Other - Cultures & Groups - October 2007

I hear this all the time “the black community was shocked at another black-on-black killing”, or “A spokesman for the Asian community said…..”.

To me, one camp is saying “just accept us as black / white / Hispanic / Asian – one big melting pot” (fine), but then we have another camp saying “The black community needs to have more rights-to .(whatever it is)…”

Can I get some idea as to what is going on here.
a)Do we really want to ignore the skin colour thing?
b)Are these constant mentioning of “communities” re-enforcing the idea of racial segregation or are they making genuine advances to ignore our skin colour
c)Do we just hang onto the idea that someone’s race DOES make a difference only to perpetuate artificial differences?
d)WHO is driving the definition of these “communities” – the media or the people involved, or both?
e)Is there a WHITE community that I should be made aware of (yes yes, I’ve heard about the BNP, neo-nazis, KKKs – spare me the joke)
Educate me here.

2007-10-11 21:27:48 · 20 answers · asked by brad m 3

After their pathetic and unpatriotic APEC stunt where in another country a sniper would have shot the idiot, isn't it time they were charged and jailed ? What if their next stunt results in a death ?

2007-10-11 21:22:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are so many things these days degrading to women???
Like the adds on the internet almost all the ones with people in them have women with big boobs, pretty much all the rap and hip-hop songs are talking about women and there ***'s and boobs ( i mean i like hip-hop and rap but the words are horrible). Lots of computer games, if they aren't racing or shooting people have girls with boobs and little skimpy clothes
and online chat rooms were you have a person the girls have giant boobs and there are lots of sluty clothes you can wear Its just stupid and I wanted to know if any one agrees with me because i was talking to some people i know and they didn't.

2007-10-11 18:45:40 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you think?

2007-10-11 18:22:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend has black hair, yet whenever she forgets something or makes a mistake she says "I had a blonde moment"... I get so irritated! Is it "fair" for anyone but a blonde to call their 'moment' a "blonde moment"

2007-10-11 18:00:47 · 2 answers · asked by LolaMola 4

I'm asking because I am a blonde and am very upset about what people say about blondes being dumb.

2007-10-11 17:55:02 · 51 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm light skin and she's dark and the look that other blacks gives us whenever we go out in public ranges from just staring to pure disgust, especially from light skinned black women. Why are we so caught up on shade as a race? I also had a conversation with some of the blacks at my job and all the guys said they'll NEVER date a women who's darker than them. My girl also says she wishes she was lighter. Don't they know that we all are black when it boils down to it?

2007-10-11 17:36:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whenever the topic of slavery/effects on society comes up and everyone gets to arguing, there's always that one guy that comes out and says: "Well, your people enslaved whites X-thousand years ago, so I don't want to hear any more excuses."

What does that have to do with anything?

That's like me saying: "Well, your people enslaved blacks 150 years ago, so I don't want any more excuses..."

*stretches out up-turned palm*

"...where are my reparations? I'd like 40 acres and a mule, please." And we've all been through this argument before, so I don't need to elaborate.

But it's just weird, how some people jump right back on the same X-thousand-year-old crap, as if US slavery was some sort of judgment or "just desserts" for stuff that went on before Jesus was born. You're not supposed to use ancient history as an argument to complain about the discussion of fairly recent history...right?

What's up with that?

2007-10-11 16:24:47 · 15 answers · asked by eyikoluvsandy 5

If it does.

2007-10-11 16:18:52 · 54 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked a question about aversive racism a while back.

I thought I would share a link to the blog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S_0n5BlpD0



Any thoughts?

2007-10-11 15:58:33 · 5 answers · asked by $0.02 4

I was just thinking about how many magazine articles, books, movies, and television shows, even television channels that we have dedicated to the lives of celebrities. I find this absolutely ridiculous and I was just wondering if other countries are also obsessed with the lives of their celebrities.

2007-10-11 14:28:26 · 7 answers · asked by Qwerty™ 7

2007-10-11 14:14:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 13:54:33 · 1 answers · asked by burlingtony 2

The Holidays affect us all in different ways. How do you see the Holidays for you this year?

2007-10-11 13:32:03 · 5 answers · asked by nunya 3

Is that identity being intruded upon by the Spanish language?

2007-10-11 13:05:04 · 5 answers · asked by Who Knew? 2

Pirate Wind

The autumn wind's a pirate,
Blustering in from sea;
With a rollicking song, he sweeps along,
Swaggering boist'rously.

His skin is weather-beaten;
He wears a yellow sash,
With a handkerchief red about his head.
And a bristling black mustache.

He laughs as he storms the country,
A loud laugh and a bold;
And the trees all quake and shiver and shake,
As he robs them of their gold.

The autumn wind's a pirate,
Pillaging just for fun;
He'll snatch your hat as quick as that,
And laugh to see you run!

Mary Jane Carr

2007-10-11 13:02:15 · 10 answers · asked by Darth Cheney 7

I've just seen a BBC presentation where Neo-Nazi teenagers in the US were interviewed. While talking to the reporter, during 1 part of the interview when they (the interviewer and one of the neo-nazi teenagers)were walking through the neighbourhood, the reporter asked, "So where do you go to eat?", and the kid pointed straight to the Mexican owned Taco & Burrito shop. During another part of the same interview, another kid showed the interviewer his flat and when they walked in, there was a group of kids listening to Jay Z.

How does that work? If you hate everyone who isn't "the superior race" aren't you suppose to NOT be listening to black artists or eating food made by Mexicans? I think naziism is wrong but hypocracy on top of it just really irritates me.

2007-10-11 11:33:30 · 18 answers · asked by Yamaoha 3

White people use the Race Card more than anyone.
1. When a White Male can't get a job. The first thing comes out there mouth is to blames Affirmative Action
2.Why I can't say the N-word
3.If someone love there Culture or Community (They scream Reverse Racism)
4. Hip Hop (There are types of criminals and junkies in Alt Music or Rock)
5. When they have a dispute with another culture or group White Americans bring up because there white instead it could of been something else!

2007-10-11 11:18:37 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it because they are wimps and cannot stand the loud bang that a gun makes, or are they trying to disarm us, so they can opress us with thier socialistic idealology

2007-10-11 11:14:12 · 8 answers · asked by CuteYoungCop 1

2007-10-11 10:39:08 · 15 answers · asked by Yamaoha 3

You see there’s this girl at my college and she’s really hot. Blonde hair, blue eyes, hot body.....you get what I m saying.
Plus she is single well at least for now. We kind of been hanging out together lately, just friendly talk. But the problem is I m black (not that it’s wrong for me to date her) but I m like living in a city which is more than 90 percent white and its hard to find a black girl (that is single).
Don’t get me wrong though I m fairly good-looking for a black guy myself. I m tall somewhat muscular and my skin colour and hair would make you think I m t mixed race, and I m taking Pharmaceutical Sciences in college which might impress her .but I m a really shallows type of person and I m afraid I m might get bad looks from people. So should I go for her or just lay back and go look for a brunette or something?

2007-10-11 10:17:25 · 11 answers · asked by Johanex 5

i would like a list of a few places in the United States with Indian names, and what the meanings are. Can you please help me?

2007-10-11 10:16:55 · 5 answers · asked by thehorrorsateyoursoul 1

I've read that the square represents the squaring of your virtues. What does that mean? Also, Could it possibly mean morality, honesty, and fair dealing? I read that somewhere but I wasn't sure it was true. Thanks for the help.

2007-10-11 09:58:25 · 10 answers · asked by milthistagent 3

2007-10-11 09:33:47 · 7 answers · asked by hillyn8 2

I have never been attracted to Korean girls, but I cannot explain why, as I really like Chinese, Japanese and Filipinas.

Physically, what race don't you like, that has nothing at all to do with being racist?

2007-10-11 09:27:47 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 09:13:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

on illegal mexicans in the usa

2007-10-11 09:13:24 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you think of Melungeon people? What about American Melungeon people? (ie exotic, cool, interesting heritage, ect). If you want, post your age, ethnicity, age and country. This is a project for school so don't say something like why can't we all just be called Americans or turn it into a racial thing.

2007-10-11 08:03:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My sister has this also, but it's more defined. Can anyone tell me how this happened and will my children have this also?

2007-10-11 07:59:14 · 8 answers · asked by Pedros214 1

on the subject of rape. I still do not think prison for life is good enough for these beasts not only that it costs us about 50,000 a year to keep someone like huntley in side. Why did they not let him kill himself do us all a favour.I think deportation works there are Islands of South America if it was full of perverts they could all abuse each other.What do you think?

2007-10-11 07:26:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous