I have been wanting to post about this for a long time but this being a sensitive issue,i just needed my time to think and put it into words.
This country which is called the Land of opportunities and which has large number of immigrants and whose President is an African-American still discriminates people according to the race.I'm not a citizen of this country but my daughter is and i fear for her,will she be racially attacked due to her color,her race? And i'm not talking this just out of the blue.I have a reason,you would have seen in my previous post about my school friend who was on a business trip to the states and she was treated badly by the hotel employees and this was not any small motel,it is one of the famous hotels and the receptionist spoke with his manager on the speaker phone of how these''indians '' behave? I have a doubt ,my friend was near this guy and she could hear the whole conversation.What was that guy thinking? Did he think that she does not understand English? Well,just because we do not have an american accent does not mean we dont understand English.This was my friend's last day in the states and she felt very bad and when i asked her to complain to the higher authorities.She just said" I just want to get back home''If it was me,i would have definitely dealt it with it differently.
On another instance,this happened to another friend.. He was told straight on his face '' Go back to your country'' and he was too shocked to say anything but an American friend of his came to his rescue and gave a piece of her mind.But sadly not everyone steps up when something like this happens.
I have made this country my home and i will not accept any kind of racism happening to me or anyone for that matter. I do not dicriminate people according to their color,sex or religion.
Just like my friend said '' I sometimes feel i'm not home and that aptly describes our status in this country '' Resident Alien''.
I know this is a sensitive topic but i would love to hear your thoughts on this. What would you do if one of your friends is racially attacked? Will you step in? What's your take?
This country which is called the Land of opportunities and which has large number of immigrants and whose President is an African-American still discriminates people according to the race.I'm not a citizen of this country but my daughter is and i fear for her,will she be racially attacked due to her color,her race? And i'm not talking this just out of the blue.I have a reason,you would have seen in my previous post about my school friend who was on a business trip to the states and she was treated badly by the hotel employees and this was not any small motel,it is one of the famous hotels and the receptionist spoke with his manager on the speaker phone of how these''indians '' behave? I have a doubt ,my friend was near this guy and she could hear the whole conversation.What was that guy thinking? Did he think that she does not understand English? Well,just because we do not have an american accent does not mean we dont understand English.This was my friend's last day in the states and she felt very bad and when i asked her to complain to the higher authorities.She just said" I just want to get back home''If it was me,i would have definitely dealt it with it differently.
On another instance,this happened to another friend.. He was told straight on his face '' Go back to your country'' and he was too shocked to say anything but an American friend of his came to his rescue and gave a piece of her mind.But sadly not everyone steps up when something like this happens.
I have made this country my home and i will not accept any kind of racism happening to me or anyone for that matter. I do not dicriminate people according to their color,sex or religion.
Just like my friend said '' I sometimes feel i'm not home and that aptly describes our status in this country '' Resident Alien''.
I know this is a sensitive topic but i would love to hear your thoughts on this. What would you do if one of your friends is racially attacked? Will you step in? What's your take?
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