Is this racism?
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Okay so I've only lived in Canada for a year now,and I'm used to this kind of ignorance. I come from Egypt,and I guess, my class being uninformed, and.. well stupid, they started associating everything I do with camels, and pyramids(ex:living in pyramids).I've basically lived all my life outside of Egypt, so I was used to it. I explained to them, that Egypt has cars,Tvs,phones, and homes. After that most of them stopped, and we became really good friends. But others wouldn't stop, and once I told my friend that my uncle died in a car crash, and some girl listening said ,,Do you mean camel crash'' and started laughing out loid. It stopped being fun, and now is just plain offensive. I thing this is racist.
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loid-loud
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If you deem it to be racist then It can deemed to be racist.
If you don't think it's racist then another person does then again it racist.
I no one deems it as racist then it ain't racist.
Cleared up?
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Yeah that's kinda wrong.... I have an Egyptian friend and we tease him but not THAT much. You should tell em to go piss up a rope. I wouldn't tolerate that kind of stuff. Not funny.
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Im not positive that u can consider it a racial slur against ur ethnicity. But it's definitely stereotyping about ur homeland
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I think you may be surrounded by morons. It happens. My condolences.
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Mr Ikslopot 🍀 wrote:
👆ThisI think you may be surrounded by morons. It happens. My condolences.
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Not racist... Just prejudice and bullying... Ignore them, you'll be there boss one day... Or get some big guys to beat the shit out of them...
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BØRG23 wrote:
👍👍👍Not racist... Just prejudice and bullying... Ignore them, you'll be there boss one day... Or get some big guys to beat the shit out of them...
Get H@VOC to come sort them out. -
I like camel, toes. ✊
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generally, as people mature and get a little education, they stop with that crap. kids are pretty vicious-- anything that they can find that makes you an "outsider" and them an "insider" is fair game. nothing to do but deal with it. This isn't racism, it's just mob psychology: in groups and out groups. it sucks, but it's the law of the jungle when kids and adolescents form groups. that's life.
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"The Man" wrote:
RoflI like camel, toes. ✊
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Just idiots, if you weren't Egyptian they would find something else to pick at.
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Hey Ray I can give you my two sense I can relate.
You see people who have no culture and who have lived all there lives in the same place and never traveled the world or seen other cultures of people do not know or see what you have. There are people who still live in the amazone who are hunters and gathers like thousands of years ago and have never seen airplanes Or technology.I get the same thing I'm Italian so they associate me with the mafia and when they find out I am muslim they even get more confused a Muslim mafia terrorist, I heard it all some just like to get a kick out of bugging you just ignore them if it really bothers you speak to them nicely if they still continue report them to your teacher if they continue to intentionally harass you.
By the way Eygyp was around much longer than where they come from I bet :) -
Sticks and stones Raymond, if it gets that bad tell someone.
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It is very mean when the laugh when you explain your uncle died. They are people like that. Move on. They are people you don't want to give time to. If everyone is like that come to usa. Good luck. Love peace.
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They seem jealous that you're well travelled. The fact that the girl laughed about your dads death is not funny. Personally I would of laid into her verbally at that point but it probably wouldn't of done any good.
I'd call your experience racism. -
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I'm suprised theses idiots haven't automatically assumed you were Muslim as well, which is another stereotype.
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Don Davido 🇺🇸 wrote:
Yeah I'm muslimI'm suprised theses idiots haven't automatically assumed you were Muslim as well, which is another stereotype.
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VitoRitz wrote:
Thanks that mde my day. :)Hey Ray I can give you my two sense I can relate.
You see people who have no culture and who have lived all there lives in the same place and never traveled the world or seen other cultures of people do not know or see what you have. There are people who still live in the amazone who are hunters and gathers like thousands of years ago and have never seen airplanes Or technology.I get the same thing I'm Italian so they associate me with the mafia and when they find out I am muslim they even get more confused a Muslim mafia terrorist, I heard it all some just like to get a kick out of bugging you just ignore them if it really bothers you speak to them nicely if they still continue report them to your teacher if they continue to intentionally harass you.
By the way Eygyp was around much longer than where they come from I bet :) -
Kids are mean, anything different will be made fun of.
Let it go and move on or find their weakness and make fun back, don't go all PC. ✊
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I'm asian and my friends make fun of me all the time! It gets a little old but... I'm glad it's not as bad as you get it 😁
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There's a certain class of people that try to destroy anything they don't understand. They enjoy being ignorant I suppose. It's easier that way. Dont let them beat you down and try your hardest not to react in a negative way because that's what they use to feed their insecurities. And like others said bide your time, they'll get theirs. ;)
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fat raymond--how old are you or what grade in school? I suspect therein lies your answer.
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dude, you are young and live in Canada. 2 things.
1) i am assuming the age you are at, your classmates will always find something to make fun of.
2) your in Canada, in a few years your classmates will grow up and realize that everywhere they look they will see people that are different from them and they will learn to deal with it. they will also probably realize what a bunch of little douches they were. -
"The Man" wrote:
Exactly, kids will mock anything different.. Laugh along with them, over cook it you know say "ha ha yeah I do live in a pyramid we use loads of tissue rolls oh ha ha" if they see it's not getting to you after a while they will move on to some one elseKids are mean, anything different will be made fun of.
Let it go and move on or find their weakness and make fun back, don't go all PC. ✊
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Mr Ikslopot 🍀 wrote:
If you live your life looking for racism you will find it everywhere you look and you will be miserable. It's a self fulfilling prophecy. Ignore it and move on with your life. Emphasis on "move on".I think you may be surrounded by morons. It happens. My condolences.
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Dude,
I agree with most of the posts above. It is not racism, but obnoxious. In the old days I got people to believe that we kept polar bears in yard back in Sweden and a few other things. In my international high school there was a rumor that all Swedish guys were gay. (I thought that one was funny actually, but I may have contributed since I think I dressed up in drag for a Carnaval or something). There are different strategies for responding, as outlined above. Find the one that works for you. It seems like what you are dealing with is just another variety of jackassishness. Rock on, bro! -
Vito Svensson wrote:
Dude,
I agree with most of the posts above. It is not racism, but obnoxious. In the old days I got people to believe that we kept polar bears in yard back in Sweden and a few other things. In my international high school there was a rumor that all Swedish guys were gay. (I thought that one was funny actually, but I may have contributed since I think I dressed up in drag for a Carnaval or something). There are different strategies for responding, as outlined above. Find the one that works for you. It seems like what you are dealing with is just another variety of jackassishness. Rock on, bro!You dressed up in drag? Hahahaha!!!! Awesome bro! 💃💃💃
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it's not racism.its others wanting to fit in.but some are racist,they the difficult ones
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