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These are a few of several TRUE accounts of racism involving people I know well:

I have a Chinese friend who once was going over to Chinatown for dinner, so she had to cross a street to get to a restaurant. And while she was crossing, there were these people sitting in a car and holding a video camera. (I won't say what nationality these people were - just that they weren't Chinese) They were shouting at her, something like, "Hey you! Yeah you! Say something stupid in Chinese to the camera! Hahhaa, something like 'ching chong chow su'!...Hey stupid! I'm talking to you! Say something stupid in Chinese, stupid! You heard me, China-girl! Hahaha!" She would have liked to cuss them out right there at the moment, but being the nice person she was, she just ignored them and continued on her way. But she was extremely angry and pissed afterwards, and I know I would've been too if I were in her shoes...Geez..talk about racist people!! *cough*assholes*cough* scream

And another time was when my dad went out to Chinatown for work. He happened to park in a tight space and the bumper of his car hit another car's bumper by accident while he was parking. It just so happened that the owner of the car, a non-Asian man, was nearby and saw what happened and he said stuff like, "Hey watch it, you China-man! Don't ever do that again or I'll have your f-ing a** whipped!" Another racist remark and another case of racial discrimination...I mean, he did hit the guy's car bumper, but why did that guy have to give him such an icy cold shoulder?!? stressed

Yeah...I'm generally annoyed because racism happens everywhere, not only for us Asians but for many other nationalities as well. Though much of the relations between different races have improved somewhat over the decades, racism still inevitably exists today, unfortunately... cry

I don't seem to suffer from racism so much myself... Probably because my school is generally... um... how do you say it? Well educated, I guess... Hm... It's a good thing, because there's not much of the racist side at all, and no physical bullying at all. However, I'm sure there's a little trace of other types of bullying, just not to the extremes. All schools have bullying... sad

Gah, I'm getting sidetracked now! whee Sorry! No, I don't particularly think that phrase is racist in itself... But with intent (like the above example provided) in those situations, yes, I totally think that's racism. I have, however, nothing against people who ask me if "so and so" means anything in Chinese. They're either seriously asking me a proper question, or having a joke with me - not properly being racist. I must admit, though, it irks me when people upon people ask you to speak Chinese for them. whee I just get so fed up of it after a while, even though it is pretty flattering. I don't like speaking in Chinese to other people, lol...

On the topic of bullying, actually (I'm getting sidetracked, sorry!), I remember suffering from mild racist remarks when I was a child. Like chinky and stuff. It was quite painful and pissing off, but it wasn't anything major, and has never effected me in any way. Probably because it wasn't anything big and I was so young I can't remember anything... lol... I guess that's a good thing. In the UK, I admit, there are still the odd racist people, with the usual stupid racist remarks, but nothing, from what I have seen, has ever been so bad as the above examples. I've never heard anything so... racist. Well, against Chinese people anyway. I think it's terrible...

I admit, I prefer Chinese people - It's cause I'm biased though, not because I'm racist. I feel inclined towards my kind. We're all humans, I know, but my English school classmates don't speak English, don't have parents like mine with their weird beliefs, and weren't brought up the way I was. It's kind of different, our culture and theirs. I do find it hard to fit in sometimes, but I try my best. Which is why, I like making Chinese friends as well as English ones. They make me feel more acceptable of myself, in a sense. I'm not the only Chinese girl in the UK who's English is better than her Chinese, who feels like she belongs in the UK more than China as she's grown up here, who feels more English than Chinese... Inside, I feel like an English person sometimes, but I know I'm not. I know when someone looks at me, they'll immediately think, "Chinese", not in a biased way, but in a judgemental mind kind of way...

Gah, I really am getting sidetracked... I should stop talking... If anyone agrees in making a thread to talk about whether we prefer living in a foreign country and living with different ethnic/race people, and feeling/not feeling like them and belonging there, you should start a thread... God, I could talk for hours. xd

Some of my friends (caucasion) does that, so me and other asians just pretend to beat the heck out of them. xd

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racism doesn't really bother me much. and some times when my friends (they not racist. we just make what seems like racist jokes. but we're not racist. ) says, hey this was made in china. And I'd say "hey! I was too!" lol. people who crack racist jokes at me, i don't usually hear. because everyone should remember, "fools are meant to be laughed at not heard." xd

i don't really get the joke he was trying to make but k... i use to get pissed at those kinds of jokes, but i've learned how to let it go and smile this really creepy 'i'm gonna get you later in your sleep smile'. (the smile i'm still trying to get right, though i also need to perfect the 'your comments are beneath me' smile) though i don't really need them. Not many people pay attention to me in school. which is alright because i don't pay attention to them.

i get irritated when people aske me to speak in chinese. I just say no. and that's the end of that.