Discrimination_Essay

Discrimination Essay Most of my life I have lived in small towns in the United States where discrimination was something that only existed in the movies, and in the big cities where hate crimes were committed every day. For the first 15 years of my life I had never really experienced discrimination, nor had I seen it first hand. My parents kept me safe from the worlds abuse, but they could only protect me for so long. When I turned 18, I had the opportunity to live in South Africa for a few years doing humanitarian service for the people there. It wasn’t until then that I had my first real experience with discrimination. It was when I became the minority in a country where the war against racism was so bad that the government not only did not try to control it, but they promoted it in every thing they said, that I realized just how real and alive racism still is today. Shortly after arriving in South Africa I was introduced to the countries “hospitality.” Day after day I was followed by a dozen or more children throwing rocks at me, and calling me crude names. It was hard to get used to racism, just, first, discrimination, real, one, day, children, calling, after, years, war, united, throwing, states, south, something, seen, said, safe, realized, person, names, life, however, every, ethnic, country, beginning, been, background, against, africa, acts, worst, world, words, will, someday, white, where, hate, where discrimination, welcome, wealth, way, wasn’t, violence, unfortunately, violence, victims, until, turned