Discrimination towards Armenians

[HyeJinx1984]

Too much rasizm here in Cali! Even those who are different race here don't like Armenians, too crazy.

Your telling me. And people don't exactly try to be nice about it

Girl I JUST met: "Hey are you Armenian?"

Me: "Yes"

Girl I JUST met: "Oh, Armenians are real xxxxxxxs"

Me: "Ugh... Ooooooooooh kay.. and what was your name again?"

[!EEK]

Huh why is there a strong discrimination towards armenian in the United STates? In europe no one cares and are even willing to know more about armenians

[HyePrincess]

there isnt a strong discrimination its just we have problems with the mexicans thats all plus every race here has problems with othere races like mexicans dont like black people armenians white (americans)Ughh there is just too much racist people here. some people do get along but 80% percent dont.

[XxgoeyxX]

there isnt a strong discrimination its just we have problems with the mexicans thats all plus every race here has problems with othere races like mexicans dont like black people armenians white (americans)Ughh there is just too much racist people here. some people do get along but 80% percent dont.

This is only in High School my dear. In reality...people just go about their business. If you dont offend anyone on purpose they wont step on your toes. Its matter of how you present yourself and your culture.

In fact and lot of Hispanics and Blacks get along just fine...because they are both discriminated against by other majorities.

By the way because Los Angeles has alot of diverse people we can say there arnt as many "racist" people as we think there are.

[!EEK]

I'm discriminate everywhere because I only have a percentage of each of my origines...no one trully likes me
I could jump from a bridge right now...don't stop me!

[bell-the-cat]

there isnt a strong discrimination its just we have problems with the mexicans thats all plus every race here has problems with othere races like mexicans dont like black people armenians white (americans)Ughh there is just too much racist people here. some people do get along but 80% percent dont.

That's good news, actually. Proves that even with their soldiers stomping all over the world, it's still the case that nobody hates Americans more than other Americans. Just look at how all Republicans loath all Democrats, and vice-versa.

[!EEK]

In 30-40 years america won't be the number 1 country anymore....they already have a negatif import/export balance, trying to make war a bit everywhere in the world, etc..

[ArmoBarbi]

I have heard about Armenians and Mexicans in LA not getting along. It seems to be pretty equal from both parties.

Where I live there arent really any Armenians, and especially Mexicans - Anglo-Saxon/Franc middle class suburbia in all its glory. People are always staring at me and asking me what my ethnicity is (and unsuccessfully guessing: Greek, Arabic, Italian). I always happily tell about Armenia, and Baku, and the Union, etc. They seem very interested and appreciative.

When I lived in Russia I felt a negative attitude towards Armenians big time. I absolutely hated kindergarden, because none of the kids wanted to play with me and called me "tsiganka" (female gypsy). When I was already in elementary school, we moved to a new building and the first time I went to the play ground there was only one girl there and we started talking. Lyuda was only a year older than me, and we became friends that same day. She invited me over to her house, and I went. The next time I saw her, she didn't even talk to me. With time she became like an enemy to me. She talked about me for no reason. If we were at the same party, she would try to start a fight. She hated that her friends liked me. I, of course, came to dislike her in return. Although I never understood why she didnt like me, I even got myself to forget that we were friends at first. It never even occured to me that she may have been discriminating. It wasnt until I was a teenager in the US and thinking about these things that I remembered hearing her mother saying something about one of the other girls skin being "dark enough" or realized that she only disliked me after I visited her house and her mother saw me. This girl was my biggest "enemy" throughout elementary after she was the first in the building to become my friend. A lot of Russians feel this way about Armenians as I came to realize. I can't believe all the crap I put up with as a child without even knowing how I became a target; my father was forced to quit working on his PhD in Moscow, because it was too dangerous; an ex of mine had a knife held to his neck in Russia - all for being Armenian. The way I see it - this is a relatively good country to be Armenian. All the Americans I talk to see how proud I am of my heritage, and they respect that.

[GSTracer05]

The whole Armenian and Hispanic thing only includes those uneducated, ignorant, loser Armenians and Hispanics. The one's you typically find in high school. The civilized type get along just fine.

[Yeznik]

Ignorant people don't like things that are different then they are. I have lived in the US most of my life, people will treat you fine until you open your mouth and say something in another language. Then, on the other hand there are people who appreciate language and culture. Just remember, stick to what God gave us and we will be fine.