Do you think black people are just as raciest as anyone else?

Question

I'm not saying I'm raciest, and I know Black people were treated very badly, and still are today. But is it right that they can have, all black clubs, all black schools, all black t.v., all black scholarships, all black sports, all black magazines, ect. ect. ect. If any other race (mostly white people) tried to have anything like that it would get shut down by the gov. and might cause a riot. I have seen black people tell white people that they are being raciest, just because they are in trouble. I have a brother-in-law that told a teacher she was being raciest (because he got caught doning something he shouldn't have been, and I have had friends get into trouble w/ the law and blame it on racisim. I know it's still a problem today, but do you think some people try to use it as a crutch? I don't have slaves, or did my fam. The black people I know weren't slaves, nor thier fam. So stop blaming everyone!
Just honest opinions and no hateful answers please!!

Answer 1

I feel that there are raciest people of every origin, no one more than the other. I do have to say that when being an objecct of attacks/ racisim... Its difficult to recover and retrust though you know that not all people are like that. ie Not all arabs are terrorists, not all white people hate blacks/asians/hispanics..... and not all straights hate gays. the list goes on. The point is it may take time. and the media doesn't help. atleast 90% of tv ads are white people. But I digress, the most important thing is patience and kindness.

Answer 2

All people are racists. It's human nature.

However, asking if Blacks are racists because they have Black-only organizations is unfair. Those organizations were put there in an honest - though faulty - attempt to compensate for the years of racist behaviour by whites in this country. It doesn't work, because many people - like you - feel that it's an expression of racism.

So, it accomplished nothing in terms of racism.

BTW, many of the legislators and judges who made those organizations possible were not Black. This is another reason why it's wrong to associate racism with Blacks because of the existence of those orgs.

Stick to the basics: it's just human nature to be racist, and that is all. There's no need to read more into the issue than that.

Answer 3

Just for the record, I'm not racist, I hate everyone equally. Actually I don't hate any "race" I just hate A$$HOLES. I do believe that every Race has racism issues. A lot of "underprivileged" black people, and Hispanic people, blame the "white man" for their troubles. My thing is, and has always been, get up off your lazy A$$ and do something positive about your situation. Quit complaining about what the whites did to you. When in reality, what was done was done to people who are no longer alive to complain.

Answer 4

Well I think they certainly know the power they hold/don't hold. I had a bad experience with a supervisor (he wasn't mine but he thought he ran the entire office!) and he was black and on top of that was a sexual harrasser. I was always polite and friendly with him and he seemed to like to talk to me and "dump" all his problems on me...eventually I learned all his secrets and fears too. But oddly, I found that created a reverse discrimination thing in the office...and he had been involved with a black woman in the office who was trying to set him up and tape him (I guess their relationship had gone bad...) but I soon discovered that he had harrassed quite a few women in there and that they were very intimidated by him....I never was. I found him pretty weak and pathetic. Perhaps had I been older I might have found him a little scary but I didn't at the time. Anyhow, he knew how to play all his cards to keep that whole place under his thumb and most everyone hated him.

I guess in a way I was "playing it safe" by staying on his good side and thus avoided any harrassment or mistreatment, but eventually this guy was investigated and removed from the office (guess what...promoted to a higher position, no doubt a bogus one created just for him (government office surprise, surpise) and removed because I guess enough people complained about the sexual harrassment and when they came to me I told them what I knew and how I thought he was a sick kind of guy who really meant no harm but did do harm and shouldn't be in a position like that) so I hope I sort of contributed to getting him the hell out of there in the end. The office was a much cordial place after that! LOL

Answer 5

They can be prejudiced, but not racist, really.

Racism is action based on institutional prejudice. The All-Black clubs, television, etc is a result of decades of All-White clubs, television, etc. that excluded them. How many mainstream show on network television are about black people? There are still a lot of areas where black people are ignored.

In Indianapolis, people always complain about Black Expo - the world's largest Black Expo - by saying, "Why don't we have a White Expo?". I always say, "We do. It's called the State Fair."

Oh, and all of the Traditionally Black Colleges have a decent number of white and other minority students.

Just remember none of the institutions you complain about were created recently and they weren't created due on someone's whim. They were created as a result of exclusion. When you're not allowed in, you create your own.

There are still a lot of hospitals, colleges, and clubs that are for women only, aren't there? Why were they created? Why are they still around? Answer that for me.

Answer 6

The discussion of race is full of double standards. But in my humble view, white people are so afraid to be labeled as a racist we don't say anything. Organizations like the United ***** College Fund, NAACP, and so on, are in essence racist. They exclude based on raced.

Society allows these things to continue out of fear. And maybe some guilt. So people feel guilty about slavery, which I admit was bad... But it was a long time ago, and no salves are alive today. So for me to pay for the sins of my ancestors is silly.

The biggest racists toady are people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, they push the race issue more than anything.

Answer 7

Having magazines cater to African American, organizations and clubs that promote blacks' unity is not racist at all. African American community, Asian American community and Latino American community exist b/c we are the minority in this country. Thus, our possition in this country is not stablize as our counterpart. Of course not all whites are racist, but certainly our experience are different. However, one have to put the situation into perspective to understand the caliber of the whole ordeal. I'll skip history 101 b/c most of us in here should know about "our history". Many minorities groups in this country are poor and often time our mindset are stuck in the "poverty-mind-trap"( believing that we cannot succeed). To explain how and why many minorities group get to become this way a lil of history and economic lesson should do the job, but i believe many of us in here are more than adequate in both field. The "poverty trap" is precisely your argguement, "it is all in there mind" and that "many do not take control and do something about it". Perhap, you are correct, but given the history of this country and economic background one should realizes that people of color do not have a fair trial to begin with. Of course opportunity are flourish in this country (that's why my family came here), but take a closer look at the situation. The Mexicans are getting unwanted job, my family work for minimum wage for years and live in crowded house to save money. African Americans are grouped in low income area and this happens b/c their grandparents didn't get the job and the education they deserve (Jim Crow, KKK, slavery ring a bell people?), as a result their parent didn't grow up in neighborhood with picket fence. And for generations African Americans were being oppressed by the idea that they are not good enough by the "N" word (what the *** ! side track info for ya...Black call themself the N word b/c they felt that no one is better than them and only they can put themself down. Although the N word has change its meaning slicly through Hip Hop over the years, but its still carry alot of weight). Of course an all black club would seem exclusive to me (Asian), but the meaning behind the club was not to create an exclusive society of black. Rather to create hope for young black males and females that "we can be rich, we have opportunities, we can be successfull like anyone else" to get the mind away from the "poverty trap'. However, there are individuals who take things out of perspective, those individuals do not represent the whole. Don't get me wrong, I know some racist black folks too, but shyt every apple's tree has bad apples and for every one no good black man there are bundreds of decent black man. We all the same, we all struggles to improve no one want to go downhill. That's life find somethng to work toward to.

Answer 8

It seems like some Blacks smell like pepper..........what's up w/ this? I agree w/ you. Why can't we Whites have magazines and clubs and TV channels, which are JUST for WHITES. It's reverse discrimination. We Whites should get together and start a White magazine. It can be called "Cracker". Blacks need to get over slavery, just like Jews need to get over the Holocaust. Crying about it does nothing. Blacks should be thankful that there ancestors were brought to The States, in the 1st place. I guarantee you that the average US Black has a MUCH better quality of life than the average African Black. If they hadn't been slaves initially, they'd, now, be aids-infected, starving, ignorant, spear-chuckers running around with painted faces living in some wretched African squalor.

Answer 9

Well I would say, Yes, they are.
I'm an officer and I contact a lot of different people, but every single time (no exageration) I arrest a black person, they say it's becaue they are black, i'm racist, and they didn't do anything.
The funny thing is, they know what they did, they know it wasn't because of their race, and when i'm booking them into jail, they starting yelling racial slurs at me!
I've had them say, "why dont you go back to your country you f***en mexican." And it pisses me off, becuase it's such an ignorant statement. I was born in California, just like him. Would it make sense for me to tell him to "Go back to africa." Yeah sure, let me go BACK to somewhere, I've NEVER been.
Most times their color is used as a crutch, usually so that can claim falst arrest, and harrassment, so they can try and beat their case. It gets annoying.
I wouldn't say it doesn't really matter that they have all black things, because with all the other scholarships, how many blacks get accepted when competing against everyone else? not too many. Movies, TV show and Magazines....Look how many of those dont have any black people in them, and if they do it's the token black guy, like in the movies.
So yeah, to answer your question again, they are racist, just as racist as any other person is, but it's ok, becase they were "oppressed."

Answer 10

Hmm, Black people are very polite here. Not to mention hard working. Of course, sometimes they speak english, and not any of the native languages.

In fact, I think it is the Russians that are the most Racist, and have been for a long time.