Blogspot#5: Black is the new beauty

Racial bullying

Black is the new beauty

People who are from different races, they, themselves, get bullied for being different. I have seen in the news that there are a lot of people who use the "N" word against the African-Americans. When I moved to Manila from Texas, I was made fun of because of how white I was. For the first few years of studying here in the Philippines, I was bullied so bad that I ate inside the classroom. I had friend from the first term who was very insecure of her skin color and because she was darker than me, I told her that being black was the new beauty and I also told her that I wanted to be tanner, no matter what I did to go darker, I couldnt. 

According to one of the sites I found called www.bbc.co.uk, the writer of the article is Divya Talwar and the title of her article is called "Daily torment of racism in the classroom" and it says that there is a year 9 student named Khadeja Fahat and she studies in Wilmslow, Cheshire, UK and her education has suffered along with her mental health. She says "I was tormented nearly every day; I was scared to go to school. I used to go to school think: what am I going to face today? Is someone going to physically hurt me or shout something at me or throw something at me?'" It really isn't the nicest thing to do with someone from a different race.

Murray Wardrop, writer of "'Racist bullying destroyed family' mother of suicidal schoolgirl says." it says that there is a 15 year old boy who is facing the threat of a year and his victim, a 14 year old mixed race girl tired to take her own life by swallowing a cocktail of pills after he waged a 6 month campaign of telling her to go back to her own country and that she didnt belong there. 

There is , I think, one reason why others bully people who come from a different race, maybe, just maybe, that they are just jealous. As someone who comes from an interracial family, all my life I was bullied because my dad has dark skin and my mom as white skin, they are very happy together and I just wish everyone would see the beauty of knowing someone who has different skin tone.

Paula Deen, a chef, who onced used the word "N" apologized for saying the word and says that she doesn't really mean saying the word. She apologized in ann interview with NBC,which can be found in www.nbcbayarea.com according to the article, that her confession to lawyers in a race bias case against her that she has used the N-word numerous times before she was greeted with the horror by her fans, and by her long-time home, the Food Network.  

Be careful with what you say because it can really hurt someone's feelings. I have done that in the past, but when I did that someone they forgive me easily because when I say sorry to them, I really mean it. When you see someone from not around the area, make sure that you keep it yourselves because if they hear it, they might get hurt because of what you said. I have friends who are very insecure of their skin color and now, they accept themselves, I tell them that they should be happy with the skin tome that was given to them and that they should tell themselves that they are beautiful in every way.

According to Vinti Singh, writer of "Kid bullied to leave school because he wasn't 'black enough'"for the www.ctpost.com said that a 12 year old boy named Ryan Rodriguez was bullied because he wasn't black enough, he was stabbed in the back with a mechanical pencil and there was no explanation or anything. There was reason why he was stabbed for no reason, he comes from a half-white and half Puerto Rican parents and he is also being name called like "stupid white cracker"

An article written by a Daily Mail reporter and the title of the article is "Racist BNP teenager convicted of playground race taunts after pushing girl to brink of suicide." and it says that the girl moved schools just to avoid racist abuse- was called c**n, N****r, gorilla and golliwog by her tormentor. From the same article, there is a prosecutor named Raymond Wildsmith told Lincoln Youth Court insults happened again and again and again -- anything up to four times a week. My opinion on this article is that nobody deserves to be treated in such because someday it will get back to you and it isn't worth your time bullying someone with different color. 

There are a lot of celebrites who are very racist and I would like to share to you one quote that I think is very offensive, it is Paris Hilton that said "we are like two N**as" It really is offensive, especially when you are around black people, you shouldn't really things when you are around people you are talking about. There are so much celebrities who say offensive things against other races, and I have seen in twitter and in tumblr, comments about people respecting other races. 

I really think that we should start respecting them because they were made way different than us and we can't really expect them to be like us. Martin Luther King jr. even said in his  I Have A Dream speech "I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls would be walking with white girls and boys." I really agree with him because if God didn't make other races then why are they walking with us? I also have a dream that one day people will start respecting others for who they really are.