Have u ever noticed that when people use the phrase "I have many (minority) friends, they generally follow up that statement with something anti-minority? Why is it that we never seen liberal people using "I have many (minority) friends" as a justification?
What r u trying to accomplish when you say this?
Are u lying so that you can try and pretend that u understand minorities, so taht you can discriminate them?
Are you trying to understand them for a better tolerance of them.
NOTE::: this is only for people who actually use the term in sentences, not for people who have minority friends but don't point it out constantly.
2006-06-06 02:09:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think people think that just because they have minority friends, that automatically makes them not racist.
2006-06-06 02:13:12 · answer #1 · answered by Pitchow! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My son is bi-racial. I can't tell you how many times people will make a stereotypical statement against blacks and then say "Not Kelly though he's different or he's better or he don't act like that."
It is still offensive but I try to point it out to them and remind them that my son is just another person. He doesn't wake up in the morning and say I'm half black so I think I will.... because of it. Most of the time people don't even acknowledge that he is half white. I see his friends post stupid comments on line about having a black friend named Kelly. People have to just start seeing people as individuals that don't fit under some generalized category. Sorry that I didn't really answer your question. I just wanted to let people know how it feels to be on the other side of the "I have a black friend" situation.
Love & Light
Sharon
One Planet = One People
2006-06-06 09:25:56 · answer #2 · answered by Soul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you notice that you just did the very thing you are talking against. You mantioned minorities to bash another group. You are guilty as charged.
2006-06-06 09:13:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just posing as if they are the well wishers of the minorities, while from heart to heart they are against them.
2006-06-06 09:14:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're trying to show how broad-minded they are.
Actions ALWAYS speak louder than words!
2006-06-06 09:13:02 · answer #5 · answered by nightevisions 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmmmm, I dont believe I've heard that used. Where you been hangin out?
2006-06-06 09:14:10 · answer #6 · answered by iyamacog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋