Have you ever been out to a place where you were the only white person or black person and felt UN welcome?

Question

This question is one that i want some good feedback on. growing up in louisiana i was the one kid who always hung out with his white football buddies. sometimes we would got to parties were i was just watched like a blood stain on a fur coat. why do people do this? do you find yourslef doing this to people of others races when they come to your local hangouts or etc? Have you ever been in a situation(white or black) were you was the only person there to defend your race from people bad mouthing your race with nasty jokes? i have been there and done that. are you the people who commit these things? do you find humor in making fun of other races when no one of that race is around? Do you hide your ignorance when they come around or do you joke at them? Do you cover it up when your the small fish in a big pond? Lets see some good answers America

Answer 1

I can't say that I ever have. I HAVE gone into a store with one of my black friends and seen the clerk follow us around like my friend was going to steal something, so I didn't go back to that store again because of that. (This was a store I shopped at on a fairly regular basis and was NEVER followed like that when I was alone!) I have friends that are black, white, gay, straight, etc. and have never felt uncomfortable around any of them. I love people for who they are in their hearts, NOT what color their skin is or who they date. I am white, but have several bi-racial nieces, nephews, aunts, cousins, and THE most adorable bi-racial granddaughter that ever could be! I don't tolerate disrespect towards others in ANY form, and I especially don't tolerate foul / nasty jokes! If you were among friends who were doing this, then they weren't truly your friends and I'm sorry. Life experiences are funny enough (just listen to Mark Lowry or Chonda Pierce tell about them!) - we don't have to bad mouth others for a laugh.

Answer 2

Hell No! I have been the only Black person at so many functions until it's not even that serious! I blend everywhere I go. I look white people right in the eye when speaking or listening. They do not intimidate me. Any time a sista from the New York/New Jersey area can move to Texas for 7 years and look those country bumpkins in the eye and have them bow their heads to me, you know I am a bad mamajama! I got so tired of them bowing at my feet I had to come on back home where it was more of a challenge. LOL!

Answer 3

Dude all the time. I'm white and my neighborhood is 95% black. I also installed cable and 95% of the people's house i went to were black. Now most of the time everyone is cool, but you can tell alot of the time by the way they look at you they are thinkin something like "look at this cracker *** white boy up in here". Sometimes they also like to talk to you in a nerdy white boy voice to make fun of you, so I respond in an ignorant sounding ghetto voice with my words all slurred to punch back. Hey, they started it not me. For the most part though, people generally treat one another as human beings regardless of skin color, you just have those few assholes in there, white or black or brown or whatever.

Answer 4

got stuck in the middle of nowhere Mississippi... I was the only white face I saw all day... I experienced both negative and positive... clearly there was some danger, I was told this by folks in the store I went into... that was where I experienced the positive... very nice and helpful people... I was told that it would be best if I moved my truck down the road and was told where a safe place to park was... It was very bluntly stated that if I stayed where I was parked I would be attacked in the night... this was blacks saying this about other blacks... and the guy who owned the business who let me park in a secure area was black... and he bought me breakfast the next morning...
I have found, in most cases, that being a genuinely polite and reasonable person will get you by most anywhere... I have been alone, as one of my race, in many different ethnic cultures, In the middle east and north Africa, Central and south America... the greatest danger I have ever felt was in all black areas of the US... with the exception of an incident in the west bank and once in Turkey...... But I have also had many very pleasant interactions with Those of African decent even in the US.... I even was close enough to a very fine young lady, who just happened to be black, in my youth who I would have definatly concidered marrage potential... If I had had more time to develope the relationship... we got on fine... and Her momma liked me... but Uncle Sam decided to seperate us and she got on with her life.

Answer 5

Just ignore everyone. everybody. Trust me, it's easy. I can walk into a room and not even notice everyone in it but myself even I meant to do that. I've never been in your situation. I do get where you are coming from. They may think you're weak or something. People usually talk about what matters around me or to me. Because I'm pretty serious. Some people might stare at you. That's probably the only thing I've gotten. But let them stare all they want. I'm proud of who I am and my looks. I always walk with confidence even in a room full of white people.

Answer 6

I work in the ghetto, and I do feel discriminated against when I walk into a drugstore after work to buy a bottle of water or something like that. I try to brush it off because I know that discrimination is the same for all races - wherever you go, there is always going to be one part of town where your race is looked down on and you're going to feel discriminated

Answer 7

I dated a guy from Trinidad. He would take me around his family and I was the only white person. All of the women would eyeball me constantly, and all of his old nasty uncles would make comments to me about what they would do to me if I weren't there with my boyfriend. Not once did anyone try to engage me as if I were a regular person. I definitely felt like a circus freak, something to be stared at and regarded as subhuman. I try to deal with everyone the same way just as if they are just the same as me--I think we are all more alike than not. I don't necessarily run up to someone new, but I definitely don't act like they should be ashamed of themselves....

Answer 8

I am a white male, and being the only one of my race in a crowd happens fairly often to me. Maybe I'm incredibly naive, (although somehow I've made it to 50), but I've never felt unwelcome or uncomfortable. I just try to get along....

Answer 9

I'm from the south, we have all colors and race here. I'm white and I don't really find color as an issue for me. I've been in a few places where I'm the only "white" girl, but I've never let it get to me. If someone has a problem with my skin color, well it's just that--"there problem" Life's to short to let color rule your life. God bless.

Answer 10

Try being the only white guy amongst 9 black women (wife and inlaws) talk about getting looks.