Other - Cultures & Groups - August 2007

Is it just me or am I correct? People of color or black people are not African Americans, but Americans of African decent. I am a white guy and am an American of English decent. No one calls me an English American, so why should anyone call a black person an "African American"? So, someone who is Irish is an "Irish American" or are they an American of Irish decent? Someone from from Australia is not an "Australian American, but an American of Australian decent. What is up with this denotation of origin where as people who are born in America are termed as a country that they have never been to?

2007-08-09 20:44:51 · 12 answers · asked by Boomer 5

Can we all exist on this planet as one or will there always be separation among the races?

2007-08-09 16:43:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't think these people realize that we have to put people first. They sit their and bash Vick for dog fighting while last night thousands of people in Africa probly died from hunger or preventable diseases. Believe me, i'm an animal lover too, but i never lose sight of what really matters... people. Another thing is, i don't understand how some people can have more compassion for some lost kitten wondering the streets than someone who's in agony starving to death somewhere in Africa... this world is really going to hell, man.

2007-08-09 16:28:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulrahman_Ibrahim_Ibn_Sori

2007-08-09 15:10:43 · 7 answers · asked by $0.02 4

Does anyone else find it strange that the first thing that everyone does upon attending an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is introduce themselves to the group?

2007-08-09 14:38:44 · 12 answers · asked by ? 3

The Empire of Mali also called Mellestine Empire. What do you know about them?

2007-08-09 14:00:53 · 3 answers · asked by darcyaf1 3

I don't know why some men have to be so nasty & try to show there genitals on their cams. That happens to me all the time on yahoo chat. I hate it. I think its disgusting & I'm not turned on by it. Why must men be so gross? Do they think this really turns women on?

2007-08-09 13:29:28 · 6 answers · asked by candigal 3

Are they trying to kill us? or are they just cheap you know whats?! Tire recalls now! I mean come on! When are we going to stop doing buisiness with these backstabbers! They may except cheap defective stuff in they're country but here now way!

2007-08-09 11:35:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it just me or do a lot of people make fun of you when your asian, im korean..... they make fun of me and i dont see how being korean is bad...what should i do..HelP

2007-08-09 11:28:37 · 7 answers · asked by cutie pie<3 3

What I mean is societies where women aren't conditioned to be ashamed of being just as sexual as men are stereotyped to be. Like how promiscuous women or women who have casual sex are looked down on in America or are questioned.

I remember reading about some of these societies in my human sexuality book, but forgot the names and what countries they were located in!

Anyone know?


Oh yeah..all what I remember is the Hill Maria aboriginal tribe in India. Mainstream Indians consider this tribe savage-like, but girls are encouraged to learn about sex, enjoy it and aren't shunned for being non-virgins before marriage.

2007-08-09 11:15:13 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

America is a place where we value the first amendment, should we not be allowed to state our views here on Y/A without someone name calling and getting nasty..even the Y/A moderator. It's great when I hear people say that they are black and proud to be black...I should also be proud to be white..if a black person say's: Our people were treated horrible at the hands of white slave owners...I also have a view that says..TRUE...BUT they were treated far worse in africa where 99% of them were ALREADY slaves by black owners and it's my view their lives improved 100% by coming to America...and certainly their great, great, great grand children are 1000% better of than those left there. IS that RACIST???
WE need to have (As Martin Luther King said) a REAL talk about Race-Relations...it can't be ONE-SIDED! There is a federal law suit in my city to change the way a tax-payer sponsored slave museum is presenting slave history & the owners of slaves...MOST treated them very well!

Can we talk?

2007-08-09 10:41:58 · 26 answers · asked by LoveUSA 2

Is it acceptable to be fat in the black culture? In the white, asian, and indian cultures, being skinny is highly valued. Theyre ridiculed for having a bit of meat. In the black culture, I've seen many beautiful women, as well as way too many fat (obese) black women with really tight jeans and like really tiny short tight shirts and it seems like they're not embarasses and seem to be happy with themselves.

2007-08-09 10:24:01 · 24 answers · asked by ♥ I WISH♥ 5

Society is becoming more and more socially uptight. Do you think so?

2007-08-09 10:17:49 · 15 answers · asked by silky P 1

talk about past racism, like it actually happened to them?
Seriously people act like the Ku Klux Klan is still going around lynching black people or something.

2007-08-09 10:17:10 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-09 10:15:34 · 4 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-08-09 09:54:53 · 8 answers · asked by {*Kiterya A.k.A Ms Caramel*} 5

I'm indian but black people treat me like i've oppressed them for years, i have long black hair and darker than white skin, not dark but darker than usual. Is it that anyone that's not 'black' has become a target for black people to claim abuse from? I really didn't do anything to any black people, nor did my ancestors so why do they treat me as such? When i call them on it and say, "I've never done anything to you." they say, "no, but your ancestors did." i get pissed off quite frankly then i say, "No, white people and your people invaded my land and took over it, if my ancestors did anything to you it was out of retaliation and nothing more." Then when i say that i'm indian not white, they get all defensive and try to justify their actions by saying that indians abused blacks too.

2007-08-09 09:51:46 · 18 answers · asked by Agnostic Front 6

2007-08-09 09:36:04 · 21 answers · asked by DJIAE 1

2007-08-09 08:32:12 · 4 answers · asked by john h 1

isnt it true that lots of different people benefit from shopping?
what are some of the negative aspects of shopping?

2007-08-09 06:56:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it that when someone of a different ethnic background is able to speak in clear consice, manner people say that the individual is speaking like a white person. The last time I check speaking properly was not restricted to only white people. I have noticed that both black and white people say this: "You speak like a white person"

Well I gues my question why do we associate the use of proper language with being white?

2007-08-09 06:30:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i mean you hear people complaining that if "two people that love each other, they should be able to get married" am i right? but the same people who say that, are disgusted with the thought would cousins, sibling wanting to marry each other. Or a 10-yr-old girl wanting to be a 20-yr-old man, BUT the society doesnt approve. What happened to the motto? If gays/lezzies should be able to marry shouldnt anyone and everyone? why not let humans and animals marry. So why shouldnt the government open the barrier completely?!?

and another thing..

if a white man wants to become a black man, where are the pills for him to make that transaction? He's a black man trapped in a white man's body, isnt he? Its sad that he was born the wrong way, isnt it? Or is it sad that he is ashamed of his skin color? dont you think that in the year of 2050 you will see freaks walkin around? A kid getting surgery trying to look like a 40 yr old man. It's sad isnt it? But at the rate we're going its bound 2 happen.

2007-08-09 06:06:24 · 12 answers · asked by uh ohhh 1

who knows that most black people aren't waiting for a goverment hand-out? Am I the only white person that does not think that most black people blame "whitey" for their problems? Am I the only white person that really understands the history, cause & effect, and reality of Affirmative Action, and realizes that it really hasn't affected other white people in any significant way? Am I the only white person that looks at the individual and not the group? Am I the only white person who sees equal amounts of "bad apples" among whites as blacks? Am I the only black person who understands that yes, slavery was abolished, but oppression of blacks still continues on more systemic level rather than a personal, one-on-one level? Am I the only white person who can name 40 successful black people who are NOT celebrities?
Is any other white person going to speak up and stop assuming negative things about black people?

2007-08-09 05:58:43 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

or a website or sumthing (ie: spiked belt=3 pts, etc) i know that its 4 bragging rites, but does NEone know wat u get points 4 and how many u get?? thxx!

2007-08-09 05:37:57 · 3 answers · asked by blahdeedoo 1

I wanted to hear what some people thought on the subject of marijuana. I think that it isn't a bad thing to do, if its done in moderation (kind of like drinking)....I don't think any of these things should be done if you're going to be driving, or if you're pregnant or something like that, basically if you're responsible when you do it. I feel like a lot of people are against it simply b/c it's illegal and the law/government makes it seem worse than it really is. I heard that it is illegal simply b/c hemp is made from the same plant, and hemp was a rival to cotton, which the US was the major distributor of...and basically to keep down the competition they didn't want to legalize it. Let me know your thoughts.

2007-08-09 04:42:50 · 18 answers · asked by DANNY D 4

Ok.... I really think its a good thing... It keeps the minorities safe.

and is it just me, or are the only people that happen to be griping about it White? I mean... Why would you want to risk offending anyone anyway - cant we all just be curious, without anyone telling us to do so?

2007-08-09 03:29:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hav read many Americans and Brits on yahoo answers slaying each other bcuz Americans are fat Brits say or that Brits have bad teeth Americans say.

What is the big problem!!!

2007-08-09 03:05:34 · 35 answers · asked by ? 4

I grew up in Bronx, New York but I love the country life. I love being surrounded by nature.

2007-08-09 00:34:16 · 22 answers · asked by Spirit Dancer 5

2007-08-08 20:59:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-08 20:57:05 · 2 answers · asked by max 2