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Let me begin by asking the mods to change this topic to a different board if its not the correct one. Thank You
Racism is a topic i'm sure everyone here knows about. Its a topic that has affected a lot of people in this country, canada. Personally I have never been affected by it nor even thought about it until today. Let me start off by saying I was born and raised here and i've served a year with the military. My parents are from Lebanon and moved here in the 70's to give my family a better life. My dad has worked hard in this country to provide my family with a living, and I can proudly call my self canadian.
Today at around 6pm I went to subway to get dinner, its a quick method of getting food. Upon arrival I open the door and stand in the line, I see a man in his 50's infront of me. He does not seem to be in line and I ask him "sir are you in line." The man turns around looks at me and goes "Shut the F**k up you dirty allah loving monkey, I hope you go blow up a bomb." Once he said that I had a second of disbelief, I was thinking...did he really say that? I responded by going "excuse me sir but i'm sorry to have caused you any trouble".
Once I said that he said to me "I will kill you if you ever talk to me you d**k sucking hezbollah fighter." Again i'm thinking the same thing...what did I do to this man. I respond to him and indicate that if he does not stop the harrasment and racism I will be forced to call the cops on him. When I told him that he said he would hurt me and kill me if I go near my phone. So I turn around and ask the guys at subway to call the cops. The customer waiting behind me, an amazing citizen, comes to help me. He tells the man he has to leave the store. The man continues with the racist and disgusting comments...which are just hurting me inside. So the customer behind me grabs this man and drags him out of the store and tells him to not cause trouble.
Once the crazy man left the store he went to the window and stared at me and started to do Nazi salutes towards me. Once I ordered my sub I thought i'd wait out until he left...just incase he had any weapons or anything..the last thing I want is to have trouble. I want 5 minuites and hes still not gone. So I decided to just rush to my car and leave. So I left the store and rushed to my car, he went near my car and tried to open my door...but luckly i locked it in time. I quickly drove off and that was the end of that.
I must say this man is lucky i'm a very tolerant guy who can take a lot. I'm sure if he said this to another man of any race this old man would have gotten hurt. I cant believe this type of racism still exists in canada. Like before this I never really thought of racism a problem here but after this I can truly say it hurt me. I'm just thankfull to be such a tolerant guy and not get angered quickly but....I must say I was shocked when this happened. This man was not drunk because he did not have any smell of alcohol in his breath..and you can generally tell when someones drunk or not. He did not seem to be on any substances and was able to speak quite well. .
I just thought i'd share this story with the army.ca community...I needed to let it out and talk about it anyway. anyone else experience a similar problem like this?
Huss
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Let me begin by asking the mods to change this topic to a different board if its not the correct one. Thank You
Racism is a topic i'm sure everyone here knows about. Its a topic that has affected a lot of people in this country, canada. Personally I have never been affected by it nor even thought about it until today. Let me start off by saying I was born and raised here and i've served a year with the military. My parents are from Lebanon and moved here in the 70's to give my family a better life. My dad has worked hard in this country to provide my family with a living, and I can proudly call my self canadian.
Today at around 6pm I went to subway to get dinner, its a quick method of getting food. Upon arrival I open the door and stand in the line, I see a man in his 50's infront of me. He does not seem to be in line and I ask him "sir are you in line." The man turns around looks at me and goes "Shut the F**k up you dirty allah loving monkey, I hope you go blow up a bomb." Once he said that I had a second of disbelief, I was thinking...did he really say that? I responded by going "excuse me sir but i'm sorry to have caused you any trouble".
Once I said that he said to me "I will kill you if you ever talk to me you d**k sucking hezbollah fighter." Again i'm thinking the same thing...what did I do to this man. I respond to him and indicate that if he does not stop the harrasment and racism I will be forced to call the cops on him. When I told him that he said he would hurt me and kill me if I go near my phone. So I turn around and ask the guys at subway to call the cops. The customer waiting behind me, an amazing citizen, comes to help me. He tells the man he has to leave the store. The man continues with the racist and disgusting comments...which are just hurting me inside. So the customer behind me grabs this man and drags him out of the store and tells him to not cause trouble.
Once the crazy man left the store he went to the window and stared at me and started to do Nazi salutes towards me. Once I ordered my sub I thought i'd wait out until he left...just incase he had any weapons or anything..the last thing I want is to have trouble. I want 5 minuites and hes still not gone. So I decided to just rush to my car and leave. So I left the store and rushed to my car, he went near my car and tried to open my door...but luckly i locked it in time. I quickly drove off and that was the end of that.
I must say this man is lucky i'm a very tolerant guy who can take a lot. I'm sure if he said this to another man of any race this old man would have gotten hurt. I cant believe this type of racism still exists in canada. Like before this I never really thought of racism a problem here but after this I can truly say it hurt me. I'm just thankfull to be such a tolerant guy and not get angered quickly but....I must say I was shocked when this happened. This man was not drunk because he did not have any smell of alcohol in his breath..and you can generally tell when someones drunk or not. He did not seem to be on any substances and was able to speak quite well. .
I just thought i'd share this story with the army.ca community...I needed to let it out and talk about it anyway. anyone else experience a similar problem like this?
Huss
Slowmode