Imagine school just started and people fill every hall. Now imagine some people with differences. I was one of those people, and picked on. People can feel awkward about some of their best friends. People make jokes about others just because they have a disability or different race. While living in Ohio, and then in Illinois I experienced discrimination and racism; and I have seen it accidentally done even in my own family.
In Ohio racism rarely occurred where I lived. When I first moved to Ohio I made friends easily. Some of my best friends welcomed me when I first arrived. We always hung out in a pack. However, one thing happened to me that made us disband for a while: my surgery, which left me temporarily in a wheel chair. While people …show more content…
I attended public school at first, and I was the new kid again. But this time the kids did not include me. While eventually I found a group of people who let me in, they often mocked me. This area of Illinois has a lot of racism, including against Jews. My family practices whole bible Christianity, and we call ourselves Messianic. When people looked it up the first thing they saw: Messianic Jew. People thought I was a Jew, so I was picked on every day, also painful and unfair.
Some people use racism as a joke, and they use it to make people laugh. The people who do it on accident do not mean it. My younger brother once went up to my African American friend and said, “You are the only brown friend I have.” My friend then took me aside and said, “Your brother is racist.” I told him that my brother did not know better. However, some people do know better. These people hurt others on purpose, but my brother did it on accident.
Discrimination and racism happen all around the world, on purpose or on accident. Sometimes I have been able to stop discrimination and racism and work everything out like with my brother. Other times I told how I felt about how everyone acted around me so some stopped. Occasionally, though, when I try to defend someone I get made fun of, too. It is hard. One of the greatest ways to stop discrimination and racism is to stand up for myself and for others because some people
In Ohio racism rarely occurred where I lived. When I first moved to Ohio I made friends easily. Some of my best friends welcomed me when I first arrived. We always hung out in a pack. However, one thing happened to me that made us disband for a while: my surgery, which left me temporarily in a wheel chair. While people …show more content…
I attended public school at first, and I was the new kid again. But this time the kids did not include me. While eventually I found a group of people who let me in, they often mocked me. This area of Illinois has a lot of racism, including against Jews. My family practices whole bible Christianity, and we call ourselves Messianic. When people looked it up the first thing they saw: Messianic Jew. People thought I was a Jew, so I was picked on every day, also painful and unfair.
Some people use racism as a joke, and they use it to make people laugh. The people who do it on accident do not mean it. My younger brother once went up to my African American friend and said, “You are the only brown friend I have.” My friend then took me aside and said, “Your brother is racist.” I told him that my brother did not know better. However, some people do know better. These people hurt others on purpose, but my brother did it on accident.
Discrimination and racism happen all around the world, on purpose or on accident. Sometimes I have been able to stop discrimination and racism and work everything out like with my brother. Other times I told how I felt about how everyone acted around me so some stopped. Occasionally, though, when I try to defend someone I get made fun of, too. It is hard. One of the greatest ways to stop discrimination and racism is to stand up for myself and for others because some people