why are white people afraid?
Hi, I’m black. I guess I say that because it matters to what follows. More to the point, for sake of a better term, I am a “black-white” man. What does that mean to those non-Americans reading this? I am a full blooded black American male with an above-average intelligence that’s been raised in an upper-middle class neighborhood. I love America and who I am. However, due to my race’s distracting self-hatred and sympathetic identity to negative Black Exploitation, I find that I have to find out answers to important questions all by myself. And the current question is: Why are white people afraid? Some races are actually going through genocide, not only blacks, but American white people seem to equally get concern if they see any other color in their world view than white. Let me stress that some white people think this way. Lately, I’ve noticed “rednecks” are starting to understand how Racism is an easily exploitable weakness, which is based on fear, ignorance, and hatred.
When I read and look at photos of the Blood Diamonds conflicts in Africa with a black female raped body laying face down in her burned down house while a pack of wild dogs tear at her flesh, or a black man’s head in the middle of the road because the militia wanted to set an example, or the fact that American black men are the only type of males that surpass women of as victims of violence, I find it hard to understand when some white people say they “are being made extinct” - by who and how and what scale are you using to gage this? I’ve mentioned the African incidents at work in an earshot of an ultra-conservative white man and he dismissed them as somehow rare and a Liberal “spin”. However, with Al Sharpton, he’s raises his voice and turns red. I guess what I’m trying to say, and I mean this with respect, sometimes white people in America act like the spoiled bully at the playground that won’t let anyone else play with the toys even if the toys weren’t theirs to begin with. I hope I’m being clear.
P.S. When I submitted this question, there were 211 similar questions. If I were white I’d be concerned. Fear or any other form of sin is easily exploitable. Oh, and just saying sin, like hate, isn’t a sin doesn’t work. That’s one of the major concerns of my race right now. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, dresses like a duck, we don’t need to get to know its feelings to know it’s a duck.
Thanks for all of the responses. Sorry about the way I asked the question – it was due to frustration. But I’m not sorry for asking it. First, I shouldn’t have used sarcasm like “black-white man.” It distracted from my question and no one picked up on it. The reason I used it is because I grow up in an era when many black people changed how they talked (from what they grew up with to street slang) because they saw it on TV. I won’t change who I was and that caused problems. “Because I won’t change myself, I didn’t like myself” -- I’ve always hated this hypocrisy – its illogical. But that is another discussion totally.
I’m surprised no one commented on the African incidents and black American males. Is it because this is old news or “airing out our dirty laundry?” Don’t answer that… sarcasm again. (Con’t)
Also I didn’t point out any premises, like I’m not talking about the scary-black-man-in-the-elevator bit. The fear seems broader than that. I’ve decided to ignore the I-hate-my-own-color comments. If I had that problem, we wouldn’t be having this discussion. And I’m also ignoring the “exterminate white people” video suggestion for obvious reasons. I like the jokes though.
Anyways, racial mixing – that’s what I came up with too. Recently, a person in my life that I love like a brother that happens to be white has been hanging around extreme racists at the bar he works. Because he can talk to me about anything, he has confided in me various extermination propaganda and how blacks (except for me, of course… sarcasm, again. (Con’t)
I can’t help myself sometimes) and the Chinese were the source. It broke my heart and I’ve been trying to get my head around it ever since. It seemed to stem from the fact that the place I used to live and where I met him, white women were very much into black men and he had personal problems with dating. At the time, because I cared for him so much, I chose to ignore it.
Oh well, no further answers needed. I don’t think we can stay detached enough to answer it. Sorry for the mix up and thanks.
P.S. I’m choosing the Not a Monkeh for the best answer because my question did sound like the scary-black-man-in-the-elevator bit and it was the best one based on that direction.