why do black people say they don't have any rights?

Question

Black people have more help and more rights than white folks. god, thye have a college fund just for blacks, some churches only have black members, some services are only catered to black people. this is really starting to bother me. they take things forgranted. do you know how much i would of liked to have help to get into college?

Wow. I didn't know I could be racist for stating my opinion, and clearly the facts.

Answer 1

It does seem that way. Hell, I'm even some Native American and I can't even get anything for that. Black people do seem to just want to complain about something, they are never satisfied. They do have everything given to them and that even goes for justice or more like injustice (e.g. O.J. Simpson.) Is it just me or does the census seem to be rigged?

Answer 2

I'm sorry that you did not have help getting into college. Perhaps if you had better guidance from your school counselor you would have known that there is a wide array of scholarships and grants for all kinds of people, yes, even you!

I understand what you mean and I get your frustration. Things are much better for blacks than they were 30 years ago. However, things are not where they SHOULD be. It is a shame when I see some blacks just squandering away all that the civil rights movement fought for. It is usually the ones who cause problems that are complaining about their rights.

No, things are not completely equal. Trust me, you wouldn't have wanted to go to some of these black colleges (not the same quality as many other schools). As far as the college fund, every black that goes to college does NOT receive this money. I didn't. As far as black churches, the services are far too long but you would be more that welcome to go to one if you wanted to.

I don't think you are racist; I just think that you are tied of what you've been seeing and hearing.

Answer 3

There are so many reasons and some have some validity depending on how you look at it. If you look at statistical data, a blacks doing the same job as whites will on average be paid less for that job, but then again women doing the same job are paid less than men. A much higher percentage of blacks are incercerated than whites and there are plenty of cases of blacks getting stiffer prison sentences than whites. There are still plenty of white neighborhoods around the country that work hard to keep blacks out. I live near a good sized island which is only accessible via toll bridges. I was told that the bonds wer paid off long ago and the only reason the tolls were still there was because the island's residents thought it helped to keep the riff-raff from moving there.

Blacks have the same rights under the law as whites. There are occasions when those rights might not be looked after as well as they should, but I firmly believe those cases are fewer and further between with each passing year. There is also a fairly large group of people who think blacks should be paid back for all the years of repression and racism. Some people think that affirmative action is "reverse racism," but I think it is just plain old fashioned racism as it plainly favors people of one race over another. Two wrongs don't make a right.

There is a predominance of mainstream pro-black groups for which there would be great outrage if corresponding white groups were created and popularlized. Can you imagine a National Association for the Advancement of White People? (NAAWP) A United White College Fund? We would hear cries of racism forevermore, but it's AOK if you are a "minority."

There is still an education gap between blacks and whites, but there are a lot of factors which contribute to that. I think that somewhere around 70% of blacks are born out of wedlock, that's an obscene figure. Even if the single parent is working, that takes a lot of energy out of the child rearing process. If that single parent has been on long term public assistance, what sort of message does that send to the child? Maybe that he or she doesn't have to work hard in school because someone will pay for them to do nothing? Are we encouraging poor schooling with our welfare programs? Welfare reform has come a long way in the past ten years, but it has a long way to go. I know a number of single parent families who have been on public assitance for decades and most of the kids have all grown up to be slackers, druggies and thieves. They certainly got the wrong message or the only message which was sent.

There are a number of black community leaders who I think do more to harm their cause than advance it. Je$$e Jack$on is the most visible. I don't know about you, but what I see him doing all the time looks and smells like extortion for personal gain. His "gimme or I'll screw you over" game certainly doesn't send a good message. There's always outrage and cries of "Uncle Tom" when Bill Cosby tries to tell it like it is. I think he's a great man and he's a self made man from what I know. His observations and suggestions make a lot of sense and I personally hope he sticks to his guns and keeps getting out his message. The black community needs more success stories like Bill contributing to the dialog in a critical but positive way.

There are a lot of double standards out there and I think we'd all be a lot further ahead if we could all start from a clean slate. Blacks shouldn't let bitterness over the inequities of the past darken their futures.

Answer 4

There is plenty of help for everyone. Why don't you talk to an elderly black person and have them tell you how they were treated prior to and during the civil rights movement. There is still much racism in this country so stop thinking that black people have things so great. They are still discriminated against to this day. Sentiments like your don't help put racism to rest.

There is a movie called Rosewood that will show you a thing or to.
Today it is best known for the racial disorder there in January 1923, also known as the Rosewood Massacre.
Rosewood was invaded and burned down by a white mob after a white woman named Fannie Taylor claimed a black man had raped her. The majority of the black inhabitants - men, women, and children alike - were dispossessed in the violence, and 8 to 17 people were killed. The entire community was burned down, never to be rebuilt. After Rosewood was destroyed, it was discovered that Taylor had been beaten, but not raped, by a white man.

Answer 5

No matter what measures are taken, there will always be groups that feel tey are being discriminated against. Whether it's African Americans, Asian Americans, HIspanics, or Seniors. Each group will feel that they are being treated unequally. The same goes for us white folks. The answer is that there is no way to truly treat everyone equally. Whether we try hard or not, someone is going to be discriminated against; or at least feel like they are.

But really, it's almost impossible to not discriminate. Think about it. When you're applying for a job and you don't get it because you don't have as much experience as someone else who went for the same job......that's a type of discrimination too.

As far as college goes, there's help for everyone. Maybe it's not exactly the type of help you're looking for, but there is help out there; you just have to look.

Answer 6

Because of the amount of racism and sexism that still exist in this country, I don't take any offense to minorities of any kind receiving an "extra" bit of help. I live in a city that has a huge Latino and Hispanic population, and when charity events go on to raise money for Latino and Hispanic scholarships, I know why. The racial divide is very apparent in my town when it comes to poverty.

The poorest schools in the nation cannot, based just on where their school is located, realistically compete with more affluent students. You might have to work your way through school, just like the millions of other people who do everyday, but in pales in comparison to the very few minorities who are actually attending universities based on ethnic scholarships and standards.

I don't mean to sound crass, but quit being a crybaby. Very few black people overall in this country go to college compared to the entire population, and if you are so concerned with black church service, go visit your local country club or golfing course and start taking statistics. I don't know one minority who takes ANYTHING for granted.

Answer 7

Those aren't rights. Rights are gauranteed protections under the law. Black people say they don't have rights when an election happens and people in black areas are turned away, or when poor, black precincts have fewer voting machines then white precincts causing them to miss more work or give up voting.

Black people say they don't have rights when they are given harsher punishments under the law than whites for the same crime, which happens in many areas of the country. The constitution is supposed to gaurantee equal protection.

You should fight for the rights of all citizens rather than complain about all the supposed benefits of being black in America.

Answer 8

I agree with you. I am not racist, even though I'm sure we'll be called that. Now day's if you disagree with something or have your own opinion...it mean's your racist. What about BET? (black entertainment television) if there was a WET channel for white entertainment you can best beleive we wouldn't never hear the end of it, and we would all be called racist.

Answer 9

Yeah, funny thing you should mention that. The complaint is that whites are being handicapped by all the gimmies being handed out to the coloreds. What happened to them good ol' days when coloreds knew their place. And I know someone's going to call me racist for this, but who else thinks that Katrina wasn't Bush's fault. It was Clinton and his damn fornicatin'! Damn straight, if he'd just kept his little man in his pants, Katrina would've never happened. And so what if I say colored, I'm tired of that "politically correct" bullshit, ya heard?

Answer 10

blacks are featured as hero's or the hero's moral guide on TV while the villain is always a white male. the commercials on prime time are 3 to 1 staring blacks vs whites. how is this parity when they only make up 11% of the population?