Why I Didn't Know Racism as a Kid

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I grew up in a multicultural school in elementary. Full of diversity. So racism was a weird concept to me. Still is. And you?
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[@rosemaryrozario]

No one is ever born a racist. They are taught to be one. So much respect, Mark 🙏🏽 great message! 💞

[@vivrenate3310]

👍 Thank you Rose, well said.

[@glasszone33]

What a discovery made by Hashim I am astonished 🤣

[@abdalrahmanamrmostafa1975]

Lies

[@_arielrcolemann]

So true

[@wale9d]

muffins Nope that's the truth.

[@mustaphaItani]

The first girl my daughter met in pre-school was black. I was waiting for her to ask me about her new friend skin color. She never did. Today she's 7 and their still friends. Kids don't see colors. And if you don't ask them to look for it. They never will.

[@reversiking8409]

So you are telling me that children are blind?!

[@ussglowcloud6988]

It’s not about not seeing colour or differences, it’s about not letting them get in the way and embracing them.

[@tatimoon3884]

While I get what you maybe trying to say, I agree with Glow Cloud. Unless you are blind, everyone CAN see color. Seeing color is not a bad thing. There are people who obviously see other people's color or background and proceed to make ignorant or hurtful comments. You can teach children to use common sense and when speaking to someone by assessing what you definitely see to avoid careless or insensitive talk or action. There's nothing wrong with seeing color. But children don't make issues about what they see unless adults do. They may ask you why is the person's color different, but they'll eave it at that

[@-Secret]

Mustapha Itani wait, this means... you already have a wife 😢😥😭 my heart just shattered into a million pieces right now

[@hameedawwad2904]

My baby cousin asked a black person why they are burned.

[@solitairesmith3553]

I was 7 years old when i first saw racism. I was in Oklahoma in a store with my mom. I saw an native American man walk up to the cash register in the grocery store and the cashier deliberately would only acknowledge the person standing behind him. This happened repeatedly for 15 minutes. All this man wanted was to buy me a grape nehi. He was my great uncle. I went to my mom and told her what was happening. Ive never seen my mom get so mad. She threw a fit and the cashier had to sell the grape nehi to my uncle. This hurt my heart to the core. I still remember the pain. Im 55. The sad part was my great uncle just accepted this. Because he only knew this treatment. YESS .RACISM NEEDS TO DIE. AND EVERYONE MUST ACTIVELY FIGHT AGAINST IT.

[@marimetr4261]

That's sad story but I think instead of fighting with someone you should just teach them and made them realize they are wrong just kill them with kindness.

[@da-da39]

😭

[@mrt2615]

Pretty common thing that happens in the “great” US of A 🇺🇸

[@wanaribghirid]

What at sad story ... 😰

[@elmohandtawfeek9996]

Well that s exactly how life is in Dubai! People from around the world all cohabiting together and learning from each other

[@karinm2]

Preach it, brother! Having grown up in a small community in Saudi Arabia as a blond-haired girl who spoke fluent Arabic, I was the minority. Women would sometimes literally pet me and grab clumps of hair from head as a child. I've lived back in the US for 30 years (mostly in the South for most of those years). I felt so out of place when I first got here because it was such strange concept to me, this racism that exists here. I still don't understand it...I never will. A lot of Americans who haven't traveled much out of the country don't believe me that I don't understand racism in the US. Of course, this is not specific to just the US. There are a lot of people all over the world that hold prejudices taught by their communities, families, or religion. It's up to all of us as individuals to break the chain and educate ourselves on how to break down untruths we've been told about other groups of people as children. It takes courage and an open mind. Keep spreading love and light, my friend. The world needs you.

[@lantechen2253]

Karin Mac I can totally relate!

[@zacharyabusharif8572]

I dont think the US is as bad as Europe

[@abdmzn]

@@zacharyabusharif8572 What are you talking about? The US is much worse than western european countries, eastern ones are worse however.

[@jsquared1013]

@@abdmzn the US is worse than Western countries? When was the last time anyone threw a banana at a black player during a sporting event? The Western European countries were the ones who had colonies in Africa and originated the slave trade to the Western hemisphere.

[@jsquared1013]

@Karin Mac that just shows how blind you are to your own home country, if you came from Saudi Arabia to the US and you think it's worse here. Saudi is among the worst in the Gulf of treating African descended and southwest Asian descented people like dirt.

[@minaminaccia6356]

siamo tutti umani, والعنصرية هي عباره عن ثقافه محدوده، nous avons tous besoin les uns des autres. We are all in this together.

[@alpheuddin2852]

gia

[@Lalogum]

My man wrote a comment using 3 languages

[@Amghannam]

@@Lalogum 4 actually.

[@2jj2_]

Respect to you man 🤜🏻🤛🏿

[@BalanceEnergy888]

I'm a black woman, my background is East/West African/European mix. My whole family is comprised of so many races, so I didn't understand racism growing up. I was taught to respect other cultures. I love this video 🌺❤️🙏🏽

[@A22208]

agree. My ex, who is Lebanese, is still traumatized and influenced by his parents when he thinks about dating/marrying outside of his race. It shattered my heart. I still believe love will conquer fear.

[@radiomandelbrot5868]

Yeah I'm 30, from Sainte-Foy, my mom is Syrian and except for one isolated event in 1st year of primary school, I've never seen racism around me until *after* high school. People behaved much like what you described, seeing cultural background and different appearances simply as interesting characteristics in other people. After high school, the racism I've seen almost always either came from people who grew up in less populated and more isolated areas (therefore less diverse), people who grew up in the tougher neighbourhoods with criminality and poor quality education (where there are gangs of racial minorities grouping together for questionable endeavours), or people from our parents' generation (who grew up in a world that was very much centred on them and their generation). Even my mom herself didn't encounter actual racial tensions until, well, a couple years ago, unsurprisingly. She worked all her life in the Petit Champlain and never once had any trouble, people behaved as you said, being curious and engaging. It's only since the war on her country and its abysmal media coverage that people started seeing themselves above the Levant based on countless assumptions instead of being curious about what it's really like. At least in our experience. Even some of her friends started doubting her and trusting the media instead. It's really hard on her, especially since she lost family from random attacks from the West. It's hard on me too since I went to kindergarten in Aleppo and it was actually even better in a way, because people actually didn't even bring it up, they weren't curious per say, they just took you as you were and went on from that.

[@reem_al_abyad]

When i went to spain 5 years ago with my mother we participated in a robotic competition with a groupof elementary kids We say people from all around the world we were the only ones wearing the hijab so all other countries were scared and islamaphobic of us but when we treated them nicely taljed to them and let them taste the food we brought they were so happy and asked us how to say different words from Arabic language and they even gave us the spanish flag 😊 So thank u for talking about this concept They weren't curious they were scared of us

[@abeyshe1021]

The biggest reason for racism as I see is ignorance and lack of exposure. The more you meet different peopl from different cultures the more you learn about them and respect them.

[@NadDew]

Spanish people are in a special situation, they had a history, so I don't blame them. read about Spanish Inquisition and its crimes against Muslims and Jews, unfortunately, the Spanish government never acknowledged the crimes against Muslims to this day. and what is sad is some of those girls who were afraid of you could be wearing the same clothes you were wearing that day especially if they were from the south of Spain, so don't blame them they were brainwashed to hate Muslims. I know this is an old thread but I think we should understand why the average people think in a certain way and try to help them understand.

[@reem_al_abyad]

@@NadDew I understand You are completely right We shouldn't judge anyone by the way they look We should get to know one another then decide if we hate or love them

[@NadDew]

@learnenglishwithreem lol, this is the fastest reply I got from more than one 1-year-old فكيف بتعليق من اربع سنوات😅 thank you for the fastest(reply time/thread age) ratio I ever seen 😂

[@reem_al_abyad]

@@NadDew hahahahaaha i am a social media influencer so i am always updated on KZbin 🤣

[@wendym2192]

My father was that parent who told me not to befriend x, y and z. Me being me, I never listened. I like you for you and who you are and not religion, skin color, ethnicity, religious belief or sexual orientation. I'm with you on this.

[@SuRoiify]

Hey Mark. I really like the way you talk, the way you express oneself. You're one of my favorite youtubers. keep up the great job. greeting from Israel.

[@fmaaa8322]

you mean asia

[@unknownunknow3813]

FMAAA not Asia middle east

[@unknownunknow3813]

Naja Ich yes ur correct

[@gregoriysharapov1936]

Israel je Serbia! Joking, respect to you, Israeli, from a Muslim.

[@khaledbayado6983]

It's Palestine not israel

[@l1nus0nl1neproductions9]

growing up my classmates were also very diverse, we were from like Sweden, Finland, Bosnia, Russia, Sri Lanka, turkey, Syria and Pakistan :)

[@isabellamokaya6585]

I grew up in a majority white school, but I am Kenyan-American. The only thing different about my situation is that I am proud of my heritage. I wanted to share it with everyone. When we were reading a book about a white American boy meeting a Masai Kenyan boy, I cooked goat meat for my classmates. I brought mandazis (African doughnuts) for a presentation. I brought chicken curry to school almost every day. And everyone loved it. Although there were not many people of other nationalities or ethnicities in my school, everyone had some exposure because of me (and people like me).

[@Michele49]

Thank you. After some thought, I will include the important concept of family. I love It when a younger Arabic person treats me as if I were their own mother. For example, I was carrying groceries home, walking. A younger woman offered to carry the bags. When I thanked her she said you are like my mother. It is an attitude. If my father introduced me to one of his friends, he said 'he is cousin'. I knew then this man's importance, that I was treat him with familial respect.

[@bertyalbert2603]

0:34 lmaooo as a Bulgarian I felt surprised and happy

[@Wolfgang_Knochmann]

God bless you bro, you are one of "unfortunately" few lebanese who are not racists! To those who don't know, Lebanon is one of the most racist countries especially against other arabs and more specifically syrians... there are also very nice open-minded and Antiracists, but those are not the majority to be honest. So be happy that you live in such a great country like canada, which has anyways much less disgusting racism as in Lebanon!

[@empress2423]

Can you blame them? Iran Syria are destroying Lebanon Islam is destroying Lebanon

[@professional.commentator]

Words of wisdom! I never thought about biodiversity and economic diversity and comparing that to cultural/ethnic diversity. It makes all the more sense. Great video as always! :)

[@BlkLotusFlower]

I'm so glad you exist ❤ me being mixed, I can't tell you how annoying it gets when people want to know where I'm from and what my ethnicity is. Thing is I can't really say for certian, and it's 10x harder to put into words when your parents come from 2 different worlds and both were raised so differently. One grew up in an orphanage his whole life pretty much, the other was always sheltered by love of family and such, until one day that too also fell apart. Unfortunately for me I grew up in a broken up home and I didn't know much about my family history and sadly I still don't to this day.

[@jezzatakla]

I spent 7 teenage years in Lebanon, and it was such an honour. When I came back to England I was horrified to hear racist language, crap jokes and total ignorance. This was not universal but quite common and I found it quite depressing. Mark, you are such a gentleman. Albi ya Albi. Ana Inglese lakin Albi fi Lubnan.نا إنجليزي لكن قلبي في لبنان

[@b__mart]

I was waiting for him to say “because I lived in canada”

[@plsstopusingmyname]

This behavior takes place every where, in world. It might not called raseizm the hate as the result of the impact is the same. Get over it.

[@TheTrue32]

Canadians are pseudo-polite. It's fake nice.

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

@@TheTrue32 Politeness and niceness are two different things. edit: I could be totally polite with you while being a complete jerk.

[@cathabiba3317]

In fact, Syrian children commit suicide because of racism in Canada

[@professionalboycottservice7872]

@@cathabiba3317 Maybe they don't want to fit in to Canada

[@katharinemcgrath428]

Mark, you are a credit to yourself and your parents. It comforts me in the midst of a sea of negativity! The world is moving forward with people like you!

[@MarbleFoxGamer]

Truth. I grew up in several cultures through various means. Lived in a black neighborhood as a white kid. Went to a black school that was interrogated with white and Mexican. My father introduced me to other cultures and the brief system they hold. Most of all, he taught me the simplest things most people have forgotten. Treat others as openly as you'd like them to treat you. Look at it as an opportunity to learn something you don't know. People fear what they do not understand. If you learn about the culture, you begin to understand. If you understand, you no longer have reason to fear

[@bassamal-kaaki3253]

Looking at the color or origin of a person and judging people before getting to know them is not a norm and is very disrespectful. However, many cultures clump together because they understand each other better and share the same norms. People feel more close to their own cultures because they are raised this way, its natural human interaction. Being exposed to others is a great aspect because you gain more knowledge and helps you become a better you. Prejudice and discrimination is found everywhere, we can help stop it by being more open to others.

[@MasshG]

Boy, you’re voice is perfect and relaxing How long have you been training you’re voice ( damn)

[@vela2489]

HusseinMassh it's a gift by God u know almost all Lebanese and Syrians people have a goooood voice ( search this مسلسل سوري OR مدبلج سوري ) and you will see 😙

[@esraa5921]

your voice is so relaxing. habibe mark

[@letsexploreearth]

That is what I call a great human being. Respect and love for you has just increased milluple times brother Mark. I really enjoy watching your videos and literally has converted to Lebanese during my conversations in Arabic. انا اصلا باكستاني و مواليد السعودية وعاش هنا من حوالي آريين سنه. I really wish if you could start practicing a little bit of urdu / Hindi then you are definitely going to get more than a billion followers. Just continue spreading love by sharing your amazing videos. 😂😁👌🏻

[@0o0_27]

I noticed racism in 5th grade when I moved to California from Minnesota which is mainly somalis so I've never had a problem since I was the majority but once I became a minority within a minority ( a public school where all Muslims were either Arab or Pakistani and I being the only black) I quickly noticed the looks and always being left out my personality immediately changed from being a total extrovert to being a mousy introvert who couldn't hold a conversation with out choking up and running away it still affects me today I still can't look people in the eye when I talk to them it's weird

[@user-ht9ug4zv6v]

Exactly that's how I was when I was a kid still until now I don't understand how one person can dislike someone based on race or skin colour. Great video Mark keep it up 👍👍👍👏👏👏 we Lebanese are proud of you.

[@StephenJStephen_Photography]

Very well said Mark. I agree 100% with what you said. My father and all of his 17 siblings were first generation Lebanese Canadians. They all were subjected to racism growing up. I never faced any of that but I remember hearing dad and my uncles telling me about their sad experiences. Like you I love learning about other cultures. Thankfully my wife and I watched our children grow up and having friends from many religious and ethnic backgrounds.

[@jannellzamora712]

You've used the right words and examples for comparing and describing what is racism? Its a great video. Its worth gold in these days. Take care, Mark. I wish you the best!!

[@verinaabdelmassieh8085]

Yea that was the case when I lived in Massachusetts that was the case. Where I never felt like a middle eastern "scaaary." I discovered racism in Florida. Most people in my school are white. I was asked if I was illegal, or a terrorist.

[@brandonrichardson3610]

Verina Abdelmassieh then you should report them they can't say that to you

[@fowlae4414]

Some of the blacks here are racist too! I was having a political discussion with one who hated all foreigners and migrants and I just thought she needs to get out of her cave!

[@erikraff229]

As a Mexican American who grew up in Florida, I can say that racism wasn't a issue or it didnt affect me much. The white folks in the Tampa area are very open minded.

[@marimetr4261]

What? That is crazy they asked you that but I guess probably they seen negative things on the news and they just wanted to be safe even for you and me it was a crazy question but for them it made them wondering if they're safe now. I think people need to be more educated about different countries, cultures and religions to understand better each other in schools and it should be done by someone who is open minded person.

[@marimetr4261]

@@fowlae4414 You're right black people are racist too maybe even more then white people. I had one black lady who made statements about white people which were not nice at all very racist without any reason. She was saying all white people were racist but she was the one who actually was racist saying all those bad things.

[@marcusbrown307]

Pure respect my friend. My friend growing up I’ll never forget him Issa from Palestine. No one wanted to play with or talk to him, to everyone he was weird, but to me he was a brother. Although I’m only 10% Arab (nothing to do with anything lol) his family ALWAYS invited me over their house and treated me like a son because I was a good friend to their son. And all the kids who never chose to know him missed out on some of the best food ever.

[@efehat2755]

you are absolutely right im a lebanese and for several years since i've traveled to africa and started communicating with different people from different cultures and tribes ive broken that racism stupid block inside me and my lifestyle also my view has changed completely that is why my advice to everybody is that to throw away the racism inside you only you gotta communicate and get closer to people from other tribes and cultures then you automatically gonna feel that there is no difference we're all humans thank you

[@ajmalabidinnur2173]

Yeah same here. I'm proud that most people of Bangladesh doesn't even know racism. We're like brothers & sisters

[@nazzhk6268]

I am sorry to say that unfortunately the most I've been treated with racism was in lebnan!! I am Palestinian Syrian who had to live there for 7 months after escaping the war in Syria..and it was one of the most traumatic experiences I've ever had ! I am glad to see a Lebanese person who thinks everyone is equal!! Cause I've never seen an entire racist country i am talking 95 % of its population until i visited lebnan !!

[@ShilohPark]

I was 11 when I first saw racism. I transferred into a less culturally diverse school, basically just Welsh, Irish, and English people. and then there's me, the only actual "foreign" kid. having my mom from Taiwan and my dad from Lebanon. it sparked an intrigue for the other kids to bully/harass/etc me because of that. I remember the first time it happened, I came home really sad, explaining to my mother how some of my classmates bullied me. how I was apparently a part of ISIS because I'm part Lebanese, how I apparently kill dogs for a living because my other half is Taiwanese. I really do believe the whole isolation bit. they just haven't had proper exposure.

[@timatima6098]

I am brazilian and my husband is french. We have 2 kids. A boy and a girl,Antoine and Ruby. We live in Canada. My kids have friends from school or they might have met in a park. They are all black, white, latin, arab, muslim, jewish, christian, asian... And they treat all of them equal and i will never tell my kids not to talk them unless they hurt them.

[@wilfredmorin8688]

Although from your previous videos I learn you are of Arabic origin but, truly, your speech sounds as though English is your first language. Congratulations.

[@Ruddy761]

Kareem Abdul Jabar was wearing a T shirt that sad "Make a new friend with someone who doesn't look like you." I thought that was fantastic.

[@ericarb]

I do agree with you Mark that the solution is exposure to the diversity. Good one! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@olakolade6656]

you have a wonderful way of talking about things! :D This is a lovely video!

[@datboi6845]

great video 👍 I grew up in a diverse city too, i think people who aren’t exposed to “foreign” cultures tend to be more hostile

[@abeyshe1021]

Well said!

[@e.z.8525]

Amen to that!🕊️

[@thunderlord-nsr6153]

To this day(I'm 17) I've never experienced racism (except on a casual level because my friends make jokes about each other occasionally and respectfully) . But I learnt that it existed because my parents told me stories about the cruel things white people did to other races, and I see it in news and read it in books.(painful reads)but I've never personally experienced it because I tend to interact well with people of different cultures than mine. I owe this to the fact that we focus more on our similarities than our differences and we choose to come together for the common things we individually love. I also owe it to the social background I'm in. We rarely fight each other because one is of a certain skin colour or a certain nationality. We are not so centered on that.

[@xen70]

Waaow!!! This video was so eye opening for me!! So nicely put. Thank you so much mark! Btw I came across your “ I speak 9 languages” video today and I bacame a instant subscriber! Keep it up!

[@ashleythompson4800]

I was born and raised in the south (which for the most part through media and entertainment is known for racism), but I had no idea what racism was until I was 12 (props to my MOM). I was very confused. So I know where you are coming from.

[@samiiro18]

جزاك لله خيرا. Well spoken brother Mark, well spoken wallahi adeem.

[@leventepalban7438]

This is so true I too didn’t know the concept of racism up until 6th grade. It was really fun because I got to meet a lot of kids from different religions, faraway countries. And now I am older and I still don’t get why people are racist.

[@laylarzan9368]

فعلاً العنصرية مرض صديقي احسنت👍🏻

[@mercenaryj6175]

I agree. Im close to 40. And well. Times are different. But as of what I see and deal with today. I have my own views. Nothing against skin color or cultures or anything like that. But once you use the race card against me. I simply will tell you exactly what you are no matter where your from and Im sick n tired of the b.s today! I rest my case.....

[@khalilrahme5227]

MERCENARY J exactly, while playing online i am one of the most friendly people you might meet, but sometimes people are toxic from the first minute, and those, ohh you don't wanna know what i do to those.

[@defenderoffreespeechand2a794]

I am a 70's child, and I fully agree with you.

[@sarahhaddad8385]

Bulgarian in Jordan here! Same experience! You are awesome :)

[@minaminaccia6356]

I was born in Italy but originally Jordanian. racism was an issue when I was a kid but now I feel sad for racist people.

[@khalednajada2514]

here Jordanian Canadian

[@BaronessJames]

Здравей! Какво хубаво място да се срещне човек. 😊 Желая ти прекрасен ден! 😊

[@sarahhaddad8385]

Baroness James I na teb podobno :)

[@SonoftheSteppes]

Не мисла че си пълна Българка. Половина ли си?

[@medifreeman2998]

نعم معك يا زلمه 💪

[@danielsirhan1176]

Mark... You are a voice of reason and human empathy....

[@AlexMoubarak2]

Wish we could turn back time , to the good old days😞

[@doodmann5898]

Alex Moubarak ooooooh plz no, it’s worse

[@fowlae4414]

Racism is a small as ever right now (at least in the U.S.). No more of that Jim Crow/slavery shit.

[@riddis8785]

Im so glad my dad brought me up to not know racism.

[@shoka7785]

Why the FUCK would anyone dislike a video like that??

[@sitmengchue4077]

Hey Mark! THANK YOU!; Come to Singapore and try our durian, won't you? Bonding over food including "weird" foods is one of the best ways to become friends and kill racism! THANK YOU!

[@marthagarcia9737]

Respect for every human being

[@raph009]

I was raised with a lot of conflicting ideas, but mostly racist. My mom told me that racism was bad, but my asian girlfriend was a hypocrite because she was shy and didn't speak loudly (my mom thought she was talking shit behind her back), black people are dumb and arabic people are nice, but they beat their wives, sisters, cousins, etc. My dad is racist, my mom's ex was racist, a lot of people around me when I grew up were. I'm glad I never took their word for granted and that my inquisitive mind pushed me to find things out by myself. I love asian culture, a lot of the smartest people in my class were black and I worked with a lot of Arabic people who just happened to be the most dedicated people I've ever met. My neighbors were Spanish, my doctor and one of my best friends both came from Poland and, the best, even my genealogic tree has a lot of mixing. I've always been told that English-speakers were stuck-ups. I started to learn English at a very young age and, although I've met a few stuck-up people here and there (jerks are everywhere), most of them were very sympathetic and very helpful. Some of them were even glad to throw a few French words here and there. Now, I live in a block where a lot of old people live and everytime I hear one of them complain about the landlord solely because he's Arabic or because he accepts black people (the former landlord was a racist who never accepted black people. because "they stank and have big families" and was highly appreciated for this by tenants), it just makes me cringe. As far as I know, those who made the most problems were all your typical white (French-speaking) people.

[@b__mart]

This is the same as me, I never knew about how bad racism was in American schools, I never knew about cultural gangs like that. I’m Mexican and my best friend for all of elementary school was indian. And i also had a small grind group with a lot of different ethnic cultures. Although around high school was when I started to see how people started to acknowledge everyone’s races and differences. It was kinda weird for me

[@chawki4761]

J'aime les gens qui savent à la fois rigoler, faire rire, et parler de choses sérieuses, good channel !

[@blazehucane3225]

Thank you for the video Mark. Racism is a huge ugly spot on the face of humanity. Diversity is to be celebrated, to be in awe of. There's diversity in plants, flowers, colors, terrain, weather, sizes and sorts of planets. These are supposed to make us think and ponder upon who Masterminded this awesome show! No two snowflakes are alike so how can there be razoredged uniformity in nature. The stars are scattered upon the sky, there are shades of different blues in the oceans. So wouldn't a world of people that had a single skin tone, spoke the same language, were of a single culture be mindlessly insipid for us.

[@MsMadLemon]

It is indeed all illusory. In the end just a waste of life. Wise words and a beautiful message shared, thank you.

[@ابوحيدرة-ط2د]

حياك ماركي.. Very inspire

[@sardarcantu7960]

My mother once said: *There is just ONE Race on Earth: Human*

[@bollywoodprincess100]

Well even I was in a school where we had different kids from different countries n exactly our expressions where just like u said.. We were so happy to have kids from all over the world... N today I am so proud of that 😊 I never got racism n I never will.. We r one! 💪

[@zakazikoziko1419]

When I was a kid I got bullied all the time by a black girl (I am a boy). She bullied me about my black curly hair. She always said that i had poop hair. I was always offended by it. Eventually I said to her that her whole body is poop. She started crying and everyone supported her I got punished and that’s how I became to know racism.

[@shin_a]

I'm the same. You know what my first exposure to "racism" was? When I was in 2nd grade, we moved from Lebanon back to America and we went to a public school. Now in my class there wasn't much diversity. It was like one black kid and me, an Arab. So I tried to make friends with the white girls (mind you I didn't know the concept of racism at the time) and the girls just kept this barrier between us for some reason. All the girls had blonde hair and I was the only brown haired girl, so they thought it was best to stay away from me. They even went as far as splitting the playground in half so that the white kids stay on one part and the foreigners stayed on the other, so I ended up playing with the older kids (black, Asian, etc...) long story short we ended up switching schools after I told my dad I hated it there.

[@SahilKashyap64]

His voice and great content dude

[@mohamedalyahudi3865]

You cannot legislate away racism/social categorization. But you can enact laws that protect individual rights. Thats as far as it should go. Everything else is social engineering - that by definition is changing behavior without the express consent of the participants.

[@Sleepyhead84]

You truly are the last standing Gentleman. No woman will ever be good enough for you, mashallah!

[@danielfortin7178]

Merci Mark pour ce merveilleux vidéo. J’aimerais le partager avec mes amis, mais plusieurs sont inconfortables en anglais. Pourriez-vous le faire en français? Depuis que je vous ai découvert, je me régale de vos vidéos. Continuez.

[@ٱٱٰمَٰرٱنۦٰيۦٰٱٱٱٱلۦٰديۦٰريھٰہ]

3mel video 3an el mondial please 😂

[@bigvic0484]

Move over Confucius, Mark Hachem is here.

[@heyjeySigma]

yeah racism here in Montreal isnt as widespread. i mean theres ALL races and nationalities in here.. its harder to be or find racists. Not to say they dont exist but its rarer to become one. And that's what i love about it, the diversity here is freakin amazing. Exposed to everything/everyone you can imagine

[@raph009]

I don't want to burst your bubble but there's a lot of hypocrisy in Montreal too... It's probably a lot less the case for people born in the 80's and up, but people won't openly tell you and let you know but they'll bash you once you're not around. There are some nationalities who seem to have more of a free-pass though...

[@NZelalem96]

People in Montreal aren't blatantly racist, but people do generally hang out with ppl of their own kind, human nature I guess

[@marklomotan1599]

He seems very funny in person. I bet he is. . :) hheheh. . He has a funny and jolly vibe. :)

[@tanyapineda7212]

❤BLESS YOU!!!!❤

[@mrt2615]

If the case was in the “great” US of A 🇺🇸 the story more than likely would’ve been way different...And I know that on first hand when I lived there...Respect to you man 👊🏻 and Viva Canada 🇨🇦 🇱🇧 🎉 🙌🏼

[@Taawuus]

Yes, very well said! I am so tired of racism! I love many archaic things, when it comes to languages, but this... no!

[@lecoureurdesbois86]

I come from a place (in Québec) where in the whole school there was *at most* 2 Chinese and 5 blacks, and I don't understand racism neither...

[@kamysar]

That is so deep, I loved it, you never fail to impress me each time 💙! tus videos son muy significativos. y yo no puedo superar tu voz 🙈

[@maryorosco1027]

My mom Grew up in a White community in the upper peninsula and was culture shocked when she went to MSU and saw the different ethnicities, Her best friend was Black and she's never noticed until almost six month's later when it was pointed out by another student looking for "the Black guy" she was always hanging around. For me, I grew up in a semi- multicultured schooling system and never had a problem, some of my best teacher's were black or of Mexican descent. I didn't even know of racism until a fellow student who was black said to our gym teacher "It's because I'm black isn"t it" after he was told that he had detention for not listening in class. The teacher called him out on calling him a racist and this was the first time I was genuinely afraid of him, up until that point he'd always been smiling and friendly but it was startling to me more because now as I've gotten I hear people use excuses like these to get their way more or make the other back down under social acceptance pressured all while preaching the concept of treating everyone equal. Any who your right it is a diseas and I hope one day to see it gone.

[@HelloKitty-ri6yt]

This video should go VIRAL!......:)

[@supRsid]

I grew up in a school with almost no diversity, but in my 8th year of school, I moved to a school where I was a minority, and i also didnt grow up knowing racism. As i grew up i heard a few odd things i naturally thought were silly. Different stereotypes. The concept didnt make sense to me as a kid.

[@attomicchicken]

Same in the schools I went too. As we grew up, then it started to become an issue.

[@mattgates8865]

Interestingly it would make sense why we as a people would for prejudices against others who aren’t similar to us when we look at early modern humans, meaning the Stone Age/ hunter gather tribes of homosapiens. It makes sense because by the point that we would’ve spread out enough to forget that other tribes existed, once we rediscovered each other we most likely would have different diseases and immunities (think the Europeans and native Americans when the new world was rediscovered) this would make it more advantageous for those who were more cautious of other tribes because they would be less likely to catch those diseases and less likely to die before mating, thus reaffirming their skepticism in the first place. However we’re all pretty much subjected to the same diseases nowadays anyway and we don’t live in tribes anymore. Therefore there’s no longer a need for that skepticism.

[@Johanna-Rogier-Awad]

Very nice !! As old as I am I still do not understand racism.

[@natashagoode501]

lol I grew up in an almost exclusively white school. The only real diversity I knew was mostly Mediterranean ethnicity. In high school, there were the skips (us white kids), the Lebs, Greeks, Macedonians, Cypriots, and Italians. We all fought ferociously for our patches on the school oval, but our school sports days were epic! I legitimately went to school with a girl called Effie who had the stereotypical late 80s Greek teased fro. My daughter goes to a school that is basically a model of the UN. Like you, she has no concept of 'difference'. Skin colour, hair, etc are simply decoration variations just like eye colour, etc to her. I am working hard to not pass on my learnt colonialist language to her. Exposure, as you said is the key. :)

[@LacrimarvmValle]

I hate to admit that where I'm from there's A LOT of racism, especially between Guanches and Arabs (Which is funny, 'cause Guanches are of Berber background). I personally grew up in a decent family, their mindset is more like "to each his own" especially with religion, but I've heard some comments here and there I wished I never heard (especially in High School). I've always been fascinated by Arabic script and the pronunciation of some words, but I've never tried learning until last week to be honest jajaja and so let's see how that goes for me

[@marimetr4261]

You're right it's better to get to know the people and find out how they really are I refused to just to listen to some people who don't even took a step to meet them and get to know them. I think we all should be like kids curious to learn something different different culture different country different people and actually you will find out they do speak different language they do have a different culture but still in so many things that are very similar

[@marimetr4261]

@Hardy Harhar I am NOT judging anyone but I hear thing from other people like everyone else but I don't believe it because just because they're from different countries dosen't mean they are bad. I actually love get to know the people personally to learn about their culture, traditions, food, family. I am from different country too that's why I am being much more open to learn people from different cultures around the world and get to know them. I noticed many people don't even got to know but saying a lot just because they heard something from others which could be not even true.

[@frys6084]

Same I didn’t know about racism as a child too until I moved to America and sadly experienced it (at first I didn’t realize but then I learned about it in class)😶

[@Amghannam]

Same, I'm 33, lived all my life in a diverse environment, and I still cannot understand racism. I just can't comprehend it. So what if he has more melanin in his skin or from a different religion. You judge people baed on their actions, not their looks.

[@VictoriaBC610]

This is so true tho!! I see it the exact same way! And why isn't this video viral?! Seriously...😐😒 fun or stupid videos get spread out like crazy.. and deep, meaningful ones, get left "in the dark"... 🙁

[@Pinguindom]

I totally agree! Great point of view by yours 👍 You see the world through the right eyes ;)

[@bullseye0419]

This dude here gets it 👍

[@catrina1026]

You are totally right! Le racisme provient selon moi d'un grand manque de confiance en soi. On a peur de perdre ce qu'on est, ses habitudes, culture, ou se remettre en question. Alors on se ferme et auto persuade que ce qui est différent is wrong. Il est plus facile d'ignorer, repousser et rester dans une coquille, que d'aller vers l'autre, apprendre, se questionner. شكرا على كل شيء عملت على اليوتيوب. Keep up 😊! Good job!

[@viviancovington7813]

Amen to that! Very eloquently put Mark.

[@CherieSafiyyah]

Beautiful video, Mark.