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 Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:01 pm
Has anyone ever been discriminated against? Have you ever had false assumptions made about you? Race, personality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Have you ever felt like people didn't look at you the same way after you shared certain thoughts and opinions? Almost everyone has been hated on for some reason at one point or another in their lifetime. People have always thought I was quiet and shy, when in fact, I'm very bold and outspoken, smile
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:15 pm
Ironically, I was somewhat discriminated against when some people in the Jewish Gaians Guild found out that I hadn't been religiously discriminated against. rolleyes
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:38 am
Has anyone ever been discriminated against?Yes Have you ever had false assumptions made about you? Strangely enough, it happens all the time. Race, yes,but I disagree with the popular definition of Race. There is only one race, and that is the human race. personality, yes religionyes genderyes (I had a principal tell me I needed to stay home and have babies because that is what a woman should do.)sexual orientation, yes, infact this happened not to long ago for me. Apparently there are certain clubs you cannot join if you are straight, but God forbid you try to form a club that excludes anyother sexual orientation... Have you ever felt like people didn't look at you the same way after you shared certain thoughts and opinions? All the time. I guess because I am Native American it is a huge shock for people to hear that I have personal opinions and that I disagree with liberal democrats...
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:43 am
Has anyone ever been discriminated against? Yup
Have you ever had false assumptions made about you? All the time.
Race, I'm white, of Anglo-Saxon and German decent. While I have white privlage I work in a perdominatly Black neighbor hood, the vast majority of my co-workers are Black or Hispanic. I'm consistantly excluded for conversations and shouldered out of work related social events. There are other reasons for this as well, but I'll get into them farther down.
personality, I grew up in a very rural area. I am a blunt person. After moving to the city I have been told that I'm rude and calous toward others, where as in the area I grew up in I'm considered quite and polite.
religion, I'm a Pagan in a predominatly Christian area. One of my co-workers refused to speak to me since they found out about my religious orientation. This, however, has not stopped them from talking at and about me.
gender, I'm female. Due to where I grew up I"m tough. I can't do the same manual labor that a male from my area can, but I can do a heck of a lot more then the women and some men from the area I'm in now. I am consistanly repramanded for doing things that this area considers "men only" but is perfeclty acceptable for women as well where I'm from.
sexual orientation, This one not so much. I'm hetrosexual, so I fall into the norm. Of course due to the preceding I'm often taken for gay because my actions and demenor are more in line with what is percieved as homosexual actions in women.
Have you ever felt like people didn't look at you the same way after you shared certain thoughts and opinions? See above comments about co-workers.
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:36 pm
I think everyone has in some way, shape, or fashion and in turn done the same exact thing to other people. It takes a lot of self discipline to break the habit of forming immediate opinions on people once you get into the habit of forming them. High school, with it's various cliques, grooms us quite well into this detrimental school of thought.
Personally any discrimination against myself I used to think of as worse previously in life. However I've found the more comfortable I am with myself and being different the more comfortable other people are with it. It's amazing how much people will react in kind. If someone were to say give an initial reaction of being shocked or show signs of reacting negatively towards any bit of news they may learn about myself, they're bound to get worse if I get defensive. If I'm open and patient about it, people tend to be a bit more curious and open as well. It may take time with more severe reactions but patience is key.
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Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:15 am
yes i have
i was teased and even beaten because of a physical problem
if i told you in detail about it you might tease me too, so i won't.
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:06 pm
OhSoMiahx3 Has anyone ever been discriminated against? Have you ever had false assumptions made about you? Race, personality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Have you ever felt like people didn't look at you the same way after you shared certain thoughts and opinions? Almost everyone has been hated on for some reason at one point or another in their lifetime. People have always thought I was quiet and shy, when in fact, I'm very bold and outspoken, smile All the time, especially when it comes to making false assumptions about me and I'm tired of it. It's completely unfair and it's wrong.
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:47 am
I recently had some issues at work over being Asatru. I am very open about my faith, but am respectful of other religions, so I normally have little problems. It all started with me stating that I don't celibate christmas. This was back in October, and my environment became more and more hostile, until I moved to a different area and shift. I personally dislike christianity, but I never treat people poorly for it and am never rude about it. I just wish others could be the same.
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:11 am
I'm a transsexual non operative semi-genderqueer lesbian, with a naturally flirtatious tendency, who believes wholeheartedly in magic and witchcraft and other things that are not "scientifically sound, and I hate the atrocities of the meat processing industry but still tend to be very carnivorous (I live in a sometimes excessively vegan community).
SO yes I would say I have, though I try not to wallow in it sometimes blurting it out feels really really good.
Most places I go, they say the taboo on magic and witchcraft does not exist, it's just a fairy tale these days, but when I offhandedly mention it, or even so much as am coaxed into talking about it, I get that look of being pitied or thought of as delusional, which is really discouraging to my studies. Some people are encouraging, if you talk about meditation energy work, healing or trance you're okay, divination is fine because apparently tarot is the latest trend, but the moment it becomes will working or "witchcraft" (like all those other things are not involved in magic) it becomes a red flag. This tends to come more from agnostics and atheists in my community than Christians.
That said even though I'm not heathen mention any kind of finding something meaningful in the eddas or feeling fond of the image of Freya, and i get a lecture on having a false, idyllic view of an imperfect culture, or so far anyways.
oh oh oh oh i forgot to mention. In a number of pagan communities online, any mention of being an eclectic, ditheisitic in worship, or having any elements of "nature" in my religion means I'm a Wicca raping dirt worshipping new age nutter with no respect for other cultures or capacity for critical thinking.
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:06 pm
Um, yea, but a good bit of people are afraid of me so they keep their mouths shut. I wasn't necessarily a bully in school, I just had that attitude that went something like "mess with me and you'll be sleeping in your locker for the next week". But yes, in high school there were people who would think of me as a weak girl. Even at my job. The guys, young and old, (I didn't really mind the older guys doing me favors because they were like father figures) would literally take a heavy box away from me, or would ask me if I needed help doing something that required heavy lifting. After about a week they got the idea that I did not need or want help. If I needed help I would ask. I don't really get it much anymore because I have learned to be outspoken so I do not get taken advantage of.
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