Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,152,731 members, 7,817,009 topics. Date: Friday, 03 May 2024 at 10:48 PM

A Discriminating Experience In Poland - Travel (2) - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Travel / A Discriminating Experience In Poland (44652 Views)

UBER Under Fire For Discriminating Against Women. / Masquerade Flogged Me: My Experience In Enugu Travelling Out Of East / My Bad Experience in a Hotel in Benin City (Pictures) (2) (3) (4)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (Reply) (Go Down)

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by coded01: 3:40am On Sep 22, 2015
magicminister:


[size=20pt]Racism is alive and well.
I would always advise any and every black person to grow a thick skin.
i have witnessed subtle discrimination and obvious discrimination.


There is no solution to racism and tribalism.

The only problem i have is when i see white folks being treated like demi gods by Nigerian people when they are in Nigeria.
It makes me really really sick and angry when i see my Nigerian brothers and sisters give preference to a white man in Nigeria before they even look my face or your face.



I might hate you but if i see you getting harassed by a white man, i will jump in quickly to your rescue.
whenever i read cases of white employers maltreating and physically abusing Nigerian employers In Nigeria, it really makes me wonder!
Can't their Nigerian colleagues jump in and save them?

[/size]




Blacks have to unite.
That is the only way!
Lets stand as one.


I agree... wink

6 Likes 1 Share

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 3:45am On Sep 22, 2015
magicminister:


[size=20pt]Racism is alive and well.
I would always advise any and every black person to grow a thick skin.
i have witnessed subtle discrimination and obvious discrimination.


There is no solution to racism and tribalism.

The only problem i have is when i see white folks being treated like demi gods by Nigerian people when they are in Nigeria.
It makes me really really sick and angry when i see my Nigerian brothers and sisters give preference to a white man in Nigeria before they even look my face or your face.


Blacks have to unite.
That is the only way!
Lets stand as one.


I might hate you but if i see you getting harassed by a white man, i will jump in quickly to your rescue.
whenever i read cases of white employers maltreating and physically abusing Nigerian employers In Nigeria, it really makes me wonder!
Can't their Nigerian colleagues jump in and save them?

[/size]



Melanated people need to stop treating white people like gods. I mean why would you worship a group of people are genetically recessive?.. These people came from blacks and they've proven to be a creation gone bad. Also I blame the corrupt system in Nigeria. I mean no Nigerian or African for that matter should have to leave Africa, a land blessed with natural abundance to go and be a work slave in Europe. It makes no sense. If these African governments can finally fix corruption and other problems in the society, then Africa will rise on top and prosper.

9 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 3:48am On Sep 22, 2015
mine was embarassing..but i smiled through it all

1 Like

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Bimffo(m): 3:54am On Sep 22, 2015
Atmmachine:


You're a racist son of a bitcch.
You hate whites ??
Which whites ?? I think you haven't been in contact with white people. They're the nicest people on earth.

undecided They are the nicest people where?

Please, my People, Where is Poland located?

1 Like

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 3:59am On Sep 22, 2015
Bimffo:


undecided They are the nicest people where?

Please, my People, Where is Poland located?

In Central or Eastern Europe depends how you wanna look at it.

1 Like

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by BuddhaPalm(m): 4:01am On Sep 22, 2015
aim5:


White people in general are racist, but Eastern Europeans are the worst. It's a shame that Africans get puked by these motherphuckers. I hate Eastern Europeans with perfect hatred especially for what they did to Tonia Okojie some months. And the annoying part of it all is that these whites will say oh we aren't the ones who hate you it's the "Jews". As if there's any difference between them and those devilish, Zionist imposters.

You are not racist at all.
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Bimffo(m): 4:02am On Sep 22, 2015
aim5:

In Central or Eastern Europe depends how you wanna look at it.
So you see Atmmachine, Poland is located on Earth.

2 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:04am On Sep 22, 2015
BuddhaPalm:


You are not racist at all.

No such thing as a black racist. I may be prejudice that's it. And if I am, I have a good reason to be.

2 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:08am On Sep 22, 2015
pansophist:
It was before my departure, I was patiently queuing about to board a flight from Katowice (Poland) to Eindhoven (Netherlands) at 07.15 am. While waiting, I was approached by a male employee who asked me about an unknown baggage found somewhere around the airport, I courteously replied that its not mine and I suggested that he should make a public announcement about it before passengers began to board the aircraft. When it was my turn to board, I approached the passenger service assistant and gave him my ID and mobile boarding pass but to my dismayal, he explicitly stated that I will not be allowed to board while asking me to wait at the corner for his boss to handle the situation. He wouldn’t listen to my subsequent plea as he rudely separated me from the curiously observing queuers, as I waited for the arrival of his supposed boss.

Three minutes later, the middle-aged boss arrived and as expected, collected my ID and interrogated me with the same question asked by the previous vicenarian employee, I repeatedly told him that I knew nothing about the baggage but he wouldn’t accept this as the truth. He further claimed that I was caught on camera dropping the bag and he would release the video to me if I keep denying, I was amazingly shocked at such magnitude of lie against me. I ask if I could see the video, wondering if I was mistaken for someone else, He agreed to show me but inferred that I wont be able to board the flight because after the nitty-gritty, the plane would be late on arrival, then its was dawm on me that this is getting serious. I replied angrily that if I miss my flight, I would sue the legal-person(s) involved. On hearing this, he immediately facilitated my boarding and directed me to the boarding gate. I asked again if I could see the video where I was caught dropping the baggage but he refused and reminded me that I am delaying the flight, in an attempt to diverge my pending questions. I was vehemently mortified. As I entered the plane from the front door, I noticed the fear and irritation gripping the passengers due to my chagrin. I approached to my assigned seat number, the passenger next to me wanted to be sure if I should be sitting close to her, as she was scared. I have never been publicly humiliated to this extent before. Throughout the whole trip, I was filled with so much anger, being victimized, guilt, and disregard. I wondered why I was handpicked and accorded such degrading treatment; I strongly believed it’s because of my phenotypically dark skin as I am the only ''non white'' on the flight, since no public announcement was made to inform if someone misplaced the baggage.

I have been a denizen in Poland and I have never experienced such degrading treatment throughout my time there. This treatment created a deep hole in my heart and brought to my awareness the reserved prejudice deeply rooted in the heart of the airport workers who ganged up and treated me so unfairly due to my dark skin. It is expected of public workers to be competent with customer’s relation skills, especially in airport serving passengers from all parts of the world. This experience has made me unnecessarily sensitive as I was made to tacitly understand I would have to prove my innocence if I’m unluckily present in any mix-up situation, that I will be assumed guilty by default with the burden of proving myself innocent resting on me, that this experience is but a mere trigger of an existing presupposition. The most painful part is that my feelings were completely ignored and at the very least of my expectation, no apologies issued to the aggrieved.

I am writing this letter without prejudice, and all I ask for is that the necessary authorities should equip its employees with customer relationship skills and method in reaching coherent conclusions without subjecting anyone to an inhumane treatment, and also as a deterrent from this happening to subsequent passengers.
Sorry about all the episode. Racism is still common and it does exist.

The best way to deal with racism is not to pay attention to it and smile when it matters most.

Life is intriguing!
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by ramalot(m): 4:12am On Sep 22, 2015
aim5:


No such thing as a black racist. I may be prejudice that's it. And if I am, I have a good reason to be.

100% False. That's like saying "I'm not a killer. I may be a life terminator, that's it." undecided

1 Like

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:19am On Sep 22, 2015
ramalot:


100% False. That's like saying "I'm not a killer. I may be a life terminator, that's it." undecided

Racism is intentionally preventing someone from getting employment because of their race. Or by intentionally not giving them a loan because of the color of their skin. Prejudice is just not liking them, and even if I was prejudice towards them, I'm not in any position to ruin their careers or livelihoods. Racism on the other hand, can have that effect. That's the difference.

11 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:22am On Sep 22, 2015
What makes me hate the whole situation is that those who would have comforted her distant themselves and make her feel horrible. There is this sheer ignorance with some group of people I don't like in the world.

It's all good. This is life that you live in. Most humans are wolves in sheep clothing.

2 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by odinese(m): 4:24am On Sep 22, 2015
Atmmachine:
My Nigga.
That's not even racism.
When you see a real racism, you won't be able to narrate your ordeal to anyone.
The just wanna see your ID & make sure you wasn't the one who dropped the bag.

Read most of your posts in previous pages, but ima tell you that you do act very dumb and immature...believe me.

15 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by martineverest(m): 4:24am On Sep 22, 2015
I could remember her story with her russian boss.may her soul rest in peace
aim5:


White people in general are racist, but Eastern Europeans are the worst. It's a shame that Africans get punked by these motherphuckers. I hate Eastern Europeans with perfect hatred especially for what they did to Tonia Okojie some months ago. And the annoying part of it all is that these whites will say oh we aren't the ones who hate you it's the "Jews". As if there's any difference between them and those devilish, Zionist imposters.
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:26am On Sep 22, 2015
aim5:


White people in general are racist, but Eastern Europeans are the worst. It's a shame that Africans get punked by these motherphuckers. I hate Eastern Europeans with perfect hatred especially for what they did to Tonia Okojie some months ago. And the annoying part of it all is that these whites will say oh we aren't the ones who hate you it's the "Jews". As if there's any difference between them and those devilish, Zionist imposters.
They have been blaming Jews for every error they make. Sometimes I feel for them. They are facing much discrimination as much as black people in the world. Jews are people I don't joke with after finding out that they are virtually innocent of most crimes they are blamed for.
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by martineverest(m): 4:31am On Sep 22, 2015
Africans are always fast at calling white racist;i guess dis is majorly due to low self esteem.they forget that tribalism and ethnicity are the 'worst form' of racism.

11 Likes 1 Share

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:39am On Sep 22, 2015
martineverest:
Africans are always fast at calling white racist;i guess dis is majorly due to low self esteem.they forget that tribalism and ethnicity are the 'worst form' of racism.
Whatever! That doesn't justify the evil of racism. Now run along with your pathetic life!

3 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by madjune(m): 4:39am On Sep 22, 2015
I'm sure he had tribal marks on his face.
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:43am On Sep 22, 2015
OP, that's just another case of MWF (Muslim While Flying). One of my sisters started hijab about a year ago, and as we approached the line, I went off to make a quick phone-call only to co,me back just in time to witness my sister - who'd been wearing a scarf all of two months and had never in her travel-packed life been asked to step aside - stowed away for a lengthy questionnaire, and an accompanying frisk-a-thon enough to make a seasoned escort feel violated.

Meanwhile, when came my turn, they brightly and cordially wished me a wonderful flight experience with smiles on their faces. I happened to have a winter scarf wrapped around my neck, and you should've seen their smiles turn slack on their faces and their eyebrows shoot straight up as I inched my scarf ever so slightly over my hair and then continue the process as I saw the reaction it was 'provoking', just to fvck with their minds.

It was as if you could see the gears slowly turning in their heads...

"OMG, we missed a terrorist!".

It was PRICELESS, yet sad. The experience was enough to stop my sister from wearing it while traveling ever again.

Still, I wouldn't call that racism.

7 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:44am On Sep 22, 2015
madjune:
I'm sure he had tribal marks on his face.
If at this modern age some ignorant people still behave the way their ancestors did in the 18 century then something must be wrong with them. We have come a long way to understand people, society and the environment we live in. For those who see this disgraceful act by the Polish people or whatever they are called as normal are completely hypocrites!

3 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:47am On Sep 22, 2015
EnlightenedSoul:
OP, that's just another case of MWF (Muslim While Flying). One of my sisters started hijab about a year ago, and as we approached the line, I went off to make a quick phone-call and came back just in time to witness my sister - who'd been wearing a scarf all of two months and had never in her travel-packed life been asked to step aside - stowed away for a lengthy questionnaire and an accompanying frisk-a-thon enough to make a seasoned escort feel violated.

Meanwhile, when came my turn, they brightly and cordially wished me a wonderful flight experience with smiles on their faces. I happened to have a winter scarf wrapped around my neck, and you should've seen their smiles turn slack on their faces and their eyebrows shoot straight up as I inched my scarf ever so slightly over my hair and then continue the process as I saw the reaction it 'provoked', just to fvck with their minds.

It was as if you could see the gears slowly turning in their heads...

"OMG, we missed a terrorist!".

It was PRICELESS, yet sad. The experience was enough to stop my sister from wearing it while traveling ever again.

I would call that discrimination, not racism.
There is nothing in the OP that says he/she is a Muslim or wearing a headscarf or some Muslim covering sh*t! Those Polish officers are just being unprofessional or absolutely ignorant.

5 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by FRANKOXY(m): 4:48am On Sep 22, 2015
Don't do anything again as God has vindicated you.
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by madjune(m): 4:49am On Sep 22, 2015
all4naija:

If at this modern age some ignorant people still behave they way their ancestors did in the 18 century then something must be wrong with them. We have come a long way to understand people, society and the environment we live in. For those who see this disgraceful act by the Polish people or whatever they are called as normal are completely hypocrites!

What are you talking about?

Do you have tribal marks?
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Atmmachine(m): 4:50am On Sep 22, 2015
odinese:


Read most of your posts in previous pages, but ima tell you that you do act very dumb and immature...believe me.
Your opinion ??
I don't give a flying fucckk.
Suck my dick
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:51am On Sep 22, 2015
madjune:


What are you talking about?

Do you have tribal marks?
You must be mad! What has tribal marks got to do with this? Do you see where the Polish sh*ts complain about them rather than the bag and identifications? angry angry angry lipsrsealed

3 Likes 1 Share

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:55am On Sep 22, 2015
all4naija:
There is nothing in the OP that says she is a Muslim or wearing a headscarf or some Muslim covering sh*t! Those Polish officers are just being unprofessional or absolutely ignorant.

Doesn't have to be a hijab, precisely. It could be his/her form of dress, or even something as simple as a given name. Our names are not typically names associated with Islam (Arab), so it took my sister 'marking herself' to experience the 'treatment'.
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 4:59am On Sep 22, 2015
EnlightenedSoul:


Doesn't have to be a hijab, precisely. It could be his/her form of dress, or even something as simple as a given name. Our names are not typically names associated with Islam (Arab), so it took my sister 'marking herself' to experience the 'treatment'.
This is an excuse I must not accept from you. African names got nothing to do with this. Most of those who are involved with terror activities would likely carry Islamic names like Mohammed, Hassan, etc. You have no argument there.

The officers were very unprofessional and they can easily endanger the lives of the innocent people by projecting the blame to the wrong person. The airport should look for better hands than those. This is 21st century - the information and space age.

many people these days tattoo their body yet don't receive such unmentionable treatment.

4 Likes

Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by blasterman(m): 5:03am On Sep 22, 2015
pansophist:
It was before my departure, I was patiently queuing about to board a flight from Katowice (Poland) to Eindhoven (Netherlands) at 07.15 am. While waiting, I was approached by a male employee who asked me about an unknown baggage found somewhere around the airport, I courteously replied that its not mine and I suggested that he should make a public announcement about it before passengers began to board the aircraft. When it was my turn to board, I approached the passenger service assistant and gave him my ID and mobile boarding pass but to my dismayal, he explicitly stated that I will not be allowed to board while asking me to wait at the corner for his boss to handle the situation. He wouldn’t listen to my subsequent plea as he rudely separated me from the curiously observing queuers, as I waited for the arrival of his supposed boss.

Three minutes later, the middle-aged boss arrived and as expected, collected my ID and interrogated me with the same question asked by the previous vicenarian employee, I repeatedly told him that I knew nothing about the baggage but he wouldn’t accept this as the truth. He further claimed that I was caught on camera dropping the bag and he would release the video to me if I keep denying, I was amazingly shocked at such magnitude of lie against me. I ask if I could see the video, wondering if I was mistaken for someone else, He agreed to show me but inferred that I wont be able to board the flight because after the nitty-gritty, the plane would be late on arrival, then its was dawm on me that this is getting serious. I replied angrily that if I miss my flight, I would sue the legal-person(s) involved. On hearing this, he immediately facilitated my boarding and directed me to the boarding gate. I asked again if I could see the video where I was caught dropping the baggage but he refused and reminded me that I am delaying the flight, in an attempt to diverge my pending questions. I was vehemently mortified. As I entered the plane from the front door, I noticed the fear and irritation gripping the passengers due to my chagrin. I approached to my assigned seat number, the passenger next to me wanted to be sure if I should be sitting close to her, as she was scared. I have never been publicly humiliated to this extent before. Throughout the whole trip, I was filled with so much anger, being victimized, guilt, and disregard. I wondered why I was handpicked and accorded such degrading treatment; I strongly believed it’s because of my phenotypically dark skin as I am the only ''non white'' on the flight, since no public announcement was made to inform if someone misplaced the baggage.

I have been a denizen in Poland and I have never experienced such degrading treatment throughout my time there. This treatment created a deep hole in my heart and brought to my awareness the reserved prejudice deeply rooted in the heart of the airport workers who ganged up and treated me so unfairly due to my dark skin. It is expected of public workers to be competent with customer’s relation skills, especially in airport serving passengers from all parts of the world. This experience has made me unnecessarily sensitive as I was made to tacitly understand I would have to prove my innocence if I’m unluckily present in any mix-up situation, that I will be assumed guilty by default with the burden of proving myself innocent resting on me, that this experience is but a mere trigger of an existing presupposition. The most painful part is that my feelings were completely ignored and at the very least of my expectation, no apologies issued to the aggrieved.

I am writing this letter without prejudice, and all I ask for is that the necessary authorities should equip its employees with customer relationship skills and method in reaching coherent conclusions without subjecting anyone to an inhumane treatment, and also as a deterrent from this happening to subsequent passengers.

Europe dey vex by this time . Also as long as africans practice tribalism why do you not think it is not logical that white man practice racism which is another form of tribalism.

Make u go Francophone or Portugese african country like Egu guniea and them ask u for ID and u know show as a nigeria body go tell u that day.

MEanwhile Ole Falae is still kdinapped dey they talk one thing

People prefer there tribal ppl be u white or black.
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by basileze: 5:03am On Sep 22, 2015
Polish are reputed to be fraudulent, they probably wanted to implicate you with illegal contents in the bag. I had similar experience with a polish fraud star.
Re: A Discriminating Experience In Poland by Nobody: 5:04am On Sep 22, 2015
all4naija:

This is an excuse I must not accept from you. African names got nothing to do with this. Most of those who are involved with terror activities would likely carry Islamic names like Mohammed, Hassan, etc. You have no argument there.

The officers were very unprofessional and they can easily endanger the lives of the innocent people by projecting the blame to the wrong person. The airport should look for better hands than those. This is 21st century - the information and space age.

I wasn't making excuses. I was sharing a story. We don't know the OP's name. Many Africans have Arab names, and in light of the post I shared, that was the first thing to come to mind.

2 Likes

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (Reply)

Truck Filled With Bottles Crashes At Iyana-Ipaja In Lagos (Disturbing Photos) / 11 Reasons Why You Should Not Japa From Nigeria / Gokada Temporarily Shuts Down After A 5min Trip By Its CEO Took More Than 15min

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 98
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.