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RE: Dealing with racists
January 10, 2018 at 2:08 am
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Definitely report him. That sort of thing just shouldn't be tolerated. I would've stayed in the queue, given that guy a dirty look, and given the black guy a tip, making sure the racist guy saw me. But I do get why you didn't do any of that, but make sure you let him know that you don't like or practice racism yourself.
I know what it's like to be racially discriminated against, (though as far as I've seen, non racist people far outnumber racist people), and it's not fun, obviously. It's also embarrassing to confront people who're being racist towards you, even though I've done it a few times and it was so fun lol. So non racist people really should do as much as they can to quell racism, because it's not nearly as embarrassing to speak out when you're not the one being discriminated against. (I've done that too, and it's even more fun. The look of surprise on people's faces when they realize that someone they though would support them now thinks very lowly of them is priceless.)
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RE: Dealing with racists
January 10, 2018 at 10:33 pm
(January 9, 2018 at 6:47 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: I was recently working at a major airport, working "airside" on an IT job, so lots of security to go through, I needed to be escorted around. Part way through the day we stopped for a coffee at a major caffeine shop, while we were queueing, my guide said "let's move to the other queue, I don't want to be served by a black person" What should I have done? If I made a fuss, it would make my job very difficult as I needed him to take me around, if I kept quiet I would seem to be sharing his views.
In the end I chickened out and kept quiet but still feel bad about it
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RE: Dealing with racists
January 10, 2018 at 10:38 pm
Hard to believe people like this still exist
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RE: Dealing with racists
January 11, 2018 at 12:30 am
(January 10, 2018 at 10:38 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Hard to believe people like this still exist Not really.
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RE: Dealing with racists
January 11, 2018 at 2:25 am
(January 10, 2018 at 10:38 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Hard to believe people like this still exist
Not hard for me to believe at all.
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RE: Dealing with racists
January 11, 2018 at 12:34 pm
Me neither. Trump is the president of the united states. That demonstrates clearly that we are a nation of bigoted assholes.
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RE: Dealing with racists
January 11, 2018 at 12:38 pm
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(January 9, 2018 at 6:47 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: I was recently working at a major airport, working "airside" on an IT job, so lots of security to go through, I needed to be escorted around. Part way through the day we stopped for a coffee at a major caffeine shop, while we were queueing, my guide said "let's move to the other queue, I don't want to be served by a black person" What should I have done? If I made a fuss, it would make my job very difficult as I needed him to take me around, if I kept quiet I would seem to be sharing his views.
In the end I chickened out and kept quiet but still feel bad about it
I would've probably done the same thing you did, to be honest. Social psychology's an ass.
If he had been more aggressive saying stuff like "fuck black people, I hate their ass", or kept repeatedly saying he doesn't like being served by black people, then response would've been different.
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RE: Dealing with racists
January 11, 2018 at 1:30 pm
(January 11, 2018 at 12:34 pm)Mermaid Wrote: Me neither. Trump is the president of the united states. That demonstrates clearly that we are a nation of bigoted assholes.
What if it turns out a prostitute of color has urinated in his mouth ?
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RE: Dealing with racists
January 11, 2018 at 1:34 pm
(January 11, 2018 at 12:30 am)DodosAreDead Wrote: (January 10, 2018 at 10:38 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Hard to believe people like this still exist Not really.
That is sad. I guess I just didn't grow up around stuff like this.
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RE: Dealing with racists
January 11, 2018 at 2:08 pm
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