How can I manage a feeling like this?
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I think you must be feeling lonely and weak there. Groups generate power. Can you recall any other incidence when you were alone and felt fear of group (regardless of races).
You can try following things
Face your fear. sit in public places, full of whites.Nothing bad can happen believe me.
Always keep in mind that people who think they are superior, have insecurities.
Recall your achievement, feel proud of them.
Read spiritual journals which state that we all are same, share same souls.
Just think, you can do just the same things as them, earn as much money, have a gf/bf, dont worry, our just the same, but you come from a different nation, dont listen to rascist comments, be proud of who you are!xx
You need to look deep within yourself and search for the root causes of your inferiority complex. Do not let racism affect you. You might want to see a therapist. Remind yourself that we are all human beings in the end and our blood is the same color.
Maybe realizing you have a history that far exceeds whites in America. Also may be helpful to speak to your family about the history of your own family...but certainly your countries history.You may begin to feel proud...maybe even superior.
It has to do with environment. A friend of mine went to Japan on a business trip and said the locals made him (a white man) feel inferior because he didn't understand the language or the culture. I pointed out to him that if he just got educated about Japan, he'd have a much better trip.
In North America, there's such a variety of cultures, no one is really superior to anyone else, no matter what anyone will try to tell you.
I suggest speaking with a counselor who can help work past this issue. I don't believe it has anything to do with race, it's about you not believing in yourself.
Personally, I have a deep respect for the Japanese culture, it has years and years of beautiful history, far more history than all of North America and Europe.
So take at good look at your environment, is there someone specific who is making you feel this way? A bully at school? An employer or boss? These are things you should talk about with a counselor. Hope you can find the faith to believe on your own history and race. Be proud and be strong.
this is more common than you may realize...but i am not sure it has as much to do with race than other things...while you feel superior educationally...you feel inferior in other situations...not uncommon...there are situations where i feel superior but there are inferior concerns as well with that superiority...i am not sure if i am making sense...the thing is...you can't be superior in every aspect of your life...you just can't...there will always be inferiority you have to deal with...i would just move through it...not trying to tackle it...but not letting it bring you down...just kind of accepting it as a part of your life...i don't think one race is superior over another and there is racism against all races wherever you go...you will find it...i found it when i lived in Japan...and as a Caucasian i was a minority (1985 in the northern part)...it was a humbling experience but i found that i could work within it the situation and still learn and become stronger...i guess that is the most important thing...learn from it...become stronger...hope this helps in some small way...
You can join my club, although I'm white, but I feel inferior all the time, I would definitely feel inferior to you as your education is excellent.
It's just that some people are sensitive to how they appear to other people, history in the past hasn't done any favours to 'white people', when you read about slavery and other bad things in our history.
your Culture, although I don't know much about it, doesn't have the same history, I think of the Japanese as being excellent gardeners, I know your world war two history isn't great, but then, neither as the Germans, nor the Americans when you come to think of that when they bomb your country with the atomic bomb.
You can't change history, what happened in the past happened, but hopefully we will learn from past mistakes and treat people better and with more care etc.
Hope you can overcome your inferiority complex, if you can, please let me know how you did it, so I can follow your example.
well i am white and im not super educated and such but i can understand certain things...for one thing i am a woman and have blonde hair and have gotten a lot of comments about being dumb and such cuz of the color of my hair or cuz i was female, another thing is...i grew up in a small town with practically all white people.i think with those things happening i grew to become intimidated by certain types of people...like if i meet a senator who looks great and has a lot of money then i of course feel dumb and poor and kinda worthless. how do i solve these things? well i push myself to talk to those types of people, i push positive thoughts about myself into my brain like of all the ackomplishments i have..I am a mother of 4 boys, to some people thats crazy but to me its beatiful and makes me aware that i can obviously handle things that other people cant...you being japanese? i think thats so kewl, and it makes me want to know more because i havent ever had a chance to talk to someone of that race... when my mom remarried she married a full mexican male, and at first i wasnt racist but i would look at the way his hands looked different or how he talked different and such...but after time and getting to know him and all of that sort of thing i wasnt as focused on those little things...so i think that if you try to talk to more white people and continue to tell them how you feel and be up front with them it will eventually help you, plus try to realize also that what one white person thinks doesnt mean that all white peolpe think that way...just as your japanese and that doesnt mean that every japanese man thinks the same as you...dont know if i helped much or if any of this made sence but i did my best good luck
You R not inferior unless you choose to be. Just like it is your choice to or not to listen to idiot racist. Whites R not superior, no race is more superior then any other. I use to think the Oreintal were superior, because you guys seem to learn things so much easier.
All I can tell you is that racism (in one form or another) is everywhere and cannot be taken to heart. You must learn not to take anything personally, as well as work on your self-confidence. If you really have difficulty with that, then think about seeing a therapist to help you with your feelings of inadequacy.
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