I had, I was at the train station, and this old Asian guy, who could barely speak English, spoke to me in Chinese (... I think). I tried to explain to him that I don't understand a single bit of Chinese, and that I can only speak English, but he refused to listen. I was in a really tight spot. Thankfully, a nearby Asian guy came to my rescue, and talked to the guy in Chinese for me. Phew, took a load off my shoulders!

In high school I had some so called, "friends" who would always make racist jokes. It was really bad, since I was the only Asian in the group. Everyone else was caucasian. They made terrible "jokes" about how Asians are all the same, in the way the speak, look, act and just are. I was so insulted. This didn't happen once, this happened almost every week. I felt so insulted! These people were meant to be my friends, and yet they were making jokes about my background! They use to single me out all the time, mostly because I was Asian. They'd make comments about how "quirky" my Asian family is, and even making comments like, "oh, you Asians are so weird. You eat chicken bones?"

One of the most insulting comments I've had said to me was, "Well at least I'm not Chinese!" That was shocking. This was the little brother of one of my friends. Agh, how can you say that? It's just not right!

I've also had the slanty eye, yellow skin, dog eating, bad teeth, bad eye sight remarks which have sent me up the wall. And the whole, "Asians aren't pretty."

Why do people have to be so annoying!?

[katrina]

Originally Posted by kawaiiangel

some ppl i've come across who've used the word "chinky" say its just a short hand way of saying chinese carryout,

weird, i've never heard that. maybe it's a scotland thing? (dunno your profile says your from scotland)

Originally Posted by cookiebubble

and one girl even asked if asians didnt have peripheral vision! wtf.

i don't think that's racist. it just sounds like she's stupid, lol. but not racist


and i said it once & i'll say it again: SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO EAT DOG. lots of people in my family eat dog. so who cares about dog eating comments? some people do eat them!

[kawaiiangel]

Originally Posted by katrina

weird, i've never heard that. maybe it's a scotland thing? (dunno your profile says your from scotland)

yeh it is a scottish thing to be going to get a "chinky" ...i come across it all the time.

[felinius]

Originally Posted by katrina

and i said it once & i'll say it again: SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO EAT DOG. lots of people in my family eat dog. so who cares about dog eating comments? some people do eat them!

yep! Koreans eat dogs in the summer time, though it's a delicacy. though we just don't eat random dogs... the dogs are bred for eating.

[quephuong]

Originally Posted by katzluva

Oui, where do you live? @_@

I've experienced a few mean comments, but none that really stood out in my memory...

I live in Australia.

[xBishieLuvrx]

once my family and i went to las vegas, and there was a black guy behind us, and he pushed through my family and said "excuse me, chinese" (or so my mom said, i wasn't paying attention). i thought it was stupid, because of all people, shouldn't black people be more appreciative of ethnicity? not to be sorta racist myself, but i what would've happened if i said "here, black." back? geez.

i understand that some asian people eat dog.
but to me, it's offensive that people ask, because to me, it's totally inhuman to breed something just for the sake of eating it. unless it's a veggie xD

[quephuong]

Originally Posted by xBishieLuvrx

once my family and i went to las vegas, and there was a black guy behind us, and he pushed through my family and said "excuse me, chinese" (or so my mom said, i wasn't paying attention). i thought it was stupid, because of all people, shouldn't black people be more appreciative of ethnicity? not to be sorta racist myself, but i what would've happened if i said "here, black." back? geez.

i understand that some asian people eat dog.
but to me, it's offensive that people ask, because to me, it's totally inhuman to breed something just for the sake of eating it. unless it's a veggie xD

Ugh minorities should be sticking together.

Yeah Asian people do eat dog, but that's mainly with really poor people, who live in really rural areas. I would rather eat dog then starve to death, wouldn't you? I find it offensive because it's stereotypical. People wouldn't lile it if I said whites were all ignorant racist assholes who have a membership to the KKK or that black people all live in ghettos and stuff like that.

[felinius]

Originally Posted by quephuong

Ugh minorities should be sticking together.

Yeah Asian people do eat dog, but that's mainly with really poor people, who live in really rural areas.

Ummm..... no... not totally true. Korea + Dog = Delicacy. Poorer people can't really afford it.

[quephuong]

Originally Posted by felinius

Ummm..... no... not totally true. Korea + Dog = Delicacy. Poorer people can't really afford it.

Uhhh...okay...>_<

[Christine]

Hmm... Actually, I haven't had people discriminate towards me. I've had the occasional konichiwa (I'm not japanese), but that rarely happens, and when it does, it's most likely from somene with one of the lowest GPAs in the school.

My friends sometimes do the "ching chong ching" thing, but they don't mean any harm...

If someone ever does that ching chong chang thing in a negative way, just remember that you have better English than whoever it was. Orrrrr insult them in your asian language haha

[katrina]

Originally Posted by quephuong

. People wouldn't lile it if I said whites were all ignorant racist assholes who have a membership to the KKK or that black people all live in ghettos and stuff like that.

uhhh yeah but being in the KKK is obviously bad


eating a dog is......eating


there's a big difference

[xBishieLuvrx]

^either way, it's like assuming that we do something we actually don't.
i have a dog. so when people ask me if i eat dogs, it's like uhh what the heck.

[diadori]

If I were asian and I got the dog eating comment (in a negative way) I'd just be like "do you eat peacocks?" or some other random european food.

[Kawaii Broccoli]

Yeah...I've gotten some of those comments too...But has anyone ever gotten like racist remarks or like prejudices from other asian races? I'm mixed and it seems to be so common...At least to me it is.

[katrina]

Originally Posted by xBishieLuvrx

^either way, it's like assuming that we do something we actually don't.
i have a dog. so when people ask me if i eat dogs, it's like uhh what the heck.

should a french person be offended if somebody asks them if they eat frogs and snails? it's just a question. somebody can ask me something like if i have a job or if i like the color blue and i don't and tehy would be "assuming i do something when i don't".

Originally Posted by Kawaii Broccoli

Yeah...I've gotten some of those comments too...But has anyone ever gotten like racist remarks or like prejudices from other asian races? I'm mixed and it seems to be so common...At least to me it is.

yeah, im mixed too. my grandmother is half white but she dyes her hair blonde (she's old i guess it's just easier than trying to cover up gray with black or brown) so really she looks totally white and other filipino people tend to be rude to her & go absolutely crazy when they hear her speak tagalog "zomg that white lady is spepakin t3h filipino!!11"

but whatever i really cant stand my grandma anyway

[SecretLover]

That sucks! I have a friend who is Asian and her friends just don't like her. We are really good friends online, and I wish I could help her more. People make fun of her the same way!

[smile_sweet_pie]

I understand what you guys all mean. I've had a whole bunch of those racist comments thrown at school when I was little. They hurt, felt ashamed of myself, but I grew up and no one does it anymore. You'll hear the occasional comment, but whatever it doesn't bother me anymore.

[~*Suzi*~]

Im a BBC and got i quite a bit stuff like chinky, ching chang chong, making bruce lee noises made at me!!!!!

people assume i can do kung fu as well

but general there are a not of ignorant people whereever u go soooooooo u just have to live with it cant stoop to their levels, cos i just think to my self i have every right to be in the UK as the rest of um, i was born here yada yada yada

[Chigasaki]

Originally Posted by katrina

uhhh yeah but being in the KKK is obviously bad


eating a dog is......eating


there's a big difference

Yeah... except that its a dog. I guess it has to do with how we see dogs in this country as being man's best friend. So when Americans hear that people eat them its a shock to them...andwhen they ask someone Do you eat dogs? (and it depends how they ask it and in what tone) They don't mean it in a nice way because most usually they already have a wrong perception of it in their minds that's what I've observed anyway.

[cool]

I once knew an American who said 'I am not a racist but I hate em all'.

Haha... what a dumba*s racist!

Mostly, when I was studying in the USA, people would, from how I speak English assume that I am stupid or dumb.