Have You Ever Experienced Racism In Yankee?

You're right girl, very right looks lk it can never stop

yes maam,

SO what?, is this supposed to be only a yes or no answer, if u read my post again u will see the reasons I gave as to why I really don't care much about the racism in the US or rather why it does not bother me a whole lot, infact I find general prejudice to be threatning that racism, since one is based on color and the other isnt, anyways, of course I have experienced racism, I mean who hasnt, its not the expreience that differentiates u from others,, its how u respond to it, big difference between people that will use racism as an excuse not to work hard and those whom it motivates to work even harder to prove their point, I guess what am trying to say is that the greater question should be what we as Africans have done to make others not believe what they have been told about black people, if we had a homeland to be proud of, or rather one that gives a sh##tabout us, what the hell will I be doing in America subjecting myself to the kind of second guessing from people who believe nothing good comes from someone with a dark skin, Chinani You seem like a smart person because I have followed your posts closely but I hope u feel my frustrations with our "leaders" that force us into this compromising situations where we are more vulnerable to racism and even exploitation, I asked it before and I will ask it again, if NIgeria gave a Sh##t about the average NIgerian with all the wealth we have in that country,, what the hell will I be doing in America, but since it is true that The Leaders are after their own pockets,, why should I feel obligated to rush to the front line in defense of a "homeland" that denies its own their dreams, it just dosent make any sense, the problem with racism cannot be solved until we (africans) build ourself and homeland up to the level where we can sit at the table with the west on equal footing as opposed to beggar vs lenders, look at japan they have built the second biggest economy in the world,, and u can never hear a japanese person complain about racism (not prejudice) in the united states, because most americans know that Japan is even more technologically advanced and has the highest income per capita in the world, so again, for the most part, I believe that the problem is us not them, when we fix our problems first,, naturally people will respond with respect,

Racism exist here too in germany not only in  yankee. i started experiencing it the moment i steped foot in germany till today. when i was in nigeria i did not know that i had a skin colour untill i came to europe and  i am being constantly remeinded of this every day it is terrible! But i know one thing 4 sure i am black and proud.

The word negger in german(not abusive) is used to describe a black man and i get so angry every time i hear that word (negger) which is often, and have warned my boss at work never to use that word when speaking with me or when am around and he stop doing that. A stupid work colleage once made a stupid joke asking me which part of a black man is white? He then said his balls. i was so angry i asked him never to speak with me again  or i will kick his white a$$

@Eastcoast

its the same everywhere. Me too, it never crossed my mind that I was black, before I left Nigeria.
Worse, it never crossed my mind that my hair was curly, 

You might never realize how blessed you are as a black person, until you go abroad, see what some peeps struggle to cope with,want to enjoy, which you endure and enjoy freely.

Hehe

Did anyone of you ever walk down a street and white people on the same side of the road crossed the street? It's happened so many times sometimes I ask myself what they're so afraid of.

I walk like my dad owns the world. And yeah they should be afraid of me. I exude so much calm and confidence that one day one of my white friends said: "mac I never see you bothered. I wont want to piss you off man." This guy has a "black-belt" in martial arts (moo duk wan and tai chi). I laugh so loud white people flock me.

I do get the racism sometimes. Like one day I was checking out in a mini-mart, and swiped my debit card. The reciept came for me to sign my signature, and you as know naija signatures dey be now. So I signed the thing and the woman looked at it for a few seconds as she asked for my ID and said: "You better be careful signing that arround here. You could get in serious trouble for that . . ." Damn I was like woooow, uuuum . . .
She was trying to say that I could be arrested for identity theft, or trying to hide my identity . . . say I be kidnapper abi earth-planet's most wanted.

Another spring day, it was a bit chilli (chilli to a naija man na serious coooold) so I put on a winter jacket and walked into a bank. The cashier after processing my check said "I thought you were a bank robber. . ." She almost dialed 911.

Nilla let me give you a great idea.
Go to that church with 3 other friends,enter one at a time each one going straight to the seat she moves to and see what happens.

You may run her out of the church eventually.lol

This might be more appropiately titled have you ever experienced overt prejudice or racism.

Because every Nigerian, whether abroad or at home has experienced racism -- systematic, institutional racism -- i.e. the Global White World System.

It's effecting them, whether they understand or not, how the GWS is affecting them.

I rarely of course experience overt prejudice because I make it my business to stay as far away from whites as I can. This is why I remain in the Ghetto. I just prefer Black people and stress free days.

Or as the bible says: I have lived too long among those who hate peace.

I think there are several reports out showing that Black Flight --->meaning blacks are leaving white suburbs and moving back to Black Areas and regentrifying them or moving down south where they have nice middle class Black suburbs, is quite a phenomenon in the US.

I have read books by conservative Blacks protesting that educated Black Americans are refusing to run after the big, big jobs anymore because they require too much interaction with white folks.

Instead they settle for the medium paying job that doesn't advance anywhere in the Ghetto running some social services program because it allows them to be close to Blacks.

Apparently it is not just me, who would rather be around my own Black people than make goo gabs of money working in "their" world. 

New,



It must be cold down in hell tonight. Smile. LOL 

true

Donzman,

Forget equality. It's only a trick from the whiteman, except the equality trick comes from the liberal whiteman.

While he talks about equality in his hippy clothes with you. His brother is building walls to keep mexicans out, not making medicines that could save African lives, brutalizing others with police and jail.

In otherwords, equality talk is a way to divert you from what is really happenning in this world.

Remember what the history books say about how the Japanese achieved equal standing with whites: They enslaved and colonized Korea.

If I have to do as the Japanese did to become equal, then I better start looking for a group of folks, to hate and enslave.

Let me see____ who fits that category? Who do I hate enough to brutalize, so that the whiteman will finally say that I am his equal.

Hmmm___

The whiteman fears Black equality, he suspects that it may be achieved in a way that he does not desire.

Maybe if the whiteman is lucky, he can talk the blackman into achieving equality by enslaving and colonizing Continental Africans.

After all. They sent us into slavery, right? Ain't that what the whiteman is pushing around the world? Forget what we do to you CURRENTLY, focus on what some dead Africans did to you hundreds of centuries ago, thousands of miles away.

Oh, they have plans to make us equals alright but you may not like them.

I second Nilla's true.

@ Donzman,Drusilla refuses to accept that the white man did not invent slavery.
Slavery was a part and parcel of the black race  and everywhere else before the white man.
He (the white man) only took it to another level.
I don't wish to change this topic but drusilla read up on the 'osu caste system' called 'ohu 'or 'ume' in some areas in Igboland.
A devilish Igbo past culture whose effects are still being felt today.

And today 2006,sudanese and mauritanians still buy and sell slaves.
Stick to topics you're very sure of.

Donzman,

BINGO!!!

Now all you got to do is explain to the people why a "white" person (as much white as I am black, eh?) should be sitting around hoping to be EQUAL with "white" people?

Aren't I already equal with myself?

Are you insane for offering me equality with myself?

I don't get it, what are you talking about?, Are you now trying to say that you're not half white ?

Oh you better thank a man for giving you anything, if it is yours, how did it end up with another man? Were you incapable of protecting it yourself? - Donzman

I still don't get what you're getting at. Point is that you're half white/half black, why aren't you interested in going to Europe and relating with some of your relatives?

I really can't answer that truthfully, as you can see I wasn't alive back then. I'll give my grandma a call, she'll have a more accurate answer.

Frankly, I haven't met many continental africans who blame the white man for all their problems. This mentality is very common among AA's and I'm yet to figure out why.