The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression

In this course I have gain knowledge on the topics of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression in this course of Perspectives on Diversity and Equity. Since I have been in the course I have had some test in trials that had to do with prejudice and discrimination. An incident happen to me last week at my niece graduation family were sent in two rolls in there were Spanish people sent also in the second roll. When coming down the aisle there were a Spanish lady and daughter seating down were I am going to sit. Before sitting down I looked to see where the girls was sitting before sitting down before I could sit down the lady push me and started to speak Spanish to me. I turn around and ask her is there a problem the other daughter interpret for the lady and said I was going to seat on the daughter leg. I had to explain to her that I look before I seat down to make sure I was not going to seat on the girl. The mother just went off on me and a way that I had to ignore her and just seat down and not said anything else because my family members were getting upset at the lady. I had to calm my family members down and also tell the lady I was not going to seat on her daughter so she can calm down and enjoy the graduation that we come here for. The lady went off again and told me to shut up at this time I did get upset because I pick up that she was prejudice because she kept tell me and my family to shut up. I could not rally stay upset because my sisters were getting very angry with the lady and I am trying to keep my sisters from fighting this lady. At this time I am sitting thinking to myself is this really happening? I was speechless all I could do is stay focus on what I had learned in the class. I felt that because I was an African American woman seating by this women and her children she did not like me and to think I was going to seat on her daughter was just upsetting to me afterward. I did say that it was good that the lady left before the graduation was over because I would have to ask her was she prejudice and if she was why was she in California? This might have sound wrong but this is how I felt when the graduation was over. My family ask me was I okay because I do not let anyone disrespect me like that. I told my family it was a test for me and I believe I pass it. This has taught me no matter how nice you can be to people you want get the respect back. I have learned more now how to handle situation when it has to do with prejudice I am not prejudice and I do not like when people are prejudice against one another. We are all human being man and woman with different color skin and different culture. We as people should treat each other with respect regardless of what color of the skin.