Did it ever occur to you that the black woman may have been a better candidate? How do you know the black woman was "unqualified"? Did you or your uncle see her records? Probaby not, since if the company reveals a candidate's records, they can be sued and will probaly lose a HUGE amount of credibility.That is illegal you know. Dont assume just b/c a black woman was chosen over your uncle it had to be a quota. Blacks ARE able to be better qualified than whites, ya know. If another white male had gotten the job, what would the excuse be then? You would probably assume he just was a better candidate, wouldnt you? So why do you not assume the same about the woman?? B/c she is Black? I think that shows your own prejudices moreso than your uncle being a "victim" of AA.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, Honestly? It makes me want a beer and a sausage. :)
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, If you actually think that slavery does not affect us today, you have ALOT of living to do hun.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, Most Black people I know spend much less time talking about or thinking about Whites than they seem to think. I dont hear any Black make it their "life duty" to call a white man a honkey. White people rarely even come up in my everyday conversations to be honest.White people arent on the forefront of every black or hispanics mind, just as Blacks or hispanics aren't on white people's minds all the time. Get over yourself.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, I always thought the term orginated from the fact that beans are a common part of the traditional Hispanic diet.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, Firstly, I dont support the use of that word for any reason, by anyone. However, there is a reason many Blacks may not get as offended at another Black person saying that word. It is sort of like the relationship one may have with their family. You may get upset with your mother one day and tell your friend how annoying your mom can be. However, if your friend were to come out and call your mother annoying, you may get angry.In most minds, WE are "allowed" to talk about our families, but may get furious if others do so. So why is it farfetched to think that the same may apply here? As I said,I think it is a crude word that needs to be put to rest, but Whites and everybody else are probably guilty of using double-standards as well, whether it's in regards race, family, color, faith, or what
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, What I believe is more 'trifling' is someone who labels someone else 'trifling' because of their freaking fingernails! You can't be serious. What if that woman is a strong black female who is taking care of her children, house, and sick parents, plus working and going to school - like someone I know who is one of the sweetest, most admirable woman I have ever had the pleasure of meeting? And she has long, fake nails, because she likes them. Period. You would call her 'trifling' simply because you think her fake nails are too long? Wow.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, It's called having a different dialect. In a diverse country such as the US, there are bound to be variations in the way different sub-groups speak the English language. Not everyone will pronounce their words like Caucasians, and it is not right of people to expect them to do so. Yes, we are all American, but there are differences among us including family rearing, foods, clothing styles, hairstyles, etc. Why would speech pattern be any different?
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, I think you are being a hypocrite here. You say such things as 'blacks have no values in life,' ' their lives revolves around music' and 'having kids and collecting welfare', and then try to call someone else a racist? HA! You are the narrow-minded one. Do your research before you go spewing incorrect information. Did you know that there are more whites on welfare than blacks? Look it up. I am in college, and when I finish my master's I will be making $90,000 a year. How much will you be making at 26? All of the blacks I hang with are college students, all with no children and all of whom go 'clubbing' maybe a couple of times a month. You must not know too many blacks, because you are clueless about us and are spewing ignorant information and stereotypes.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, The reason may be because, personally, I am American. I have never been to Africa, my mother has never been to Africa,neither has my grandmother or her mother. Sure our ancestors came from Africa, but because this is the only country most of us or our families have ever known, we do not feel as connected to the motherland. I took Black History and learned many things about the great and vast continent of Africa, and do consider myself African-American, but that is truly skin deep. Blacks and Africans may be the same race, however, we are not the same nationality, and many times nationality ties can be as strong as racial ones. Also,there is a sense among many African-Americans that I know that most Africans do not like us, call us 'Catas' (short for 'cotton-pickers') and consider our blood 'diluted'. Indeed, when a cousin of mine took a trip to an African country, many treated her with disdain when they found out she was a Black American. Go figure.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, I speak to most passerby, whether they be black, white, brown or yellow. I was raised in the South, and taught that it was just good manners to acknowledge people you make eye contact with by saying hi, or offering a smile. I do not care what ethnic group they are from. Also , historically, many Blacks were not allowed to speak to Whites....if they did they would get verbally abused or worse, physically abused for doing so. Many Blacks may still carry that around with them, and may be hesitant to risk their dignity by doing so. When you are Black, it is common to try to distingish the 'good white people' (i.e., non-racist) from the 'bad white people' (i.e. the ones that will call you a nigger for looking at them wrong). It is a fine line, and because you do not experience it first hand, you may not be aware of the underlining fear involved in many Black/White relations in this country.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, We learned about this very thing in my ' Music of the World's People' class in my college. Apparently, these syllables are 'nonsense syllables', which are not actual words in any Native American language, but rather 'filler' for many of the songs and rituals in N.American dance.These 'nonsense syllables' usually begin with the letters N,H,L,S, or M and are followed by the endings ay,ah,oh, or y.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, I always thought Africans really did not like American Blacks. I have heard rumors that Africans call us 'Cata's' (which is short for 'cotton pickers') and believe that we are not a part of them b/c our blood is 'diluted' with the blood of Native Americans and whites.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, Well, I think we do not really get offended at all...Do you get offended? You know that the KKK does not like Hispanics either, don't you?
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, I agree. Just because your race did it doesn't mean we will.Why? Because we know how it feels.It has been done to us for centuries.
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
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