[Rachael]

Since I’m not from Canada, rather than the U.S., I cannot speak directly from experience, since Canada, while just as if not more diverse than the U.S., generally lacks ‘black communites’. Because of this, I think that stereotypes of black people within our country are less severe than in the States. However, while it is unfortunate that white people in the U.S. feel threatened by black people, its not fair to blame them. I don’t in any way agree with the stereotype that all black people are badasses, but it really does come across this way in the media, especially in the entertainment business. Pretty much all rappers today are black, and, likewise, most rappers today in fact do incessantly brag about ‘hustlin’ or doing drugs, or having sex with all their ‘bitches’. The way black people in the hip-hop community project themselves to society is definitely negative. For the most part, they do nothing to try to come across as respectable people. Thats not to say they’re bad people. In fact, I’m sure that many of them are good people, but when you go on TV promoting crime within rap, hip-hop videos etc, how can you expect white people to think of young black men as anything different? It is a fact that many white women do not grow up with black people, therefore don’t realize the black man they see walking towards them is probably not a danger. But, can you blame young white women for being protective of themselves when all they hear from today’s black youth is that they’re from the streets and they stay ghetto? I can’t.

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Name : Rachael, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 18, City : Toronto, State : NA, Country : Canada, Social class : Middle class, 

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