i mean we all have different cultures and back rounds that are NOTHING alike with different languages and everything im half irish and italian and they are completely diffrent so why do people think were all alike and classify us as 'white' its not like we call hispanics and latinos 'brown' WTF this makes me angry!!
2006-12-17 09:14:52 · 5 answers · asked by dumbdumbhead 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Why do we generalize ANYBODY as ANYTHING other than the ethnicity and culture to which they belong?
Irish and Italians are different, Kenyans and South Africans are different, Japanese and Koreans are different, Cherokees and Hopis are different, Afghanis and Iraqis are different, Puerto Ricans and Cubans are different ...
People generalize everyone and throw them into a politically correct category so they they know which little box to check on the "What race are you?" question. It's wrong, yes. It's incorrect, yes. It's insensitive to cultures, yes.
If you're gonna be angry, be angry across the board! This happens to every person of every culture of every race known to man. It's something that we need to be more sensitive to.
2006-12-17 12:23:30 · answer #1 · answered by Stina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you care? It doesn't matter what a label is, but what you do with your life that matters. I went to Wal-Mart yesterday with a friend and helped by buying $500.00 worth of toys for Toys for Tots so many needy kids will have a great Christmas. I didn't once notice anyone trying to figure out my heritage.
Go donate some time at a homeless shelter and focus on what is truly important. Kids don't care what 'white people' mean, only that Santa won't forget that they are there.
Go to a mens shelter and serve Christmas dinner.
Go to a hospital and volunteer to cheer up the ill patients/kids and see if you even remember that this question was so lame.
2006-12-17 17:23:52 · answer #2 · answered by TotallylovesTodd! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White people have been marginalized to provide for their systematic control by those bigoted entities in our society who need to identify "the enemy" so they can exercise their personal hatred and prejudices.
2006-12-17 17:37:44 · answer #3 · answered by Weasel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
but we do call them Latinos , whether they are from Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile or The Dominican Republic.
2006-12-17 17:57:03 · answer #4 · answered by Bobuck 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your analysis is correct & opinion justified.
2006-12-17 17:24:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋