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In reply to the discussion: When you see unexpected racism... [View all]yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)And chatting with someone, and when they learn I am Asian, they either disappear or get angry and tell me that
"Immigrants are the downfall of this country, and that I should just go back to fucking China and leave America be."
I try to tell them I was born here, and that I am not Chinese, and they come back with
"Anchor fucking baby" and
"Who cares what you are, all you slants look alike to me".
I am totally horrified. I mean, You know, I grew up in a district in San Francisco where there were many kinds of people, mostly Chinese. I grew with Chinese kids and though I am Japanese, I never had a problem. No one blamed me for things Japan did to China, nor any of that stuff. I told them, I was part Hawaiian native and Japanese, and it was accepted. The thing is, I have been told I don't even look Hawaiian except I tend to be darker than most Japanese, so that's confusing. But I never really faced full on Hate until I logged on line and talked with people from other areas. It still happens, or if I speak Japanese with friends get some serious backlash from Xenophobes telling me
"This is murica, speak AMERICAN DAMNIT OR go back to where ever you came from!".
Bigotry sucks no matter what form it is in. I am sure I have had jobs where a guy who was working the same shift always got a few dollars more than I did in his paycheck. I was always told if I ever got pregnant I would be fired by some jerk of a boss I worked for.
Bigotry sucks big time and this country has a long, long way to go before any of that will ever be fixed. I was sheltered from that kind of Hatred most of my life, because I lived in a caring community. I really believe those kind of communities can happen again in this country. That people can be not only accepted for who they are, but appreciated for what they can contribute to society.