Who suffers greater discrimination?

Question

In the US.

Young white women or young black men?

In terms of educational opportunities, economic opportunities, and social standing?

And, why do you so answer?

Answer 1

As a group I would have to say young black men... As a young white woman in a male dominated career field I have felt discrimination (having a man once tell me he would not take answers from me because "what does a woman know about it") Anyway, for me, these instances have been few and far between. In contrast, there are many stigmas (although you may think it is unfair you have to acknowledge they exist) attached to being a young black male in the United States -violence, players, gangs etc... I have never had trouble getting a cab, I have no problem finding help when I need it, and I have never been pulled over for being in the "wrong" neighborhood.

Answer 2

Everyone in the world suffers some time of discrimination so depending on what the situation is then it can be determined...
In education I see that there are way more opportunities for minorities overall...
In economic opportunities I'd say is equal since a woman can be discriminated for being a woman (wether white or black or whatever) and a young black man for his race...
Social Standing... once again depending on where you are, if you are a young white woman living in a predominant african american neighborhood or attend social gatherings they suffer discrimination same if the senario was reversed...
Overall I think its mostly yourself that can hold you back, because even though there are ignorant people in the world you don't have to feed into the stigma and prove people's pre-conceptions of you right... However it is a shame that you have to work toward something to prove yourself just because others ruin it for you.

Answer 3

Historically, since you asked and insist on comparing racial differences, young black men I feel suffer the greater discrimination. True, starting out, the playing field is greater but depending on the region of the world, chances are the racial profiling begins at an early age. To no fault of their own, however, society seems to feel that it is their duty to rationalize, categorize, demoralize everything. Oh I have pity on those that seem to feel that "we are only doing this for your own good" ideas and thoughts will soon backfire when the tables are turned.
Society "expects" young black men to become basketball players, track stars, rappers, incarcerated, etc. They never expect them to be great leaders, president, doctors, lawyers; it isn't the "norm".
I only wish for one day, everyone could change places just to see why there are racial indifferences, gender inequalities, and other labels being placed on people. Bottom line, you're either a person or an animal and I can't understand that while this is 2007, we still have inequalities.

Answer 4

I would have to say young white women. At least in the case of my child. She likes to play baseball but last season she meet with nothing but discrimination. She has been playing for three years on a inner city youth baseball team. She was the only girl in the program last year and was treated terribly by her coach and his assistant. The only requirement to play was to pay your fee and show up for try outs so you could be seperated onto equally numbered teams. The coaches pick players by taking turns I guess. There are no qualifications as far as ability required to participate.
She was not even put in to play in the first game. The rules stated all players are supposed to have equal time in field and out. She had no time. When I confronted the coach as to why she was not allowed to play he said the other team wasn't rotating their players. He said to ask. So I went over and did ask letting the other team know she was not being played. They said they followed the rules and rotated all their players equally. Everyone was playing on their team. To make a long story short she did eventually get to play but not without going to the head of the program and threatening legal action. He finally talked to her coach and said equal play for equal pay.
I am very proud of my daughters stamina, she took more garbage then most people would. She didn't let it bother her. I can not begin to tell you how many times we heard the assistant coach telling the boys "you hit like a girl."

Then there was the time when my daughter first started baseball, a few years back. She came home from school and says the boy she had been practicing catching with the day before was sad, at school today. His dad told him he can't play catch with the girl any more. They were seven and eight year old children being taught discrimination by an adult. How sad is that?

Fortunately our daughter has had a couple good coaches who are decent human beings and she loved playing baseball on their teams. Now we hope this year will be like those years and not like last year,as she wanted to play again. I am so proud of her!

For the record, I hate all forms of discrimination.
Anyone meet with discrimination suffers there is no measure for which is worse, non is acceptable.
Why do I answer this way? I would have to say discrimination is the immoral and unethical behavior of bigots.

Answer 5

I don't think either suffers greater than the other, except in social standing. Young black men suffer more from their own people the higher in society they climb. Black males have a bit more educational oppurtunities but only in higher education-dfinitely not at the grade school, or high school level due to zoning. More and more white males are being descriminated against due to "diversity policies". My brother can attest to that in a promotion he was turned down for. He was told point blank he was the best man for the job, but they had to have a certain gender/race ratio in management.

Answer 6

I don't think you should be trying to have a "who has it worse" competition between two oppressed groups. Nothing constructive can come from that.

We are equally oppressed in society. I feel that women and people of other races can identify with each other in the ways in which we are discriminated against. Granted, the discrimination against black people is more vocal than the discrimination agains women, but I think we all suffer on the same level.

When we meet someone, we are prejudged because we are women or black. They expect certain things from us based on sex or race. White women make 76.4 cents, and black men make 76.2 cents for every dollar that a white male makes. We both still get the shaft when it comes to jobs and promotions, despite Affirmative Action. And, white women make up 74% of the population over 60 living in poverty.

I say we both go through the same bullsh!t, just for different "reasons."

Answer 7

Young black men.
1. They are exposed to the draft (like all men)
2. Are unlikely to keep their children when divorce takes place (same for men)
3. are exposed to an in live partner taking advantage of Vawa
4. Have no equivalent of Vawa on their side to have an violent and later suing partner removed
5. Harder and longer jail times for the same identical crime. (and likehood of conviction).

Thumbs down for that ? America really loves the black dont they ?

Answer 8

I think that white males suffer the most. They can't get grants to start a business like women and minorites can. If a sexual harassament accusation is brought against them, no one believes the white man's side of the story. No lawyer will take the case, becuase they'd never win. This happened to my boyfriend....he and another girl were joking around, someone heard and reported them. He got fired even though the girl said it was a joke and she started it. He tried to get a lawyer and contest it...no one would take his case. They said that because he was a white male he'd never win. Sounds like discrimination to be. A white American male has the fewest advantages/benefits of anyone in this country.

Answer 9

As a white male I can only respond indirectly, by citing Shirley Chisholm who said in her life she experienced much more discrimination because she was a woman than because she was black.

Answer 10

Young black men, thanks to a ridiculous media and Hollywood as well as other influences we already have a silly preconceived notion of the young black male.