Why can African-Americans have a "Ms. Black USA" but Caucasians can't have a "Ms. White USA?"

Question

Isn't that called reverse desrimination? What about BET? If there was a WET (White Entertainment Television) TV channel, wouldn't minorities cry racism?

Answer 1

Because most people in pageants are WHITE.

Answer 2

Calling someone White is offensive no one is truely white or they'd blend it with printer paper, also Caucasian is not one specific race of people. Caucasian is actually describing the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia (the Middle East), parts of Central Asia and most parts of South Asia. Historically, the term has been used to describe many peoples from these regions, without regard necessarily to skin tone. The term "Caucasian race" was coined by the German philosopher Christoph Meiners in his The Outline of History of Mankind (1785). In Meiners' unique racial classification, there were only two racial divisions (Racen): Caucasians and Mongolians. These terms were used as a collective representation of what he personally regarded as either good looking or less attractive, based solely on facial appearance. For example, he considered Germans and Tatars more attractive, and thus Caucasian, while he found Jews, Slavs and Africans less attractive, and thus Mongolian. So the correct term for the people you describe as, "white," would be Anglo Saxon, because of their european descent. And not caucasian because that is a racist umbrella term. Thank you.

Answer 3

I think everyone should just be combined instead of separated. I think if there's BET and Telemundo and AZN and that international channel, I think there could be a WET (lol) but I shouldnt be called WET.
But think of this way, most of the entertainment on TV is already white dominating so basically mostly every channel is like a WET lol

We dont have a Ms. White USA because most of the contestants in those pageants are white (or Hawaiin). However, I think they should just combine it all.

Stop making BLACK ONLY, WHITE ONLY, SPANISH ONLY, ASIAN ONLY........How about EVERYONE.

However, its also hard for 1 TV station to cater to so many different people's tastes.
I wish that White people would stop being so damn ignorant and racist and that black people would stop making stereotypes of themselves. But like 2Pac said......somethings wont ever change. We're gonna live like this forever and ever and ever.

Answer 4

Caucasians can have a Ms. White USA, but no one has actually come up with a Ms. White USA pageant so that's why you don't have one. The Ms. Black USA pageant dates back to a time when racism was of extreme relevance. African Americans females were not allowed in regular American pageants, so we came up with our own. The Ms. Black USA pageant dates back historically and its still going so why stop it, it's not reverse discrimination. If you want to come up with a WET and a Ms. White USA pageant be my guest, it's no skin off my bones.

Answer 5

First all learn to spell, and WET is more formally known as ABC,NBC, CBS and FOX. When you ante up the money to put on a MS. White USA I am sure the Country Network will be more than willing to air it. Furthurmore BET is owned by white people. Sold about 5 years ago when you were in elementary school (1st grade) so you probably didn't know. So if you white people want that on a white owned network, it works for them, so it works for me. Also watch the essence award it awards hard working black folks that should piss you off too.

Answer 6

In my opinion, what you are saying is absolutely true. Nothing is said about BET or Ms. Black USA because it is irrevelant to most caucasians. I am sure that there are white people out there who do think it is discrimination, but not enough that it would matter. As far as why african americans would consider it to be discrimination is because for far too many years, blacks were discriminated against simply due to their color.
I can remember several instances of segregation, with one that vividly stands out in my mind. I was at the local movie theater waiting in line at the concession stand. The entrance to the theater was split into two corridors; one led upstairs and the other led downstairs. I had never paid attention to it before, but I got a rude wakeup call on that day. The corridor leading up the stairs was for blacks only and downstair entrance was for whites only.
A black couple were standing in line and when they started to purchase their tickets, they requested to sit downstairs. All hell broke loose just because of this simple request. The ticket teller started screaming at the top of her lungs for the manager. When he arrived at the area, she told him that "These (n-word) are trying to act like they are white and think they are going to sit downstairs. The manager told them he did not put up with this type of bulls*, and told them they had to leave. It was so obvious these two people were so embarrassed by this outburst, everyone heard what was going on.
I did not understand what was going on and It upset me so bad I called my parents to come and pick me up. When my parents arrived to pick me up, I questioned why the employee and the manager got so mad at the couple. My parents told me that was just the way it was- black people could not sit with the whites, they had their place to sit and the whites had their place to sit. I remember that this made me so sad and I cried and cried about it. Even at that early age, (I think I was around 11 or 12) I knew in my heart that it was not right although my parents tried to tell me it was okay for the couple being made to leave.
Anyhow, the moral to my story is, I can see exactly why blacks might scream discrimination over anything that is segregated. The humiliation I witnessed on that day was horrible and it should have NEVER happened. Every little minute thing that we whites take for granted, blacks had to endure so much and struggle and fight for even the simplest right to sit or even enter into a business based upon their color. That was just wrong. I would feel the same way too if the shoe was on the other foot.
No one should be judged according to what color they are. I am not superior to any race and have taught my children that they aren't either. A person should be judged on their behavior, not on their race. The day I witnessed what was done to the couple in the theater by the white teller and manager, made me ashamed on that day that I was white.

Answer 7

Of course there can be a Ms White USA. I suggest if you want to really see something like this happen, then go out there and start the pageant yourself. See what happens! You sound truly visionary.

Answer 8

Why even bring up such rot. Perhaps a Ms. Rose Blush or Ms., Pinkish, Pasty, Tannish USA.

I'm not black, cafe aulait, brown, yellow, red, beige, rose, pink, or white. I am a delicate shade of ochre with a few highlights of tangerine and heliatrope. A fluted lampshade looks quite elegant on my crewcut and, if it is not too white, does not clash at all with my false teeth. LOL

Answer 9

Because she would have to be white and of course that is considered racism if she cannot be black. You should know that by now.

Answer 10

Did you want to be in the contest for Ms. Black USA? If so, you should really work on that tan!

Answer 11

Oh shut up already with this same tiresome question. Enough!When it comes to racial matters, whites in this country have NOTHING to complain about, despite your efforts to pretend to have some right to be aggrieved.

Oh woe to the poor unfortunate American whites. The blacks have BET, the blacks are blaming them for slavery, the blacks have Ms. Black America. The blacks are so racist against the poor, ever so racially innocent, so post-racist whites. All they have is ownership of almost every major institution in this country and disproportionate political and economic control of the country. Poor whites. Much to be pitied. Please!

You're over privileged and have an outrageous sense of racial entitlement that dwarfs anything blacks or anyone else non-white has ever exhibited. No one really buys this crap about how put-upon whites are by "minorities." We all know it's all just a transparent act to justify whites acting in concert to keep their racial privileges in an increasingly competitive society where the benefits of white skin don't count for nearly as much as they used to. Get over it already!