I know what you mean. I am black and i am not racist. i think that my facebook racial split is like 50/50 LOL.
Some black people are more sensitive to racism than others. Unfortunately EVERYTHING is a conspiracy theory to them and its really annoying to be around. I hate that because they always ask me " did you notice this?" "did you notiece that?" and I totally dont see it the way that they do. It can be as simple as a white person saying that they have a taste for watermelon and the black person who is sensitive goes bizerk as if white people dont like watermelon.
On the flip side, i believe that there are a lot of white and black racist people period. I work in sales and i love my job. My territory is primarily suburban however i have a portion of my territory where there is an enormous middle eastern influence. It is amazing to me when a white co worker will make a comment about hating to deal with Arabs to me. The first thing i think is I wonder if he hates dealing with blacks as well?
All in all, people are going to do what they are going to do. there are stereotypes about every race that have truth to them. For instance, I love watermelon and fried chicken with hot sauce LOL. I once had a white manager though who loved soul food. we developed a close relationship and could talk freely amongst each other. When i got promoted and it was my last day, he took me out to lunch. His wife and daughter met us there. He said something to me that will stick with me forever. He said " i know that i can say and have said just about everything to you. I wanted to tell you that when i first found out that you were going to be working for me i was nervous. I previously had really really bad experiences working with black people and specifically black men. You have helped me out so much in that area by being open to dialogue and i have tremendous respect for you. " I say that to say that for there to be progress, everyone has to be open minded and committed to making a difference.
Well, usually when I was around black men who talked that way, I would just ask to change the subject and we would end up getting along fine. It's a habit, they have grown accustomed to looking for racism in all and everything. They surely didn't hate me enough, as a white man, to not have a good conversation with me anyway.
I see it much as feminists who have grown the habit of seeing sexism everywhere. Sometimes it's unwarranted but women's rights would have never advanced so much without that attitude.
IIN that black people think that everyone's racist..?
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I know what you mean. I am black and i am not racist. i think that my facebook racial split is like 50/50 LOL.
Some black people are more sensitive to racism than others. Unfortunately EVERYTHING is a conspiracy theory to them and its really annoying to be around. I hate that because they always ask me " did you notice this?" "did you notiece that?" and I totally dont see it the way that they do. It can be as simple as a white person saying that they have a taste for watermelon and the black person who is sensitive goes bizerk as if white people dont like watermelon.
On the flip side, i believe that there are a lot of white and black racist people period. I work in sales and i love my job. My territory is primarily suburban however i have a portion of my territory where there is an enormous middle eastern influence. It is amazing to me when a white co worker will make a comment about hating to deal with Arabs to me. The first thing i think is I wonder if he hates dealing with blacks as well?
All in all, people are going to do what they are going to do. there are stereotypes about every race that have truth to them. For instance, I love watermelon and fried chicken with hot sauce LOL. I once had a white manager though who loved soul food. we developed a close relationship and could talk freely amongst each other. When i got promoted and it was my last day, he took me out to lunch. His wife and daughter met us there. He said something to me that will stick with me forever. He said " i know that i can say and have said just about everything to you. I wanted to tell you that when i first found out that you were going to be working for me i was nervous. I previously had really really bad experiences working with black people and specifically black men. You have helped me out so much in that area by being open to dialogue and i have tremendous respect for you. " I say that to say that for there to be progress, everyone has to be open minded and committed to making a difference.
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Well, usually when I was around black men who talked that way, I would just ask to change the subject and we would end up getting along fine. It's a habit, they have grown accustomed to looking for racism in all and everything. They surely didn't hate me enough, as a white man, to not have a good conversation with me anyway.
I see it much as feminists who have grown the habit of seeing sexism everywhere. Sometimes it's unwarranted but women's rights would have never advanced so much without that attitude.