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I'm an Alien in my country. 2nd generation Immigrant from Poland in Germany, faced with racism and bigotry on that regard since I could remember.Â
Raised by a single mother with little to no income. 'Everything' I have and own is the result of my own hard work since the age of 16-17.
Moreso, I work within Security, a job that sees me exposed to racism, cultural tensions between unintegrated foreigners and nationally socialistic germans. I live in a district which struts a 90 percent foreigner population. I grew up in an environment where I'm not part of a minority, I'm, full-out Solo. Germans consider me a foreigner for my heritage (and treated me that way for a while), Foreigners treat me like a nationalistic german because I'm well integrated and happen to tell them what they can and can't do on our grounds. I've been called Nazi, Polak, and whatever else you may imagine.
I still don't consider myself an oppressed minority. Why? Because that moment I would feed into that notion and confirm it. I'm not. We have a female Bundeskanzler (Angela Merkel), our foreign policy minister was a gay white male, an important political party in our nation is led by a philipino.
Now tell me again how i'm part of some entitled, priviledged group. Here in Germany this priviledge simply doesn't exist. The only priviledge that counts here is money, and I clearly don't belong to the upper echelon in that regard.
(06-26-2015, 01:21 PM)hauntmedoitagain Wrote:(06-26-2015, 01:04 PM)Gaspard Wrote: And I'm out of this conversation.
What they said is true, though. The majority is just that, the majority; they do not have worry about discrimination, certainly not to the extent an honest-to-god minority does.
That's not to say that someone cannot be discriminated against if they happen to be straight, white and male, as that would ignore issues such as classism in its entirety. However, it'd still be ultimately incomparable to the likes LGBT people face on a daily basis and that is where the difference lies.
This is why we deserve safe spaces free from any potential discrimination. Someone in the majority will never, ever fully comprehend the effect intolerance has on the minority psyche. They just won't and honestly, I'm glad you don't have to put up with it. I'm even envious in a way.
That we have people in this thread willfully ignoring examples of legitimate hate within our community should serve as the ultimate testament to having our needs fulfilled, irregardless if some are unwilling to admit to their socially-born privilege.
I'm an Alien in my country. 2nd generation Immigrant from Poland in Germany, faced with racism and bigotry on that regard since I could remember.Â
Raised by a single mother with little to no income. 'Everything' I have and own is the result of my own hard work since the age of 16-17.
Moreso, I work within Security, a job that sees me exposed to racism, cultural tensions between unintegrated foreigners and nationally socialistic germans. I live in a district which struts a 90 percent foreigner population. I grew up in an environment where I'm not part of a minority, I'm, full-out Solo. Germans consider me a foreigner for my heritage (and treated me that way for a while), Foreigners treat me like a nationalistic german because I'm well integrated and happen to tell them what they can and can't do on our grounds. I've been called Nazi, Polak, and whatever else you may imagine.
I still don't consider myself an oppressed minority. Why? Because that moment I would feed into that notion and confirm it. I'm not. We have a female Bundeskanzler (Angela Merkel), our foreign policy minister was a gay white male, an important political party in our nation is led by a philipino.
Now tell me again how i'm part of some entitled, priviledged group. Here in Germany this priviledge simply doesn't exist. The only priviledge that counts here is money, and I clearly don't belong to the upper echelon in that regard.
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