There are people who believe their culture, their experiences, are ‘standard’ and any one who dares submit a different view or experience needs to be segregated and discredited.
They go on and on never appreciating that other people live in different cultures, have different terms of reference, and experience different treatment.
One of the things you find in America is that the colour of your skin is very important. It sets how you are seen, how you are treated, and how you are made to feel.
If you were to go on a message board, or write an article read by Americans and express yourself, describe what happened to you, what you saw, and heard and felt, it will be dismissed.
“Only a tiny minority…” is the attempt to dismiss by some. Others will write long boring tomes on how people tear down America, using all their politically correct terms and giving themselves deniability if you should ‘take it personally’.
The fact is, unless you look at your culture through honest eyes, and appreciate that what you experience may be peculiar to you and that what others have known is not o be dismissed without analysis, you are guilty of chauvinism. Guilty of seeing your culture, your experiences as the ‘norm’ and everyone else as deviants.
There are places in this world where you must be conscious of the colour of your skin. At all times. You must appreciate that when you are among those who look like you it will be a different experience than when you are with those who do not look like you.
You will find many have various ‘coping’ mechanisms so as to avoid confrontations, and that many venues will be skipped so as to locate the specific where one feels comfortable.
You may think this place is fine to have a cup of coffee, but those who live in that city will pass it without a glance and go to another place. If you mention this, it is in bad taste.
Unless you are willing to see the world from someone else’s eyes, to appreciate what they experienced, you will likely respond with dismissal.
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It seems that some people are not open to accept the differences of others.One of the thing that I am against into other practices is racial discrimination.There are so some people who are insensitive.It is most likely that personal opinions or ideas will be rejected.As far as we know that giving certain statements, it is considered no right or wrong.However, these people will try to prove something out of their nationatilities.If ever I experience this, I will call their attention right away.I don't want to feel discriminated and definitely, there is no need for me explain myself if things are out-of-hand.
When one is in America, say a super market and certain things happen... and you write about it and someone immediately attacks and denies... as if it's not possible.
Also what I found...
I had written an item about something and mentioned Keisha was at the front desk. A black American woman instantly attacked me saying that Black women wouldn't be at the front desk of a 5 Star Hotel.
Duh
I think that racism means that Belief in the superiority of one race over another; discrimination against an individual or group of people, based on racial background, usually colour.
Main causes of racism
Children get prejudice from their parents and peer groups. Racism is learned. We are not born with it.
Ignorance and Fear: People fear things they do not know much about, e.g. coming into contact with people who have different customs, language or appearance, they might express their anxiety through racism.
Bullying: People make themselves feel better by picking on a person or group they feel are weaker than them. Sometimes, we all want to feel we belong to an “in group” and “hate” those not in “our group”.
Poverty and unemployment: Racism can form in areas of poverty or unemployment. People look for someone to blame: “Pakistanis are buying our corner shops, foreigners scrounge our benefits!”
minorities are often given poorer housing, inferior education, not given a job or promotion. Many cities have ‘ghettoes’ where the majority of residents are ethnic minorities with poor living conditions and high unemployment. Recently the police was found to be guilty of institutional racism.
The Stephen Lawrence case saw five white youths get away with the murder of a black boy because of the way the police handled the case. Other countries have seen the worst sort of racial violence, with millions of people killed in genocide (an attempt to wipe out a whole race of people), particularly in Rwanda and Bosnia but also in other racially-motivated disputes around the world.
The problem is when people don't see their prejudice.