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- Actually, yes I do, and I will take your advice of beating him over the head with it. But that was not why I asked. I ask because I go to a predominantly white college, and this is what I see: white girls flocking to black guys and vice versa. Yet I do not see the same with white guys and black females. I know that recently me and my girls have been going to some of the frat parties, and it looks like some guys would like to dance with us, etc., yet they are a bit apprehensive. Not to mention recently at a party, one white girl pulled her man away when he started to dance with us. I just wonder why it seems harder for white men and black women to get together as compared to white women and black men. I'll let you know if beating him over the head works!
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Name : Jummy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 21, City : Jamaica, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College,Forget the break, give me the whole thing. Seriously, I won't even speak to you on some of the dumb stuff about the O.J. trial. You focus on those who rallied to support him, but what about the blacks who thought that O.J. was guilty? You don't focus on them. I guess you figure because you didn't hear about those blacks, they don't matter, or that there aren't that many of them. Did it occur to you that maybe there were a lot of black people who did not support O.J.? The media didn't find that angle interesting enough to show. Your assumption would be like me assuming (as an example) that just because I only see KKK members on TV, that all white people dislike blacks, or that many or most white people in America hate blacks. We both know this is not so. To top that off, what do you classify as racist remarks? Different people have different perceptions of that. For instance, you could classify 'all black people are lazy' as one of these 'racist' remarks that are 'fact.' I consider that an ignorant remark, and to anyone who would tell me this, I would ask if he or she knew all black people. It would be like me saying all white people smell like dogs ... this is not so, yet when enough people say it, some are dumb enough to believe it.User Detail :
Name : Jummy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 21, City : Jamaica, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College,I guess it's just the college I'm attending. It seems that the white guys are afraid to even talk to the black girls. The only time they approach us is at parties, usually when they are drunk. Sometimes it almost makes me think they're scared. Thanks for the feedback, Zip. Do you think that sometimes white guys are scared to approach black females? If so, why do you think this occurs?User Detail :
Name : Jummy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 21, City : Jamaica, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College,Just because YOU haven't heard anything doesn't mean black people are silently cheering for such evil acts. An injustice will always be bad. It does not matter who commits it. A wrong act is still wrong, whether it is by a black or a white person. The reason you probabply haven't heard anything is that the media chooses what it wants everyone to know. The black community could shout at the top of its lungs how horrible these injustices are, yet that doesn't mean that it will be heard. And it seems you are saying the media is there when hate crimes are committed on black people but not when they are committed on white people. I could pick instances in which the media shows a majority of black people committing crimes and never depicting white people committing crimes. Or, I could talk about other instances in which black people were the only ones depicted as thugs, hoodlems and thieves. But what would be the point?What gets me here is that you would actually think that the 'black community' would 'secretly endorse' such atrocities. The people who commit them will pay, come judgment day. These incidents that occurred are wrong and hateful and happen both ways, but instead of screaming about how wrong they are, we need to concentrate on changing people's perceptions and viewpoints about one another, because only then will these disgusting hate crimes come to an end.
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Name : Jummy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 21, City : Jamaica, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College,Employers should develop workplace diversity because the world is a diverse place. Not only that, but statistics show that the majority will be the minority by 2005, and the workforce needs to be prepared. People need to start getting comfortable with the fact that what is now considered the norm will change soon, and the people hiring and firing may no longer be Caucasian. Diversity developement also helps stop harsh feelings among co-workers (of different races, sexuality, etc.) if done right.User Detail :
Name : Jummy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 21, City : Jamaica, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College,I am a black Lutheran, and no matter where I have gone, my family and I have always been in the minority. Either we are in a church that's predominantly white or predominantly Guyanese. Yes, people can be prejudiced, but that happens anywhere. People will always feel more comfortable and behave nicely to those who looke like them - even in the Lord's house. There have been plenty times when I have felt - and have been - left out because of being a black Lutheran.User Detail :
Name : Jummy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 21, City : Jamaica, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College,I was Born in Nigeria and can only tell you what my parents' conceptions of African-American kids are. My parents feel African-American kids have no respect for their elders. They think that African-American kids have forgotten what it is like to respect those who have come before you and the vast information they have. They think that African-American kids have no home training sometimes. Among my African-American friends I find that they believe the sad media hype that all Africans are anorexic-looking people who run around with no clothes on. They think all Africans live in mud huts. I think on both sides the media is responsible for the misconceptions that Africans and African Americans have against one another. Because there are African-American kids who have the upmost respect for their elders, and there are Africans who live in cities, ride busses, watch TV and wear name-brand clothing. We all need to stop believing the media hype.User Detail :
Name : Jummy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 21, City : Jamaica, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College,I am black and think that injustices were done to BOTH races. I think that it is important to hear about what happened to both people. Instead of getting mad and feeling bombarded why don't you fight for more things to be done during Native American month. At my pre-dominantly white college we DID NOT start getting bombarded about African AMerican contributions til we fought for the fact that it IS an important part of history. Is just as important as the history of what has been done to Native American people. If you were in a state where you had to be reminded daily of the injustices that occured to your people i bet you would not like it either. i am not NAtive American but i do care about the atrocities that happened to them and other people (like Jews), becuase i feel that if an injustice is done to one it is done to all. And i don't make light of those injustices I embrace them and learn from them. None suffered more than the other. Just the fact that there was any suffering should be something we should use as a lesson so that these things NEVER again happen to NAtive Americans, African Americans, Jews or any person ever again. If you want the voice of Native AMericans to be hear...speak out LOUd so that your voice and the voice of your people can be heard. It doesn't help to get mad at Afican American because all they did was yell and now they are being heard.User Detail :
Name : Jummy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 21, City : Jamaica, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College,Some black people claim to have Indian in their family because they DO have Indian in the family. One of my close friends is part Indian and black, and if you were to look at her or her full-blooded Cherokee Indian father, you would see only a light skinned-black person. Most of the family on her dad's side, although 100 percent Native American, look black. So don't be too quick in judging.User Detail :
Name : Jummy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 21, City : Jamaica, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College,
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