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racism


(with a small r cos it doesnt merit a big one.. )

have you encountered it ? i think so far i hadn't ! except from fellow pak ppl ! who can be worse.. *:

a man at the burger king in leeds train station recently felt i had cut in before him (there were 2 people serving initially so i hadnt! ) he then proceeded to swear profusely (to my daughters disgust) and make some comment about people who should all go back to arabia or afghanistan or wherever where they'll get their throats slit (still mild compared to what naseebers have said !)

i would have been more put off but i realised it takes someone with a pretty sad life (which can't be improved) to be that bitter over a 2 minute burger delay.. plus his wife walked off in disgust at his behaviour :)
 

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Login to find out (March 30, 2006 at 2:57am)
lol nice one.. where :P
 
Login to find out (March 29, 2006 at 7:14pm)
i think its best to stay away from desi hangout places in the UK and elsewhere .. such racism from your own people isnt worth it.

We can order the gol gappas online ...
 
Login to find out (March 29, 2006 at 7:51am)
sorry to hear that ua; what did the pak ppl say .. as i know their vitriol can be worse than others at times..
 
Login to find out (March 29, 2006 at 6:30am)
I've experienced it. yobs in the street (which I just chose to ignore) and people from the pakistani community. I'm apprarently not one of them!
 
Login to find out (March 29, 2006 at 5:54am)
zz they r not african american origin players they r african players :)
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 11:29pm)
NO WAY!! tiny world...i live in ajax...
i worked for the community newspaper inbowmanville/oshawa etc
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 10:55pm)
Bowmanville Ontario...how about you?
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 10:54pm)
I can :D


Peace
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 10:39pm)
Can't we all get along???
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 10:01pm)
Racism is worst at european footie matches...especially in spain and italy, where the crowds openly sing racist chants againt players of african american origin.

Strange really, since Italy and Spain are two countries whose native people (mostly) dont have white skin themselves...
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 11:36am)
where in ontario did u grow up? I myself am from a small town in ontario. Kids can be cruel but they don't know any better...i know my experiences were different from those that my younger cousins face these days. there is more knowledge of different cultures etc.
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 11:27am)
For myself, I've felt racism as a child growing up in a rural town in Ontario. I dubbed it 'white-man's land' as I grew older but I also found a lot of life long friends through the process. Kids are cruel but the advantage of dealing with it as a young child is that you learn to handle yourself when you're older. There's a right way and wrong way with deal this issues like this. Sinking to an equal level to play tit-for-tat isnt going to help. However, I use intellect to get my point across.

I remember in the 3rd grade a boy told me to 'go back to pakistania...' and I duely corrected him 'there's no such place as "pakistania" it's Pakistan...I'm not from Pakistan...I'm Canadian born and I can't go back to somewhere I already am...' His reaction was PRICELESS!!
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 10:59am)
Goin to the racism, it is everywhere, and it wil never stop, they try kicking out of football, never gonna happen. Money talks everywhere, if th efans pay X amount a week to get in, and they swear at black players, te clubs dont do FA, they are getting heir mioney. hey do try at some places, but fat chance of anything changing. Regards to desi, I think hey are just a sracist, i mean ihave had more than a few scrapes, with other asians " who call me paki" , thats confusing, tho I have called some FOBs that too in arguments,

Goin back to whites here, they r racist, soemtimes in groups at football u hear soem drunks say "pakis out -pakis out" and u have to try VERy hard to say nothing, tho I accidentally say " F u and go back to yiour own countries" that throws them as they are drunk as it is and thn start questioning theselves if they are in fact in their own country.....does lead to a few fights ( P: ) which maybe seen as wrong but sometimes life is about getting it on!! Though I have been involved in a lot, the times where i have been stabbed,shot has been aganst desis, tho i did get shot by racists as a kid, the air rifle left a hole I still got, if that hit my head ...no more fitnessman!!
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 9:53am)
I've only been to England, France, and obviously America ('cause I live in it). Don't feel bad Barizvi, my list is dinky too.
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 9:50am)
ok well compared to some lists here my list is really dinky... ive been to America and Pakistan ...man i need to get out more
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 9:48am)
lol true.. very true

(oops i forgot austria #: )
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 8:59am)
Makes you think how lucky we are, dunnit? In a world where the majority of people don't even dream about leaving their village? (And the Mericans don't even guess there is a world outside!)
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 8:55am)
lol face it you two are too wel travelled when you keep having to add stuff you've forgotten..

fon, your black driver story's hilarious

zz, lol @ desi racism, isnt this how the UK desis treat the immigrant desis? no until now we've been over nice but from now on i'm ignoring anyone who's flown over (from wherever usually pak) and wants to treat me as scum because of their massive chip.. they can grow up before they approach me

my list
greece*
us*
italy**
switzerland**
france**
gibraltar*
spain*
belgium
holland
pakistan*
saudi arabia*
uae/ dubai*
scotland, wales, :P

* with the rents
** with the rents & later on
the rest on my own
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 8:45am)
Oh - I' forgot Mexico and Greece... darnit, what's the point in travelling if I'm going to forget where the hell I've been? Should start thinking about quality not quantity, I guess...
 
Login to find out (March 28, 2006 at 7:26am)
mine :P

india
pakistan
barbados
egpt
canada
states
swizterland
spain
italy
mexico
kenya
tunisia
morocco
kuwait
france
ireland
malaysia
greece

and still finking );