Why do so many races hate African Americans? I feel the hate. (Pittsburg: mover, hotels)

[DontH8Me]

Originally Posted by junkman18

Is there a father that goes with your child???

Nice insult there, cowboy. Do you believe in immaculate conception or alien abduction? No? Then unless there was a donor, I would venture a guess that there is a father that goes with her child.

You really didn't have to go that route junkman. Whether or not she has a relationship with the father of her child is none of your GD business and should have no bearing on her initial post or the subsequent thread.

[Invisible]

Originally Posted by junkman18

Is there a father that goes with your child???

Yes there is, but he lives out of state. He calls and visits, pays child support. We broke up before I had my son. Why do you ask?

[Invisible]

Originally Posted by DontH8Me

Nice insult there, cowboy. Do you believe in immaculate conception or alien abduction? No? Then unless there was a donor, I would venture a guess that there is a father that goes with her child.

You really didn't have to go that route junkman. Whether or not she has a relationship with the father of her child is none of your GD business and should have no bearing on her initial post or the subsequent thread.

Thank you DontH8Me,

I was kind of thinking the same thing. I know lots of screwed up people who had both parents in the home. Sometimes being a single parent is the best thing for the child. It's worked out fine for mine.

[JerZ]

Originally Posted by Invisible

Thank you DontH8Me,

I was kind of thinking the same thing. I know lots of screwed up people who had both parents in the home. Sometimes being a single parent is the best thing for the child. It's worked out fine for mine.

Yeah...I didn't appreciate that slant either but for once I wasn't the one who had to say it. Obviously a few other people said it for me. I felt like the slant was, "See? Just like all of them, you're a single-parent family and you're perpetuating your own problems." Bleah. I'm sorry to junkman if that wasn't his intention. But I wouldn't have come to that conclusion on my own if he had explained himself rather than that rather aggressive and "pointed" question.

[Hungry For Cheese]

Originally Posted by Invisible

Is there anyone out there who doesn't have a negative image of Black people?

I'm white. Been called a "n*****" many times. Been told I try to act black, had "n*****" tagged in my work locker, and am into "black" things. I do not walk around talking "black" (or ebonics, ghetto, etc). But am accepted by black friends. I stand up against racism towards blacks. 4 of my exs are blacks. I could go on.

But to answer your question. Well I cant answer for all, but after all I've been through, I still have a negative image on black people. SOME. My boss is a black woman. Great person. But theres rotten apples out there and it goes for any race. When I do see a black person, I dont immediately think "oh here comes an uneducated loud mouthed black person."

I plan on leaving So Cali, and have hardly any (2-3 maybe) black neighbors within a huge block radius of a few miles. But I still am looking for an area with a low percentage of blacks. Because, it is what it is. I can't help the fact that black people represent themselves in poor ways. I wouldnt want to move into an area where people were loud and obnoxious, get into my business and any stereotypical things you can think of. Would I live in an area with a very large percentage of well mannered, educated or at least respectful black people who are like my close friends? SURE, no problem.

And I agree with the Chris Rock comment. I think a lot of people think this way. I could say the same about whites, hispanics, asians, middle easterns europeans, etc...

[LANVIN]

I lived in L.A. and Orange County many years ago, and all these people with racist views do not surprise me one bit. I'm glad I left that hell hole.

I'm an 'upper middle class' white professional who is originally from London, and I've never noticed this kind of racism until I moved to the United States (L.A. especially.) In London we have many blacks, but I've never really noticed racism towards them and certainly not to this agree. New York doesn't even seem anywhere as bad as L.A.

Just read some of the posts on this forum, a reflexion of the crass and close-minded people that infest L.A.

[Christine Joan]

Here in LA, I don't see it as much as a race problem as it is a lack of money problem. I think the only color that matters here in LA is "green." If you have a bunch of "green", you are not likely to experience much discrimination, but if you don't have a lot of it, you almost certainly will experience discrimination, no matter what your skin color. However, the amount of discrimination that a person will experience without money probably increases if the person also has dark skin and lacks a good education.

[KARL_MARX]

All I Know is there is major race wars in Southern Cal ..which is not the case in N.CAL

[Christine Joan]

Actually, I could be mistaken but I don't think it is accurate to state that we have "race wars" here. What I think we have here is criminal street gang violence from warring gangs. The gangs are sometimes from different races and sometimes the warring gangs are the same race. The criminal street gangs are territorial and will shoot outsiders who they don't want in their neghborhood and this causes a lot of problems for everyone who lives here. If you don't have this problem in Northern CA, you are very fortunate.

[bobmulk]

I am sickened by racism, too.

To answer your question, though, I can only speak from my own experiences in talking to other people. I think that many people believe that the African-American population has a sense of entitlement--their hands are always out asking for more money. People look at the Vietnamese, Cambodians, et al who came here under wretched circumstances, drifting in boats for weeks, eating feces, drinking salt water and see them succeed and wonder why the black community keeps complaining. That's a valid question.

Unfortunately, the political elites who address black issues don't want to ask the same questions and won't address those same questions. Even prominent African Americans like Chris Rock, Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey have expressed disappointment with the entitlement mentality that seems to permeate the black community.

Then there's the problem that bedevils anyone who disagrees with an African American (or a feminist or a homosexual)--if you do disagree, you're immediately labeled a racist. This is done as an effort to shout down someone so one doesn't have to argue an issue on its merits. Fortunately, more and more people are moving beyond the attempt at embarrassment from this politically correct attitude to continue asking the questions.

The true racists are people like the KKK who hate you because your skin color is different. If someone is against illegal immigration, against Affirmative Action, that is not the definition of racist. Not even the dictionary says that. Only people who don't like someone disagreeing with them. I'm sure many people who are rabidly liberal even say things that might be racist. And I'm sure it's hurtful. I have to admit that, being a white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant male, I've been born into relative privilege so I haven't dealt with the things you have. I can only give you a little insight into what people say.