Why are some white ppl afraid of becoming a minority?

Question

I feel that I'm going to have a hard time wording this so I'll try my best:

When I'm on the internet I'll see white ppl typing about how they're becoming a minority and they're all up in arms about it. There are some ppl who say whites are the minority now. Soon after I see post about how minorities get special rights. (which cancels out the statement of whites being a minority cause if they were they would be getting the special rights they are saying other races get)

Why are there some white ppl who are afraid of being the minority? Why are there some white ppl who feel that they are in the minority now when they are, quite obviously, in the majoroity?

I'm just curious. I'm not trying to be mean, and I'm sorry if I'm coming off that way.

Answer 1

Because they don't want to be treated like the minorities have always been treated....what goes around comes around! lol

Answer 2

I don't really understand your question, since I've never read or heard anything about "whites" being afraid of being the minority. I don't know if you mean as a nation as a whole, or a specific region or city.
I moved to TN to be closer to my family and when I applied to TSU, I found out that I (being white) was in the minority, and was eligible for a scholarship there because of it. It was a good surprise, but a surprise none the less to be in a minority slot. I wasn't unhappy about it, and had a blast at TSU. So, I don't know why you say that whites are quite obviously the majority. There are plenty of places where whites are not.
I've never met anyone white who mentioned the concerns you do. If you know where you read those things, could you post them for the rest of us to read? I would be interested in where this idea is coming from.
And personally, although I appreciate the delicacy of your question, turning this into a "whites" vs. everyone else issue isn't something I like to see. How are we suppose to mesh well as a society if we keep bringing race up as a dividing factor?
The people who think that whites (or any race, for that matter) should be majority all the time are dying out, and their followers are becoming few and far between. One day they will all be gone, and good riddance!

Answer 3

Isn't it clear? The white people who are upset they will become a minority are racists with bad consciences and don't want to have the tables turned on them. They are afraid that "you" will outnumber "us" and then treat "us" the way we treated "you". That "we" won't be in control anymore, but "you" will. Why do you think all the whites moved out of the cities in the 50s/60s? Whites started to see more non-whites around and got scared they would lose control over the neighbourhood, so they packed off for the hills. The idea of being surrounded by a lot of non-white people probably still scares the s... the socks off of those racist whites with guilty consciences, the same whites that are afraid of being outnumbered by "you".

(PS Judging from the thumbs-downs I think I have been misunderstood here -- but come on, you can't say the asker here is lying or is not right for noticing that there are "some white people who are afraid of being the minority". Come on, you must live on Sesame Street if you don't think that's true. I am originally from the US and live in Europe now. Some -- no, plenty of Europeans are afraid that they will be the minority, that immigrants from Africa and the Middle East and Romanis from Eastern Europe will move in and procreate with greater fervour than the Euros -- not difficult considering the average number of children per family is 1.7 -- and outnumber the whites. Their angst is perhaps a little more complicated than that of the "some white people" in the US who are afraid of being outnumbered -- national, religious and racial identity are all very tightly tied together and the prospect that this can change radically does frighten plenty of white Christian Europeans).

Not mean, just honest. IMHO.

Answer 4

Well, the world is changing every day. Don Imus was on the radio for 40 years saying all kinds of bullshit and now he isn't. He may be back though. Some white people believe that they control the world and that they and there kind are responsible for whatever goes on in society; the world even. It is kind of difficult to not feel that way when other countries look to our country to solve their problems. We cannot be everyone's daddy, but some of them(white ppl) feel that they should. It basically comes down to people being afraid of change. The hardest thing for anyone to do is change something about themselves. They are use to doing things a certain way. There are still some people out there who think they are superior to others because of the color of their skin.

Answer 5

Physically, it's happening, though slowly.

Socially, it is already here. It's not hard to see that a lot of minorities get special "things" because of their race, and whites have to suck it up cause they're just.. white.. and the majority.

It's more of a social minority really, not a physical one. That's what most of them are really referring to.

Answer 6

You are pretty smart, you got me thinking. Um... I think that white ppl(I like your abbriviation) such as myself sometimes feel in the minority even when they are not becuase at least for me, at school there are way more whites then blacks, the blacks tend to take control and conqure the student body. which is no problem, I'm not racist but they tend to have no problem showing their feelings. Again I am not racist and this was a great question!!!!!

Answer 7

Minority times three! Here's why:

1. I am black

2. I am a black male who has not been to jail and is in college

3. I am a short male, 5 foot 1 for those who must know

Answer 8

I am white and to be honest i don't think about the subject. peoples race is not an issue for me.frankly i could care less if i was a minority or majority.

Answer 9

Hey I agree with you but until everyone stops looking at ppl as minority's that's just the way it is. One day we will have mixed are self together so much we will be the same color and know one will be a minority until then we just have to exist.

Answer 10

I have never worried about it. I have been in a lot of places around the world, in some very different cultures. It has never bothered me to be the only whatever in the crowd.

I am not real sensitive about that. I just kind of blend in (as much as I can). I have never felt that I was being ostracised or rejected in another culture.

Answer 11

I would say that the ones that are all up in arms about it are realizing the hardships that they put on minorities now and in the past, and are afraid that we will have to go through the same thing. Just my opinion though.