one day we were hanging out, when somehow the topic of the Roma people came up and he referred to them by the derogatory term that starts with a G. I figured he was just ignorant of it, so I told him that it's really not cool to say that and that he went on a whole rant about how romani were "bums" and that "all they did was steal" and that "you would agree with me if i met one." He gave a few anecdotes about how he saw a romani person in line at a grocery store and said they stank, giving this as justification that they are all "bums." When I kept calling him out on saying the G slur he told me to grow a pair, because "people are gonna say stuff you don't like." I was really confused and shocked as he had shown me nothing of this and I was pretty sad. I feel so angry that this kind of discrimination is so god damned common among americans. I cant wait to get out of this hellhole

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    Is your new friend European? If so generally safe to assume they're racist against Roma people until proven otherwise.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      You can tell a European is starting to trust you if they tell you "Hitler was right about Roma people" in a slightly hushed tone.

      • huf [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        haha, there it is. we're such lovely people