I got my new white pages phone book and needed to look up a number of an African American. It was not there. I then proceeded to lookup a few more African Americans I know and they weren’t there either.
Is there a separate phone book for African Americans?
2007-05-17 02:16:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Maybe they dont want stupid white kids calling so they have their numbers unlisted
2007-05-17 02:19:23 · answer #1 · answered by elijahjaye 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No. Maybe all the African Americans you know have unlisted numbers?
They're just called the "white pages" because the border around the text is white. White pages are just used for residential listings. Yellow pages are used for advertisements. Blue pages are generally for government listings.
The whole point of coloring pages is so that you can quickly, at a glance, know which part of the phone book you need to use.
2007-05-17 02:20:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To call the white pages "residential" would not, strictly speaking, be accurate, since they are normally an alphabetical list containing both residential AND business numbers. One or two English-speaking countries actually use slightly different terminology. For example, in the Republic of Ireland they use the same white and yellow to distinguish between the sections (or volumes) but the yellow pages are referred to as "Golden Pages."
2016-03-19 07:12:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... the white pages are on white paper as opposed to the yellow colored paper of the yellow pages. Hmm, this is for standard telephone books from the mainstream telephone companies. If you got the "White Pages" from some other source, who knows?
2007-05-17 02:21:00 · answer #4 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hillarious! - No, sweetheart. The "white" pages is a listing of (mainly) residential listings of all multi-cultural backgrounds, including African Americans. Try finding a listing for your friend online instead. Perhaps at www.switchboard.com
2007-05-17 02:21:29 · answer #5 · answered by jackrrabitt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-01-24 10:18:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You dont HAVE to be in the phone book if dont want to. You just tell the phone company and pay a fee, and you will not appear in the phone book.
2007-05-17 02:45:47 · answer #7 · answered by Millie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No this is not what the "white pages" means silly man!
To follow that "logic",
when you looked up African American names in the "black pages" you couldn't see the writing,cause it would have to be written on "black" paper and you couldn't read the black lettering! ( or it would have to be written in white lettering...
and the "yellow pages"would be for Asians...
I think your just pulling everyones leg here..you can't be serious
2007-05-17 02:21:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"White pages" refers to the color of paper on which it is printed. Early phone books used "white" paper for the regular customers and "yellow" paper for the commercial customers to make it easier to separate them. Thus the phrases "white pages" and "yellow pages".
2007-05-17 02:21:42 · answer #9 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is called.....having an option of you number being listed or unlisted!
Goodness.........a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
2007-05-17 04:56:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋