How do you feel about people from minority groups?

Asian woman considered as a part of minority group - This is a foreign woman covered in a veil.
@mdilan (803)
United States
January 23, 2007 2:00pm CST
Did you grow up in a mixed or segregated area? How do you deal with them at work knowing that they are not exactly like you?
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@sunshinecup (7871)
24 Jan 07
I grew up as the only white kid on my block. I don't have a problem with mixed groups or diffrent races. We are all the same and we are all diffrent. I have never had a problem with it. I did have a teacher that did not like me because my best freind was a black boy. She told me, I should hang with children of my own color!!! Can you beleive that? Of course that was in the 70's also. I told her I was, me and him were both black as far as I was concerned. She didn't like that at all, LOL.
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@mdilan (803)
• United States
24 Jan 07
About hanging out with an African American person, yes,I had a similr situation like that with my family along time ago. But they changed their perspective thank God!
@srhelmer (7029)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
23 Jan 07
My dad was in the military when I was growing up so I got to meet people from all races and cultures and don't have ill feelings toward any of them.
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@mdilan (803)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Oh, yes. Being in the military provides more opportunities for tolerance with the different races. My grandfather spend many years in the military and now he enjoys spending time with friends from different parts of the world.
@sunrisekn (1466)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I grew up in Washington state and California on military bases, so I grew up with a wide variety of ethnic backrounds. My parents didn't raise us to see the difference in peoples skin, so we never noticed. Living in the South, it is thrown in your face every day, but I chose to ignore it. People are people and that's it.
• United States
24 Jan 07
I myself, love all people. I do not see their colors or religion. On the other hand, I am a minority. I was raise in an area with ignorant people that were very mean to me. I was beat up, name called, and shunned.
@antidote (108)
• India
23 Jan 07
actually in toadys so much over populated world do u think there r any minority people??
@mdilan (803)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Yes, there are many places like this. Remember that I brought examples such as work, and places where one has lived. It is also a matter of responding: "Do you feel comfortable having other cultures around you?"
@justreal (2364)
• Canada
23 Jan 07
I would feel even and not superior. We are all the same and human. I would never compare myself better than anyone and anyone better than me, no matter if it's minority groups any kind of groups.
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@mdilan (803)
• United States
23 Jan 07
It is unfortunate to face people in the world that feel are above anything. We see them everyday.
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
24 Jan 07
Stiving to understand. The diffences would make for a fun connection. We are all different even within our own groups. We all deserve respect and the offer of friendship. Thank goodness no one is exactly like me. Lots of stuff could get done, however, again the differences would not be there for long lasting learning. We are all worthy of friendship no matter where we are fron. I grew up in a mostly white, middle class neighborhood, then out in the country where we were far apart. Went to school when it became mixed, we children didn't have many problems. My interactions have not been bad!
• Canada
24 Jan 07
I don't feel anyone is different then myself . I believe we are all the same and don't pay attention to things like that . Where I was growning up both my mother and my father were prejudiced about different things yet somehow my sister and I grew up believing they were wrong . I always tell my kids that it is not what we look like it is who we are inside that counts and it doesn't matter where you came from or anything . If it is a good person they are good no matter who they are and for any reason .