Examples of Bigotry/Discrimination 3rd Period by Johnna Cheek

Your life isn't worth living

cheekbjaa — 2015-04-09 14:44:13 UTC

"It started in middle school, when classmates would tell me that my life wasn't worth living and I should just end it now. And it's kept right on through high school...I don't understand how anyone can be that mean to someone."

-A Senior in High School who is overweight

You could be forced out of a store for being Hispanic

cheekbjaa — 2015-04-09 14:46:37 UTC

An 18 year old Latina was shopping in a craft store, and a manager kept following her around. She noticed that white shoppers were allowed to browse freely, without interruption. "I thought those days were long over," she said. "The days when you could be forced out of a store for being Hispanic."

Just once

cheekbjaa — 2015-04-09 14:49:28 UTC

"Just once, I'd like to go to my prom with someone I could call my significant other, someone I could call my boyfriend...Just once,...I'd like to be able to attend with my ideal date, matching boutonnieres and all."

-A Gay Male High School student whose school does not allow same-sex dates at prom

Club-hoppers pushed my friend and me

cheekbjaa — 2015-04-09 14:52:12 UTC

"The music was blasting and people were dancing. Club-hoppers pushed my friend and me from all sides. All of a sudden I felt someone up against my butt. ...Guys were coming from every angle thinking it was okay to put their hands on me. ...All I'm asking is for a world where people of every race, sexual orientation, class, gender, and so on, can come together to dance, talk, and be merry."

-A Female High School student

Music

2015-04-09 16:05:06 UTC

"I'd just like to where a band shirt without people looking at me like i'm committing a crime. It's just music but, for some people, it's so much more."

At work

2015-04-09 16:07:04 UTC

one day while i was at work, this man came into the store and you could tell he wasn't from around here. he came in the store and was looking for i forget what, but he walked up to one of my co-workers and said "i just got back from south Africa, and i'm looking for ..." he replied "sir, please go away from me, i do not want to catch ebola"

-someone you dont know of :p

Sports

2015-04-09 16:07:30 UTC

"My freshman year I had made the varsity softball team and the upper class men were bullying me because I started. They would pick on me every chance they got. When I got hurt they said that I was faking it and that I should get kicked off the team."

CHURCH

2015-04-09 16:07:43 UTC

THERE IS NO REAL PEOPLE. LIKE THEY SAY THEY ARE. MAINLY FAKES. ONE MIN EVERYBODY WILL TALK TO YOU, AND THEN NEXT. THEY WILL TALK CRAP ABOUT YOU.

People

2015-04-09 16:08:07 UTC

like some people will only date certain people because of racism there afraid of there parents or what their friends might say about them.

Relationships

2015-04-09 16:08:09 UTC

There are a LOT of relationships in high school. Some are couples and if they are popular or play sports, they can be all over each other but if its someone else that doesn't quite fit in, they get in trouble. I don't think thats fair.

church BY: Dee

2015-04-09 16:08:53 UTC

some time the older ppl in the church look down on the younger ppl because of how we dress and how we are and try to make the kids feel like they arent good christians

partys

2015-04-09 16:10:40 UTC

ive been to certain partys were black people were not welcome not by my choice but others

Work

2015-04-09 16:11:34 UTC

I've talked to someone who would not treat black people no matter how bad the person was.

bulling

2015-04-09 16:12:01 UTC

all through middle school i have been bullied and it my self-steam, i had cut my self all the time and now i just dont give a s****, and i been standing up for my self and but people still pick on me but i dont care. i dont have to have others opinion on me if they dont like me well to bad

~keep doing it makes me a stronger person and makes me better then you

friends

2015-04-09 16:12:02 UTC

people should just let people be friends with who they want! One of my friends is awesome but they're so different then me. i see the looks and i try to act like it doesn't bother me, but it's just annoying.

respect for women

2015-04-09 16:12:34 UTC

so i saw a kid put his hand on a girl that was my friend. well i didnt take that to well. i saw it Monday and didnt know what to do. so i saw him him do it the next day so i stepped in and walked her to class and he was yelling at me and was treating to hit me.

mdf

2015-04-09 16:14:44 UTC

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You're gay

2015-04-09 16:45:59 UTC

I just heard two male students talking to each other in the hallway, "You're so f***ing gay" "Oh just like you?" Gay was used as an insult. It was the most insulting thing they could hurl at each other to insult the other's masculinity.

Love

2015-04-09 16:46:10 UTC

I know some people at this school that are in interracial relationships which people stare and stereotype them. Same goes for same sex relationships. No matter who you fall in love with, you can't help it. You should be able to love who you want and not feel like you're being judged.

true stupidity

2015-04-09 16:48:22 UTC

white people... nough said

sexaulatiy

2015-04-09 16:48:37 UTC

people call each other "gay" knowing that there are others who really are people dont realize that saying things like that are hurting others, some are trans. and bi, but we shouldnt judge or call some one straight "gay" because it hurts others

racism

2015-04-09 16:49:14 UTC

creepers

2015-04-09 16:49:53 UTC

boys ...nough said

Sexism

2015-04-09 16:50:03 UTC

A lot of people say that girls can't do things and that guys are the superior in almost everything.

segragation

2015-04-09 16:50:33 UTC

the government -_-

2015-04-09 16:50:50 UTC

TEEN PREGNANCY

2015-04-09 16:51:04 UTC

gun control

2015-04-09 16:51:04 UTC

poor judicial system

2015-04-09 16:51:09 UTC

lack of heathcare

2015-04-09 16:51:12 UTC

depression

2015-04-09 16:51:24 UTC

welfare

2015-04-09 16:51:42 UTC

sexually transmitted diseases

2015-04-09 16:51:45 UTC

dissabilities

2015-04-09 16:51:57 UTC

Alcoholism

2015-04-09 16:52:00 UTC

not being able to be yourself around other people

2015-04-09 16:52:16 UTC

criminal justice syt

2015-04-09 16:52:17 UTC

stereotypes

2015-04-09 16:52:20 UTC

BAD LANGUAGE

2015-04-09 16:52:53 UTC

police brutality

2015-04-09 16:53:16 UTC

terrorism abroad

2015-04-09 16:53:22 UTC

false acusations

2015-04-09 16:53:44 UTC

panic attacks

2015-04-09 16:53:59 UTC

you guys think it's funny? to see someone in tears and freaking out cause they can't breathe. some people have to have a certain person around them just so they can have some sense of security.

abortion

2015-04-09 16:54:24 UTC

religion

2015-04-09 16:54:39 UTC

TEEN PREGNANCY BY:DEE

2015-04-09 16:55:31 UTC

Hunger / food insecurity

2015-04-09 16:55:42 UTC

doing drugs

2015-04-09 16:55:53 UTC

Carpe Diem

2015-04-09 16:57:03 UTC

Waking up every day to a new challenge and making the decision to either face it or walk away

RAPE

2015-04-09 16:57:29 UTC

SEXUAL HARRSMENT

2015-04-09 16:57:56 UTC

PEDOFILES

deforestation

2015-04-09 16:58:12 UTC