Racism Against Tibetans in America

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Racism Against Tibetans in America
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• As a child, I experienced a lot of racism growing
  up in Howell, New Jersey. In school, I was called
  a chink very frequently and bullied for my
  race. I wasnt bullied for many other things, but
  only for my race. As I grew older and taller, the
  bullying stopped but now as a grown up, I am
  still discriminated against.

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• But this time, the discrimination is for my
  religion which is my Dorje Shugden faith. And the
  other difference is that this time, the
  discrimination comes from my own Tibetan people
  and the leadership which is the Tibetan people.

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• So when I was sent the article below today by one
  of my friends, I was not surprised because from
  my experience growing up in America, I know many
  people have experienced and continue to
  experience racism just because of something they
  cannot change which is their ethnicity and skin
  colour.

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• So while I was not happy to read what Tenzin has
  experienced, sad to say but now he knows what it
  feels like as a Tibetan to be called something
  derogatory because of who you are.

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• This is something that myself and many others as
  a Dorje Shugden practitioner have experienced for
  the last 20 years. I am a Dorje Shugden
  practitioner, that is who I am and for two
  decades, I have suffered vulgarities, insults and
  threats as a result of my faith which I committed
  to before the ban started.

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• My faith is therefore something I cannot change
  due to my tantric commitments and the promise I
  made to my guru.Not only am I a Dorje Shugden
  practitioner, but my father also relied on Dorje
  Shugden.

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• And in fact, many years ago, he gave me a Dorje
  Shugden wealth vase that was blessed by the great
  Mongolian lama Guru Deva Rinpoche. So my father
  was a devotee of this holy Protector too, and he
  also wanted me to be connected with Dorje Shugden
  and believed the practice would benefit me.

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• Tenzin says in his interview that the
  discrimination is different because it is
  sanctioned by those in power. He speaks about the
  fear he experiences for his familys safety.
  Tenzins words can easily be applied to the
  situation faced by Dorje Shugden practitioners.
  As a result of their faith, Shugden practitioners
  have lived under a dark cloud of uncertainty and
  fear for 20 years.

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• Their images are put up throughout Tibetan
  settlements so they can have hatred and violence
  directed against them. They are banned from
  schools, shops, hospitals, restaurants as a
  result of their faith

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• their children are bullied in and removed from
  schools, and parents who practise are shut out
  from employment within the Tibetan civil service.
  Even the leader of the Tibetan people, His
  Holiness the Dalai Lama refuses to meet
  with Dorje Shugden practitioners.

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