THE QUESTION: R630: Please help me! I’m searching for a way to help my mom find her long-lost Japanese brother and sisters. The problem is that my grandfather was in the Korean War and had four kids with a Japanese woman. He was later discharged and took my mother with him. He died soon after I was born and my …

THE QUESTION: R640: I noticed the creator of Y? Forum is a white male, and that there is a plea for donations to keep the site up and running. I have several questions: 1) Why do people responding to questions think they have the authority to answer ethnic-related questions when they haven’t lived in the shoes of other ethnic backgrounds. …

THE QUESTION: R650: I deliver pizza and subs part-time and noticed that blacks almost never tip. Why? The others where I work say the same thing. Are there others out there who notice this? POSTED APRIL 19, 1999 Patrick W., 31, Irish American, male <pwalsh@bellsouth.net> Orlando, FL ANSWER 1: Probably for the same reasons you may not have tipped in …

THE QUESTION: R653: In a society that portrays the black male as the epitome of serious violence and criminal activity, why isn’t anyone publicly questioning the psyche of the white male? In light of the Columbine incident, does anyone dare ask what’s going on with the white male? I’m looking at a pattern of violence here: The mass murder in …

THE QUESTION: O10: Why do car salespeople put the automobile’s hood up in the lot? POSTED JUNE 15, 1998 iwonder, Virginia Beach, VA ANSWER 1: The engine gets you there, not everything else about the vehicle. Would you rather they not let you look at the engine? POSTED AUG. 27, 1998 John L. <dr.green@mindspring.com>, Montgomery, AL FURTHER NOTICE: So they …

THE QUESTION: O20: To General Motors workers: Why did you strike? It seems you make a good buck. Some might even say you’re overpaid. Why do you feel GM owes you more than that? If GM is such a bad employer, why didn’t you just quit? POSTED AUG. 2, 1998 Kevin T. <kthompso@cei.net>, Little Rock, AR ANSWER 1: I read …