Racism

hey guys i just wanted to know how you guys cope with rasicm against you i encounter it alot because i am a muslim who covers up i mean i wear a hijab but i know that not the only people ho enconter racism so i wanted to kknow how you guys deal with it.

i would like to share something it was my 7th and8th grade years i dont use to wear a hijab but still would be discrimenated for being from south asia but the thing was i am paki and half of the people didi not even know what that was so they would bother me by calling me indu dindy because they thought i was from india my teacher was really rude with be because of that and this guy use to call me stupid stuuf like oh you hindu because they didi not know where pakistan was and what people are there so they would just asume i am hindu and indian and i use really fell bad because i feel no defrence between indian and pakis they are the same and espacilay being a punjabi the india and paki side punjab are so alike we share the same cultural baground and everything.i was so upset by the rascist comment that i started to think of really dangerous stuuf for my self and i am sure it happens to other too.

and anothe incident was just yesterday i went to the mall and i went to thi shsoe store and this spanich lady started saying something i sapnich and i kind of got what they were saying and then we went to resturant and there werwe these 16 17 year old guys they startyed laughing like it so funny to see some body wereing a hijab i was really sad and hurt abdou it and indiaforum being a big part of my life i thought i should share this and should find out how you guys deal with sotuation like that when people are so intimadated by you being different that they try to hurt you. and i know it happens to alot of peoople.so plzzzz share that how you cope with it cause i have hard time coping iwth it.bythe way i live in queens newyork city.

Hi,

Well, the thing is that I have never encountered racism here in the US even after living here for so many years. I am a Muslim but I don't wear Hijab but nevertheless I don't think anyone has any right to make any racist comments against anyone.

Since I haven't encountered it yet, I can't give you any advice but I think it depends on the situation. Most of the times, it's better to confront such idiots but other times, it's just better not to take notice of whatsoever they are saying and just carry on and show them that their stupid remarks make no difference to you... And anyways, as they say, Keechad mein pathar marne se apne kapde hi gande hote hain or something like that... So don't pay much attention to the racist remarks of people who aren't able of calling themselves even humans.

hi naina iam glad u repled .i wrot ths to know other stories and advices cause tht helps me and then iknow that i am not the only one.

hey naina where in US do u live .

Originally posted by: tumhari?

hey naina where in US do u live .

I live in Arkansas! And if you need some advices you can post in the Advice Corner, I am sure many people would reply. 😊

sorry uve seen racism !!
ive actually neva had anyone be racist to me personally, buh i seen it n its juz a bunch of ppl talkin out of ignorance !! its horrible n it shud stop

im sorry to hear that
i think im lucky no1s ever made a racist remark about me
but yeah i hear ppl stereotypin all the time
sumtimes its funny but some ppl go too far with it

Being in India i hv never been thru this n so i cant advice u. But its sad to know that ppl still make racist comments. They actually hv no right to do so..v all r humans and this very fact shud be respected.

I've dealed with it all my life as far as I can remember. Sometimes what pple say can rub off onto u. I've lived in US for only lik 5 yrs. I've hardly any close friends who r Indians. They can be very racist too. My friends don't tlk to each other 'cause of their race and stuff. I try to keep them apart as much as possible. Seriously, they trash lik drainage system. I don't mind as long as it has nothing to do with me. say it to my face and i'll really mouth off. 😕

guys such is life as bad as that sounds there will always be racist scum in the world 😡