Fear of a Mixed Race Nerd Re: Stereotypes

Response to the video stereo types and an experience I had why working in Barking in the East End of London.

Mazzoan Original vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G72HyIsfS4

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• fear
• mixed
• race
• nerd
• barking
• essex
• east
• end
• intimidation
• mugging

[maxwolfeee]

I thing your accent is very forced. Tone it down.

[funkr77]

This is my accent. Im from the the East End end of London. I dont have to tone anything down. anyone who knows me knows I this. Thank you

[funkr77]

Actually I disagree with you on so many levels I cant be arsed to even respond. I know racism isnt one way and didnt suggest it was. As Isaid before just dont watch my videos if you dont like the message.

[plhokko]

what is the fucking point of this story??? get a life you boring paranoid prick!!

[funkr77]

Move along and don't waste your time. this was in response to a video that was no longer on you tube so it looks out of context.

thanks for the feedback dick wad

[windmark8040]

Sorry to hear you had that bad experience, man. Just don't let it get you too down. Keep on being who you are and try to be the best person you can! Peace!

[gillri]

good points dude you do look very white, I am mixed race and look a fair bit darker than you

[OBAMAisHalfCaste]

mate by looking at your skin you could pass for white. you dont even look half-caste but maby quarter-caste. but you,re more closley related to your white genes.

[coldestwoman]

we don't know what people went through or are presently going through in their life to make them react the way they do. yes some people do trip off of race but other times it's personal problems. i wonder what would happened if people just stopped focusing their energy on what others thought of them. cause in reality the only opinion that matters is our own. but people are so scared of being judged...world filled with people that are scared of being different and judged.....

[MustNotRead]

These nerds, coming here taking our women, jobs and housing!!

[MustNotRead]

She wasn't running from you because of your race (or lack of it), she was running from you because you're such a nerd! FFS, what a nerd!

[topbluffa1]

i dont think the woman moved because of your race if you was a girl or a old man or a 10 year old or wearing a suit she wouldn't of cared.

its your age and casual wear.

[topbluffa1]

i dont want to sound racist at all by saying this.

but with animals mixed raced dogs for example are generally more clever than the pure breeds, so maybe there is something to this stereotype? My cousin is very clever and he is half Egyptian half English.

and i saw a study recently that showed that mixed raced people only equate to a a small percentage in population in England but a much higher percentage in competitive sport and Olympics more than black or whites.

[CheezInspector]

"babyblueeyes2004", do you realize that everyone is "ethnic"? It's so silly when you hear people toss around the word "ethnic" like it pertains to everyone EXCEPT for (usually) Whites). It pertains to everyone,

[watchMEshyne]

a proud nerd. ur really inspiring bro !!!!!!!!

[babyblueeyes2004]

i have to be honest There are so many ethinic men and women (not all black) in barking that make you feel quite intimidated i have felt like that pleanty of times when i have been there and so many people have been mugged and attacked in barking in broad daylight aswell so she most probably genuinely didnt realise who you were

[jondgamer]

To be honest he hasn't said anything racist. He's expressed a view that affects his racial identity. Maybe the woman needed to cross the road or maybe there was a fear of something non evident like a mugging. However its a lack of understanding. Typically in the white community there isn't an acceptance of the mixed-raced. In the Trident gun adverts theres a commonly a picture of a mixed raced and black person. They have been accepted into the black community and take on their stereotypes

[darrouken]

Don't you have better things to do than spend your time being racist? Get a fucking hobby!

[darrouken]

you're mature, aren't you?

[macaronicheezplez]

from a distance i probably wouldnt realise you were mixed race especially not if i was old

[jonouk89]

igorant ugly racist prick

[evilnerdap]

LOL!

[Crowbarahx]

die fucking nigger

[LaHolly]

Your story reflects a deep deep pain experienced by many every day and is a huge wake-up call to all races of color that no matter what people say, or how nice they are in certain (public) situations, their beliefs are so deeply ingrained they probably do these things unconsciously & would SWEAR they aren't racist in the least.

How do you change a belief held THAT strongly inside a person?

It's hard not to feel defeated sometimes.

[LaHolly]

I'm a multi-ethnic American & I do NOT think you are being paranoid or whining about something trivial. White people have no idea what it feels like when someone you would actually consider a "friend" crosses the street to avoid you solely because of your ethnicity.

It's such a very gut-wrenching and deflating feeling.

I'm sorry this happened to you. :-(

[jimmah55555]

I dont think its so much that you black / mixed-race. I am white and about the same age as you, and i get the same responce from people all the time - i think that its more a symptom of our age. Although i do agree there are allot of racist people out there.