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Mikerocosms said:
Look here, you ask me why I'm pissed then when I say why you tell me to stop whining. Nice. I'm done here.
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Geez Mike it got a lil OT so just bring it back....dayum. If you ignore the stoopid and keep pushing through then it will (generally) get back on track. ;)
 
Gah! What the heck happened here...

Sounds like when you're kids and one kid says, "Play by my rules, or I'll take my toys home and won't be your friend anymore..." Gah! So grade school...

Get over it...and just share if you want to, read if you want to, learn if you want to, rant if you want to...whatever CWers!
 
rachelflower said:
Gah! What the heck happened here...

Sounds like when you're kids and one kid says, "Play by my rules, or I'll take my toys home and won't be your friend anymore..." Gah! So grade school...

Get over it...and just share if you want to, read if you want to, learn if you want to, rant if you want to...whatever CWers!
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The usual......a topic in off topic forum went off topic-that is all!


It's all good just no one is posting in this thread
 
Mikerocosms said:
Racism? I know it's the big gray elephant in the room. When I ask this, I ask it with all honesty. I know some of these experiences can be private. If you want to share your experience please do so. You are not required of course. I will share mine. I know there are different levels of it and none are good but I'm asking about the real bad ones. I expect everyone here to be on their best behavior. No flaming whatsoever. Like have you been called a derogatory name, thrown milk on, compared to animals, beaten, or worse?

For now I will share my mother's experience. I'll share mine later on.

As a child, my mother would go to school with all the other children. In the village she lived in her family only spoke Spanish. Her side of the family has been in this area since it was Mexico. Then it was claimed as America. So now her family were instant Americans. Anyhow, all she spoke was Spanish. In school during her time any child speaking Spanish was told not to and beaten with a paddle or ruler if they spoke it around the teachers. My mother was beaten often enough to where she practically became mute and had to learn English.

She is a tough woman these days. She has strong feelings about certain subjects. Even more so than I do. I disagree with her on certain things as it is a new day and age but I understand her position. Some things when you go through them leave a scar that may never leave you.




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OMG yeah I have been on the recieving end. as a server and waitress more than once i was called cracker and whitey by some pretty nasty folks. when i lived in the ghetto in chicago(290 and sacremento , district 14, highest murder rate in chicago at that time). i got racist comments ALL THE TIME. heard tons about white folks keeping my friends down, irony they said that as they smoked pot and crack right? SIGH

yes, i have been treated to racism. it sucks
 
Mikerocosms said:
As promised:

I was about 16 with a girlfriend at the time and just driving down the local strip. I noticed a cop make a u-turn and start following me. I couldn't think of anything I had done wrong so I just made it a point to drive very carefully. I wasn't going anywhere in particular but I thought maybe if I make a few turns he will loose interest. He didn't. He kept following me and now I was really nervous. I noticed some apartment building with a large parking lot in front, so I decided to pull in. At this point I was also a bit angry. So I got out and waited for the cop to pull around. I asked him loudly, "Why are you following me?" To which he retorted "I can follow anyone I want spic." He then drove off, having never fully pulled into the parking lot I was in.

I didn't even know what the hell that word meant until I asked my girlfriends parents. I never forgot the look on that cops face when he said it either. Since then I have always been wary of police.

On the flip side, having a Hispanic name I always get spoken to in Spanish. I didn't even know the language until I was around 22 and dating a girl who only spoke Spanish. I taught myself from a book. I also don't like chili or Mexican food in general for that matter. I prefer Italian food or health food. I always get the "You don't like chili?" surprised look when I get offered.

My background according to my family tree is mainly Hispanic, possible white, possible French way back, and a touch of Apache.



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i dont think the cop was right, but didnt you get what you asked for by treating HIM with disrespect first? I am sure you had a lovely hateful look on your face when you accused him too.

you only had one cop one time call you a racial epitaph(sp) and now you are wary of cops? i think therapy is not a bad idea here. honestly. i have been BEATEN by cops and i stil trust most of them *shrug*
 
Mikerocosms said:
I know this is the OT forum but this thread had a topic. It sickens me to think that this could have been a solid story sharing thread where we could release some of our pain but it has been ruined. I could care less if anyone has to say anything to or about me. I just wanted the original purpose of this thread to flourish.

Hell if anyone had to say something about what was said in this thread they could have created their own topic for it. I would have gladly joined in on the conversation. But nooo, it had to happen here.


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i know some great therapists in ktown. if you need the info please let meknow. cause if you feel so much pain over being called a spic once by a cop once.....welllllll sorry but i think you need some help mike. not trying to be rrude. stating my opinion.
 
sati769leigh said:
i dont think the cop was right, but didnt you get what you asked for by treating HIM with disrespect first? I am sure you had a lovely hateful look on your face when you accused him too.

you only had one cop one time call you a racial epitaph(sp) and now you are wary of cops? i think therapy is not a bad idea here. honestly. i have been BEATEN by cops and i stil trust most of them *shrug*
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How is saying "why are you following me?" being disrespectful?
 
Mikerocosms said:
At first people began to debate what was called racism. I mentioned for people to not dismiss the feelings of previous posters. I felt that if someone posted their story and felt that it was racist enough to post then so be it we should read it and post our situation. I did not want this thread to become a debate. I just wanted it to be a shared experience thread.

Look at it now. Its a debate thread with less and less stories.



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go find someone to infract those assholes! how dare they go off topic discussing what is and is not RACISM in a RACISM topic thread!! shame shame shame
















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NoHio said:
How is saying "why are you following me?" being disrespectful?
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I got out and waited till he pulled round etc etc ASKED HIM LOUDLY etc etc. teen age boy. nough said RIGHT THERE. cops DO have a right to follow those they wish to. PERIOD. the op was the first one in the wrong. both he and the cop were ignorant
 
NoHio said:
But how could Sati know his tone and attitude when he said it?
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are you even reading this thread? what the op is writing? how offended he is that people started discussing what is and is not racism? by his own words he wsa loud and accusatory towards a cop. BAD PLAY . period.
 
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