Racism

[Beginner]

WJKWJF

With growing intolerance, more and more Sikhs are being targeted at airports and other places and are the object of blunt stares by the ignorant. Most of these occurrences do not, thankfully, lead to physical altercations, though I'm curious and wanted to ask if anyone here on this site had actually gotten into a physical fight with a racist while traveling abroad?

WJKWJF

[Singh559]

Not as of yet.

[Beginner]

Well that's good, and hopefully you never encounter it. I just wanted to know because there's an extremely upsetting video on youtube on how a couple of Sikhs were treated in Cleveland when they went to a football game and was wondering if things like that happened to Sikhs in mostly white cities often.

[Singh559]

Well that's good, and hopefully you never encounter it. I just wanted to know because there's an extremely upsetting video on youtube on how a couple of Sikhs were treated in Cleveland when they went to a football game and was wondering if things like that happened to Sikhs in mostly white cities often.

I live in Fresno, California. It's the most conservative part of California (i'm pretty sure) but I never really face/faced anything to the extent that was in the news interview of the two Sikhs you're talking about. There are places this happens a lot (maybe less now), but it depends on the area. California in general is really multicultural so that plays a big part in it.

The most dangerous type of racism in my opinion is the subtle and non-direct kind. It leaves a large chance of never solving the misconception. My chacha ji was doing something quite a few years back in the front lawn and someone drove by in a truck saying "Hey Osama" and my chacha ji first got mad and then thought about it and simply waved back smiling. He told me why he did that was because these people lost, they realized that these people aren't a threat nor are they what they think we are (or even close for that matter) and they just have to somehow direct their energy at something like that. He could have felt bad about it, but instead he thought of alternate route.

[Dev1975]

I live in Fresno, California. It's the most conservative part of California (i'm pretty sure) but I never really face/faced anything to the extent that was in the news interview of the two Sikhs you're talking about. There are places this happens a lot (maybe less now), but it depends on the area. California in general is really multicultural so that plays a big part in it.

The most dangerous type of racism in my opinion is the subtle and non-direct kind. It leaves a large chance of never solving the misconception. My chacha ji was doing something quite a few years back in the front lawn and someone drove by in a truck saying "Hey Osama" and my chacha ji first got mad and then thought about it and simply waved back smiling. He told me why he did that was because these people lost, they realized that these people aren't a threat nor are they what they think we are (or even close for that matter) and they just have to somehow direct their energy at something like that. He could have felt bad about it, but instead he thought of alternate route.

I like your chacha's style, though I personally would have thrown my lawnmower at those bozo's. :lol:

[Singh559]

I like your chacha's style, though I personally would have thrown my lawnmower at those bozo's. :lol:

Yep he's pretty amazing haha.

Most of us would.