and I get answers like " all white people aren't racist" and "minorities are racist too" and " you are the racist for saying that all white people are like that"
Ok, the question was "Why do some white people make a racial issue out of everything?" I did not say all white people were like this, but most of the people seemed to turn it into that. I also didn't say that no other race was racist, because I know some racist who aren't white. I think I was just talking about white people who do this. I don't know about anyone else, but these people seem way too defensive. What do they have to hide?
2006-10-09 16:02:17 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The same could be said of some blacks. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and similar others make every issue a race issue. Why do they make a racial issue of everything? If you can answer that, you will find the answer to your question.
2006-10-09 16:10:17 · answer #1 · answered by Huevos Rancheros 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's a matter of people having something to hide. I think it's a matter of people just assume any time a question is asked about "white people" and "racism" that the asker has an adjenda. It reaches the stage where people don't actually read the question - as, apparently, they didn't read yours - so much as respond to what they assume the questioner means.
I've noticed that with men, actually. Any time the difference between men and women comes up, a lot of men automatically assume that they're about to be told what's wrong with men and what's right with women. Man-bashing has been such a popular sport for the last two decades or so that I think most men just assume the standard defensive position (except for the one who automatically cringe, but I'm not sure they should be called men) and hunker down. So, too, whites have been so systematically accused of racism (to the point where I think Lewis Farrakhan once said that only whites can be racist) that we sometimes respond defensively even when no offense is intended.
And I think that's a part of the answer to your original question. Some whites are so traumatized by perceived guilt over racist policies that they automatically assume the soi disant "moral high ground" any time anything even approximating race comes up. Think of it as the "don't hit me, I'm on your side" defense.
2006-10-09 16:16:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the politically correct way we like to be addressed is Caucasian. LOL!! I don't know why. I am finding that the teens aren't as racial, meaning that with races. My daughter is thirteen and she doesn't really have a clue about race differences. The only reason she is a little bit aware of racism is from TV.
Perhaps if you ask a question about a certain racial issue that occurred than maybe your answers would be more what you are looking for.
2006-10-09 16:23:38 · answer #3 · answered by galbee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Out of your last 20 questions asked, 12 were racially themed. So why do some people make racial issues out of everything?
2006-10-09 16:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by Judge Dredd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same as the question why do some black people make everything about race !? really we are all human if you cut me i bleed if i die and my blood is the same type as you you can use my parts to keep you alive and it dont matter one bit what race you are but til we can all get htis thru our skulls there will be race problems each has to make an effert to over come racist ways black/white/yellow/red all are racist to a degree no more then the other
2006-10-09 16:12:55 · answer #5 · answered by Duane G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't answer for why people do what they do. I only think that if people are racist, regardless of their color, that they have to belittle others in order to make themselves feel superior. Racism causes separation of people and penalizes or criticizes those based on differences, which no one has any control over. Those people that "hate or segregrate" based on these differences are small minded pitiful people and should not be looked upon as speaking for the whole.
2006-10-09 16:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by Karen N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some white people feel as if they are the only race getting picked on for being racist...so they try to turn it around. I think it depends on who you are around...I have grown up around more blacks then white and I see the racist side of blacks more than white..the only white people I hang around are church people..and just lately work and school seems to be more white.
2006-10-09 16:13:21 · answer #7 · answered by Laurel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biker is right. The leftists like to control anyone from expressing any point of view that doesn't go along with their agenda through labeling them as racist/chauvenist/homophobic/xenophobic, etc. The sad thing is that people are so easily brainwashed and intimidated that they allow themselves to be controlled by this. Their greatest fear is being given one of these meaningless labels. Basically, its like a Salem witch hunt for the 21st century.
2006-10-09 16:12:11 · answer #8 · answered by Martin523 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It surprises me how people of any race are so quick to scream racism about simple comments that are clearly not racist. I this racism is actually at a all time low. Think back 40 years...
2006-10-09 16:15:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps because it seems more a statement than a question...people get defensive when they feel that they may be being grouped into something that they don't stand for. yes you used the word "some"....but would you not have been somewhat defensive if instead of the word "white"...it was replaced with your own race?
what sort of answers were you looking for asking that?
2006-10-09 16:12:52 · answer #10 · answered by lighting goddess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋