Discrimination Experiences

[Croconaw]

Has anyone experienced clear discrimination?

One time during a job interview, I was asked what my sexual orientation was. I am a clear lesbian that you can just look at me and tell.

Has anyone else faced obvious discrimination that was just wrong and unnecessary?

 

[tybalt_cake]

4 words:

bullying in primary school

 

[Locket]

i've been discriminated my whole life because i live in a highly religious area and i'm not religious

 

[riummi]

Idk I wouldn't say it's discrimination, just a lady being really rude and stupid but there was one time when a lady asked me to move because I was in the way of the aisle in a clothing store. I moved, of course, so she could pass by and then I heard her say some "ching chong ling long" under her breath for no reason at all?? Honestly, if I wasn't young and small I would have said something, but she was very big in comparison so she would probably just beat me up

Still pisses me off to this day...

 

[tumut]

Im kind of white passing but people have told me to go back to Mexico cause all Hispanics are definitely from the Mexico. But I've never really faced serious discrimination or bullying.

 

[Bcat]

Going to the hardware store as a woman is an experience let me tell you.

 

[Goshi]

I've faced racial discrimination for being black and white, ableism, transphobia and biphobia in my lifetime. Racial discrimination isn't as bad as it used to be, but in elementary school I used to get made fun of a lot for my skin color by this one girl who'd relate me to poop and stuff. I was called a lotta racial stuff in high school as well but it wasn't on the same level as elementary school. Ableism has always been there, but it was worse when I didn't know what mental disorders I had or that I even had any. Once again, elementary school was hell for me because the autistic+schizo+ADHD mannerisms I have now were waaaayyy more... there... when I was little. Like having special "imaginary friends" and certain "stim" habits like eating things I shouldn't have been eating (mainly pencil erasers) and such were always mocked and this one girl even publicly called me out on "acting weird" in second grade and the whole class was just like, "ewwww" and stuff and I swear this crap felt like a moment in a movie. My teacher even kinda got on my case and was like "Take that out of your mouth!" and whatever, and all of that's just one example out of many. I was the "weird socially awkward kid" who only had one close friend all throughout elementary school and a bit into middle school so obviously my earlier years were a blast. /s The queerphobia I face is online and in jobs mostly, where a lot of the time I've been told I can't have a job because my identity would "complicate" things for people or I've had my identity weaponized against me by my own family multiple times. But yeah, sorry for the tangent but there's been a lotta stuff I've had to go though.

 

[Corrie]

I'm a white female so I've basically been treated fine. The only thing that bugs me and it's minor compared to what others go through, is when people view me as weak, stupid and incapable of preforming 'men' tasks just because I'm a girl.

 

[Midoriya]

I?m not sure if it?s discrimination (I wouldn?t really consider it to be), but I was excluded at lunch EVERY DAY of middle school just because I was different. I was born with Aspergers and diagnosed at age 10. Bad times never last though! I ended up going to a nice private high school where I was friends with everyone, and now I?m still going to a university where even the acquaintances I have know and love me, and the same goes from me to them.


EDIT: Case in point, people form their little groups and their little cliques, and exclusion is something I hate, because it?s a worse form of bullying.

 

[luna-melody]

Yeah, lots of times honestly. It was especially bad in middle school. (im Chinese btw) Once in 7th grade, we were having language classes and this lady came in to teach us Chinese. Everyone was making fun of the language by saying stuff like "I can speak Chinese! Ching chong" or some random stuff like that, but then I would cuss at them in Chinese lol. It honestly doesn't bother me as much because you get used to it.

 

[Princess Mipha]

I live in France, so I am often getting called a Nazi, as I am german, yay.
Once there was a old man in a clothes washing place, I enter and
say "Bonjour" but apparently I said it not perfect, so he was saying random
**** to me in french, with the thought that I would not understand him.

There was only one dryer working.. I putted my clothes in, as he was about
to remove his to put them in the dryer and I putted them to dry for
20 minutes and only came back after 50 minutes.. he was mad.
Next time don't insult someone like that, ahah

 

[duckykate]

I was bullied really bad in elementary school for my adhd. Also people online have said some **** to me just because im a girl

Oh also i grew up really poor, not really being able to afford food, and id get bullied in school because i always had old gross clothes on from the salvation army

 

[idiotdoomspiral]

I was diagnosed with aspergers a couple years back and im starting to not believe it for a multitude of reasons but anyway. My psychologist is a dumbass and says stupid things about it all the time to me. My psychiatrist tells me that if i ever wanted to move out i would have to go to a home with staff members to check up on me. Imagine being told that over mild autism. Theyve told everyone that i have this when ive told them not to. People tread carefully around me now. Its not fair at all. Especially my college. Like **** you ******. If youre going to dislike me on how i behave you better ****in dislike me on how i behave and not sugarcoat it with "She doesnt know hows shes acting uwaaaaaaah!!!!!"

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They try to prevent discrimination so much around me they end up doing exactly that. Sad

 

[Underneath The Stars]

Oh, how much time do you have?

What's sad is that it's TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT, and discrimination is still very much alive and probably would stay because we are so divided no one's getting along.

 

[visibleghost]

I was diagnosed with aspergers a couple years back and im starting to not believe it for a multitude of reasons but anyway. My psychologist is a dumbass and says stupid things about it all the time to me. My psychiatrist tells me that if i ever wanted to move out i would have to go to a home with staff members to check up on me. Imagine being told that over mild autism. Theyve told everyone that i have this when ive told them not to. People tread carefully around me now. Its not fair at all. Especially my college. Like **** you ******. If youre going to dislike me on how i behave you better ****in dislike me on how i behave and not sugarcoat it with "She doesnt know hows shes acting uwaaaaaaah!!!!!"

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They try to prevent discrimination so much around me they end up doing exactly that. Sad

lol i luv when ppl are like that bc it's so funny to just be mean as **** to them but w the underlying "im autistic so i dont know that what im saying is wrong or bad :')" they cant react like they would if i were NT. doesnt make anything better (and also makes me sound awful??) but at least it's fun to use their "uwu smol bean stupid autistic person" against them lmao


anyway yea ive been discriminated against but it's not too bad most of the time so it's whatever.
something that actually affects me is when health professionals make assumptions and think they know whats going on based on something unrelated and make it more difficult for me to get the help i need. it's often based on stereotypes or their uninformed opinions on things and it really sucks
example 1: went to a trans clinic, the psychologist thought she was sent from god and that she was a genius when she realized im autistic (which i had... told her...... before...) so i cant Really b trans, also im stupid and need to b talked to like im 10 or i suddenly wont understand anything even tho weve spoken for several hours already..... she truly was a genius.
example 2: i explained my problems w mental illness and the doctor was like "ok but youre TransSexual? So Literally every problem you have is because of that?" when i had mentioned being trans 0 times and i met them so they could prescribe me more of a medication i was already taking for depression.

 

[Midoriya]

I was diagnosed with aspergers a couple years back and im starting to not believe it for a multitude of reasons but anyway. My psychologist is a dumbass and says stupid things about it all the time to me. My psychiatrist tells me that if i ever wanted to move out i would have to go to a home with staff members to check up on me. Imagine being told that over mild autism. Theyve told everyone that i have this when ive told them not to. People tread carefully around me now. Its not fair at all. Especially my college. Like **** you ******. If youre going to dislike me on how i behave you better ****in dislike me on how i behave and not sugarcoat it with "She doesnt know hows shes acting uwaaaaaaah!!!!!"

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They try to prevent discrimination so much around me they end up doing exactly that. Sad

Lmao, what. If you have Aspergers, you don’t need staff members waiting on you all the time. Also, I wouldn’t use it as an excuse or whatever to say nasty things to people. It’s just going to backfire once you realize they can realize that you’re not that much different from other people. Only thing Aspergers does is make you more intelligent, but cripples you socially (which can be overcome in anyone’s case). It’s just a label and doesn’t make us different from anyone else. It just changes how we process things.



EDIT: As much as I don’t like help sites, it is basically the difference between using a Mac and PC computer. The controls might be different, but once you figure out how to use it, it becomes easy.

 

[Nuclear Bingo]

I live as a white American male in Japan. I have no stories of discrimination to share. Granted, I have only been here for 4 months. I live in the Kansai region, and I'm not too far from Osaka. That may be why. people are just used to foreigners at this point around here I think

 

[Midoriya]

I live as a white American male in Japan. I have no stories of discrimination to share. Granted, I have only been here for 4 months. I live in the Kansai region, and I'm not too far from Osaka. That may be why. people are just used to foreigners at this point around here I think

That’s actually really interesting. If I do move to Japan some day, I may move to that area then. I’ve talked to someone before who said they do not usually like foreigners sticking their noses where they don’t belong. Thanks for this information!

 

[Hanzoisbae]

Has anyone experienced clear discrimination?

One time during a job interview, I was asked what my sexual orientation was. I am a clear lesbian that you can just look at me and tell.

Has anyone else faced obvious discrimination that was just wrong and unnecessary?

you can report the work place since sexual orientation is not necessary for a job unless you are a "exotic" dancer or work in pornography

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I've faced racial discrimination for being black and white, ableism, transphobia and biphobia in my lifetime. Racial discrimination isn't as bad as it used to be, but in elementary school I used to get made fun of a lot for my skin color by this one girl who'd relate me to poop and stuff. I was called a lotta racial stuff in high school as well but it wasn't on the same level as elementary school. Ableism has always been there, but it was worse when I didn't know what mental disorders I had or that I even had any. Once again, elementary school was hell for me because the autistic+schizo+ADHD mannerisms I have now were waaaayyy more... there... when I was little. Like having special "imaginary friends" and certain "stim" habits like eating things I shouldn't have been eating (mainly pencil erasers) and such were always mocked and this one girl even publicly called me out on "acting weird" in second grade and the whole class was just like, "ewwww" and stuff and I swear this crap felt like a moment in a movie. My teacher even kinda got on my case and was like "Take that out of your mouth!" and whatever, and all of that's just one example out of many. I was the "weird socially awkward kid" who only had one close friend all throughout elementary school and a bit into middle school so obviously my earlier years were a blast. /s The queerphobia I face is online and in jobs mostly, where a lot of the time I've been told I can't have a job because my identity would "complicate" things for people or I've had my identity weaponized against me by my own family multiple times. But yeah, sorry for the tangent but there's been a lotta stuff I've had to go though.

black and white????

 

[rinabun]

Mmm, I'm Vietnamese and I've had many people, when they find out, ask me to go to a nail salon with them simply to tell them what the employees were saying...