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When I was in middle school and high school most people assumed that I was Hispanic, and well still till this day. I understand why they may have thought that. The fact that my skin complexion, my dark hair, dark eyes, and since most people just generalize they assumed I was Hispanic.
Well one day this girl on the school bus was talking negatively about Hispanic people and she made a comment like “yall Spanish motherf*c%#s should go back to the country that you came from!” she was looked the direction of my friends and I, so me being that hot-headed person that I am, said “who the f#*%, are you to say something like that and for your information I aint even Hispanic.” Well to make a long story short we were arguing and ever since that day we have NEVER got along. We had a mutual dislike, hate if you will. We both said things that were rude and appalling.
I was extremely angry at the fact that someone would say something like that especially her because she was Black, so her ancestors came from Africa. I was enraged with anger because knowing how Black/African American’s have suffered with slavery , I would think that she would be understanding in the fact that we are all minorities.
What I have noticed through out my middle school and high scool days was that there is in fact racism within minority groups. That bothers me because I do not feel as though we should be racist to anyone, what for? We are all humans and we share the world we live on.
If I could go back to that day I most likely would not have changed a thing from that situation, when someone is being so rude and disgusting towards another race, when her ancestors were in fact IMMIGRANTS themselves, I do not see how I could react in a different way, I probably would have said the same things I did in the same manner in which I said it. I was extremely tired of people assuming that I was Hispanic, but even more tired of people talking down on me because they thought I was Hispanic.
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Sometimes I wonder, if I had different colored eyes, if I dressed differently, if I hung around with different group of friends would she have said the same thing? Would she have still assumed that I was Hispanic?
Some actions that I could have taken in order to make it conflict free manner would probably be to have sustained my composure and not have gotten so angry and yelled at her, we were at each others throats, but I most likely would have said the same thing.
All in all, I would not have changed a thing, the way that I see it is that if she was rude enough to make such a comment towards us, and we had done nothing to her that I don’t need ignorant people like that in my life.
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I really appreciate how you went into depth with the subject, it made your entry very interesting. It is sad that today we still have to deal with inequalities and the awkwardness that that sentiment brings about between people.
ReplyDeleteAhw thanks for taking the time to read my blog =) , it really is such a shame.
ReplyDeleteI liked your story. I believe it one hundred percent because I've seen things like that a million times. What I found particularly interesting was your comment about how racism still exists among minorities. People often don;t consider this aspect of racism. One might assume that minorities have learned tolerance through their own struggles and hardships, but that is oftennot the case. I think that being a minority may even push a racial group into racist tendencies. I'm half Cuban for example, and my Cuban family is super proud of where they come from. They, like many other hispanic groups, find themselves superior to others. I think of it as a pride in their own heritage that has gone too far, to the point of isolating others. At what point does pride become bigotry? Just a thought.
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