how do u feel about black people?
925551
I'm black and I say we are people too. Yes there are some black people that commit crimes, but there are people like that in other races too. I feel trully honored to be a young black woman in the world today. I'm proud about my race and heritage. But the one thing I can not stand, about some people of my own race is that the ones that don't use their education call the ones that do use theirs, acting white. I don't see how wanting to better yourself and secure your future is acting white. I mean I think more education anyone has should make them better off in the world. Because you can get great jobs and be able to take care of your family. So that is one of the things that I don't like about my own race. Another thing I can't stand is the fact that some people of my race seek out reasons and ways things are racist. I say if you go looking for it you will always get smacked in the face with it. I think a few of those people are being even more racist, because you are searching for reasons for someone to hate on you. I say everyone in the black community and myself included should just go and live life, if you are held back in one area find another arena to get involved in. But don't give up at all. Just keep striving forward more than ever before. But thats just how I see things.
658057
nickelodeon05, this is for you:\nYou obviously feel strongly about your race and racism. I understand you feeling the way you do, but look at it this way. You(you in general) call white people profound racial names such as cracker and honkey, but when a white person slips the forbidden N word out into the open, that person and everyone they're talking to is "gonna get popped". You said that an African American only calls a white person racist when he or she feels that they are being racist, but you forgot to mention that because of the past, you feel even a slight look into your eyes is a racial remark towards you. You said your youth wasn't alive when Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X were alive, but you ALSO weren't alive way back when there was enslaving and brutality to your race. It's funny how people only act by the bad things and not the good. Look what you fought for, are you showing respect for what you got, equality, by trying to push yourselves higher in the food chain by pulling guilt trips on white people? I know many intellegent African Americans who have gotten over the whole "you're white and I'm black so that means you're racist" thing. And what would you have done if some black thug kids started threatening your children in such a manor that it bothered you enough to say something? Honestly, Put yourself in someone else's shoes before you go discriminating against someone who just acted upon their instincts of protecting their children. \n\nI'm friends with a lot of skinheads, but I'm also friends with a lot of African Americans. I see the view point from both sides, and it's just a big stupid misunderstanding. When people start threatening small children, then that's just going too low. I have no idea why teens are going back to the ghetto and wanting to be thugs again. Their motives are not usually the best, and these kids just don't understand much about anything. Ignorance is the start of all wars.
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I will try and explain my feelings from the other side of the race card and hope it helps. When I was growing up race was a topic of better then they are, they are different and do bad things, and so on and so on to the point that I almost believed that black was almost evil. One day while working in a little Taco store in southwest Los Angeles when I was 16 years old I had 3 black men come up to the counter and rob me one hit me in the nose another held a gun to my face and he had no life in his eyes and his hand and gun was shaking, to say I was scared is a severe understatement. While the two guys got the car the other stood there with the gun in my face and me thinking I am dying that day with blood dripping on the counter wondering if I would hear the shot that would kill me. My partner that day at the taco stand was a black man we had a nice disagreement about 15 minutes before this took place on whose turn it was to sweep the lot that day and he lost. When he saw what was going on he came around the corner and hit the man in the face with the long handle heavy sweeper he was sweeping trash into and the guy dropped the gun and stumbled to the car his buddies were waiting in and they sped off with the money and me still alive. I asked my fellow worker afterward why he had done that, because honestly I don't think that I would have if the situation was reversed, and he told me he was not thinking he just knew he had to do it. \nI take a man or woman now and since that long ago day one at a time and honestly the color of his/her skin never comes into my mind, I think that is the greatest gift that one person can give to another and it was a black man who gave me a white man that gift. I wish I could give it to everyone.\nDon't fall into the race blame game there are good and bad in all races the only thing that makes a difference is what kind of person you are because really that is all you can control.
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They're coming up in America...I have noticed an  improvement in the black population as far as their demeanor is concerned. I have alot more respect for the black population today!
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first let me tell you that alot of blacks are scared of black people too...it's not a bad thing like you think the only thing that you need to do is stop listening to all the negative things those around you have to say and take the time to get to know some black people...just a few at a time in a mixed crowd...before to long you'll begin to realize that we are people just like you, and just like all races, there are good ones and there are bad ones...just give me a holla if you ever have any more questions...
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No, I don't...\nBut Teri...what does being black have to do with it? Nothing. If you're THAT kind of person, go to Africa and see how "safe" you feel there.
206014
i think it is a good show it show how a black person really has to deal with racism in everythng that they do. It also shows how easy the white people have it
190045
lol Jimbo72 I luv ur answer.  I work in a beauty supply 2, and I'm black (but people always mistake me for the Asian owner's daughter)  \n\nYes, black people ARE funny!  Whereas white people...just funny lookin'.  LOL That was a joke everyone, half of my friends are white and so is my cousin- love them all.  I bet we'd have a lot 2 talk about Jimbo72!  E-mail or I.M. me!  (rock_gypsy5)\n\nP.S. - I like the a$$ on winston_smith_amm
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all i know is that they are haters. Black people had a bad history and look at us now. They are still trying to put down on us....well there is nothing to put down on now. [ex questions i've witnessed:\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvtrRnnmeoJkUGXOlA4kincjzKIX?qid=20061101140754AA1alum\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AufXq.WIIiJ75BO9AnAa0WUjzKIX?qid=20060920075718AAOIyqr ]\n\ni mean. i love ALL people.....this is nonsense.
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I asked a friend of mine from Liberia this same question one day.The Africans feel that most of us are ashamed to be black,are lazy,use racism for an excuse to not get ahead,blame the world for our problems and are ignorant. I asked one of my anthro professors from Nigeria the same question and he feels that black Americans look down on Africans. I feel we should all should bury the hatchet and get along because we share the same heritage and we have so much to learn from one another. We are never taught about Africa in school,only black American history.The history and cultures of the different countries is truly intersting.I know plenty of black Americans who date and have married Africans.The women especially feel more respected with an African man.
512008
Im a black man. Had a few races of women but in my opinion I feel black women are the most beautiful in the world. They on top of my list ,instead of the bottom of the totem pole
586081
yes. because, you know. i  really am a sensitive black man and i care. i just can't seem to find the right words to express my love for my loved ones. very hard to do. and all of these beautiful women following me around. i usually just stick to my hippie... that really needs to shower because it was hot today and she barbecued.
637172
That bothers me to. I am white & honest to goodness most black people have been better to me than whites have. i am good to people that deserve it regardless of their race,age,size or sexual prefrences. But I also had a great Mother & Father that taught me that ! Alot of racism is from people not being taught that everyone is equal !!!
1011962
A buff black person from Africa?\n\n*no offense, anyone.
703908
I prefer to be called Black, not African American. No, I'm not from Africa but of course my ancestors are. But given the fact that many African Americans from Africa have treated me like sh*t like any other racist idiot, I'd rather not be called that. I have heard from many of them that we (Blacks) are not pure Africans and that we are a disgrace to their people. The ones I've encountered looks at us and treat us like dogs. I'm cool on them. Don't want to ever be associated with them. Don't get me wrong, not all of them are like that. But the majority I've encountered are.
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for Chris W. Im black and I find that comment very rude. I answered a question like this before and my statement still stands. People no matter who they are sometimes dont like change or is afriad of change. Me personally I like everything from T.I to Maroon 5 to Green day to Kelly Clarkson back to Alicia Keys. Im black and i dont just limit myself to certain things. And for those who do limit themseleves you cant knock them for being who they are.
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Yes, it makes me angry, because as much as they deny that they are being black, they are.  I think it is because they think the black race is inferior to their own.  You are who you are, not by your skin color, but how you act to the public.