I've had multiple incidents where a white person would see me, or some other non-white person as they were walking through a parking lot. Then the white person would turn and makes his/her way back toward their car to activate the alarm. I'd like to hear from some white people here. Do you think to yourselves 'Hmm...There's a black (or whatever) guy near my vehicle. Time to use this alarm thing that I'd never think to activate any other time...' ?
2006-08-24 07:25:58 · 44 answers · asked by Ghostman 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
As an arab who appears to be white - i will tell you an interesting senario.
As i walk down the street - i do not experience the situation you have outlined here - although i have seen my brothers & sister be subject to this type of hatred & discrimination.
I have experienced a different form of this situation - which i will explain so that you know that you are not alone.
9-11 ... a bunch of fuity muslim terrorists flew planes into some builings for of rich white people.
Because i am white in appearance - i suffered no onsite retribution - instead, i recieved a letter from my HR department stating "In light of current events - we must downsize our company due to the effects of terroism on the US economy".
This letter & pink slip was delivered to all "Arab names" on the employee list.
Me and 27 other arab desent people were terminated - of which only 1 was muslim.
I took me almost 2 years to actually get a response to my resume & it took adding my white *** picture to my resume so that the employers could see that i did not "look" like an arab terrorist.
I finally got a job & had the most interesting experience of my life.
The situation had changed - now i had a job & still, when people heard my man - a spark of fear was in thier eyes - i have to admit that this situation was definatly to my advantage.
The fear of others almost spoiled me - I got all the days off i wanted & could be blatant about why i didn't do my job today
It was a good time & i have to admit that i was selfish & used the situation as much as i could.
I learned that white people have no soul & most judge people by what they see - but the truth is really that there are "a few good men" out there who won't judge you.
Just smile @ those stuck up white breads & know in your heart that really - in the begining of time - they were black too & they just dont know it.
2006-08-24 08:03:18 · answer #1 · answered by temple_maat 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The whole idea of having a car alarm is to activate it . It really doesnt matter whos around. Truthfully I would be more worried about some white tweaker roaming aroung the parking lot than a black person. Maybe the white person who had walked away and then returned to set the alarm just isnt up to speed and running on slow. I know as soon as I shut my car door no matter where I park I set the alarm one so it will put the windows up for me and i dont have to sit there waiting for them to go up before getting off the car. and two if i wasnt going to set it why should i have bought it? Car thieves come in all colors.
2006-08-24 07:35:09 · answer #2 · answered by hersheynrey 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why do people generalize every race?
First off, lemme start by saying I'm hispanic although I am light skinned. AND I HAVE been followed in stores on numerous occasions for reasons I have no idea. Scenerios like this depend on the upbringing of the person acting ignorant. I was taught to respect people of all color.
Hell I once worked in a call center for almost a year where I was like one of the only maybe 5 people who were light skinned. You dont think I was sick of being called "stupid white rich girl"? Do you think I cared? I gave them a few chances to step up or shut up but what does that solve? Only more negativity...The ignorance is everywhere...they didnt even have a clue I'm hispanic, OR quite intelligent and am just as much a hard worker as everyone else....How could I have been a rich person, if I was working the same hours with the same pay?
Before you begin to point fingers, yes there are people like that. But what can you do? Can't you be the better person and instead show them they are wrong...Walk them to their car maybe? Wave hello? Where I live like I have mentioned before, is multi-racial, and has minorities, everyone and their grandma has an alarm...including the "black people". It's not the color of their skin. Its the person themself. It doesnt matter if your white, black, purple, green, or orange to me. You can be a walking rainbow. BUT if you are up to no good, Im gonna take care of my belongings, reguardless. It's not the alarm being activated to me. That won't stop someone from getting what they want. It's the fact that I worked for that dam car, and if you steal it then how else can I get to work and school and make my living, pay my bills? Are you gonna give me your car, help a minority out won't you? Of course not...
I dont know why I bother answering these questions.....they only cause conflict. But then again I want my 2 points sooo go figure. What good are you adding to a mess like this when you are generalizing everyone's actions? Do you not have friends of other races that can speak up and disprove your theory? This world will never get over themselves and quite frankly not everyone is the way you generalize them to be.... so before you start pulling this crap again, take into account that your gonna piss some yahooers off....BUT I am willing to bet that is what you want right? I think I gave you more than an answer....Have a nice day!
2006-08-24 07:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by Cloe 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why are you lumping all white people into one bucket? There are some that are probably that way. ..but I'm not. Have you ever stopped to think that just maybe this person forgot their wallet or something on their way into the store? I have done that more than once myself.
I'm a white female. When I have to leave my car unattended for any period of time I lock the doors, even when the car is parked at my house. In my opinion if you leave your car unlocked you are literally inviting someone to steal it.
To LadyM...I find people like you who think it is necessary to set off the car alarm for no good reason to be rather irritating, irregardless of race.
2006-08-24 07:57:17 · answer #4 · answered by ModelFlyerChick 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is just as funny when you see an old white lady clutch her purse when you stand next to her at the grocery store. It all has to do with perceived threat, whether it is a real threat or not. Some people actually believe what they see on TV- believing the stereotypes.
Unfortunately for us, the ones who are actually doing the things that make Caucasian people uncomfortable feed into those stereotypes. Those of us who don't perpetuate the stereotypes are often looked on as those who do, so it is pretty much a no-win situation for us until those people take the time to meet us and learn that we aren't all about that crazy nonsense...
If it helps though- i set my alarm EVERY time I get out, no matter who is around or not. (or when I see lots of people hanging out)- not because i am scared, just because I dont want my car broken into...
2006-08-24 07:31:22 · answer #5 · answered by mixedchick4blkguys 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Happens to black people everyday...
People lock there doors if they see blacks in the next car at a light.
Women grab their purses on the elevator like your going to run off with it.
People will even walk on the other side of the street if there is more then 2 black people talking in a group.
It's annoying but they will never learn because of the lack of knowledge and an abundance of ignorance.
It's hurtful to a person of color to constantly be the assumed criminal, when at times you may make more money then the that white person trying to lock their doors, click their alarms, or grab their purses.
2006-08-24 07:40:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Generalizations get people into trouble and make them sound a bit ignorant.
I use my car alarm all the time, and I lock the doors all the time, I don't leave my car running when I run into the convenience store to grab a bottle of water, and I lock the doors to the house when I'm home. It's called common sense.
If you notice someone seeing you and then going and locking their car or turning on their alarm... perhaps you need to look at the image you are presenting. Or, more likely, the person just forgot to do it in the first place, remembered, and corrected the situation.
2006-08-24 07:39:03 · answer #7 · answered by Gail R 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm white and while I personally don't act this way, I do know what you are talking about. I've been with other white people who have done this. It's sickening, of course, I live in Missouri and we're still pretty backwards here anyway... Although I can kind of understand other white's course of thought if the person they see dresses like what they assume to be standard issue 'thug wear'. I mean do minorities really expect to be treated with equal respect and dignity if they wear their pants like they just took a massive dump in them and hobble around, swinging their shoulders like some kind of animal and using broken sentence fragments while choking on a vanilla scented cigar and brushing the ash of the 5 pounds of chains hanging off their bodies? Of course white people won't take them seriously, they look like mischevious little clowns.
2006-08-24 07:33:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question. As a white woman, I always lock my doors to protect myself no matter what - but especially when there are people around, and even more especially when I see a MALE around, and even MORE especially when he is alone.
But as for others, I'm sure there are people who still see black men as a threat. Only time will change this. It doesn't help that many black men are portrayed as hostile and threatening in music, tv and movies... Take it with a grain of salt and don't get mad or resentful of people who do this "to you." They're not doing it to you - they don't know you. If they did, I'm sure they would realize they have nothing to be afraid of.
**But people need to lock their cars and houses no matter what - regardless of race, people still get robbed!
2006-08-24 07:37:09 · answer #9 · answered by am 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, I think a lot of people are like that, and probably not just white people. For me (and I try not to make these kinds of judgements but sometimes you just see someone and think "criminal"), it is not the ethnicity of a person, but just the general appearance....could be white, black, red, yellow, etc.
On a side note, we have the media to blame for casting minorities as criminal and creating those stereotypes where you see a black person and you think he might mug you or something. TV does terrible things to people when it is their only source of information on a subject (for instance, in wisconsin, where I currently live, there are very few black people and as a consequence the people here generally think that all black people are thug-like and criminal, but they have no real peopleto base this on, just characters on TV.)
2006-08-24 07:35:40 · answer #10 · answered by bradley L 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋