What I mean is, some groups of people misbehave, and by doing it they bring down the entire community they belong in. It's worst when you really stand out because you have a different hair or skin colour, because that's how people remember others by... it's sad, but that's what happens when you don't know somebody personally. One will remember a guy as "the black guy with the gorgeous blue eyes" instead of just "the guy with the gorgeous blue eyes". So it'll be "the Chinese kid who was really loud" rather than just "the kid who was really loud". They set a really bad impression for the rest of their community, and it's always these people (rather than the rest of the community) who complain that they're being discriminated...
That's why I say my rant may *sound* racist, although I think I'm not being one. Sure every racial group has people like that. But whereas a British boy might just complain that they're being picked on, a misbehaving boy from a racial minority will immediately say they're being racially discriminated. Which I find really, really annoying. It's like, they're discriminating themselves...
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Date: 2004-02-17 02:08 pm (UTC)That's why I say my rant may *sound* racist, although I think I'm not being one. Sure every racial group has people like that. But whereas a British boy might just complain that they're being picked on, a misbehaving boy from a racial minority will immediately say they're being racially discriminated. Which I find really, really annoying. It's like, they're discriminating themselves...