Tired of being discriminated against

[mbuangi]

I have come to the end of my rope, im tired of being treated differently because of the color of my skin, and im starting to grow impatient with justice what advice can anyone give to help me through this process. should i become an activist or should i do nothing and wait for gods imminent justice?

thanks GOD BLESS!

 

[pigtown]

I have come to the end of my rope, im tired of being treated differently because of the color of my skin, and im starting to grow impatient with justice what advice can anyone give to help me through this process. should i become an activist or should i do nothing and wait for gods imminent justice?

thanks GOD BLESS!

Don’t let anyone put you down. The color of your skin shouldn’t make any difference to anyone. I am a white American and my husband is from India so we’ve had people staring at us and have heard comments but we’ve simply ignored them and that’s what you have to do (we’ve been married more than 30 years!). I don’t know what you mean about becoming an activist. What would you do? I also don’t know where you are located but in this country, USA, there are laws against discrimination.
Hold your head up. We are all God’s children. It doesn’t matter what color we are.

 

[brigid12]

I’m really sorry that you’re feeling a lot of discrimination in that area. It’s not only not right as far as justice is concerned but it certainly has no place between people anyway!

I have no idea as to the color of your skin, but I’m caucasion and out on this coast I’m seeing more and more that I am in the minority in that area. I think changes may just be sooner than you think. In the meanwhile, I’ll certainly be praying for you!

There seem to be two different types of activism. One (militant, angry) doesn’t get far and mostly succeeds in annoying others - the other (organised, logical, and charitable) really does. Look at Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King! "Course Martin Luther King had something else going for him (and so do you). Lots and lots of prayer to Him!

(Actually, since we’re discussing discrimination, maybe if you could include a word or two about age discrimination - esp. while job hunting?)

Thanks

 

[Coreopisis]

I have come to the end of my rope, im tired of being treated differently because of the color of my skin, and im starting to grow impatient with justice what advice can anyone give to help me through this process. should i become an activist or should i do nothing and wait for gods imminent justice?

thanks GOD BLESS!

Tough subject. Let me give you my perspective and see if that helps.

I live in MN in the USA that has a very diverse population. Almost every nationality you could think of. There are blacks, whites, hispanic, hmong, chinese, japanese, korean, jews, american indian, mid-east indian and the list goes on.

Before I share my story I must tell you that I am a “white” female, but I have dark brown hair adn dark eyebrows and dark green/brown eyes and dark skin (for a white person.)

I was walking in downtown Mpls one evening when a white man (with blond hair) verbally attacked me. He yelled “Look at you,you f_ckin’ piece of sh_t Jew!” to which I looked around and didn’t know who he was talking to because we’re pretty sure that we are Polish. He continued to get into my face with his finger saying “You look like sh_t…blah blah blah” His friend who was with him was black.

Do you know that I was a woman, alone being attacked by a white man who was with a black man for being “Jewish” and not one single man on that street stepped up to help me or stop him? Not a single one.

I didn’t know what to do. All of a sudden I heard a girl on a cell phone behind me say “Oh hell no” and hang up. She got in the white guys face and yelled at him until he apologized and left. It turns out that this girl was American Indian and Cuban. We became friends and have been friends now for 5 years. Prior to me she hated white people because she didn’t realize that we were discriminated against also.

My point is that it happens to ALL of us. Even those people whom you feel are discriminating against you. I could tell you many more stories of myself being attacked for being white, another attacked because a black and white got together, and more about hispanics and asians and handicap, and one for being fat another for wearing the wrong color shirt. No ONE is immune to it. It happens everywhere all the time.

I know it is hard to take for yourself but remember this and offer up your own suffering for God. Keep your chin up!

With sincere compassion.
Sarah

 

[Coreopisis]

cdarf

 

[JimR-OCDS]

I have come to the end of my rope, im tired of being treated differently because of the color of my skin, and im starting to grow impatient with justice what advice can anyone give to help me through this process. should i become an activist or should i do nothing and wait for gods imminent justice?

thanks GOD BLESS!

Don’t let bitterness eat you up, for it will stagnate your growth as a human being.

Understand that those who are racist, suffer from their own poverty of character.

Forgive them in their poverty and hold no bitterness against them.

Move on with your life.

God Bless
Jim

 

[BarbaraTherese]

Dear mbuangi…I would underscore what Jim has said. I suffer Bipolar Disorder and a mental illness that I never hide. I can suffer discrimination and put downs because of this and to my mind it is the poverty of those who discriminate who misunderstand what mental illness can be all about. There was a time when I was bitter and angry, but the only person truly suffering was me, and bitterness and being angry is usually like this in that it is the person bitter and angry who suffers. Not only this in my bitterness and anger I was pushing people even further away and if anything reinforcing false concepts of mental illness overall. I let go of my negativity and simply moved on to forgiveness and living a full life - and the presence of mental illness does not prevent me from doing this at least in areas where there is more enlightened and realistic attitudes re MI. I have been a student for 5 years on a campus that could not care less about my illness - I am acccepted as I am.
Rather than consider my avoidance of ‘stigma’ situations etc. as being frustrations of any of my ‘ambitions’, I view them as allowed by God for His Good Reasons, mysterious to me, and guides to how He wants me to live rather than limitations on how I would like to live.
Hence attitude and perspective in life is always important.

There are reasons why I personally do not become involved in mental illness as a “cause” to which I am committed. But if opportunity, inspiration and motivation meet at the opportune time, I do speak up on the subject of mental illness. That is my call in my particular situation. What you should do in your own situation as to become an activist or simply just move on only you can answer in the final analysis and the Grace of God will lead you to your response and God’s Will for you in the situation…mine was a journey rather than a simple decision.
Pray about it and go on a journey of searching if that is to what you feel drawn. I will keep you in prayer as I do all those who do suffer from discrimination and stigma in life which is contradictory to the fact that God has created each person as He has and of His Goodness and Love.

I am truly sorry for the discrimination that you are experiencing as it is cruel and hurtful always and usually from incorrect even illogical concepts on the part of those who discriminate. As long as you might retain a negative frame of mind towards all this, you are probably reinforcing such attitudes. Moving on from these negative feelings can be another journey rather than a simple decision, and in all these journeys we do make in our overall journey of life, God is drawing us to Himself.

Blessings - Barb

 

[mary_bobo]

I am sorry for your pain. But never forget that God loves you, you are the way HE made you. Don’t ever negate the way you are. He love you and we love you. God bless.