why is it that if im white i cant walk down a "black" street without getting threatened?

Answer 1

try taking the sheet off before you go down there and see if that helps.

Answer 2

Billyboy,
What in the heck is a Black Street ? If the lights don't work on that street don't walk there . If you are referring to race meaning Black, then I would ask why were you walking there in the first place ? I have walked down many racially dominated places alone without incident. I have also been harassed walking down White dominated areas and have been intimidated by the people there. It is not about race that you have issue . Black or white areas that are highly influenced by drugs and violence will get the same results. In the meantime, if you know that your are entering a dangerous area, why go there ?

Answer 3

Because while racism is a two way street it is predominately perpetuated by those that are doing the finger pointing the most.

Have you ever wondered by all these racist and sexist organizations exist in the first place? NAACP, NOW, black-this, hispanic-that, gay-whatever.

But when men try to have a club to themselves it's sexists all of the sudden. Like the National Organization for Women is anything but sexist. Or that EMILY's list is anything but a blatantly sexist policital action committee.

Or when caucasians want to have their own groups. White Firefighters Association for example. It's racism and they claim that it's not racism when the African-American (continental confusionists) or Hispanic (actually most are latino or mestizo rather than true hispanic but being uneducated may fail to understand the distinction) groups want to band together it isn't racist.

Racism sure does exist in America. It's perpetuated by liberals to divide us against each other instead of unite us together. That way they can achieve enough victory to take over America and instill Communism.

Answer 4

It all depends on what street your walking down. It's important to know were you are and what kind of people your around. To say that any white person would be threatened if they walked down a black street is generalizing. Despite what the media tells you, and your friends say, people are people, a mean black guy is a mean guy that just happens to be black. I believe that circumstance and not race influences behavior. Just know were you are, and what kind of people your around, and not all black streets are like this.. Trust me

Answer 5

When this occurs, it is due mostly to the fact that the harasser have some hatred towards your race and have become territorial. Regretably, you become a victim of opportunity simply because someone see you having invading their space. Bigotry, racism, and prejudice is alive today and probably will be for quite some time. Take these same harasser and put them in a more public place like a mall or restaurant and you will not encounter the same experience, even though the hatred is still there. Make sense?

Answer 6

Race relations are always a difficult thing to understand. I live on a mixed street - mostly hispanic, some black, and a few white people, all mixed economically between middle and lower incomes. I've noticed that on my street during the day, people in the same economic strata mix pretty readily, but at night everyone goes in their house or sticks to the front porches of their same-race neighbor.

My college-professor friend, who dresses for class in a dress shirt and tie, had campus security called on him by the dean of another department as he walked to his car after night class. She was an elderly white woman, and called the campus police "frightened of the large black man walking at night to the parking lot." It's sort of a running joke to him now, but it's pathetic that it happened, and that things like that continue to happen. In this area, though, I have sadly come to expect things like that.

My sister and I wound up having to leave a friends party early the other night because we were feeling pretty uncomfortable. My & my baby's red hair were drawing a lot of looks and nobody was coming over to talk to us except our friend. If my sister had been there by herself, she probably would have been ok, but I stood out in the room so badly...Gabino was disappointed, but I think he knew we had to go or his family would have started getting mad.

So I guess what I'm saying is that even though your personal opinions & feelings may not be racist, you can't tell what the other guy or gal is thinking.

Answer 7

one reason is that you have 2 or 3 generations in the black community,,, to grow up with the attitude, that they will take what they want,, you also have this in whites .
no one has ever started to teach these young comeing up , right from wrong... that is sad. ... these kids grow up in a ..... give me attitude,,, then you also have black leaders that stand up and talk about how the white man is holding them back,,,, about 3 weeks ago a black leader stated .. that all white people needed to be exterimated from this earth.... you have attitudes like this ,, it just breeds more hatered.
one thing that sticks in my mind, is on the 9/11 .. when the terriost struct us... there was a poll taken later,, that showed 94% of the nation ,,, all colors,, came togather
as one... why can't that work all the time????

Answer 8

Probably for the same reason that a black cannot walk down a "white" street without getting threatened!

Answer 9

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Answer 10

probably the same reason i couldn't go into any school or store without being harassed when i was younger haha. and yeah black people seem to be more "racist" but we are just more verbal about it. Caucasian people just say stuff to one another and keep it a secret. but whatever, that's America lol.

Answer 11

A lot of this is conditioning by the media and by racists. While there is certainly room for situational awareness (is this also a high-crime neighborhood? Just being black doesn't make it so), it also helps to stop thinking of people by their color and as you're walking think of them as people--"there are some teenagers playing ball, there's a mom with her kids," etc. Once you're focused more on your commonalities than your differences, neither you nor they will feel as foreign.