why is it when you ask somthing about black people they get all huffy?

Question

they allways get a chip on there shoulder. im being honest not racist but you watch them answers bellow, they will be at it again.

Answer 1

There's nobody more racist than a black person. I can't say a word out of place otherwise i'll get arrested but I can walk down the street and get called honkey or white boy and can't do a thing about it.
They get huffy cos they think you're having a go at them.

Answer 2

I do that sometimes because it just gets extremely exasperating. After being asked, "Do they wear clothes in Africa yet?" 3000 times, I'll get very huffy after awhile. People just ask things that seem ignorant, no matter how well mannered they are, and I just feel like they should have used their common sense to figure it out by now. It's not right, but I do it. I can't speak for other black people. But sometimes, the question is innappropriate and the asker didn't know any better or wanted to offend.

Answer 3

Excuse me for saying so, but often people come along and ask stupid questions and put the word "Black" into it. When you see the amount of racisim directed against African-Americans in the USA you can hardly be surprised that they get angry about it.
For example, in WW2, African Americans in the US Navy weren't allowed to sail on ships, they were relegated to port duties such as loading amunition onto ships, but they weren't given any training, and often their officers (European descent) would bet on loading times which encouraged poor / non-regulation handling practices. One day a ship blew up at Port Chicago, killing several hundred people and doing millions of dollars of damage, 2/3 killed were African Americans, so the rest of them went on strike because it was obviously to dangerous to continue loading without getting proper training and fair loading times, and 50 ended up being court martialed. The Officers who were judging the case were all of European descent, the Chief Judge argued with the defendants, didn't believe their testamony, and was obviously biased against them, their Defence lawyer (European descent) presented a pathetically weak defense, and the defendants ended up being found guilty and sentenced to 8 to 18 years in military prision with dishonourable discharge afterwards. An official observer of the trial described it as "One of the worst frame ups we have come across." Were the officers held responsible for the lack of training and encouraging poor handling of ammunition? No, they were congradulated. Also, the officers got the standard 30 days home leave, but the African Americans got none, and for those African Americans killed their families recieved only 60% of the standard compensation. That is one example of thousands, and even today, there is racism.
Your whole question is toned to trivialise the very serious inconsistent application of rights towards African Americans which occurred in the very recent past and still happends today. You should be ashamed of your question, but more important than that, is I suspect you won't be ashamed of it, and that is your greatest shame.

Answer 4

We all get huffy but sometimes similar reactional behaviour is more noticeable in a certain group of people. It could be part of the way they are raised, in their heritage and considered a natural reaction , or it could be you are asking stupid questions of which a huffy answer would be expected by anyone.

Answer 5

I've never had a Black person get "huffy" with me. Maybe the question your asking is inappropriate. Also, it seems like you tend to overgeneralize judging from your question. "They always have a chip on their shoulder" sounds like a very big generalization to me.

Answer 6

its because whites always ask stupid questions which show their ignorance and their intent is not to find out tru knowledge to inform themselves but to show how fucked up they really are?

like if i ask u if your daddy abused children for pleasure,( just because, im asuming u r white), would u get all huffy? or would u answer the question without an attutide?

Answer 7

I have gotten some very intelligent and thoughtful answers from Blacks who disagree with me entirely on racial issues Maybe you need to ask the questions more openly and honestly.

Idiots come in all colors and sizes, so any question might inspire some dolt to supply an inane response.

Answer 8

It really depends on the question your asking. If the question is offending or stupid then we are going to ignore you. I mean I would, if someone come to me saying why are blacks so angry.
I am not saying you said that I am just giving a example.

Answer 9

Are you a red neck or live in a trailer park .I'm not being racist just asking

Answer 10

Because generally when a white person asks a question like this (among others) our experiences have taught us that questions like this are meant to be derogatory towards black americans.