Have you ever faced racism 🦉?

[Anonymous]

if so, how did you face it, what did they do?

[FunkyMonkee]

Yes. At least twice.
1. I'm walking to a bus stop after a Dr. appointment one afternoon and I see this rotund black guy across the street pretending he's shooting a rifle as he tries to cross a fairly busy street. He starts pointing his "rifle" at people in cars as he crosses the street. He gets over to my side of the street and pretends to shoot me with his "rifle"!! He's pretending to shoot white people he sees on the streets!!!
2/. It's just after midnight New Years day, my band just finished playing our gig and I rushed over to the nearest bus stop to catch my last bus home. The stop is on the corner of an alley. I spot two black guys walking towards me through the alley. They come out and walk past me, see me and I just said, "Hello.", they never responded other than to kinda stare at me as they walk by. They go off to my left and around the next corner about 50' away. It surrounds a small parking lot with a 10' high Cyclone fence around it next to a 3 or 4 story building. I stopped paying attention to them after they ignored me but, could still see them out of the corner of my eye. Just before they passed the corner of the building, one of them threw a huge stone, about the size of a tennis ball, over the fence at me and nearly hit me!! Great start to a brand new year!!
3. I saw a video about one of my fave bands, Fishbone. In one section, Angelo Moore, their singer, is sitting on a set of steps outside saying how much he hates white people!! Well, Angelo, from what I've seen over the decades, it's MOSTLY WHITE PEOPLE that have been buying your records and coming to your shows!!
How many black people do you see at this show? (I spotted two at the very beginning. That's it!)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/59_FivvLXgA

Angelo is the shirtless one with the long "mohawk'.
I met him at least twice. The first time, I was just about to walk into a venue where they were playing that night and I spotted him on the street in front of the tour bus. I went over and said hello and shook his hand and wished him a great show. I saw him again inside after the show and got his autograph.
A couple years later I went to another of their shows and, afterwards, hung out and talked with him for a bit. I had a huge Symphony chocolate bar with me and pulled it out and shared a few pieces of it with him as we talked.

[Gospeedracer]

They mostly bite the hand that feeds

[ProbablyClueless]

I have, several times. I'm a white guy. One example I can think of is that I had this old black guy proctoring my driver's license test who would fail me for the most ridiculous of things. I had to take the test 5 times.

There was one time when he failed me because I started to pull away without deactivating the parking brake. The thing was barely engaged and wasn't even preventing the car from moving. He failed me because his boss "cares about fuel efficiency and doesn't like that."

I remember another time he directly stated "I'm going to fail you today, but not because you did anything wrong on the test. There were a few drops of rain on your windshield and you didn't activate the wipers."

Another bit of very legitimate racism I've seen was from several members the Desi community. Just very overt, aggressive dislike of anyone who wasn't Indian.

[Staximus]

You should have just went to a different office instead of being tested by that idiot again

[ProbablyClueless]

Didn’t really have much choice in the matter. The other DMVs were a long drive, and there are multiple test proctors at my closest location.

[Anonymous]

Luckily for me, I live in a diverse area with many different ethnicities and happen to look racially/ethnically ambiguous, so most of the time people can't pinpoint where I'm from and assume I must be some kind of Latina and leave me alone. But man, for sure I wouldn't wanna be a white person, of North, or West European ancestry these days, as they've become the target of everyone's ancestry. They get hatred and called colonizers and racists, even for breathing, as if it's their fault that some dude with similar features to them colonized the world several thousand years ago

[jazzy34]

Not that I can recall. However, there was an incident that happened when I was about four. My mom told me about a while back. According to her, when were on a road trip once, we stopped off at a gas station. Supposedly, this white woman came in and apparently said “look at all these n*ggers in here.” My mom said she and I promptly walked out. Again, I have no memory of this.

[DawnB]

My daughter had to deal with her first Karen yesterday and it made me so mad that I wasn't there to protect her from that. This girl called all types of name and really told her to go away slave or called her a run away slave. Needless to say she picked the wrong my daughter said. I don't think she will be talking to blk women the same anymore

[WhiteSteve]

I’ve experienced racial PREJUDICE, but I wouldn’t say I’m in a position in terms of social power dynamics to truly face “racism” in any meaningful way.

What did I do? I just dealt with being picked last at basketball. And it turns out, I totally fit the stereotype, Larry Bird I am not😂

[Snakeyes7]

Racial prejudice and racism are the literal same thing my guy. Doesn't matter what race the victim is because it is the individual who ultimately experiences it.

[WhiteSteve]

@Snakeyes7 I make a distinction because they’re really not exactly the same thing. Depending on the circumstances, the act of prejudice could be substantially more or less impactful, both individually and as the cumulative broad societal effect.

If we’re talking about getting jumped or something, yes, equal outcome, the person in question got their ass kicked, and that carries whatever amount of negative value we assign to that experience.

If I put in a job application, and I have my decidedly white and at the top, and another guy named Jaheim Jenkins turns one in too, there are people in existence who, despite “what the law says”, will disregard and not take the Jaheim Jenkins application seriously, on name alone. Meanwhile, I get a call back, and at least an interview, if not a job. I’ve never not been called back for a job I applied for, ever. Sight unseen, in most cases, and at very least not aware of my skill set, or it was a menial job requiring little to no specialization. I’ve had a good amount of friends along the way who are people of color, and there experience is not the same as mine, with no good reason for it to be different.

So, the point is, that sucks for our imaginary Jaheim here, but on a wider scope, this is a pervasive problem in American society still to this day, and sadly, our own people are the culprits, who then loudly denounce any and all attempts to mitigate the bad behavior and resulting bad circumstances that they are ultimately responsible for generating. And these same people turn around and have the audacity to tell us that we’re in a post-racial America where we can trust our own people to take a merit-based hiring approach without regulatory pressure. Yeah fuckin’ right😂😂😂

[WhiteSteve]

@Snakeyes7 And the response of many white people is to disingenuously try to brand white people as victims of reverse discrimination or reverse racism or whatever, which is in most cases laughable. They tell people to “stop playing the victim” while clearly wanting their own piece of a claim to that apparently sweet, sweet victimhood. It’s not that anyone should aspire to victimhood, I’m just saying don’t dismiss real victimhood, which is what the reverse-discrimination crowd aims to do through their messaging.

America is a very unequal society, clear as day, maybe not on the law books as much anymore, but it’s still alive and well in people’s hearts and minds, and THAT’S even worse than the de jure brand of prejudice.

White people being fatigued of or annoyed by being called out for their actually-existent poor attitudes, worldviews, and resulting thoughts and actions, could not be any less relevant to the discussion. Just cease and desist broadly with the prejudice, and the talk about fixing it will go away too. You’re dumping potting soil all over the floor and then getting mad that the vacuum cleaner they’re using to clean up the mess is too loud and it’s bothering you.

Very important to remember that life experience in America isn’t apples-to-apples and not everyone has the same go of it, regardless of their own personal actions. It’s blindness, delusion, or deliberate malevolence to really think otherwise.

[WhiteSteve]

@Snakeyes7 *If I put in a job application, and I have my decidedly white name at the top

[WhiteSteve]

Jesus….*they’re experience

[Snakeyes7]

First of all, you think these employers have the patience and time to sift through thousands of job applications? No they use AI to do it now. Even for those who don't, they only look through the first third or fourth of your resume to decide if you are worth their time and they could toss you aside for literally any reason. There are too many variables to assume that someone named Jamal or Shiniqua is tossed just because of the name. Things like DEI and the civil rights act are only evidence against your claim.

Second, they "mitigate all attmepts to mitigate the bad behavior" because the only answer that is being applied is racism in the other direction by lowering the standard for minorities to enter employment and education which makes the implication that they are dumber than the rest. It amazes me how people don't think that this will only make it worse. If you want an actual solution, fix the areas where those minorities live, something other than welfare because we have been doing that for over 60 years and I think we need to do something else.

Also there is no such thing as reverse racism, it's just racism. It is making judgements by the color of someone's skin to solve a problem where people are being judged by skin color and are unable to see how this will affect race relations.

We were almost to a post-race society until the early 2010s when the media decided to ramp up their usage of words relating to "racism" and now we are back at each other's throats again.

The problem is largely manufactured by the powers that be and your solution is dogshit.

[WhiteSteve]

@Snakeyes7 the job application is just one example to illustrate a greater problem. I have been a hiring manager many times. I can’t speak to AI, I pre-dated that. They still do interviews in person, though, right? Or at least via Zoom or something? I had a great kid working under me, who I recommended for a promotion to area sales manager. The owner, who barely knew him, said “no, the customers want to deal with a white guy who doesn’t have an accent.”, because he was Dominican. His English was perfectly functional, and aside from a few chain stores, he’d primarily be dealing with bodegas run by Latinos, who, if we’re being honest, probably don’t want to deal with ME. So some white dude got the job. And he was fine, but the Dominican kid would’ve been better, yet his ethnicity was cause for a white guy with a power dynamic over him to block him. That’s just one anecdote, I understand, but it’s a real thing that happens. I also have to keep forced company with a bunch of white guys through hockey, and I hear them say unconscionable shit about non-white people way more often than I’d like to say they do. Like this is what people are actively walking around thinking, enough to notice, so the problem just isn’t over.

I’m all for fixing neighborhoods, but the very fact that we still have specific “neighborhoods where minorities live” like we did a hundred years ago is further evidence of how far away we aware. Like that’s not going to be achieved in my lifetime, certainly, and I don’t think you’ll live to see it either, unfortunately.

[WhiteSteve]

@Snakeyes7 With all due respect, you were a child in the era you claim that we were on the cusp of a post-racial society. I’m a few months older than you, lmao, and I was an adult, and at one of my jobs when I was a hiring manager (and the thing with the Dominican guy was less than a decade ago, during Trump 1.0, I believe. I also had predominantly black friends at that time, and I heard of and saw a LOT of shit they dealt with. Always getting profiled by police (they were college football players, most were jacked and intimidating looking), even just hearing the way white college kids would talk. I’d overhear them calling them “that black kid”, which isn’t a slur or anything, but it’s kind of an ignorant way to identify someone. And it usually wasn’t “oh, that black dude over there”, innocently-toned. There was always kind of an air of disdain or suspicion. “That black kid👀”….. that’s just fucking weird.

I’ve been conscious and aware of my surroundings, and at no point have I ever felt like we were close to a post-racial society. The right wing loves to blame Obama for shit —because they’re freaked out a black guy won— and we got Trump as a payback, which is pretty fucking gross. Says a lot about Americans, and it’s not good. Motherfuckers questioning his birth certificate, leaning into the “Hussein” middle name to try to make him seem like an outsider. He was such a mild-mannered guy and he caught so much vitriol. I have my qualms with his presidency but it’s more about not doing enough than doing bad things. That’s neither here nor there, but you would’ve been a kid when he was elected, so you might not have seen the people hanging dummies of him in effigy from trees like a Jim Crow era lynching, but I was pushing 30, I remember that shit WELL. I was horrified but not at all surprised. They didn’t even wait for him to do anything, they were just mad that he was in office.

[WhiteSteve]

@Snakeyes7 I think you’re operating off of an idealized version of what the 00s were. I do the same thing with the 80s sometimes, it’s understandable. Our perception of the world takes a while to develop, plus you get sheltered from things by adults.

But I assure you, at no point since 1979 when I was born (and our Italian landlord waited outside of our apartment with a pistol to let the lady downstairs know that the black dude she had started dating was persona non grata in the building), through the 90s and 00s as I became a conscious adult, were we ever in an almost post-racial world. I was looked at funny for hanging out with mostly black folks, in like 2007. Other white people would be a little weird with me, when I was in that circle, or they’d think it was some cool, notable novelty, which is friendlier, but still ignorant and not indicative of post-racism. I don’t even want to throw “racism” in there, it’s fairly innocuous in this situation, but you get what I’m trying to say. White people would come up to me and be like “wow…so…. you have a lot of black friends…” Bro, what?😂 Are you keeping count? Lmfao. Point is, any post-racism you envision is a figment of your imagination. We’re past burning crosses and such, for the most part, but that doesn’t mean racism is over, it just evolved.

[WhiteSteve]

@Snakeyes7 I mean, people came out and raised 3/4 of a million dollars for some skanky white broad who called a 5 year old autistic boy the N-word for some innocent toddler infraction, and then threw it at the adult who called her out on it too. I think the little boy’s family got like $300,000 raised. I don’t know why we’re necessarily having fundraisers, but it’s definitely weird that the clearly-wrong person is doubling the innocent child’s contributions. There was nothing redeeming about her side of the story, this is just racist presumably-white people openly supporting a bigot’s actions because they share in her bigotry. That’s not Obama’s fault, lmfao. Obama was mild-mannered as fuck, the very fact that he’s spoken about the way that he is is fucking crazy and further evidence of the existing problem.

The problem is manufactured in the hearts and minds of everyday people. The government isn’t telling me to have a problem with anyone based on race or anything like that…. except this one under Trump. If you don’t like my solution, fine…. but seems very motivated by “protect the interests and social standing of white people at all costs”

[WhiteSteve]

@Snakeyes7 *I’ve been conscious and aware of my surroundings since like 1985

[Snakeyes7]

> Depending on the circumstances, the act of prejudice could be substantially more or less impactful, both individually and as the cumulative broad societal effect.

And who gets to decide what act of prejudice is more impactful to which class of people? It all depends on who you ask.

Nazis think Jews are less impacted. Jim Crow segregationists think blacks are less impacted. The CCP thinks Uyghur Muslims are less impacted.

By making this kind of distinction, especially from a point of view that is supposed to act in a universal manner, you will only cause more division, and the examples I gave and the outcomes are proof of this.

How about you do not continue this stupid trend and judge people by the intentions. Whether you punch someone like Mike Tyson or some random person who is not a boxer or an MMA fighter, it still doesn't change the fact that you are a piece of shit who decided to commit assault and battery against a random person who is minding their own business.

[WhiteSteve]

@Snakeyes7 Well, that’s the silly faux-philosophical game I’m not playing with people anymore, the ol’ “but who’s to say what’s right?” Some things should just be very obviously perceived as wrong, and whatever existing poor perspective shouldn’t have a support faction. You’re naming assholes in support of the idea. But that’s making my point for me, the Nazis and the segregationists and the CCP were/are doing wrong, this is exactly what I’m talking about, we need to shut down preposterous arguments that things like this are ok, and bucking against it when they try to say that they are.

MAGA belongs in that list of assholes. My beef with MAGA policy is way less about functional success or failure than “win or lose, this absolutely CANNOT be the route we take to get there, because it’s a subhuman attitude that every member of our species should be better than believing in.

The “stupid trend” ends when racists stop being racist, when bigots stop being bigots, and we stop making excuses for why that racism and bigotry might actually be an ok attitude to hold, “it’s just a matter of perspective”, I mean…holy fuck, guys. Then you won’t hear a peep from me about it. I have better things to do than point out others’ fuck-ups, but I can’t rest until the fuck-ups end.

[Snakeyes7]

> the Nazis and the segregationists and the CCP were/are doing wrong

Ok so stop applying that same logic to white people. Even if it is a less extreme version of how they did it, you are sowing the seeds of it escalating. Apparently, it is too hard to just not be assholes who makes distinctions on what messed up thing is or isn't more impactful to certain biological traits that have no bearing on their morals.

> win or lose, this absolutely CANNOT be the route we take to get there, because it’s a subhuman attitude that every member of our species should be better than believing in.

Ok where is the lie? There is no good that comes from making these distinctions. We have seen it absolutely ruin countless countries with genocide from allowing that to take hold of both the culture and government. That is why MAGA bases it off of the content of character and merit of ideas rather than skin color.

> The “stupid trend” ends when racists stop being racist, when bigots stop being bigots, and we stop making excuses for why that racism and bigotry might actually be an ok attitude to hold.

Ok let's start with you. Give up the idea that no one is more or less impacted by wrongdoing based on immutable characteristics that have no impact on their character.

>“it’s just a matter of perspective”, I mean…holy fuck, guys.

Nice strawman. Was it half-price day at the fallacy store? I only said that because you are the one holding the perspective that your race matters when someone commits wrongdoing against you, specifically that white people are less impacted by racism. I seriously don't think it's that hard to acknowledge that racism is equally fucked no matter who faces it.

>Then you won’t hear a peep from me about it.

Until you drop the idea that who you are matters more than your character in social situations, your best move is to stop talking because you clearly are not helping at the very least.

[overlord337645]

no but I can say racism is wrong at the end of the day we are all human beings. I dont understand racism at all because truthfully we are all beating hearts we have families we love and care for one another and we are all human. if your not fond of someone thats ok but you dont need to go being racist putting them down or just being downright rude over it because while your being rude someone just like that person you mocked is changeing the world. Society is all about improveing so why do we care if we improve together or by ourselves

[DonaldDarko]

All the time. I was the only whit guy on the job. Unlike the hysteria in society about racism, I can tell you it's not that big a deal. Racism from actually bigoted people that's just there by their nature almost never amounts to much of anything. Those people are able to work with races they don't like. They even joke about it. I never saw it produce much tension. Racism becomes a problem when politically motivated people get involved. A good example is the mainstream media and universities whipping up hate for Whites, Asians and Jews. Portraying these groups as "priveledged"

[Anonymous]

A few times. The most recent was some black guy basically calling me a wh*** because I’m white and just went off. I laugh when I’m uncomfortable so I did that and walked away. The other time (that was recent) was when I was walking with my boyfriend (he is south East Asian) and some other black guy told him to go back to his own country in Asia. He was pretty aggressive and tried to get in my bf’s face. Said other nasty stuff. We immediately removed ourselves from the situation/didn’t engage and luckily the guy didn’t follow. He was a big guy

[Anonymous]

Yes, unfortunately racism has been part of my daily life since I was 5 years old. I had people accusing me of stealing them. I had a group of teenage boys spatting on me the bus. I had teachers who gave me lower grades on purpose. Been called the equivalent of "n**" in my native tongue.

Recently a neighboor argued with me over trash that wasn't even mine. Then a year later, he greeted me and was expected me to answer him.🤬😡🤬 I heard him cursing and calling me racist names on the elevator.

Not to mention how many times I applied to jobs and never got an interview.

Depending on the situation and how I was feeling at the moment, I cried, argued with the racists, was shocked or I simply ignored them. Either way, racism is something that will always make me angry and deeply hurt.

[RingOfFire]

Yes, my last long term relationship was with a black woman. Her family lived in a mostly black community in a major city. Whenever we went to visit them, the amount of vicious racism by the black people there was disgusting. Her family were all nice to us and I loved them. But when we would walk down a street together, or go out any place people would be shouting at her calling her all kinds of sick things like "ho!" and "what you doin' with a white man?"

One time a bunch of them wearing Middle Eastern Muslim garb who were preaching Islam on the street surrounded us in a circle and harassed us until I thought they were going to kill us.

It was a constant barrage of racism every time we were there.

[Sirenboobzilla]

To a degree. I've made the mistake of speaking Czech in more "conservative" (define that as you will) areas here in the USA. Czech, to the untrained ear, can sound like Russian. I was followed by and threatened by older white men in a convenience store for speaking like a communist... it's happened multiple times over my short 28 year lifespan

[MemeSupreme]

yeah i moved around a lot as a kid and in some of my areas i was one of the few white kids, which effected mostly school

it just fucking sucked. at one of them, most kids weren't mean but some were cold to me which i get. at the other it happened A LOT more and would get attacked for it

that school didn't really do anything about it and eventually i had to go a different one

[Zack-Bann]

Not so much racism as a mix of both racism and sexism


Mainly when I walk the streets at night a woman might be compelled to cross the street to avoid me or be noticeably distressed


Even though I have never and would never lay a hand on a woman, wouldn’t even suggest it with my body language


But me being a large bearded dude means they won’t take any chances


It is what it is

[Zack-Bann]

Not sure what part of this is so funny

[kraegon]

These dudes back in high school would always make fun of my clothes/shoes and call me white racial slurs. If I tried calling them out on it, they would tell me that it's impossible for black people to be racist toward white people. I eventually just went along with it or ignored them. Kids are brutal lol

[glennos89]

Racism is dumb af! People should stop being to super sensitive about other people making dumb comments about your skin color. You have a choice wether to let other people's words will hurt them, or simply just laugh it off not giving a shot about other people's comments.

It only becomes racism when you let people hurt you with their behaviour. You shouldn't take it personal and you shouldn't let them effect your emotions

[namikazezoro]

Yes, a clown told me to go home while I was walking to school. I ignored him and minded my own business.

Years later, while driving home from work, I saw him biking on the side of the road with a big puddle nearby. I, of course, accelerated, and you can guess what happened.

[genericname85]

yes. especially from sjw's who would out right deny that white people even "can" be victims of racism. as if somehow racism was a thing only white people could be the perpetrators of. which thinking like that already is a form of racism.

[David318578]

Just online, but even if it was in person I wouldn't care. Anyone who makes judgements on someone based on their skin color regardless if it's against a POC or a "straight white male" is a moron and not worth my time or energy to even care about how dumb they are.

Now that doesn't mean I won't call them out for their stupidity, but them being dumb doesn't have any affect on me. I know who I am, I know my worth, some strangers racist option isn't going to effect me at all

[Anonymous]

Yes at college. I asked for my coffee black off of a black barista that I was at college with and she started a whole microagression against me. My parents are from Zimbabwe and fled persecution, she uses that too. Basically everyone at college hates me.

[RavVid]

Yes.

Yesterday, an Irish girl at the next cafe table was saying to her Irish companions that she didn't like Australians.

Didn't like our accent, didn't like a whole lot of things. Why did she come here then?

[Chayce]

Australia isn't a race

[RavVid]

@Chayce Don't see why we can't be if we want to be. Just as valid as any other race.

It is racist of you to say we aren't. We have a lot of white skinned Aboriginals so don't call me whitey

I was selected to be a member of the Goonwoondigah tribe at their traditional pub in a traditional ceremony in which I bought the elders a pint each. I might white but I am abo now.

[Chayce]

Uhh no it doesn't work like that.

[alice55]

It's not racism though Australian is not a race XD

[OneViewpoint]

No, I'm a White male in the USA. I've witnessed racism. But I've never experienced it directed at me. I can only imagine what that feels like. But the truth is I will never KNOW what that feels like. Not really.

[midnightmoon05]

We all have. And of course I have been teased, made fun of.
with all these nonsense… it all comes down to how we respond. It’s all about our attitude… how we handle negativies.!

[alice55]

I did many time when I was in high school, people of "minority" making joke and being ignorant also saying mean stereotype just becuase they faced "worse".

[Guanfei]

Online, almost every day. Seems like hating on white people, wishing them the worse, even a genocide, is quite common now.

IRL, twice. Both times by arabs. But for it was just words, so it had no power, idc about that.

[Chayce]

If you're getting hate everyday you are obviously engaging in the theatrics somehow.

Now, if you're just scrolling and you see posts saying "I hate white people" you didn't experience racism you only witnessed it.

[exitseven]

Yes, I could not qualify for any Financial Aid in college. All I ever got was a blank stare and a bunch of excuses. I knew plenty of minority kids that got free rides.

[midnightmoon05]

That’s why I told my kids to not bother wasting time filling out financial aid forms. They came home and said… everyone told them to fill it out. There is no point for us to do so.

[exitseven]

@midnightmoon05 I filled them all out for my 3 kids too. We got zero financial aid so thanks for nothing.

[midnightmoon05]

Exactly!! My 2 nephews and niece did not get anything. I did some research as well and learned a few things about this… so I decided to NOT follow/bother filling out forms that means nothing to us… but I am sure they love seeming our personal informations. We are the middle class who supports the economy. I know I have to pay… so why bother filling out when knowing we will get nothing.

[exitseven]

@midnightmoon05 I know but hope springs eternal. There was one year when all 3 of my kids were going at the same time. I had to take out a home equity loan for any bill I could not cover. It was a tough 7 years but we got 3 kids through college on time with no debt.

[Sachem]

Multiple times ~ too many to explain here. But examples include, shopping while Hispanic, walking the street while Hispanic, asking for directions... etc.

Just far too many instances.

[BloodyMary6]

Racism, no, but homophobia, yes, most of the time, ignore it, my girlfriend and I let people put a hanger on them. It’s that thing that gives them enough rope, they’ll do it themselves.

[andreasderjuengere]

Kind of: I have been out with locals several times. Often enough the waiter later gave the bill to me - assuming that I'm in charge... only because I was the only paleface.

[DrPepper12]

Yep! What's a white boy like you doing in this neighborhood except to buy drugs?

Fucking racist cops piss me off.

He happened to be right but that's not the point...

[FreyaRed]

Many times but who can punch should be able to take a punch.

[Staximus]

When I was the only white cook in a kitchen full of Mexicans. I just worked so goddamned hard that they all eventually respected me and then liked me

[loveyouoak]

Yes, I have encountered racism many times. Unfortunately, I was unable to do anything; I could not defend myself.

[Gospeedracer]

Many many times by colored people from being verbally abused to being nearly beaten by 10 or more.

[Sal_Monella]

I observed it, uninvited, at (2) Klan rallies. I just observed.
I observed it on the job. I took issue with the bigot.

[bddddd]

I'm a white male... so it's all good on the racism front. I try not to hurt others.

[Chayce]

I've experienced racism on this site quite a few times, let alone real life lmao

[DawnB]

I'm sorry you had to deal with that

[Anonymous]

Not racism, though students treated me / saw me differently due to my learning disability.

[Osborne775]

Couple of times when speaking russian
For me It don’t affect me much

[dragoblack]

Everyone faces racism of some kind in their life, but white people don't face oppressive racism

[Gaylordslav]

No only homophobia, regardless of race, gender, profession, religion or age

[WhiteBoyChill]

I have. I’ve been told I’m privilidged just because of my racial background

[Panthero80]

I was once told I was automatically racist because I was white. Which I found to be, ironically, a racist statement.

[Godihateyou]

Lol. Racism is gay. I don't do gay. It's weak and pathetic

[Anonymous]

Yes, and as long as shit stain leftists exist, it will keep getting worse and worse.

[Professor-college]

I face it back and 1993 when I was for a very brief time in the United States.

[dreamstar72]

Racism is caused by racism

[WhiteThought]

Yes I have. I laughed at them and kept on walking.

[Jeff51]

I think we all have at some point.

[Pterodon]

All the time. It’s called affirmative action

[Chayce]

Sorry.🤷🏿‍♂️

[grega239]

Not that i remember

[blackeagle007]

Everyone has faced it

[Anonymous]

Yes, but it was not directed at me.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

I’m white, so no.

[Kingofkings1992]

I have been called “stupid ass white boy” by a black guy. I feel like that’s pretty racist

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Racism usually means you’re denied things like a job based on your skin color. Someone calling you dumb isn’t racist, just mean

[SereneScribe3]

Other than systemic, there's individual racism, as well. Any individual can be negatively judged by someone for their intrinsic qualities.
The word racism does not require systemic racism (that's why the phrase "systemic racism" exists), though systems can discriminate against majorities. There are countless examples of it in history, across the world, and in the United States.

dictionary.cambridge.org/.../individual-racism

[Kingofkings1992]

@cupcakethedestroyer yeah, no. You’re wrong. Racism is a broad issue. He is calling me stupid based on the color of my skin? How is that not racism?

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

He’s calling you stupid, “white boy” isn’t any more racist than “dumbass”

[Kingofkings1992]

Well, you’re wrong. I don’t really know what else to tell you

[4ngelic]

dont think so

[Babebytheshore85]

Yep by Filipinos

[Anonymous]

yes from muslims. They are racist as hell.

[12karen]

Fortunately, no

[Gabriel-Chicanito]

Who hasn't..

[Aldan1609]

No, but seen it