The most racist Americans I have ever experienced were all the Hawaiians with whom I went to college.
The Chinese hate the Japanese hate the Pilipinos, hate the Vietnamese, hate the Haole, hate the blacks, hate the …
Barack be happy, yo.
..Samoans hate the Tongans who hate the Maoris’ who hate and all hate the haoles the Hawaiian’s hate everyone except some Portuguese...on and on
Everyone gets their chance of being picked on.
Only with some groups it’s some earth shattering event when they get picked on.
You’re going to get picked on because of:
Your color
Age
Sex
Height
Weight
Glasses
Ethnicity
What you wear
Religion
Where you come from
Name
How you speak
Who your friends are
If you’re conservative or liberal
Sexual interests
What you eat
Your hair
What car you own
Your parents
Military or no military
Law enforcement (I kept it secret for that reason)
Your choice in spouse
As kids, (I’m sure other have experienced this too), I have seen people picked on because of the music they like.
Some people simply get taught that when they get their trun to get picked on, it’s the end of the world and everyone rushes in to console them.
Get over it.
A few lines from the Kingston Trio’s ‘Merry Minuet’:
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls.
The French hate the Germans. The Germans hate the Poles.
Italians hate Yugoslavs. South Africans hate the Dutch.
And I don’t like anybody very much.
I remember a couple of them:
Something about the "pencil d-ck Japanese",
and
"Haole go back to your hate filled land."
I've traveled and lived all over the world and have visited 47 US States, and I have never seen such racial hostility!
A Chinese orthodontist friend of mine had an office near LA's Koreatown, but he had no Korean patients. He had a common Chinese name which is also a common Korean name, but when prospective Korean patients called him on the phone and found out that he was Chinese, they would hang up.
The Chinese hate the Japanese hate the Pilipinos, hate the Vietnamese, hate the Haole, hate the blacks, hate the …
I lived in Hawaii for over two years. I agree with you 100%