For you, what was your first experience with racism? Maybe it was in school when the white kid didn't understand what he was seeing since he never saw a black kid, or maybe it's the police who have given us nothing but trouble most of the time, or a teacher, or anything. What was your experience like and how did it make you feel at that point and time?
For me, I feel like I didn't get much problems in grade school and up. Middle and high school is when kids started to get more ballsy and started saying the N word liberally like they were free to do so. I remember this kid in high school, white of course, and he would always say the n word like he was part of the crew. Told him off one time as I was mad that day, and he triggered a reaction from me. I screamed at the kid, told him to stop saying the n word, no one likes it. Just because you're friends with some of us, doesn't give you the right to say that shit. And he stopped. I think since he thought he was hanging out with us all the time, that he would be able or allowed to say it in the "friendly" way, but nah man, not having that.
I've encountered many other racists over the year, but they were pretty easy to ignore and move on from. Especially on the internet. Playing online games, doing online chats, omegle, etc, you'll hear every damn offensive thing under the sun.
What was your first experience like with racism? Mine's tame, but I'm sure there are others here who may have had it a lot worse.
For me, I feel like I didn't get much problems in grade school and up. Middle and high school is when kids started to get more ballsy and started saying the N word liberally like they were free to do so. I remember this kid in high school, white of course, and he would always say the n word like he was part of the crew. Told him off one time as I was mad that day, and he triggered a reaction from me. I screamed at the kid, told him to stop saying the n word, no one likes it. Just because you're friends with some of us, doesn't give you the right to say that shit. And he stopped. I think since he thought he was hanging out with us all the time, that he would be able or allowed to say it in the "friendly" way, but nah man, not having that.
I've encountered many other racists over the year, but they were pretty easy to ignore and move on from. Especially on the internet. Playing online games, doing online chats, omegle, etc, you'll hear every damn offensive thing under the sun.
What was your first experience like with racism? Mine's tame, but I'm sure there are others here who may have had it a lot worse.
