Living with semi racist family members?

  • Darlig Ulv

    Darlig Ulv (250)

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    I consider myself a non racist that is occasionally poked with the stereotype stick, and I mentally slap myself for being so mean in my mind. And I try my best to not be racist towards anyone.
    But its kind of hard when my family members don't think the same way. I'm not saying that we should all have the same opinion, because that would be boring but I think sometimes we should keep our opinions to ourselves.
    My mom loves Ethnic History topics (mostly African American history), but somehow every conversation she starts, always leads back to other races hating on black people.
    I know that racism still exist, but some of what she says is just outrageous! Like I told her about how this woman was kind of rude towards me after happily chatting with one of her favorite students and my mom said that it was probably because I was black.
    First of all, the lady was black and so was her favorite student. And the reason was probably because I was shy or something or maybe she didn't feel like ending her conversation to help me with my issue!
    Anyway, my brother is a totally different issue. He has always been a creepy black power activist person. And everything he says always leads back to race! I mean its crazy! And he's SO mean! I asked him if he thought Angelina Jolie was prettier than Jennifer Aniston and he said "Honestly all white people look the same to me."
    That is so RUDE!
    And my dad! Oh ho ho ho! >.< He told me that if I married a European/Caucasian guy, that he didn't want me to visit him, and he wouldn't see my kids. (If I had any)
    And my brother gets all upset when I say that I' not interested in dating men of my own race.
    Its just...UGH!

    Okay. I'm done *breathes*
    May 26th, 2012 at 06:11pm
  • Ikerot

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    My family is semi-racist, but they don't mind of we marry people of other race. I mean, most of my cousins are doing that anyways. My parents complains about every race, since they work in a place fill with different people. So basically, my family kind of goes toward the sex side. My father told me that I shouldn't go and marry a girl and being friends with a lesbian would make me a lesbian too. Which doesn't make any frickin' sense.
    May 27th, 2012 at 04:55am
  • LostinTime

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    It's hard living in a semi-racist family for me. My family is a large portion white besides Native American on my mom's dad's side and a dash of it on my dad's side. In some way or another they're either making fun of someone's race or degrading them in some way, and yet they have friends who are of the same race they criticize. It seems hypocritical to me.

    I have big issue with it because two of my best friends are actual Mexicans. I mean they literally moved to my town from Mexico when they were 5 and 4 years old and my other best friend is Indian, like the India kind (but he doesn't live there) and he's not my boyfriend right now, but that guy I'm pretty sure I"m going to end up with someday.

    My family is always talking about how white is the minority now and how they keep marrying out of their race. They think that white people are going to disappear off of the planet if they keep mixing together and we're all going to be the same color, which I don't particularly see as a bad thing... at least then there'd be no racism.
    May 28th, 2012 at 03:13pm
  • Darlig Ulv

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    My family is always talking about how white is the minority now and how they keep marrying out of their race. They think that white people are going to disappear off of the planet if they keep mixing together and we're all going to be the same color, which I don't particularly see as a bad thing... at least then there'd be no racism.
    Oh wow that is so ignorant, (what your parents said not what you said). How can they say that when they have Native American in their family?I would love for everyone to become brown or whatever so that we wouldn't have as many problems as we do today!
    May 28th, 2012 at 04:56pm
  • Alex; periphery.

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    I don't really understand the term semi-racist... I would just have thought that you're either racist or you're not?
    May 29th, 2012 at 01:35pm
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    Alex; periphery.:
    I don't really understand the term semi-racist... I would just have thought that you're either racist or you're not?
    I mean some people don't outright call other races insulting names, but they believe the stereotypes created by society. Do you get it?
    June 1st, 2012 at 02:47am
  • VGLythia

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    My mom's side of the family (not my mother herself) are extremely racist, not just semi. All of my second-cousins (who are my age) have go or have attended private schools so they don't have to go to school with black folks. They all constantly use the n-word in a demeaning way. It's very difficult for my immediate family to visit them because of how terrible it is.
    June 6th, 2012 at 11:11pm
  • schrodinger's cat.

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    I believe that discrimination on all levels is pathetic.
    One of my uncles is racist and homophobic, my cousin (who pretty much has the same views as me) and I hate being around him and his kids, they're just as closed minded. The rest of my family just see it as some sort of joke, although he'd never say that type of stuff infront of my mum because she'd chew him out.
    I can't stand being around him because it's just constant hate that spills from his mouth and I'm the one that has to keep my mouth shut to keep the peace. Enduring that is painful.
    April 21st, 2013 at 07:36pm