Why do people refuse to learn African-American history and yet make judgement about African Americans?

Question

I am so tired of the racially motivated questions on Yahoo Answers that are filled with ignorant answers from people who obviously have not done research. Why is it that people who are not African American feel that they can psycho-analayze the black race? Why is racism in this country referred to as something that ended 200 years ago with the end of slavery when the Civil Rights movement occured in the 50's-60's? My mother fought segregation in schools and was involved in sit-ins to gain equal rights. So why do people continue to refer to these injustices as ending so long ago? Just last year one of my friends was picked up in my neighborhood (an upper middle class neighborhood) and told to get his "black a** out of the neighborhood and that he didn't belong" by a police officer. So before my "race" is accused of whining about what was committed by the long gone ancestors of Caucasians in this country, to our ancestors in this country... do research first. Search Emmett Till.

Answer 1

Ignorance & feeling superior are the parts of mob psychology & "system" always feed the mob with flaborgusted data & fictitious stories...and most of us, never go to the roots,unfortunately,gulp this....

Answer 2

Why would your friend be picked up in a neighbourhood that has black people living in it, surely the officer would assume he lived there( i'm gobsmacked).Racism is ugly, and has been used against people of all races,not only black,oddly racism against a white doesn't count here in the UK.
I do agree with you however that there is no need for all the racial slurs,it seems people come on this site just to stir.

Answer 3

It takes no education and no effort whatsoever to judge. It takes an open mind, a willingness to let go of long-held beliefs, and courage, to educate oneself. Perhaps you are fortunate enough to have been indoctrinated in those precepts. If your mother fought segregation as you say, then you are also well acquainted with the abundance of ignorance within the general population. You'll have to seek a higher institution than Yahoo answers if you want to reach a more enlightened group of people.

This is Yahoo answers, not Berkley answers.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I know nothing about african american history, for that matter, i know nothing about europien history either. white people arnt from here either.
i do know this. raceism as a whole is gone, as a whole. there are still many many many racest people around. my roomates being 2 of them. oh, im sorry, he isent racist, he just doesent like black people. the freakin moron.

the fact that your skin has a different tone, and slightly different features has absolutly nothing to do with how people act.
jail an crime statistics mean absolute crap.
the reason anyone, black or white, acts the way they do, is because of how they were raised, period. if people are raised (a parent is responcible for knowing who their chiled hangs out with and is effected by) to act a certain way, they will act that way when they are older.

parents that just punish their kid when they do wrong, not teach their children what is right and wrong is, are horible parents. period.
if you dont teach your kids, you only punish your kids when they do wrong, they will learn one thing and one thing only. dont get caught. when they are older, they will do the same thing with the law.

for all you horible parents, white, black, or any other race, please stop being freakin morons and teach your children about right and wrong. this way when they are not around you, they will know the difference in right and wrong and chose right because its the right thing to do, not just because mommy will make daddy beat me when i get home.

that said,

good people can raise bad kids if that good person does not instill their good in the child by teaching them, not punishing them.

Answer 6

because people just like to talk about stuff they no nothing about ................. which is the point of your theoretical question

Answer 7

i know enough about the black, thanks any way