A Sikh man shared his first experience with racism from back when he was still in primary school.
He shared that when he was in Primary 4, he was the most noticeable person in an all boys school because he was a Sikh with a turban.
He wrote that he was constantly bullied because of this, and his classmates kept calling him names such as “terrorist”, “char siew pau on your head”, “Osama” and etcetera.
Things then escalated to physical violence.
He shared that one day, a couple of Chinese boys in Primary 6 ganged up on him and carried him forcefully into the toilet.
They dragged him into the cubicle and forcefully ripped off his turban, before forcing his long hair and face into the toilet bowl a number of times.
The boys then took turns to punch him.
After which, they threw his turban into the toilet bowl, before taking it out again and throwing it on his face.
They were also calling him names while assaulting him.
The guy explained that he is sharing this traumatic experience because he wants people to know that as a minority of a minority, racism is very prevalent in the community, and that he wishes to shed more light on the matter.
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