Dare To Ask Talk And News About Our Differences

THE QUESTION: R190: I am a recruiter and meet a great number of college-educated professionals. I give presentations and offer jobs to a wide variety of people. Why will white prospects with marginal qualifications assume they are extremely qualified for a position, while black or minority applicants with better overall qualifications doubt their ability to obtain the same position? POSTED ...

THE QUESTION: R200: Is it true that African Americans are incapable of bigotry, i.e. that this is a “white disease”? POSTED APRIL 20, 1998 Curious female, Anchorage, Alaska ANSWER 1: Though some of us deny it, black people are just as capable of being racist as any other racial/ethnic group. Those who deny that black racism exists allege that racism ...

THE QUESTION: R210: It seems that there are a great deal of blacks who are “reverends.” Is this a title that is easily attainable? How does one become a “reverend”? Are the qualifications the same for whites as for blacks? POSTED APRIL 24, 1998 Stan <stan192@aol.com> New York, N.Y. ANSWER 1: “Reverend” is synonymous with minister, pastor and preacher. As ...

THE QUESTION: R220: Director’s Paraphrase: Mike, a black male from Wheaton, Maryland, would like to know if it is possible that a majority of white people who complain about affirmative action are generally poor and are trying to restore their privilege of race rather than trying to achieve true competition with the rest of America’s citizens. POSTED APRIL 30, 1998 ...

THE QUESTION: R230: When Chaldeans fight, why do they fight in groups with their “cousins” instead of on their own? POSTED MAY 2, 1998 P.H. To respond BACK TO TOP THE QUESTION: R229: Why do Asians who know English insist on speaking their native tongue when talking to one another? POSTED MAY 2, 1998 Kevin, Dearborn, MI ANSWER 1: I’ve ...

THE QUESTION: R240: Is it true that black men find it sexy if a woman does not shave her legs or underarms? POSTED MAY 3, 1998 Dave O., white male, Hazel Park, MI ANSWER 1: Do I find hairy legs sexy on a woman? No. I can deal with some hair on the legs, but hairy underarms? No. POSTED MAY ...