Black people.

The first thing I think is 'Look a person'! It's lonely here in the backwoods.

Just kidding. I size them up the same way I size up white people, green people, and every other color. There's racism everywhere, but that was one thing I learned to appreciate in the army. You don't care so much about the color of a person's skin as you do their work ethic. If we're all rowing the same direction, I don't care if you're right or left handed, just that you're doing your part.

 

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i think hey cool theres some variety around here

 

Haha variety IS pretty happy!

It seems like the true focus should simply be on equality, instead of various "reverse-racism"-type ideas designed to push the scales in the other direction. Racism isn't the problem of one particular group. The onus is not entirely on one group to either shape up or to "get over it"--it's on everyone. It's a human problem. Just treat everyone well--it's just my experience but from what I've seen a lot of people in my life with prejudice also tend to treat people with the same skin color pretty poorly as well. That's the root of it, yeah?

 

In the wrong neighborhood black people get the dirtiest looks, like they are out of their place. I don't know but it disgusts me how a majority of these are white people, don't get me wrong other ethnicity's also take predispositions on blacks but the white people here (in a predominantly rich suburban area) hate blacks. They don't do it directly but in an underlying subliminal way, besides that when i see a black person i say "watup!"

I grew up in a bad/mixed neighborhood, cultural boundaries didn't exist. The moment i got thrown into a "richer" neighborhood i was exposed to a lot of racism.

 

i've had pretty much the opposite experience. i've lived in all sorts of areas, and the only time i came across a significant amount of racism was when i lived on the edge of the ghetto.

 

It might have been because i got thrown into that mix, sort of like an outsider. Or maybe we're just experience two sides of the same cultural predispositions. In the ghetto everyone is in the same melting pot, living in a richer neighborhood i felt like everyone tried to classify me and put me in a category.

 

Personally I think the whole 'black, white, whatever' labels are super lame-ass...when I'm not in the south people are always asking me what my ethnic background is, where I'm from, etc. When I'm in the South I feel a lot more judged. People quickly put labels on others here...like if you're black, you have to dress a certain way, talk a certain way, if you don't dress or talk that way, then you want to be white...

For me it depends on my mood. If a see a stereotypical dark person all thugged out...I try to ignore them...if I see someone who looks like an individual, I will speak to them or give a nice gesture. When I was very young I heard all the time that you have to be careful around white people and that white people were not to be trusted. In my family they experienced a lot of racism and have been very slow to recognize that things have changed.

However I always told myself and believed that I wouldn't look for problems and be paranoid about how others are judging me or rather I'm being discriminated against. I have seen in recent years that the media has perpetuated some kind of reverse racist thing and I find it super annoying...also the self-hatred in the "black" diorama is obvious to me...a lot of people are in denial about how they feel about themselves and their race, because they are sufficiently brainwashed by the culture they follow and the mainstream media.

I'm actually surprised these comments are as mature as they are...as I remember some years ago there were lots of actually blatantly racist comments on similar threads to this. I know there are definitely still racist people in the world, and I think most of them are the types who are glued to the TV and can't think for themselves...they're following someone else's agenda unknowingly.

 

I like it when I see black people in Australia, it shows how much more diverse it's getting. I don't have any prejudgements about black people other than african-americans though, who I think are cool. Just the way they talk, what they wear, I guess it's kind of a novelty, but I like it.

 

this thread needs to be renamed, 'people' end of debate

 

I'm black. Horray

 

I'm Rinso white, I'm in-vis-i-ble....

 

There was one time when I was working with a black guy, and he was beyond lazy. I tolerated it patiently for several weeks, but my patience eventually waned to nada. I learned first hand from that man what it means to be a ******. My coworkers knew I wasn't prejudiced, but one of them candidly told me one time look, sorry to say, but that guy is nothing but a blue gum. I said I hate to say it, but I think you're right. I have to remember, and I think many of us do, keeping MLK's message in mind: judge not on skin color, but on content of character. I needed to remember to not try to let those with bad character pass just because they are a different color in as much as the wrong idea that I am supposed to accommodate people based solely on the fact they are a different color.

 

The strange looks might be due to something other than race unless you live somewhere where Black people are VERY rare. I don't know who knows all Black people so whoever is saying you don't act like most Blacks maybe watches too much TV or listens to too much media. Stupid people stereotype, maybe.

I'm Black and when I see a Black person, there is no usual first thought that comes to mind. My first thought about a person is based on the individual.

 

I don't judge people based on their skin colour.

I judge them on the way they dress/talk/act... Much more accurate.