Have you ever been a victim of prejudice? (sexism, racism, secterianism)

Rds1989

Or even been witness to it

rusty_racer94

If you were me, you'd know how it feels like when you're the only tanned (Asian) person in town and school. It's surprizing to see how many people are so arrogant and narrow minded, but after all, I don't give a hoot.

Savage Tyrant

As a catholic growing up in an 89% Protestant town (by last census) I was subjected to sectarianism quite regularly. Even by a few teachers.

Owwmykneecap

rusty_racer94 wrote: »

If you were me, you'd know how it feels like when you're the only tanned (Asian) person in town and school. It's surprizing to see how many people are so arrogant and narrow minded, but after all, I don't give a hoot.

HELLO! DO YOU LIKE IRELAND? YOU MUST FIND IT VERY COLD YES?

mgbgt1978

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Pace2008

Was over in Manchester for New Year's. I was outside the pub chatting to a few randomers in the smking area when some locked Mancunian, who must have heard my accent, got right up in my face, calling me a Mick and a Paddy, and asking if I (solely responsible for Ireland's economic downturn) was happy that his taxes had to go towards bailing out my country. I told him to jog on and walked back inside as I didn't see us coming to any sort of gentlemen's agreement.

Found it amusing more than anything.

rusty_racer94

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

HELLO! DO YOU LIKE IRELAND? YOU MUST FIND IT VERY COLD YES?

YES, I LOVE IRELAND! And the weather is absolutely fine.

Owwmykneecap

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

Have you ever started a thread without realising that you couldn't even spell sectarianism ?

it's ulster scots.

RichieC

I have indeed, many times. don't care to elabourate, though.

woodturner

I was in work one day and my boss asked if myself and a few work colleagues could work late. I told him I had to go into town and my mates had plans too. He said well if you won't do it there are plenty of Polish lads out there looking for work. WTF??????

Rds1989

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

As a catholic growing up in an 89% Protestant town (by last census) I was subjected to sectarianism quite regularly. Even by a few teachers.

I got secterian abuse working in a farm in east Donegal where im from, i overheard them call me 'the papist'

RichieC

Rds1989 wrote: »

I got secterian abuse working in a farm in east Donegal where im from, i overheard them call me 'the papist'

They just know you're a catholic by the look of you?

liah

Mostly just standard sexism tbh that most girls face at one point or another. I'm a white, blonde, blue-eyed, Canadian female, there's not really much people could use to discriminate against me for other than that, luckily!

mikemac

my own last post was way too long

Worked in a factory in Yorkshire.
A folder went missing and the team leader would say "this place is so Irish"

Too much stock is ordered, oh "that's so Irish"
Delivery driver messes up the order, yes, that's Irish too.

Irish = **** ups and being disorganized

**** you bitch :mad:

But even on boards.ie posters use this. Self hate isn't good

Dudess

Teeny bit when working in customer service (but you get that - it's no biggie) - one South African guy bitching about "you Irish". Oh how I longed to make a crack about apartheid :pac: and a guy in Belfast getting sectarian (but like a real brave soul, hanging up).
Once when I was on holidays in a Spanish resort, some English guy started giving me a bit of grief over being Irish - everyone else (many of whom were also English) told him to stfu though. He seemed like a prick in general anyway, not just anti Irish.

Rds1989

RichieC wrote: »

They just know you're a catholic by the look of you?

my names ronan and we live in the same townland where everyone knows everybody

starbelgrade

Women always treat me as a sex object.

liah

starbelgrade wrote: »

Women always treat me as a sex object.

Problem?

cafecolour

The worst I've had was probably getting a bottle thrown at me because I was walking hand in hand with another guy - in San Francisco, no less. It missed, luckily. That's about it physically.

Slurs on occasion, but I operate on the sticks and stones mentality. And, of course, people who suddenly got a lot more distant after they found out, but those again, haven't been much of problem.

All and all I've been pretty lucky.

Mint Sauce

Have been told "F-off home you british b@stard" on Paddies Day about 9 or 10 years ago.

Working in a call centre dealing with UK customers I have also been called an 'Irish Pr!ck' and a even more oddly a 'Paki B@stard'. Think it shows how stupid people get when they make an assumption about something.

Other than that, that was it.

Crann na Beatha

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El Horseboxo

Had a few racist comments said to me over the years in Ireland. Bouncers using words in their own language that i know the meaning of and had a guard refer to me as a spic that i overheard. Had stuff sprayed on my car once too. It was in Polish. Other than that nothing regularly happens except for some shít about tacos or minor stereotypes when out drinking. Nothing to start a fight bout though and is mostly jokes.

In the US i've been stopped by police a few times and handcuffed while told to sit on the curb. They tend to target minorities and then the subtle stuff like following you around in a store or people looking like you're about to rob them.

starbelgrade

liah wrote: »

Problem?

It's sexist.

I want to be respected for who I am as a person & not just used for my body.

liah

starbelgrade wrote: »

It's sexist.

I want to be respected for who I am as a person & not just used for my body.

Masculinist! Get back to your.. cave?

beegirl

A bit when i worked in the us - i was told "learn to speak English" by an American woman who could barely string a sentence together herself lol :-) and was called a "white b1tch" by a car full of black guys, just cos i ignored them wolf whistling...

Never experienced anything like this personally in Ireland, i have seen many examples of white Irish people being racist towards non-irish or non-white people though unfortunately :-(

Nodin

starbelgrade wrote: »

It's sexist.

I want to be respected for who I am as a person & not just used for my body.

I feel your pain. We should be able to answer the door in our y-fronts if we want to, and not be subject to those looks and whistles....

Crann na Beatha

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starbelgrade

I remember once, I was in the middle of banging a chick from behind, doggy style. As I was doing this, she was going down on one of her friends while her twin was teabagging me. At the end of the bed, another chick was straddling a strap on, worn by an ex Playboy model.

And I just stopped for a minute and thought, "Is this really all that life had to offer? Meaningless, drug fuelled sexual encounters with incredibly hot women? Am I really that shallow?"

So when we finished and I had showered, I told the girls that I never wanted to be objectified like that again, that I meant more to myself than just a piece of flesh, that I was a real man, with real feelings and emotions. I vowed to become a better person.

Then I paid up & left.

Degsy

I used to have a japanese girlfriend.
We were walking up o'connell st holding hands when two scumbag girls walked by and one of them muttered something about a "chink",i wasnt going to say anything but the girl i was with started screaming at them that she "was japanese and hated the chinese and would they like it if she called them english?"/ The two of them were somehwhat surprised and sloped off,looking terrified.

Mint Sauce

starbelgrade wrote: »

I remember once, I was in the middle of banging a chick from behind, doggy style. As I was doing this, she was going down on one of her friends while her twin was teabagging me. At the end of the bed, another chick was straddling a strap on, worn by an ex Playboy model.

And I just stopped for a minute and thought, "Is this really all that life had to offer? Meaningless, drug fuelled sexual encounters with incredibly hot women? Am I really that shallow?"

So when we finished and I had showered, I told the girls that I never wanted to be objectified like that again, that I meant more to myself than just a piece of flesh, that I was a real man, with real feelings and emotions. I vowed to become a better person.

Then I paid up & left.

Hang on, were you doing the tea bagging, or were you being tea bagged?

:eek:

starbelgrade

irish-stew wrote: »

Hang on, were you doing the tea bagging, or were you being tea bagged?

:eek:

I can't remember. There were a lot of people and drugs in the room.

And teabags.

Actually, come to think of it, I'm not sure that there was drugs there - my memory is not too good. Not even too sure if there were women there either, but there was definitely teabags & when I finished, I definitely paid & left.

In fact, I have a feeling that I might have actually been in Bewleys.

Royal Irish

I went to a salon to get a waxing. Supposedly they dont do brazilian landing strips on men. Blatant sexism.

Mint Sauce

starbelgrade wrote: »

I can't remember. There were a lot of people and drugs in the room.

And teabags.

Actually, come to think of it, I'm not sure that there was drugs there - my memory is not too good. Not even too sure if there were women there either, but there was definitely teabags & when I finished, I definitely paid & left.

In fact, I have a feeling that I might have actually been in Bewleys.

Must have been one hell of a cuppa.

Terry

Isle of Man when I was 12. Was called a Paddy cúnt and so forth by a bunch of Scottish men. It was scary at the time. They were big bastards.

Was called a Free State traitor by an ex from the North. She was Catholic and her Father had been interned in the Curragh for being an IRA member.
Chick had issues. She married a Scottish Protestant, yet had the gall to give me grief for being born in the Republic.

Then there are the countless of incidents where I've been called Paddy, Mick and whatnot by the numerous drunken English idiots working in the local factories.

In saying that, most of the immigrants I've met are friendly.

TrollHammaren

A few times working as a doorman in Dublin City Centre I had people call me a "foreign bastard" and a "Polish príck"....

...I'm from Ballyfermot.



Another time I was playing Call of Duty online and two English teenagers on my team were yelling all over the place and I kindly asked them to shut the fúck up, that they were distracting me, to which one replied, "I couldn't give a shít, you little twat". I then laughed and asked "does your mother know you're playing big boy games?" to which he replied, "what? I can't understand you - learn to speak English. There's too many foreigners in this country."

Because, you know, the interwebz is in Egnland

Degsy

Terry wrote: »

Isle of Man when I was 12. Was called a Paddy cúnt and so forth by a bunch of Scottish men. It was scary at the time. They were big bastards.

Was called a Free State traitor by an ex from the North. She was Catholic and her Father had been interned in the Curragh for being an IRA member.
Chick had issues. She married a Scottish Protestant, yet had the gall to give me grief for being born in the Republic.

Then there are the countless of incidents where I've been called Paddy, Mick and whatnot by the numerous drunken English idiots working in the local factories.

In saying that, most of the immigrants I've met are friendly.

Have you ever been called a "Bono Lover" or a "Tax Dodger Bono Apologist"?

steddyeddy

I was in a town in antrim drinking in a local pub and was told I was in the wrong pub by some sectarian idiots. I didnt even answer them and for some reason they backed off.

Royal Irish

Terry wrote: »

Then there are the countless of incidents where I've been called Paddy, Mick and whatnot by the numerous drunken English idiots working in the local factories.

In saying that, most of the immigrants I've met are friendly.

Anytime anyone calls me a Paddy or a Mick I just look all surprised and shout "how did you know thats my name, do I know you".

mikemac

Degsy wrote: »

I used to have a japanese girlfriend.

Would she bothered if someone said she was a Jap do you think?

Genuinely asking, just we had a motorbike thread recently over in that forum and some praised Jap bikes and woe, instant offense taken by one poster and then thread got locked

I doubt I'd ever call a person a Jap but I say Jap cars and Jap bikes all the time. I don't know what's acceptable these days

Terry

Degsy wrote: »

Have you ever been called a "Bono Lover" or a "Tax Dodger Bono Apologist"?

Regularly.
It doesn't really bother me though.

During my teenage years most of my friends were hardcore rockers.
I've been listening to crap from them for over 20 years.
As for the tax dodging stuff, it helps when you know the facts.

steddyeddy

Degsy wrote: »

I used to have a japanese girlfriend.
We were walking up o'connell st holding hands when two scumbag girls walked by and one of them muttered something about a "chink",i wasnt going to say anything but the girl i was with started screaming at them that she "was japanese and hated the chinese and would they like it if she called them english?"/ The two of them were somehwhat surprised and sloped off,looking terrified.

Theres three racist people in that story in fairness!

Dudess

I'm surprised someone would find "Jap" offensive - it's just short for Japanese... unless there is more to the word? "Nip" I'd understand a Japanese person not liking.

ejmaztec

starbelgrade wrote: »

Women always treat me as a sex object.

So, whenever you ask them for sex, they object?

chughes

Dudess wrote: »

I'm surprised someone would find "Jap" offensive - it's just short for Japanese... unless there is more to the word? "Nip" I'd understand a Japanese person not liking.

American military during WW2 would have used the word Jap as a derogetory term for the Japanese. In the same way the Germans were the Hun or Gerry.

These names would have historically bad connotations.

Degsy

steddyeddy wrote: »

Theres three racist people in that story in fairness!

Four actually :P

alwaysadub

I was turned down for a job in a warehouse cos im female, even though I was perfectly qualified and able for it. She told me straight out, then told me if a position came up in packing "where all the girls work" she'd ring me. I was young at the time and let it go, should've kicked up a fuss or sued her

AskMyChocolate

starbelgrade wrote: »

I can't remember. There were a lot of people and drugs in the room.

And teabags.

Actually, come to think of it, I'm not sure that there was drugs there - my memory is not too good. Not even too sure if there were women there either, but there was definitely teabags & when I finished, I definitely paid & left.

In fact, I have a feeling that I might have actually been in Bewleys.

1 man 1 cup.

Degsy

Dudess wrote: »

I'm surprised someone would find "Jap" offensive - it's just short for Japanese... unless there is more to the word? "Nip" I'd understand a Japanese person not liking.

Nip is short for "Nippon" which is the japanese word for "The land of the rising sun"..never really used as a derogatory word.

Jap on the otherhand was used extensively by American military personel to describe japanese troops and civilians and in context was generally meant derisively.

Look at the word "Paki" now..mega no-no to describe somebody of Pakistani origin..however,in the 1970's in England,most corner shops were owned by Pakistani and Bangladeshi immigrants and the shops themselves were called "Pakis"..it wasnt a big problem..its just times change..what was once deemed okay is now considered racist although its original intention might have only been descriptive.

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Pakistani Bonner.

junipergreen

No abuse for being Irish - mega abuse for being fat. People are bizarrely abusive about that. I say people, I mean men. Why are there no fat people anti-discrimination laws?!

Also, guys at uni wouldn't let me play football with them, but I reckon that was probably cause I was better than them.

Oranage2

Yes i have - i wasnt allowed to use the scissors in school because the hand i use is black as im a black man!