Questions white people ask?

Couldn't all of this be ANY MORE OBVIOUS BY NOW?

 

That's some real talk Malachi. As much as I'd like to ignore racism and pretend that as a black man, it's not an issue and I should just pay no attention to the bullshit you receive because of your color, I can't. That shit is thrown in my face constantly as a young black man. I'm not here to whine, but damn, let's see the next man/woman(non-black descent) go through it and see how he/she feels afterwards. Shit is ugly.

I notice some older black men still go through the problems more than others. And I notice some elder black men learn to deal with it and roll with the punches. It just becomes "the norm" on top of the fact it seem some elder black men are more respected due to age, financial status, and reputation.

 

Well said,malachi. I know I'm not losing sleep over what anyone says. The blacks who do care about what white people say. Are the ones who have been conditioned to believe they are inferior.

 

Then why are you on a discussion board for Black men and WHITE WOMEN anyway? Since you only care about the BLACK MEN here an all black board will be more suitable for you. :roll:

 

You don't know what I care about. And I never said I only care about the black men here. I was talking about blacks who submit and accept prejudice/ignorant views that come from white people. Did I say all white people?No, I was talking about the ones who stereotype black people and think its just.

 

thank you for clearing that up, jxsilicon9.

An additional question: What are your thoughts about the ones who stereotype white people and think its just?

 

Everyone on either side is usually conditioned. And then they go out and find ways to reinforce that conditioning.Society,media,etc in this country condition people to believe if you're non-black then you're inferior. And if you're white then you're superior. The media,society,etc help to enforce stereotypes.

 

Media stereotypes manifest themselves in so many ways; For example, you got little white kids that actually believe that you have to be black in order to play certain sports as if being black automatically gives you these abilities. On the more extreme end of the spectrum some whites take it as the only thing blacks do well. of course blacks believing that you have to be white/Asian in order to be book smart or being book smart is only for whites/Asians :roll: . The media doesn't come out and directly say these things but the media definitely puts its on bias spin on things.

 

I know what you mean,Taye. Its more subtle then when racist attitudes were accepted.

 

That's right, Taye. A main part of it all is the media's indoctrination roles for all the 'races.'

 

well i'm not entirely convinced of a gigantic media conspiracy as i am of the possibility that the majority of people who work for the media tend to the belief that white is right/good/better and black is wrong/bad/worse and that those people tend to come from all ethnic backgrounds and races.

 

Nobody is advocating a conspiracy. Just the facts that present themeselves. Where do you think the people who work for the media pick up these ideas?

 

well there is a tendency for people to "blame the media", so to speak, for a lot of the stereotypes that exist.... really there is no such thing as "media stereotypes".

 

come to think of it, all this "stereotyping" and "generalizing" and "prejudice" talk is basically meaningless, since most people do not talk actual about actual ideas associated with these words, but instead the various ideologues and moral convictions. i.e. "people who stereotype others and think it's just/right"...

really, the only thing relevant to this entire discussion is white supremacy and that's what many people don't want to deal with. instead they would rather insist on imaginary notions of equality, fairness, political correctness...

 

The media enforces stereotypes to the ignorant. The media isn't the only perpetrators of stereotypes. But they have the most power when it comes to spreading them worldwide.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.
- James Douglas Morrison

 

Either way you look at it, it's all white supremacy, with or without the stereotypes.

 

as for the hundreds of millions of people who have no television or do not read newspapers and live in real life? after all there are many of them too...

there are those who espouse certain beliefs and more importantly those who accept them.... and just because you find them morally offensive doesn't make them "invalid: or "negative". hence the root of the majority of arguments on these boards....

 

So what exactly are you advocating? Accepting racist/bigoted views?I'm not tolerant of intolerance for one.

 

i advocate the exploration of what people consider "negative" and "harmful". i would ask them why are certain beliefs harmful and negative to them, but not others.

but the problem is that many people have strong emotional attachments to certain words and phrases, and cannot provide reasonable answers beyond what they think is "right" or "wrong" or other words that can substitute for their own emotional preference ("stereotype", "borderline hate", etc)....

this is not an appeal to open-mindedness, but in thoroughness in what one believes!

in conclusion we agree to disagree

 

I remember my Science teacher telling us thta he asked out Black PE teacher if she needed to wear Sun lotion because she's already tanned? I couldn't beleive it i'm white and i was like skin is skin its gonna burn that was my SCIENCE teacher......