Why are black people racist against their own race?

Question

For example: I have seen on various talk shows females mostly, darker than myself that classify themselves as non-black which I take as a psychiatric attitude.

Answer 1

Being black is hard. It's a hard, hard life. I could see why one would want to pretend to be something else. Some people are really, really weak on the inside.

Answer 2

Why do you identify your self as a color and not as a race or ethnic group? You are an African American. If someone classifies themselves as non-African American it's not a "psychiatric attitude", whatever that is, it's a personal choice and that choice doesn't necessarily mean they are racist it could mean that they don't want to be labeled African American. If they said they hated their race then I'm sure they gave reasons why and it has nothing to do with color. You can't change your heritage and following what you think is the behavior of the ethnic group you want to be won't either.

Answer 3

There was a man named Lynchily are something like that name, they named lynchings after him.he taught the slave Masters in the early eighteen hundreds.in the north and the south.most people think only the south had slaves but all the north had slaves also. just not as many.but he taught them to turn the blacks against themselves,had a very specific way to do it he wrote abook on it and trained the slave owners of the time.how to do it. so they will not turn on him. this was done in many ways it is a trained thing in blacks they were trained to act that way against there own people. will take many many many generations for it to fade away. you asked I told you.fact, all black people should know how there ancesters were trained so that they can UNTRAIN themselfs,I wish all black people well.

Answer 4

Goes back to slavery when we where set apart from each other by the color of our skin. The lighter you were the closer to the house you were, and the darker you were the farther out in the field you were. We unknowingly pass it on by the things that we say to and do around our children we refer to them as the dark one or the light one and when your darker you feel less of person depending on the house you were raised in

Answer 5

Why are they racists? Well, why do most overweight people put down other overweight people? Why do unemployed people call other unemployed people lazy? I could go on, but the reason is because they see traits in other people that they have themselves.

Answer 6

i think they are crazy,cause i seen on talk shows were black men didnt like their own races and white women didnt like their race because of what they see each other do as in their races.

Answer 7

I will just tell you that such people are sick up head. Very far away from reality, but don't forget, being fake and talking big is what virtually defines AMERICA.

Answer 8

This is with the greatest respect to black people, as it also refers to white people who also look down on various categories:

'Big fleas have little fleas, upon their backs to eat them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum'.

(There is always someone below you, no matter how low you feel).....

Answer 9

Never heard of that, Usually mixed race people take the side of the minority.

As they feel they dont fit in or are not welcome with the majority

Answer 10

Maybe because they want to do everything the white man does.