What are the effects of white-on-black racism on white people?
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Thats an interesting question. I get aggravated by white people who are ignorant with claiming black people are any different than they are simply because their skin is a different color.\n\nAnd I get annoyed when the whole "we didn't make blacks slaves" arguement comes up too.   It's true I personally had nothing to do with slavery, and never would condone anything like it. Which is why when American jobs go to Mexico to be done in (Later reported) sweatshops I get upset that it is another form of abuse of those less fortunate than us to benefit American companies.\n\nI try to not let it effect me, and always put items in perspective of fairness, regardless of race. But when I hear a white person demean a black person in calling them a ni**er, I am the first to say, that's not right, and get offended, because whites have no reson, other than their altered upbringing, to believe there is a difference in people other than culture.
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Maybe if you have ever experienced racism you would see.It is not unfounded,I have seen questions like "do all mexicans have diseases?" And the "SWARM from Mexico....."These are things that some white ppl do not see as being derogatory.But I certaintly do.I have experienced it first hand ,all the time.Especially lately,wonder why.I had a job where I experienced daily.It sux.
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To yell about how "whitey" has ruined stuff as much as possible. That pretty much sums up the activities of the NAACP - the most racist organization on Earth.
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its sickening how poorly white people are treated.\n tisk tisk
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This is kind of off the subject. But I had a friend in high school. White as can be. White white. Really White...small cowboy town White. She listened to nothing but hip-hop/rap. She eventually started telling people that she was not white....she was Mexican. Then it changed from Mexican to African American. And pretty soon she did not even want to hang around with white people anymore. I still talk to her (going on 10 years) ....she still tells people she is not white...but mixed something or another. So maybe...she was brain washed a little bit...no...maybe a sh** load. BUT I AM NOT SAYING THAT IS A BAD THING! SHE IS HAPPY...FINE BY ME! I am not racist... peace
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i agree with you...to a point, but, rather, I believe it is the black people who HATE the white people; I'm a very nice, welcoming, happy person who likes EVERYONE...unless they give me a reason not to. And most often, i find the majority of black people doNOT like white people; they don't smile back--they glare. Or they just look at a white person with hatred on their face. This happens every week, at the least. It also bothers me that I live in a white upper middle class neighborhood and...suddenly, a few black people have moverd around there...i always smile at them, especially because the most often put their heads down, like they don't want to be noticed, or anyone to, i dunno, burn a cross on their lawn...i say people are people, i don't care whWHAT color you are!
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Hi: First I want to thank you for asking this question. To me, it is ovious that some white people have treated you and your relatives/friends in an awful way. I am white. My friend Barbara was a wonderful person. She tried to help me and be there for me as much as she could. It was crazy because I remember this time that we went to the park for a walk. She said you should see the people giving us looks. It wasn't just white people. Unfortunately though she passed away. I miss her very much. She was black. To me she was a beautiful friend, caring person, and the best listener that I have ever known. I am sorry that people have treated you badly. ("WHITE") people have treated you bad. I love all people not like I am a psycho person or whatever to me people are truly wonderful. We all have unique qualities that make us individuals. Why can't we just be there for each other and stop focusing on a race thing?
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What does being white have to do with it?
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racism is a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race\nor racial prejudice or discrimination \nSo if you jsut don't like a certain person that is black or a diffreent color but you don't ahte all of them then no.
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Your english is fine. Far better than my spanish.\n\nYes, racism and ignorance is a problem in most countries in the world, including the US.\n\nIs it worse there than others? I don't know, I'm Canadian.\n\nI suspect the problem is more of one of distribution of wealth than simply race. It is a sad truth that even in a world with no racism, its easier for the poor to stay poor and the rich richer. Say you have 3000,000 people who used to be slaves and you free them but give them no money whatsoever. Even if the world is not racist, how likely is it that many generations later those peope are still poorer than those who actually were not put in the said situation? Once you factor in racism, the situation gets worse but, well you know.\n\nObviously there is racism in the US. Is it really the only problem that causes the symptoms one sees? I wonder. If only the world could be a simple place but it isn't. It is not black and white but more grey.
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That is so admirable that you were able to persevere in that situation.  I would like to thank you for fighting racism in the most productive way possible.\n\nI am white, but I too have experienced racism.  My best friend is black, and many people assumed that we were dating.  There were many people who would not talk to me or even look at me- mostly black women and white men.\n\nAnother time, I asked my neighbor (black) to turn down his music because we could not hear the TV in our own apartment.  One of the guys came out and called me a "white c*nt" and said that if he were listening to country I would not mind the music and several other mean and disrespectful things.  He had me cornered and I was not able to get away.  As soon as I got into my apartment and locked the door, I started crying.  I cried a little because of fear, a little out of anger, but mostly because of the extreme display of how much hatred one person can show to another with the smallest provocation.\n\nRacism is an ugly thing.  I think that it weakens our country more than terrorism ever could.  It's like a virus from the inside whereas terrorism is like an attack from the outside.  I long for the day when we all call ourselves Americans instead of black, white, or whatever.
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careful, pointing out undeniable factual differences between blacks and whites is racist didn't you know that?
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Racism is hatred of a group of people because they are of a certain race, nationality, or creed.\n\nIts bad because you are hating someone because of something they cannot change or have no control over.  It would be like people hating you for having blue eyes, or for having freckles.\n\nIf youre in doubt if feeling a certain way about someone is bad, put yourself in their shoes for a moment.  If you dont like people thinking of you like you think of other people, thats a good sign that what youre feeling toward them is bad.
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Racial discrimination exists and both socially and at workplace... \nThe following  is an episode featured on oprah's show that i myself had watched..\nDaniel, a barber from London, is one of few black men who actually knows what it's like to be white. Daniel conducted a radical race experiment. Through prostetics and makeup, he posed as a white man for three months.\n\n"I was invisible all of a sudden," Daniel says. "I walked down the streets of London, and people didn't watch what I was doing, where I was in location to them, where I was in location to their pocketbook or their car. The other difference I found is when I go to shops, that's when they did look at you. They put the change in your hand rather than slam it on the counter and look to the next person. There's a difference in interaction."\n\nAnother lesson Daniel learned was not to completely hold stock in his prejudices. In disguise as a white man, Daniel went to the dog races and chatted with a kind spectator. The man was someone whom normally Daniel would have judged to be a threat for a black man. When Daniel returned later as himself, the man treated him equally as kind.\n\n"It made me question myself," Daniel says. "I have to look about how I look at other people and how I judge a whole race or a whole group of people, and if I don't want them to do that to me, then I can't do that to them. It made me look the other way."
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NO all of that comes from people who have a need to whine about something and be treated better because they are of a different racial background.  The people who accuse whites of being racist and greedy are the actual racists and are hypocrites.
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Yes.......as a white Southern male I've seen and experienced racism, myself. I've been excluded, leered at, screamed at and taken advantage of. I've felt fear and have had to protect myself. I've been taxed unfairly to pay for racially-motivated legislation. My work AND home neighborhoods have been targeted by minorities to rob and vandalize.\n\nMy city has suffered the ravages of bus sing and unfair teacher retention based on race. I have been discriminated  against in employment because of my race and high level of education and general achievement.\n\nAlthough my race is TEMPORARILY in the majority, here, I cannot take my grievances to any court because the majority is not "protected"..........while the minorities are protected in court as a "persecuted minority".\n\nThe State University that I was attending was totally disbanded and then occupied by court-order by an historically minority university that has deliberately thumbed its nose at the friendly courts and refused to integrate the requested 27%.....and until this day has decreased its population of white students down below 9%.\n\nHowever, I am not bitter. I love it here in my city and hope that any/all minorities that have misunderstood the majority stance on these subjects will come to some common-sense reassessments of their positions.\n\nI hope for peace and prosperity for all of my fellow Southern citizens.......with plenty of happiness and health thrown in for good measure.
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I think it would depend on the attitude of the individual.  Factors that would play an influencing part are the type of society they are raised in and the individuals background.  History can still instill racist overtones in some people, that would depend on the individuals own perpective and feelings about that particular race they are learning about...I know many aboriginal people here in australia who hate white people cos of the cruelty their ancestors endured when the british arrived in 1770.  History can intensify emotions and their own experiences are the cornerstone of their whole being and thinking.