why is it automatically raciest when a white person is rude to a black person?

Question

i don't understand why it is always raciest to be rude to a black person, but if you are rude to anybody else it is just being rude!

Answer 1

It is not automatically racist. Some African Americans have a grudge against the white population so they "play the race card" everytime they hear something disagreeable.

Answer 2

Let's look at your question. "why is it automatically raciest when a white person is rude to a black person?" little hint here: It isnt always racist, if you experience that on a personal level when you are rude to a black person, then you may very well be a racist. Have you ever heard of the three horse rule? If three people tell you something about yourself that they witness ot see then it must be true. Many people are racist and dont even realize it, perhaps you should take a step back and say to yourself, that when you are rude to people each type of person takes it differently. You have the ability to change that by simply not being rude to anyone regardless of race.

I am Hawaiian and Eskimo and my son's father is black, my son is a beautiful dark brown and he has big curls. my skin is tan slightly tan. people ask me when I adopted my son as they automaticaly assume that because he is so dark I couldnt possibly have produced him. My mother claims she loves him and there is nothing wrong with black people etc. However, when she says black people she says it out of the corner of her mouth and exaggerates the word in a cruel manner. She doesnt even realize she does it, but I know she resents my son being black just in her mannerisms. When she works with black people, she tries to connect with them and says "My grandson is a little pickininny" So how do you think black folks take that? racist right?

Answer 3

I don't think it's always racist. I'm black and the only time I will think someone is making a racist comment to me is if they throw in some sort of racist epithet...or if I get a certain vibe. I think minorities have a kind of racial sixth sense...sometimes you can just tell. But MOST of the time, at least in my experience, if a person is being rude, they're just being rude.

But what you also have to understand is a lot of black people...especially older ones who grew up in different times...grew up being discriminated against on an everyday basis. And that's a hard life to live. It's easy for some to say shake it off if they never lived it. Most people who are rude don't qualify it with a statement like, "I'm being rude to you just because I'm in a b*tchy mood today, not because you're black." So, take that into consideration as well. Not all minorities believe that the world is against them, but you have to remember it felt that way for a lot of people. I'm lucky. I'm younger, grew up in an area where race wasn't that big of a deal so I never jump to that conclusion without good reason.

Answer 4

You must remember that White people and Black people have a long history of race oriented differences. That is to say it in the nicest possible way. Especially here in America there is still a underlying sense of racism. White people should actually understand this better than anyone, considering they are the ones who brought this problem upon themselves. If you want a real answer just look at the history of the USA. Who built this country but has received no credit? Who has been the most civilized of all cultures but white society has called savages? Look into history and you will see why they call it racist, and why these intrinsic differences still leak out in our society today!

Answer 5

That is NOT true. If a black person, the recipient of the rudeness claims the white offender is racist, that's his or her opinion. If a peer or peer group witnesses the rudeness and claims the white offender is being racist, he/she probably is a racist. If the peers claim the white offender is being rude, he/she is probably just being rude. Whether the white person is a racist or not depends on how many observers agree with the claim.

Answer 6

Because it just is. That's what white people get for all the mistreatment toward the African Americans. The White had murder them, put them under slavery, and even segregate them from society for the past hundreds of year. Of course they still feel some racist sentiments.
PS you misspelled racist

Answer 7

Becuase it was the most documented form of racism thus far. Not to say that other races aren't stepped on...it's just that those two groups hold/held a majority, so this is how society finds it easiest to explain racism to people.

Answer 8

Some people, not necessarily just black people, take an offense to them as being racist. As long as you didn't intend your rude behavior to be based on race, then you have nothing to worry about. If they think you were being racist, then that is their problem not yours.

Answer 9

There are a few select black people who think that even in this day and age that they were slaves themselves. If those black people think that you are being racist JUST because they are black, then let them think that. Its their closemindedness that slows progress of everyone being treated as equals.

Answer 10

it's not, if you call a black person the n word or something, or say something racist like "go pick cotton" then that's racist...being rude is just being mean.