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Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Dirty hair is proportional to the amount of natural oils your scalp secretes. Thus, white people tend to have hair that gets 'dirtier' faster than other racial groups because their hair is oilier. So your conclusion that all hair gets dirty after three or four days is absurd. This is not true for black people. White people's hair has a smell, just like black people's hair has a smell. Neither one is a 'bad' one, just different.User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,You may haven't heard about the injustices done to your people, but your ignorance is not black people's fault. And black people are not overly sensitive or overly emotional (perhaps it is you who is on the wrong side of the fence of sensitivity, eh?). Black people are strong because we put up a fight whenever the majority takes us and our feelings for granted. The Confederate flag may have been originally a symbol of state's rights, but its meaning has taken on a different connotation today (KKKer's far removed from Dixie recognize the symbol as one of white superiority and non-white inferiority--including Native Americans). That's why the opposition to Georgia's state flag was so vocal. What Jew would want a swastika representing his state? The same argument applies to the Confederate symbol. Black History Month is so wide-spread because people have campaigned for it. Perhaps you should do your own campaigning for Native American Month, and stop complaining about the strives made by another minority group. No historically oppressed group can afford to become desensitized to its environment, because history repeats itself for those who are in denial. You may think black people should just roll over and 'deal' but the first time they did this, they were enslaved. And then they were subjected to ninety decades of Jim Crow. So I'm glad my people aren't being submissive anymore. If living with dignity means ruffling the feathers of the mainstream, oh well...User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,not true for all African-American and Hispanic women. In fact, my friends have noted strange odors coming from certain groups of white women, but they aren't foolish enough to think all white women smell. If you see people who are different from you, it's easy to imagine or exaggerate things about them and turn them into negatives. I'd advise you to expand your horizons a little. You'll see that odor is not specific to race at all.User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I can assure you that gum-popping is a rude thing, not a 'black' thing. I know plenty of black people who would agree with you that popping gum is impolite at best, disgusting at worse. And I have been around white people who have popped their gum before. I know you say that all the poppers you know are black, but try not to generalize this trait as something only black people do. Also, try to hate the popping, not the poppers. Chances are they aren't aware of their popping or the irritation it causes you.User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Do you have some data to substantiate your claim that blacks eat chicken more than white people? Or are you just going on the tired stereotype of black people and fried chicken? If you look in a black person's grocery cart, you'll find ground beef, roast beef, ham, pork chops, steaks, ribs and fish right alongside chicken - just like you'd find for anyone else.User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Culture instills how emotions are expressed, and in black American culture, emotions are encouraged. So it is partially true that - generally - black people are usually more emotional at the death of a loved one than white people. But to say their expression of grief is in anyway less geniune than other forms is dead-wrong. When anyone is greatly upset, usually the last thing on his or her mind is what other people think. Black people, from my experience, tend to be less inhibited about what other people think (especially judgmental white people) and may therefore be more inclined to express their grief more freely.User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Though you may doubt the validity of many black people's assertions that they have Native American ancestry, there is some truth to this claim. It has been documented that blacks -- mostly runaway slaves -- historically intermingled with Native Americans, sometimes even finding refuge within Native American communities and adopting their culture and ways. It is common knowledge that Native Americans were sympathetic to the plight of their non-white brethren and vice versa, and as a result, positive interactions were nurtured between these two groups. So it is not hard to believe that people descended from slaves may also carry Native American 'blood.' However, there has historically been a tendency for black Americans to 'claim' Native American ancestry to make light of their own African heritage (a symptom of self-hate). Native Americans have been stereotyped as brave, noble and beautiful (albeit 'exotic' beauty), while the opposite has been ascribed to black people. Thus, it has been traditionally chic within the black community to have some 'Indian' in you. This isn't to say that people are intentionally lying. Many black people possess physical traits (like reddish skin pigmentation, aquiline noses, almond-shaped eyes and straight hair) that are more akin to Native American features than African ones.User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,There are media outlets specialized for black people because African/African-American culture is not fully recognized in mainstream media. There is a BET channel for the very reason that there are Spanish channels. Would you say that Spanish television is bad because it excludes English? No, because most of the other available TV channels are targeted to English-speaking audiences. The same type of argument can be applied to media targeted to black audiences. Black people are not just white people with darker skins. We have a unique culture that deserves attention just as much as the dominant culture presently bombarding us 24-7 via all forms of mass media. Enlighted people know that White Entertainment Television already exists. Among others, it owns NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX.User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I must have missed out on the poll that revealed black people are the most hated group in America. If some Asians and Hispanics dislike black people, is that an indictment for their group (or black people) or for those individuals? Just because a person belongs to a minority group does not mean they are immune to racist/prejudiced beliefs. Thus, there is no single 'good' reason for why members of these ethnic groups dislike black people (even if they have had bad experiences with a few individuals who happen to have been black). If we all went around disliking an entire group of people based on the actions of a few, then we'd be a hateful bunch of stupid people.User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I'm disturbed that the first responder would automatically link black men to cocaine users. If the question had been about white men, would the same association have been so readily made? To answer the original question, I don't think long fingernails are a cultural thing, but even if they were, why would they be a reflection of bad hygiene? Women have long fingernails, and they aren't seen as 'dirty.' I suppose some men think longer fingernails make their fingers look attractive, while most probably do not. It's probably an individual preference thing, not a race thing.User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,You're talking about an urban fad (and a pretty long-standing one, too) established by the rapper/actor L.L Cool J. There is no 'why' behind it, I don't think, even though it is usually the right pants leg that is rolled up, and all bike riders know that this is leg that h often gets caught up in the gears.User Detail :
Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I wasn't aware that guys were fasinated with periods. The guys I know sort of squirm whenever they're within earshot of girls chatting about "that time of the month." I hate my periods. I hate the bloating, the cramps, the shock of finding visible stains on my clothes...all of that. Sometimes I wish I could switch into a boy during that last week of the month (the scheduled time for my flow's visit) and then switch back to a woman.But I never use my period as an excuse to get out of work. Whenever I want to cave in to a cramp, I think of slave women picking cotton, forced to grit their teeth and bear it, and I do the same.
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Name : T.R., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Newark, State : NJ Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,
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