Other - Cultures & Groups - July 2007

"minority"

Definition---subordinate group is a sociological group that does not constitute a politically dominant plurality of the total population of a given society

What does that really mean....I mean, is this country not made up of mostly Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, West Indians, East Indians, etc.

No offence to the caucasions....I just don't understand why in 2007 we're still called/considered "minority" when the majority population is of non-white descent.

2007-07-05 14:49:52 · 7 answers · asked by WHOISTHEPUPPETMASTER? 5

but it said my question was removed all i asked was how people felt about that guy who said he hated black people. b/c he really hurt my feelings i wanted to know what others thought but umm help please and answer my question if you read his question please i would really appricite it. thank you

2007-07-05 14:33:49 · 9 answers · asked by sweetie 1

I´m mexican and I have been in North Dakota USA where a lot of people there hates mexicans a lot, and this is very different to USA south states.
But now I going to work in Edmonton AB, but I going to live in a small town near to the Donwtown Edmonton.

and I don´t know how the canadians are with the foreign people( with mexicans)
Actually I have been never in Canada

Pleople who live there please tell me something about it thanks!!

2007-07-05 13:54:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-05 13:21:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

we are made to feel uncomfortable about flying the st georges cross or being proud of our heritage! what do people in other countries, especially america, think of english people.

2007-07-05 13:16:54 · 6 answers · asked by joanne f 2

Ok. I don't like black people. NOW! Don't go saying im a racist. It's not that i don't like them JUST because of the color of thier skin, but because in general how they act. Where i live every black person is either a complete moron, or a criminal, or obnoxiously loud. Now this is just a majority of the ones i have seen/known. Does anyone else feel the same? Does anyone disagree? Please let me know.

2007-07-05 13:09:54 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are asians and blacks always perceived as immigrants, no matter how old they'be been citizens?
It's just a personal obesrvation. I don't know if I'm making myself clear. My point is, when you look at a white American man, you don't question his ancestry . But when you look at a an asian, you feel he's a recent immigrant, and not an authentic citizen.
I saw many brochures advertising for the United States, and most of them showed white cowboy men and blonde girls
Why are only european immigrants perceived as the authentic citizens, while non-whites are viewed as foreigners. For instance, when you think Australias, you think white anglo-saxon men, although Australia is, too, a country of immigrants.
Why is "white" the national race?

2007-07-05 13:06:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Finally for the first time in my life I am going to see my father. I'm 15 and I have never met my father. He lives in New York City. I don't know what to expect, he left when I was 3 months. My mother isn't going to be with me so I will be seeing him by myself. the fact that i don't know who my father is has caused depression. By the time I meet him I will be 16, it is going to be next summer in June, what should I expect or prepare for? This isn't going to be a happy meeting, I'm angry sad and who knows what i might say or do.

Also, I greatly appreciate any thoughtful, respectful answers you give, this is really important to me...
In case you need to know, my mom said was a deadbeat... but who knows...

I live in Illinois so I my mom and jerk of a stepdad will be far. The closest family I will have are my older cousins from my dad's side who live in Philidelphia, they will be taking me to NYC.
I don't know if you will find this important but my real father is Costa Rican.

2007-07-05 13:01:02 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

how coudl I go about making new friendships. I'm not a club person at all, where can I go? I've a deep interest in the arts.

2007-07-05 12:46:39 · 3 answers · asked by esha26 1

I am kinda chubby, and I like being shirtless. But, I feel embarrassed about being shirtless in front of others, besides when I swim. Do you guys have advice for me?

2007-07-05 12:26:39 · 7 answers · asked by Luc 458 1

Do any of you know people that look like animals?

2007-07-05 12:04:49 · 15 answers · asked by Candy Ice 1

2007-07-05 11:47:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

And you never see the news cover a story on a missing black, asian, or hispanic, chic. Are they profiling? Discriminatiing?

2007-07-05 09:35:25 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

This might sound like a stupid question but im serious.

The red indians did not speak english. So when the europian settlers came to America how did the american accent come about.

2007-07-05 08:41:54 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-05 08:38:49 · 17 answers · asked by Paul 4

why is it every so often an unarmed black man is shot by the police? (if this happens to white men at all, it doesn't happen nearly as often)

why is there a young Black man sitting in prison right now for getting or sex from a 15 y/o white girl at the age of 17. They convicted him of aggravated child molestation despite the fact that he was a child himself. And yet there are 50 year white pedophiles giving communion at this very moment.

I dont have time to list every example but you get the picture.

If it is not racism. then what is it?

2007-07-05 08:38:04 · 18 answers · asked by $0.02 4

ok well it started last night when my friend cindy came to spend the night. while me andcindy we're talking in bed around 1:25am i look threw a crack and my window when i saw a tall figure and it was standing on like it's hind leg's then me and cyndie look at it again then it started walking up to the window and so we ran into my sisters room and screamed for my mom and dad they turned the back porch light on and saw nothing but i rember there was something i live in florida so it couldnt have been a bear what ever it was it was tall had pointy ear's and was very big please answer my question on what it could have been thank-you!

2007-07-05 07:53:39 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've always was curious about this. I have so many heritages. I have more but i couldnt fit them all. Am I asian, causasian, or biracial?
Thanx so much!!!

2007-07-05 07:16:56 · 37 answers · asked by Lil Miss Sunshine 2

Of course in theory free health care is great! Who in there right mind would hate it? But do you think it will work in this country? Are the deciding factors things like the amount of people in this country, or do people not want it because there are illegal immigrants and they don't them to be covered as well? Would we really be drowning in taxes? All answers are welcome.

2007-07-05 06:32:29 · 9 answers · asked by reelperspectiv 5

2007-07-05 06:17:40 · 12 answers · asked by amber 2

They were born to late or they should be living in another time frame from the past...? I do...It's creepy.

2007-07-05 06:12:54 · 7 answers · asked by amylr620 5

and hundreds of years of continued exploitation of labor of the African people and their children. The question extends to the children of the former slavemasters and their children and "white people" in general who received benefits which was based on "white skin privilege",benefits which were denied to Africans because of the absents of "white skin".

2007-07-05 06:06:16 · 7 answers · asked by shaheed m 1

I for one feel like it's robbing people of the freedom of choice, which is not the way we should be doing things, it it now? Someone here mentioned 'smoking' and 'non-smoking' sections in public places, as restaurants, coffee shops, etc., - great idea! :-)
Here in Asia, the smoking ban has been taken to new heights, especially Singapore, where one is not allowed to even smoke sitting outside MacDonalds or Burger King......

2007-07-05 05:38:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

This has really annoyed me .. recently i asked a question if people are fed up with Muslims taking over Britain and abusing our system to get everything they want.
I actually got quite a few answers to start with saying that they completely agree with me and think it's very brave of me to put my true feelings forward.

I come online yesterday to see how my question was getting on .. only to find out someone had reported me for being "racist" and my question was deleted.

Now i think that is really out of order !! .. That just proves we don't have a right to our own opinion no more .. i actually made a comment in my question saying that i wasn't being racist, but just fed up with Muslims isolating themselves from the rest of Britain .. in some cases not even bothering to learn our language .... not to mention the terrorism !!

Just wanted to know what your opinions were on this .. to be honest i think it's quite sad that people report you just for voicing your own opinion !!!

2007-07-05 05:30:24 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not really a greenie or an activist or anything, but I have been trying to do my part to not be wasteful, etc. Sometimes though, I'll be reading about all the crap you're not supposed to do or buy or wear or eat or WHATEVER. It's too much to handle. And it seems like people aren't happy unless you're doing ALL of these things.

Does anyone else agree?

2007-07-05 05:18:38 · 3 answers · asked by T the D 5

social class has always been an inverted pyramid.
is there anyway we can ever reverse this?

2007-07-05 04:27:15 · 11 answers · asked by lara_c 2

Why is it that most every black female in show business NEVER has ******* features? (only exception is Whoopi Goldberg)..why is this??? most of them look like white people, with darker skin..............Beyonce, Vanessa Williams, Queen Latifah, and the list goes on............

2007-07-05 03:51:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

it's not fair, I'm gonna be 20 next year, I'm about to be a college sophmore, I can't seem to fit in with the college party crowd, well I go to a community college, where there are no dorms or fraternitires or sororities, but I see people who get invited to parties by people from 4-year universities like San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara, all the Arizona Schools, & those people go to community colleges like me, even the one I go to, that is not even nearby those schools, I've been struggling to become more social, it's hard for me to make friends in community college because you don't see the same people everyday, people have different schedules. I'm half-white, half-mexican, but I look white & act white, but I seem to become friends with mexicans very easily & I struggle to become friends with white people, I wanna become friends with because I see that they have more fun, is not everyone meant to party?, cause thats what I've heard, or maybe God doesn't want me to party.

2007-07-05 03:49:34 · 6 answers · asked by introvertedguy06 6

I have heard figures around 2.2 million American persons currently in prison in this country and wondered if the numbers went up because of children that were born in the 1970s. I heard in 1972 that the number of people in prison was 150,000 or 300,000 and that now in 2007 it is 2.2 million. But I wonder if the majority or a substantial number of people currently in prison were children born in the 1970s. I say that because I can remember being in high school and middle school in the 1980s and how some the kids (all of them 70s born) had behaviour problems with other students, teachers and parents. I can also remember some of the fights and arguments and scuffles these 70s children had with one another and wondered how are they going to cope in the outside world. Does anyone have a clue?

2007-07-05 03:47:37 · 5 answers · asked by e j 2

it does not matter where you are from but anyways...illegal immigrants and blacks have same job values...they seem to take low wage jobs..why is that.....this questions is not for hispanic americans or white americans....but illegals right out of where they are illegally from and blacks in america....i feel that they are the same because people see them as low workers...this troubles me because then if this is the case america is still racists to blacks and illegal immigrants who do not speak proper english...what do we do..

2007-07-05 03:01:54 · 7 answers · asked by Kay 1