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Sikh boy labelled a 'terrorist' by his classmates
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The Cowboy
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I got kicked off a moving one strait into a brick wall, I never went on the school bus again after that (i was very badly bullied at school - until an incident happened).
Yeah, sikhs should get used to discrimination, as early as possible. Thats life.
What is wrong with you?
Of course, no disagreement there.
I will say this, though. In middle school, I learned racial slurs (that I didn't know were slurs, in keeping with your naivety point), and started using them frequently, even when they didn't apply.
I will always remember the reprimanding I got from the school administration. I was taught a lot of things that day, but I don't think I need to elaborate.
Deified Data
Banned
Personally speaking, bullying made me more cynical and anti-social to the point that I sometimes go out of my way to avoid people I actually like. It certainly helped make me the person I am today, and no doubt it gave me a thick skin, but it was totally a mixed bag. I don't really think it was a fair trade, either. Plenty of healthy, well-adjusted kids grow up as perfectly capable adults having never been bullied a day in their life.
Yo if I was called a terrorist in a southern Cali middle school that was predominantly Chinese I can only imagine what someone in Georgia would face...
Also even though the article points out he's Sikh, even if it was a Muslim boy or girl they shouldn't be called terrorists either. Weird point they were trying to make.
Also even though the article points out he's Sikh, even if it was a Muslim boy or girl they shouldn't be called terrorists either. Weird point they were trying to make.
Exactly. I also know many that have told me they have been confused for Muslims all the time. Do some research first, people.
Also, I fucking died when the kid called the girl a motherfucker. Love this guy.
Alligatorjandro
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Wonder where they learned that at
As someone who lost friends indirectly to bullying, fuck that logic and shame on you for thinking this.. It's never acceptable. Period.
Kudos to the boy for filming this, that's hardcore. Especially in the face of your abusers.
You two are proving my point. You think when minority kids grow up discrimination is just going to magically disappear?
Bullying had roughly the same effect on me, although I don't avoid people I like.
I would like to meet these individuals who have never been bullied. I had a sheltered upbringing in a small suburb and was still bullied. It happens, that's life.
Again, I'm not excusing the actions of these kids, and I think they should get punished, but learning that there are ignorant people in this world is a valuable life lesson.
TrojanBlade
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Kids can be really mean to their peers. My son has gone through similar bullying because of his name and I felt so helpless.
One of my friend's daughter when she joined a new school, and was talking to some girl who found out she is a muslim. The girl said to her 'my parents hate muslims' ... So that's how these kids turn into these monsters. I bet that the parents of this girl in the video are racist themselves.
Its a sad situation for the kids that go through that. Not enough is done at schools to stop bullying.
One of my friend's daughter when she joined a new school, and was talking to some girl who found out she is a muslim. The girl said to her 'my parents hate muslims' ... So that's how these kids turn into these monsters. I bet that the parents of this girl in the video are racist themselves.
Its a sad situation for the kids that go through that. Not enough is done at schools to stop bullying.
The exact same thing. When popular culture caricatures brown people as terrorists of course children are going to pick up on that and apply it like this. Which is why they point out the Sikh part.
This is just dumb.
Love how everyone is saying " he's not muslim he's a sikh " as if it would be ok calling him a terrorist if he was actually a muslim. Like " At least make sure the guy is a muslim when you call him a terrorist. That's the minimum requirement when you want to bully a filthy muslim. "
Nealand Liquor
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Poor kid and kids.
Acceptance starts at home through education and understanding, opening up children's eyes to the world outside of their small box. Parents need to teach children to be empathetic and relation with all peoples.
The message of tolerance is wrong. It doesn't ask people to learn or understand or view people as people, it's just tolerate them or their differences. If we taught our kids to accept the differences of others we'd all be better off and less children would be called a terrorist just for being different.
Acceptance starts at home through education and understanding, opening up children's eyes to the world outside of their small box. Parents need to teach children to be empathetic and relation with all peoples.
The message of tolerance is wrong. It doesn't ask people to learn or understand or view people as people, it's just tolerate them or their differences. If we taught our kids to accept the differences of others we'd all be better off and less children would be called a terrorist just for being different.
This is a good logic for why being bullied is a good thing. Bullying should never be accepted.
This is inhuman abuser-logic. No, people shouldn't suffer. Period.
I mean seriously kids are the worst.
We had a slightly overweight girl in our elementary school class and i can't remember how many times we made her cry. The worst was that one time where we were playing a game in which we had to pass in a narrow gap between a tree and a wall. She obviously got stuck and cried for like 10 minutes while we laughed our asses off and then the teacher got mad as fuck lol.
Then there was this other time where i got lent a game by a kid we didn't like and never gave it back. The dude actually came to my house to ask it back while me and my friends were playing it and i sent him away and didn't allow him to come in. That was some evil shit.
By middle school we still did some sick shit but we pretty much settled down. Like i remember this one dude that was huge for his age and one time he actually lifted me up and slammed me on concrete, i couldn't move for a couple of days. Then we grew up, i think.
We had a slightly overweight girl in our elementary school class and i can't remember how many times we made her cry. The worst was that one time where we were playing a game in which we had to pass in a narrow gap between a tree and a wall. She obviously got stuck and cried for like 10 minutes while we laughed our asses off and then the teacher got mad as fuck lol.
Then there was this other time where i got lent a game by a kid we didn't like and never gave it back. The dude actually came to my house to ask it back while me and my friends were playing it and i sent him away and didn't allow him to come in. That was some evil shit.
By middle school we still did some sick shit but we pretty much settled down. Like i remember this one dude that was huge for his age and one time he actually lifted me up and slammed me on concrete, i couldn't move for a couple of days. Then we grew up, i think.
From my experience, bullying probably contributed to quite a few becoming violent, joining gangs for protection, becoming suicidal. Lot of first and second generation immigrant kids, because authority figures regularly turned a blind eye to bullying. And their parents usually came from places where authorities were corrupt, so honestly, they were trying to keep a low profile, and were afraid to engage them. You go to school, walk the streets everyday thinking that someone could beat you within an inch of your life or worse, and no one's gonna care? Fucks with you. I knew kids who were prepared to die on school grounds from 9th to 12th.
SturokBGD
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I think that lesson can be learned w/o being bullied and harassed on a constant basis.
The SIkhs have the coolest holy book out of them all. It has writings by people from different religions, economic/social status, and language. The very nature of it emphasizes the acceptance of equality and diversity more than any of the other ones.
Succinct Verbosity
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Seems like she is repeating what her parents taught her... They should get the wrap on the knuckles here rather than the kid. The school should rightly discipline for racism, but it's ultimately useless if that same kid goes home and the parents expose them to the same junk.
gutter_trash
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the kid's parents should be brought into the principle's office and get berated for bringing up their child racist.
Kids get these thought in their heads from their parents.
Racists kids have racist parents.
Kids get these thought in their heads from their parents.
Racists kids have racist parents.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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That's pretty much what happened.
Then I literally flipped a table when he ran away and told the teacher.
My teacher was cool, he backed me up. Told the kid that if he'd said that to him, he would have decked him in the face.
The Artisan
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why?
OpinionatedCyborg
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Not necessarily. I learned a lot of vile things at school, and I said a lot of nasty things that I didn't believe when I was that age. None of it came from my parents.
People shouldn't have to suffer but people do. Obviously bullying should never be encouraged. I don't think it does children a whole lot of good trying to protect and insulate them from the world either.
Nah it's worse when they call one of your family members Osama, or ask if he's your uncle.
NobleGundam
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Lmao this kid is boss as fuck
Other kids should be suspended for that bs
Other kids should be suspended for that bs
There are ways to teach people discrimination that don't involve destroying their egos. Or a broken nose or leg.
One person I knew ended up in a really awful situation. He was abused and bullied so much as a result of that situation from every kid that he ended up in a juvenile home.
He's dead now.
It's not healthy. It's not acceptable. And you absolutely would not be saying what you are saying when it's your own child's life in danger.
There is nothing over-protective or insulating about ensuring they can grow up in an environment that isn't actively hostile to them. Letting it slide or trying to justify it is why the boy in the article is getting bullied the way he is.
Velcro Fly
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This disgusts me. Feel bad for the kid but glad that he was able to tell people.
There's always an amount of teasing and such that is going to happen but the line is very clear and if you cross it you should be dealt with harshly.
There's always an amount of teasing and such that is going to happen but the line is very clear and if you cross it you should be dealt with harshly.
Gaf is extra gross this afternoon.
You're actually arguing that bullying is a good thing? Do you encourage your kids to bully others in order to "help" them? Are you disappointed when people are punished for bullying?
I remember another kid point blank ask me if I was going to join the Iraq army and kill everyone in the UK.... like wtf!
The Artisan
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I mean, I've had that happen to me too but that's people those people were being ignorant.
I remember being in middle school and my bus driver called me "osama's buddy"
No, just people on GAF intentionally misunderstanding what is being said so that they can take offence as per usual.
It doesn't matter for instance that I qualified what I was saying with, "bullying should never be encouraged". It doesn't matter. It never matters because you people just want to get on your high horse, so you ignore it.
All I was saying is, you can't insulate people from the world. At some point in a person's life, they have to deal with whatever life throws at them. Trying to protect and insulate people from every bad thing that may happen in their life, doesn't necessarily help them in their own development. At some point they have to go into the world and deal with problems themselves.
I've always been an introvert, but I distinctly remember certain moments as a young child where I tried to be more social in school, only to be insulted or bullied as a result.
I'm sure part of my social anxiety is because of moments like these. When interaction with others results or involves bullying or hurtful/negative experiences (not necessarily in general, but just any one particular hurtful/negative experience), all that does is make you more averse to reaching out in social contexts.
I've never had serious lingering thoughts of suicide, but there was one day when I was in elementary school where things were particularly rough for me (I don't remember what happened, just that it involved some form of bullying), and I came home crying, and in a moment of sorrow, between tears, said "I wish I was dead." In that passing moment, yes, I felt so miserable from the way people were treating me that I felt like death would be a good escape. Thousands of children each year seek this escape, and commit suicide because of bullying.
So no, bullying is in no way, shape, or form "healthy." You're a terrible person for wishing that upon any child.
Lamel
Banned
Well...were you by any chance pen pals with him?
Maybe bus driver was onto solving the mystery of his hideout.
"I think [non-bigoted] bullying is a healthy part of growing up"
Which part did we misconstrue?
Head of Vengarl
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Sickening. I want to slap that girl's parents.
I don't think it's that. I think they're just pointing out the stupidity of the bullies assuming he's Muslim just because of his turban.
I don't think it's that. I think they're just pointing out the stupidity of the bullies assuming he's Muslim just because of his turban.
WrenchNinja
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That's awful. That poor kid.
Goddamn brats. I hope something is done about them especially with this circulating around the net.
Goddamn brats. I hope something is done about them especially with this circulating around the net.
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