Thread: Racism-Which country have you experianced it the most? how to handle it?

Have you experianced racism? If so where was it most?

I have never been so affected by racism as i have been in Namibia. (for those who may not know where this is, it boders South Africa). Blacks are racist among themselves as well as with others, whites dont speak but if looks could kill.... The stranges and most annoying and trying part is their behavior towards indians. Have you ever been told to go back to India?? Hello!! I've never been to India!
If you dont get told to 'go back to India' u are told ninja or osama and u carrying a bomb etc etc. Thats besides the evil looks you get. If you greet u get an cold look in response. Wherever you go, you feel completely out of place as ppl stare and i mean 'stare' at you.

Living in SA i never really had trouble. Racism was only sometimes with whites, but as i say SOMETIMES. With the natives there was never a problem, as indians are considered "Blacks" there. I'm not saying South Africans are perfect, i'm saying that compared to Namibia its Beautiful!

Indians are few in this country and Muslims even less, so thats partially why but thats no reason for ppl to be abusive, rude and racist.

I'm a quiet person, and dont speak out but honestly, sometimes i feel like telling them to just shut up or slapping them its soooooooo awful!

A lady , a very angry lady, once came up to my husband asking him why he doesnt wear hijaab/niqaab and why does he make me wear, is he not man enough to wear it? I told her he had noithing to do with it and that my religion required me to and that i was perfectly happy wearing it. She said something about the Qur'aan Majeed not having anything about a women being ashamed of her body!!! Now what does she know about the Qur'aan Majeed and dead right It doesnt! Argh.

Sorry this is more like my woes on rasicm and vague but seriously how would you handle racism?

Oh no - I'm very sorry to hear you had these experiences sister. I work in a call centre where people who immigrated from India and Pakistan do not always get treated well by customers. Customer assume because of their accents they are talking to someone who is physically in India. I just don't have the patience for it, it makes me angry. I hope Allah rewards you for overcoming these struggles.

Malaysians proudly calling themselves as multiracial people who can live together etc. it's kinda true as Malays, Indians, Chinese (the main 3 ethnic groups in Malaysia) have no problems living together... though they are crazy politicians who want to cause disharmony in Malaysia...

But Malaysians can be so racist when it comes to immigrants from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Myanmar etc... and also towards Africans (students, expats).

Yeah.. I blame it on Malaysians for being racist... but the immigrants and Africans should try to mix with the locals...

Originally Posted by ~Taalibah~

Have you experianced racism? If so where was it most?

I have never been so affected by racism as i have been in Namibia. (for those who may not know where this is, it boders South Africa). Blacks are racist among themselves as well as with others, whites dont speak but if looks could kill.... The stranges and most annoying and trying part is their behavior towards indians. Have you ever been told to go back to India?? Hello!! I've never been to India!

just say "go back to idoitville"

A lady , a very angry lady, once came up to my husband asking him why he doesnt wear hijaab/niqaab and why does he make me wear, is he not man enough to wear it? I told her he had noithing to do with it and that my religion required me to and that i was perfectly happy wearing it. She said something about the Qur'aan Majeed not having anything about a women being ashamed of her body!!! Now what does she know about the Qur'aan Majeed and dead right It doesnt! Argh.

you should have just said err lady, am i supposed to care what you think

Originally Posted by Supreme

If someone were racist to me, I would report it to the police as it is against the law.

Sorry brother but really ^^^ the Police, all they'll do is make you fill in a statement which would waste about 3 hrs of your time, they'll try to follow it up if they can and it'll end up with most likely a warning of some sort, you physically have to be beaten GBH, ABH and then maybe the Police would do something about it.

My family experienced a bit of racism, we use to for a short period of time we lived on a council estate in a very white area. We use to have brick thrown threw the window to stones, mud you name it they threw it, then it went on to our doors being kicked but we only had the half of it. Our next door neighbour (African origin) had there whole door set alight and the other ethnic minorities often faced the same sort of violence on property. The Police did nothing, they'd come take a statement, the council would come and boarder up the window and a few weeks later its all forgotten about . Mind you I'm talking back in the 1998 onwards things have changed in London quite alot. Though this sort of racism exist still in the white predominantly parts of the UK unfortunately.

sister im very shocked to hear that ive never been approached like that since i started wearing the jilbaab nor have any of my friends been attacked like that.. i honestly dont know where a person would find the nerve to actually go up to a person and make a snide sarcastic comment like that really its absolutely insane

Btw if it did ever happen to me, i dont think i will be able to keep my cool with a person like that.

what on earth is wrong with dressing modestly

It only shows the corruption in there hearts for thinking that theres something wrong in it.

Originally Posted by Italianguy

I have had some experiences. When I lived in New York i saw my Nonna spat on by some people, she was 84 at the time, she is very dark Italian and they were cursing her and spitting on her . When my mother moved us to Virginia, I was jumped on my first day of school here, (rednecks) I was 13, and like 8 of them pushed me doen and kicked me in the head They said I was a wop, greaseball, hybrid peice of %^&*! I am very dark, for an Italian, I am part Palestinian, I don't tell many people that around here.

My mother was spit on, and when my Nonno (grandfather) came through Ellis Island in NY, He was beaten and thrown in qaurantine for a week, while my Nonna (grandmother, at that time 17 years old) slept outside in the dirt, waiting for him with no food.

I am married to a south Indian woman, from Chennei. So as you could Immagine, it hasn't gotten any better. We get tons of stares....mainly from Indians!....I just laugh....HAHA I got one of your Women!! We gona have little Italdian bambinos!


Racism sux! Just ignore them, at least they aren't beating you up Tell them you are the rich daughter of a Raja And you could buy Namibia

Dark Italian? from Sicily or southern Italy?

Originally Posted by ~Taalibah~

Have you experianced racism? If so where was it most?

I have never been so affected by racism as i have been in Namibia. (for those who may not know where this is, it boders South Africa). Blacks are racist among themselves as well as with others, whites dont speak but if looks could kill.... The stranges and most annoying and trying part is their behavior towards indians. Have you ever been told to go back to India?? Hello!! I've never been to India!
If you dont get told to 'go back to India' u are told ninja or osama and u carrying a bomb etc etc. Thats besides the evil looks you get. If you greet u get an cold look in response. Wherever you go, you feel completely out of place as ppl stare and i mean 'stare' at you.

Living in SA i never really had trouble. Racism was only sometimes with whites, but as i say SOMETIMES. With the natives there was never a problem, as indians are considered "Blacks" there. I'm not saying South Africans are perfect, i'm saying that compared to Namibia its Beautiful!

Indians are few in this country and Muslims even less, so thats partially why but thats no reason for ppl to be abusive, rude and racist.

I'm a quiet person, and dont speak out but honestly, sometimes i feel like telling them to just shut up or slapping them its soooooooo awful!

A lady , a very angry lady, once came up to my husband asking him why he doesnt wear hijaab/niqaab and why does he make me wear, is he not man enough to wear it? I told her he had noithing to do with it and that my religion required me to and that i was perfectly happy wearing it. She said something about the Qur'aan Majeed not having anything about a women being ashamed of her body!!! Now what does she know about the Qur'aan Majeed and dead right It doesnt! Argh.

Sorry this is more like my woes on rasicm and vague but seriously how would you handle racism?

sorry for your troubles sister.. pls be patient your reward is with Allah swt..
you should have told that woman why her husband doesn't wear makeup or is he not man enough to wear it..

further I don't understand this whole 'shame of the body thing' I think one should be more ashamed to be subjugated than dignified?
be candid the next time around, and generally you really shouldn't care what people think of view.. people are people are people.. underneath it all, they all wake up with morning breath, their farts stink as hell and if they go unwashed for a couple of days the rest of them as well to the point they are no different than any jungle animal and for the most part they are scared of something, especially more so when they don't have the peace of God in their hearts.. never bend your head to other than Allah swt..

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” Helen Keller!

Originally Posted by north_malaysian

Dark Italian? from Sicily or southern Italy?

From southern Italy, Puglia region. We are Sicilian too....and part Palestinian. You never seen dark italians? They're not all like you see in movies. Most of them look Turkish or Spanish, Medeteranian. They are like Indians in a way, they want to look lighter, so they only put the lighter Italians in the movies, or Amreekin/Italianos in the movies.

Or it could be too much sun and olive oil

P.s. We came from an area where allot of race mixing was prevalent. It was one of the main areas mussolini sent troops to skin people alive for being too dark or mixed breed....so I guess we have been dealing with racism for a long time. Not to many notice, but allot of racism comes from ones own race....weird huh

Originally Posted by Italianguy

From southern Italy, Puglia region. We are Sicilian too....and part Palestinian. You never seen dark italians? They're not all like you see in movies. Most of them look Turkish or Spanish, Medeteranian. They are like Indians in a way, they want to look lighter, so they only put the lighter Italians in the movies, or Amreekin/Italianos in the movies.

Or it could be too much sun and olive oil

P.s. We came from an area where allot of race mixing was prevalent. It was one of the main areas mussolini sent troops to skin people alive for being too dark or mixed breed....so I guess we have been dealing with racism for a long time. Not to many notice, but allot of racism comes from ones own race....weird huh

Actually, before 2001 I thought all Italians, Greeks, Lebanese, Turks just look the same... tanned Europeans... until I met an Italian dude who has blue eyes, blonde and sooo white (he looks like a Scandinavian) at Kuala Lumpur.. we met at an arbitration centre. If I'm not mistaken his surname is "Deldacan"... he said that he wanted to visit Malaysia because of an Italian novel character "Sandokan, la tigre della Malesia"..

i worked with italians and they were pure white with light green eyes they were more white then me lol you would never believe they were italian until they spoke

actually thats true they only put light colored italians on the t.v

Ive only ever seen one or two italians that had really dark skin they almost look like indians.

When i go to any hot country i get a nice light brown tan but they have been living there all there lives and there pure white lol dont get it