No that wasn't scary or anything

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Today after school while I was waiting for my mom to pick me up, I was standing outside by myself. Well after about 15 minutes of waiting, three black guys came out of the building I was standing in front of. I had no idea they were behind me, so I was pretty startled when one of them came right up to me and demanded, “What kind of attitude is that?”

I looked around and made sure he was talking to me, and then looked back at him confused. He repeated the question and his two buddies laughed.

I’d say they were in their mid twenties, big beefy looking guys so naturally I was pretty intimidated and backed away because they were right in my face by that time. This one guy just was staring at me and then he shook his head started to walk away and then stopped and turned around and said “That attitude…what’s up with that?” I told him I didn’t know what he was talking about and he replied in disgust, “That bandana around your forehead…who do you think you are?” something along those lines (but I remember he did point out my bandana that I wore, rolled up as a headband in my hair). Then he just gave me a dirty look and walked away.

…am I missing something? Is wearing a bandana against the law for white girls or something? I didn’t even have the thing across my forehead like the bastard suggested. After that my mom drove up and I told her what he had said and I was pretty shaken up. He hardly said anything to me but the repulsion that just creeped into me afterwards made me sick. And they could have easily beaten me down if I back talked them, which I am now kicking myself for, not doing. I feel like such a weakling.
But even worse how retarded and idiotic is an action such as this? Showing digust because I’m not coloured and yet I wear a bandana.

What an image shocker…yeah. Any opinions on this…?

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Hmm, that seems pretty stupid, but I’m afraid I can’t help you, in England there aren’t many anglo-africans (though there are some). It’s probably just a one off though.

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I’m not looking for help :stuck_out_tongue: I’m just saying how pig headed some people can be when it comes down to race and image, and I want to see what everyone else thinks.

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Gang insignia. (The headband)

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Um not here it isn’t. All black students, male and female wear bandanas and you tell me they’ll ALL in a gang :stuck_out_tongue: A good majority of the students do as well, in the exact same style. If I stuck a feather in mine I’d look like an indian, meaning I wore mine a bit different from the usual “gang insignia” style. I just don’t get it.

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shrug
I’m not sure what it could have been. They were probably just fuckin’ with you to make you scared. I know a lot of people around here that do it.

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Was the headband the same color as any of the clothes they were wearing? And out of curiosity, what color was your headband, and if they were all wearing some of the same colors, what were they?

It’s most likely gang related. Just because “around here” it isn’t, doesn’t mean squat. I go to a school that is in one of the richest parts of the state, and while there is no dominant gang problems at my school, there are a lot of people who are in gangs that do go to my school. So yes, you may not know about it, but there are most likely a gang or two in your area, seeing as how this happend.

Should you be scared? Not really. Just take care to not piss anybody off and learn what the colors are and just not wear them. I’ve gotten into shit about it before, but I usually hang with a “rougher” crowd than you might.

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Eva, I’ve seen similar things happen to people around me, including my brother. Something similar has happened to me, too. Now, I have never acted racist or prejudiced towards an african-american person. And yet, I was playing a game of Lazer Quest a few years back, and a black teen and his friends grouped up and played as a team, whereas I took the game alone.

Usually, I prey off teams and get points off them to try to even the odds (I mean, 10 on 1 isn’t really fair, is it?), and because of this, I was branded a racist by them. And did I utter even a subtle hint at racism or hate? No… I congratulated them for a good game. But still, they played the “race card” on me.

If people want to stop racism, they have to stop branding such occurences as “racism”, as this will only lead to more and more fighting.

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Have their ever been any incidents of gang crime in the area?

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Originally posted by Sorcerer
[b]Was the headband the same color as any of the clothes they were wearing? And out of curiosity, what color was your headband, and if they were all wearing some of the same colors, what were they?

It’s most likely gang related. Just because “around here” it isn’t, doesn’t mean squat. I go to a school that is in one of the richest parts of the state, and while there is no dominant gang problems at my school, there are a lot of people who are in gangs that do go to my school. So yes, you may not know about it, but there are most likely a gang or two in your area, seeing as how this happend.

Should you be scared? Not really. Just take care to not piss anybody off and learn what the colors are and just not wear them. I’ve gotten into shit about it before, but I usually hang with a “rougher” crowd than you might. [/b]

It was blue and white and I’ve noticed two other girls who have the same bandana as me. And nah, their clothes were kinda greyish, and dark blue and black.

Yeah i guess there could be inner groups of whatever but if they were so intent on judging me because of the bandana I wore, they could have noticed the rest of my clothes which spell out “priss” not “gang member”.

Yeah I’m not the type to directly get myself involved with gangs but I know a few people who are into that type of crowd, but I doubt I would be singled out for knowing people…? I don’t know since you have more experience with this you’re probably right, it just struck me as unusual, that’s all. Guess I’ll have to start taking notice of what clothes I wear that could be signals like that. -_-;;

EDIT: Dalton, I know what you mean. That happens A LOT in my school, you look up a black person in the wrong way and you get a bitch in your face demanding to know if you’re thinking she’s a nigger…not that all situations like that involve African American, but you get my drift.

Gil- Yes this type of behavior is common, in the rougher crowds, or depending on how you associate yourself with certain people. I say my city is notorious for having the most inane narrow minded asses in the province.

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Originally posted by Sorcerer
I usually hang with a “rougher” crowd than you might.

Sorc
1 tuff d00d

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At my school it’s asians not anglo-africans that do the intimidating, my advice is to just ignore them.

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Eva: Just ignore those people. They won’t harm you or anything. They wanna act tuff and all, but if you walk away, they’ll look like fucking idiots. Trust me, they are cowards.

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Originally posted by vyse the legend
At my school it’s asians not anglo-africans that do the intimidating, my advice is to just ignore them.

In my high school, every race had it’s own place to hang out at locker break. It was a strange sight to see; the Tamil in one area, Italians in another, African-Americans in the next, etc, etc. Invisible barriers were abound, and the groups rarely approached each other. My small group of friends (there were only 4 of us) were all of radically different cultures and religions, but only because we were outcasted from the “popular” kids. And so we were a group of our own; the “outsiders.”

High school is a funny place… it really makes you see the human condition in a bad light. 8(

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In my school, there are no other races.
The town is devoid of any culture-mixing because of it’s racist past. There was even a sign at the outskirts of town that said “Don’t let the sun fall on your nigger back, or your ass will be in jail.”
Something to that effect.

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Originally posted by Dalton Of Zeal
[b] because we were outcasted from the “popular” kids. And so we were a group of our own; the “outsiders.”

High school is a funny place… it really makes you see the human condition in a bad light. 8( [/b]

That’s basically our social circle, mind you I like being as others call me ‘a freak’ since the ‘normal’ kids are a bunch of assholes.

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Meh, at times the more social kids (Mostly known as preps) can be very polite and understanding.
I’m friends with pretty much every “group” in school. I used to regularly attend LAN parties with the “preps” the same night I’d go see a concert-type show-thing with the “punks.”

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I’m sorry you had to go through with that Eva. I can’t stand people like that. I guess the best thing I can say is just to ignore it. Unless they do something like that again, then I would notify some one. It’s a free country and you can wear your bandana any damn way you want.

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Heh, sounds like he was just screwing with you. Why would three guys beat up a girl just for wearing a bandana? I wouldn’t say it was because of your race, I would say that they were just trying to freak you out a bit…