Rant On Racism

Hello Loves ^_^

I am feeling particularly pissed off today I wanted to just rant and complain to you guys (lol). I had a a stressful day, and I feel that writing about it helps me to vent my anger in some form. Also, this might be a good time for me to tell you a little about my self.

At about midday, I have my Japanese Literature class. I was in class waiting for the professor to show up. Now, that class is taught in English, so there is a good amount of students with different ethnicities, yet I am still the only one in the class who is of Hispanic descent. There was two girls behind me, one was Caucasian and the other was a Chinese exchange student. And I don't know what started the conversation, but the Chinese girl started saying incredibly racist things. She started to say the most horrible things about Hispanics, more specifically Mexicans. I am Mexican, and I have never been insulted by stereotypes about Mexicans,and in fact I find a lot of the stereotypes funny. But this girl...oh she pissed me off. She was saying things like "no wonder Mexicans only work in fields, because they were so stupid and good for nothing." I was pretty stunned to say the least.



I have never encountered an Asian person who was racist against Mexicans. I know quite a few Chinese people, and they are all extremely nice and kind. And heck, a couple of them speak Spanish. I didn't mean to overhear her conversation, but she was talking so loud that I am sure every one could hear. After a while of her nonsense, I turned around, and very seriously told her "Hmm..I wonder. If Mexicans are so stupid, and if they are only good at manual labor, then what the hell am I doing in a University?? I must be one crazy Mexican." She just stared at me, and she didn't say anything. I just turned back around, and that was that.

I think the part that pissed me off the most was knowing that she was an exchange student, who most likely knows the hardships of coming to a different country and trying to learn the language and fit into the society. I didn't experience these hardships too much because I was born in the US, but I didn't learn to speak English until I was in 3rd grade.  I remember being in 2nd grade and I couldn't really speak to any of my classmates because I still couldn't speak English well. But more than me, my parents know those hardships. My parents were immigrants, and they worked in the field. My mother never had a good education because my grandmother became very ill and my mother had to drop out of school in order to take care of her. But my mother managed to come to this country at the age of 19, work her ass off in the fields,  raise three children, take care of the household, go to adult school, and become a teacher. If you can call that being "good for nothing" then I am dreadfully disappointed in humanity.

And I am not just saying this because it was about Mexicans; judging other races or religions without knowing about them is completely idiotic. I love the fact that there are different cultures and languages because you can learn so many things from them. I feel truly blessed to know two languages and to have two different cultures. I am proud to be Hispanic, and I think everyone should be proud to be who they are. I don't support or encourage racism, and I certainly don't like it when people target me or my race. So yeah...I think that is enough complaining.

On a random note...I was leaving a comment on CottonCandyINK while indulging in some well needed junk food. I swear, everything it out to get me today...Look at this word verification thing:

Calling me a Porker?? How dare you?! LOL xD

Anyways...I feel much better. If you stuck with me, I want to know your thoughts in the issue of racism.