Other - Cultures & Groups - February 2007

People sometimes say i'm white-washed becasue of the clothes i wear (Abercrombie, hollister, uggs, true religions, designer purses, jeans, etc.), and becasue i don't have too many black friends (even though i like black guys most of the time). Also, because i do my homework, and i talk properly, not slang. Also, i'm like allitle more than half black so i don't even look that black. soooo basically, should i consider it an insult when people say i'm white washed, and what does that exactly mean, and how do you respond when people say that about you?

2007-02-08 15:12:53 · 12 answers · asked by Megan. 1

2007-02-08 15:12:15 · 10 answers · asked by thestarhooligan 1

2007-02-08 15:08:42 · 12 answers · asked by lisa b 1

2007-02-08 15:08:11 · 16 answers · asked by lisa b 1

people are saying sometime in the future we will all be brown because of all the mixing and that our one race will all be brown, or some sort of color. But I say NOO! we can still be individuals and have our own cultures. If there is a tint of brown you can only assume that a dark blood even a drop as entered. Seriously people do you feel me? they say the blondes are dying and we are having more and more yuke brunette and black haired.

2007-02-08 15:07:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not trying to be racist or anything....just out of curiosity. Just to see what you guys have to say.

2007-02-08 15:06:16 · 11 answers · asked by PunkRose 1

Other Asians undergo eye-widening operations?

(obviously, this goes out to Asian readers)

I'm not Asian myself, but I'd heard of this being done on more than 1 occasion. I found it sad, mainly b/c I saw it as a rejection of themselves & when I see many of the women, I think their natural eye shape is GORGEOUS!

Just curious...

2007-02-08 14:58:21 · 7 answers · asked by Fonzie T 7

If this isn't a hate crime there has never been one committed.

http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/5159977.html

2007-02-08 14:57:13 · 14 answers · asked by warren_mallainy 3

Its funny every time I go on Yahoo answers and see people complaining about it being “a white man’s world” and say they deserve more and better then what they have with out realizing white men worked hard and earned everything they got. Of course there are gonna be some angry people posting here trying to deny the truth but it is not a coincidence that the nicest and best countries to live in tend to be created and ran by white men. And lets be honest the majority of the most important inventions used today that everyone loves so much like Planes, cars, television, computers, phones, the internet, light bulbs, motion pictures, photography, assembly line, ect(I could go on for hours) was once again create by white males. What’s really annoying is when white males create a company and invention, they work hard to make it a success like Boeing, Microsoft, Dell, ect, and then non white males demand they hire them and give them high profile or executive jobs like they are owed something. Imagine white men making the same demands to a company owned by a bunch of minorities, imagine all the crying and whining they would be doing.

And before those who say that its cause of colonialism that white males are so successful, I would like to mention that Northern Africans, Arabs, and Mongolians colonized and oppressed white people before, yet we never made it an excuse for our short comings and we freed ourselves and worked hard to become a success.

And for those who say its because of slavery, I say the majority of countries have had slavery in its passed but obviously it had nothing to do with how successful it is now. Look at Brazil, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, ect. All had slavery yet none of these countries are extremely successful today.

So why do people think white men owe, have to give up, or have to share what they’ve created? And how many will tell the truth and admit white males have earned their success?

2007-02-08 14:55:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wrote to Sweden to try and get geneology information and this was sent back in an e-mail to me. This was how the letter ended: Mvh
Anneli Andeer
registrator
Riksarkivet

I tried 3 translation sites, but they didn't translate from Swedish to English. (Bable Fish,Babylon and Free Translation)

2007-02-08 14:49:02 · 1 answers · asked by B. B 1

How do they view the American culture as a whole?

2007-02-08 14:43:13 · 6 answers · asked by D S 1

Additionally, are is there a high population of Japanese males and females mating with African Americans?

2007-02-08 14:41:41 · 8 answers · asked by D S 1

with all of the hybrid children out there. when do you think soon enough we will have a new race or ethnicity or people? just like the mexicans who were once chinese people who turned indian, who in turn were mated with the spanish to create mexicans.

we got the mexicans. what do you see coming? what is likely? with a good and realistic chance of being that next mexican?

2007-02-08 14:36:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay everday i watch comedy central (which is one of the most racist channels on cable television)and i was watching carlos mencia theh after that dave chappelle's show came on then South park .And it never fails that i hear a racist term .

2007-02-08 14:32:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think ethnic classifications are manipulated by the GOP

2007-02-08 14:27:57 · 12 answers · asked by Gukumatz 1

Hello! My father is Chinese Jamaican (my mother is Black) and I would like to try to get more in touch with my Chinese culture. The only problem is that I do not know how to speak Cantonese or anything and I am not sure whether or not the Chinese population would be accepting of me since I am Black (I look Filipino for reference). So, would I be discriminated against? And where should I start?

2007-02-08 14:27:55 · 2 answers · asked by Sugar 1

What redheads lack in looks, we make up in brains. Am I conceited or do you agree?

2007-02-08 14:26:25 · 8 answers · asked by illustratedman7 2

Hispanic people have been found to have a much lower rate of autism than whites etc. The rate of non-familial autism has been found to increase with advancing paternal. Number of mutations in sperm rise with the age of the father. The CDC talks about differences in access to care to explain the low rate amoung Hispanics. I do not buy that explanation. Please help if you know anything about Hispanic culture in terms of childbearing. Thank youl.

2007-02-08 14:25:26 · 1 answers · asked by Alex 2

2007-02-08 14:21:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-08 14:13:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-08 13:47:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm Hispanic (MEXICAN) and i live in a town where everyone is mostly white. And since what i've seen since i moved here i see that most all hispanics are alittle darker for some reason but the thing is i'm not. when i was in my last year of school i would hang out with hispanics and people would question WHY....every time i would be with one of them they would make fun of them but NOT me. WELL my POINT is that i do think that people DO JUGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER because they WOULDN'T make fun of me because they thought i was one of THEM..

2007-02-08 13:38:50 · 9 answers · asked by Flower 2

2007-02-08 13:36:44 · 1 answers · asked by asutoshadesai 1

So an anti-suicide group is protesting the GM Super Bowl commercial, and people were in an uproar over Federline's commercial being "degrading to fast food workers". Is there nothing better to take a stand on?

2007-02-08 13:35:02 · 3 answers · asked by redrum5785 3

2007-02-08 13:34:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

To be in a specialized learning center or academy in my county's high schools, the students must apply. It is told to the applicants whether they were accepted, rejected, or put on the school's waiting list. Well, wait 'til you hear about THIS:

A girl (caucasian) in my forensic science class applied to the district's science and engineering academy. She was put on the waiting list. Sounds normal, right? Well, listen to this: They told her that she doesn't have a good chance of getting in because of her RACE and GENDER. Apparently, she "would be the minority" since it is mostly the male gender and the Asian/Indian ethnicities. Is it just me, or is that discrimination? What do you think about that? That's just wrong, in my opinion.

2007-02-08 13:23:22 · 5 answers · asked by 0dd1 4

This woman that I know tells me that a school that is 80/20 white you are not going to have the same problems as a school with 40/30,she also says the more diverse a school is the more problems it will have! I was really upset at this and let her know , she is a member of the local pta, so Iam questioning her racist thinking, do you think Iam making a big deal over this kind of talk-thinking ?

2007-02-08 13:20:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

While I was in school it seemed color didn't matter. Everyone liked everyone for who they were, not what color they were. As an adult in the working world I personally have experienced racism from African Americans and it is very upsetting. I get phrases thrown at me like "white girls" "white people food" or this is one i just recently had been told,"My family doesnt buy white baby dolls ". I feel that it is not right for one race to treat another race they way they complain about being treated. It just seems to me that saying "black people" is a no no to African Americans, but why is ok for them to say "white people"?

2007-02-08 13:10:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

What kind of society do you think they would have created.

2007-02-08 13:00:21 · 6 answers · asked by Matt 2

I was pretty sure it would be in the scrabble dictionary (it was, okay, the word was "squaw"). But I didn't play it. Would this have been socially acceptable to do? My group was all white.

2007-02-08 12:56:01 · 7 answers · asked by rebecca h 2