How do you think you would feel about minorities and how they are treated by being black for a month? Being Black for a month would open your eyes to a lot of things that we have to go through on a daily bases. Being Black for a month would allow you to take a really close look at your own race and how it treats other people.
Being black for a month means that you get to deal with everyone's insecurities and their fears. Being Black for a month means you get to be treated with a certain contempt and tolerance no matter where you go. Being Black for a month means that you have to deal with a populace who believes they already know who you are even before you met them. Being Black for a month means that no one will allow you your own identity. Being Black for a month means that you are a political animal and the politicians are going to use you as the bogy man to scare the hell out of America during election time.
How would you like to be Black for a month?
Just curious
2006-10-24 10:31:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Wow this question reminds me about that show Black.White. i dont remember what channel it was on, but it was when a white family got made up as a black family, and a black family got made up as a white family (and it looked realistic.. they actually looked like they belonged to that race).. if i was black for a month, it wouldnt really make too much of a difference to me. I grew up with many friends whom happened to be black, and i went through all the confrontations they experienced from a third person perspective. They did get bullied, insulted, and hurt by many of the white crowd. Sometimes yes, they did feel insecure but then there were other white people that looked at them no different than their own race. I dont care if you are black,white, purple, green or blue. We are all gods children and race shouldnt matter.
2006-10-24 10:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by kelseycantsmile 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not white, but I believe that being black for a month would be quite similar to my being the way I am now. I'm from India.
From what I've noticed, and this is my opinion, black people limit themselves to a great degree, much more so than other minorities.
All minorities need to remember the past but look forward.
I personally think that Barrack Obama, will soon be the next president of the United States - maybe not in this coming election, but as soon as he gains some political experience.
2006-10-24 10:41:53 · answer #2 · answered by m0nde 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hmm....being black for a month would mean...
I would easily fit into the norm.
Being black for a month means that someone won't leave a seat between you and the next person.
Being black for a month means that I would be approached by most people on the bus.
Being black for a month means that I wouldn't stick out in my church.
Hmm....seems to me that people only see what they want to see as they can be narrow-minded and don't see the true meaning of who we are -- made in God's image. The outside is only the covering...not the inside -- God looks at the heart.
2006-10-24 10:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by johnnieruthhamill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm black every day. Even though I'm white. It ain't color, man. It's can you relate. And don't cut anybody any slack just because they're black. Be real. It may not make you popular but, know what? People who know you can respect you. That's more valuable to people as people than being popular. Cicero. Very unpopular guy with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. But, know what? They'll listen to him a lot quicker. Had a chance to escape. Boat waiting and everything. He decided to wait for his murderers. They cut his head and hands off to show the public. He could've avoided that. I don't believe in martyrs. But I have to admire a guy who's committed to what he believes.
2006-10-24 10:54:37 · answer #4 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Alright, but how do you proposed to make this work? Skin dyes? Wigs? Contact lenses? Facial prosthetics?
Don't get me wrong, I'd certainly be willing to participate in an experiment like the one you described, but it's not very feasible, is it? And, anyone participating would not get the actual experience, because they would have in their head that however bad it got, it'd be over in a month.
2006-10-24 11:26:26 · answer #5 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been black my whole life and have seemed to miss out on racism and if it was it was a little hard to decipher. Maybe it's just my location but I might have a different outlook if I lived in the South
2006-10-24 10:37:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No problem with it. I already get treated as such at work. Before they saw my wife. Then they saw my wife, they started to treat me differently. She is Black.
2006-10-24 17:46:03 · answer #7 · answered by Gardenfoot 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
good query. though its hard to make that come to real. im black married to white and i faced most of what u listed, especially disrespect. but hey racism is ignorance.
2006-10-25 03:23:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should really read thee book "black like me" I am in 9th grade and we read it. It opened my eyes to alot of racism in our country. It's about a white man who makes himself african american to see what's it's like.
2006-10-24 10:44:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
right on brother black power
2006-10-24 10:36:01 · answer #10 · answered by Dannyboy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋