The deal of colored skin.

[Akai]

To me the whole thing over blacks and whites is plain stupid. Thats all it is. People make a big deal of something that shouldn't be, America is good for that. I want to get the rest of your opinions but to me when someone says "Don't go there, that place is loaded with blacks" or something similiar to that, it ticks me off, I see nothing different as from blacks to whites. Skin color, is it really that big of a deal America? As people say "But blacks are in gangs and mean" Well, have you noticed that whites are the same? But people only focus on the blacks, not how the whites do the same. It's because they look different, so because they have different skin color your going to judge them automatically? That is sick and wrong in my mind.

For example I am moving in two weeks to Indianapolis, Indiana. And I'm going to be going to a big school, and my parents, grandparents, aunt and uncle all tell me "You better watch your self towards the blacks and be nice to them or they will be cruel to you". But has anyone cared to noticed that whites do the exact same? Maybe we are even worse. People will never know because stupid America can not get over the fact that people have different skin color. We are all people. People judge black people because the mojority of their family is African American, so what if a white was Irish, are you going to judge him/her? What about Japanese, British? Blacks are no different, only skin color, if that means a lot to America then America has serious issues.

[Square Ninja]

We kind of touched on this with the Hurricane Katrina thread.

[-DarkRiku-]

Some scientists found some kind of proof that the 1st men on earth were black, I woner how the white racists feel about that.
Eh I'm white and they tell me the same I just ignore'em.
People have come to asociate black with bad, so black people is always bad for'em.

[Schweppes]

Originally Posted by -DarkRiku-

People have come to asociate black with bad

Yes, black (the color, or shade, itself) is considered bad or evil. Ying and Yang. It's just how they're all raised sometimes. If through the generations, people have been told that a certain race was bad, they'd believe their parents and teach their kids the same things even if they don't realize they're doing it.

Originally Posted by Square Ninja

We kind of touched on this with the Hurricane Katrina thread.

But this wasn't the focus on that thread anyway.

[Leviathan]

OK. Blacks or should I say dark skinned humans have different colored skin because it was required for the blazing sun near the equator which would explain that white people originated farther from the equator than blacks (for lack of a better word).

[billabong]

I agree with all of you so far. But I think that aside from the association of black with evil, it's just that whites were 1., More advanced when they first met blacks (so they could capture them, and also when they first found them they were considered stupid compared to the Europeans), and 2. they're different. Lots of people are insecure around different people. So that's a big issue. Although it's idiocy to say that people of a colored skin are necessarily inferior to others. I mean, skin color doesn't decide your mental or physical capacity.

[Unknown KeyBl@de]

Originally Posted by Sora#2

For example I am moving in two weeks to Indianapolis, Indiana.

Awww you comin to the IND?Better watch ya back.Naw j/p.I'ma speak the truth,there aren't differences between black and white people.BUT there are differences in their culture.Some people just take things the wrong way.for example:I called a white person dawg today and he flipped out!!!! He was like: "I'm not your f*ckin dog!!!! I hate dogs!! Do I look like a dog to you!!!????"now of course I LMAO.I said sorry but we still cool right? He went crazy again:"what the f*ck are you talkin about dude? WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU TALKIN ABOUT????? It's likie a million degrees outside!!!! You're so f*ckin dumb!!! Now I didn't mean dog as in the animal dog and I didn't mean cool as in the temparature.You feel me?


EDIT: you see that? the person above me just said a big NO-NO.Maybe you don't get it.We try to turn bad into good.N*gger into n*gga.But somehow you got mixed up and said the wrong one. You just insulted a WHOLE race. If you say n*gga that in "black terms" means a friend that's a black person.What you just said is the one they used down in the southern states back when black people were workin the grave/slave shift.

[wu tang goku]

Yes, we know what slang is. Thank you for reminding me of how stupid it can be.

[Nocturne]

sum ppl say white ppl have to listen to rock and black ppl have to listen to rap.I think thats crap and racism

[Madness]

*sigh* I hate threads like these. I'm going to try to sound as little racist as possible. I'm not racist, I'm just honest. Yes, all humans are equal. But the color of the skin is not all that makes white people and black people different. And I'm not making rash generalizations like "All black people do this" or "All white people do that". Just "On average, more black people do this than white people" or "On average, more white people do that than black people". I know a lot of black people. A lot of my friends are black. I've grown up my whole life around black people. Like I said, humans are equal. But that doesn't mean humans of different races aren't different from each other. Part of it's cultural, part of it's environmental. But you can't live in a little fairy world where every single human, same race or not, is exactly the same. Life isn't that way. It's the differences between humans that make us great. Everyone just gets bogged down in political correct bullshit. One thing that's always interested me about political correctness is that if blacks are supposed to be called "African-American", why aren't whites supposed to be called "Caucasian-American" or something? And police can't racially profile anymore, which is dumb.

Dispatcher: "All right, we've got a middle-aged male who just robbed a bank on the loose."
Policeman: "Can you describe him anymore?"
Dispatcher: "Well... he has hair."
Policeman: "What race is he, then?"
Dispatcher: "He's human."
Policeman: "Is he white, black, Hispanic, what?"
Dispatcher: "Dude, shh! D'you wanna get fired?"

Anyway, this post kind of degenerated from a post about differences between white and black people to a post about stupid politics ruining what makes us who we are. Whatever. My point is, people are different. I know that not all black people fall into the usual black stereotype, and not all white people fall into the usual white stereotype. But, and let's be completely honest here, a stereotype can't exist without some level of truth. It's not so much "Grr all black people are racists" as it is "Recent studies show that of the people convicted of rape in the last year, the majority of them were black". At least, that's the way it should be. Yes, there are some people who actually believe that all black people go out at night, smoke 2 pounds of crack, and shoot every living thing they see. Yes, there are some people that believe that all white people live in trailers, go hunting every day, and are married to all four of their sisters. Is it true? Of course not. Are there some people who do those things? Yes. Well, maybe not the two pounds of crack thing. They'd be too dead to do anything after that.

I honestly don't know where I'm going with this post anymore. Summary: Stereotypes are bad/incorrect. Even so, most black people act differently than white people and vice versa. Most of that is cultural and environmental. (From what I remember from my Psychology class, "cultural" is anything/anyone in your immediate family that influences you, while "environmental" is anything besides your family that influences you, like TV, friends, etc.) Politicians and other people trying to force political correctness on everyone are stupid. End of post.

[billabong]

Lmao. Madness that really makes sense. I can imagine that on Reno 911. XD

[Thor.]

(I am not racist, I Am white,just thought I would clear that up)

Here it goes, I don't wanna offend anyone but. . . did you ever notice how most white racists, DO go smoke 2 pounds of crack and shoot everything in sight, currently, most things considered cool came from black culture, but Madness makes a point, everyone is afraid to say black in case they offend someone, it seems recently everyone either is a racist, or is afraid to say the words black and white.
Madness get's " people who i don't hate in intel disscusion points" not that anyone cares

[God.]

Wow what a post i think me and my friends recently talked about this eeing as our clich is minorities lol

i myself am puerto rican and i also dont see how this conversation can progress seeing as this will go on forever until we all die

but basically the deal of colored skin is this stereotypical aspects as in saying black ppl steal get high and if they are dating a white girl will abuse them (or at leats thats basically the steroe type down here in florida)

White people have a stereo type as Madness said ( i also liked how u put eerything into perspective) practically they are trailer trash

just to put it out there so i dont come off as a ass pueto ricans are known for lieing cheating and stealing but anyway back to the subject as long as stereo types exist so will the racism, personally as a person i dont even notice im to busy with having a life ot care i dont see how ppl do it or have the time to do it


but one last thing its also sad that the reason it wont go away is because of the people inside the race itself just liek that old saying goes "birds of a feather flock together" as long as one person in the race does something wrong its looked down apon the rest ehh but what can ya say humans are ignorant

[Joy]

I want to start off saying I am white. And yes it really doesnt amtter but w/e.
Alright well, The only thing I don't like about a 'black' person is that many times(where I live) the act is if we owe them for the slavery. But, yet 'we' as in this generation did not do that, neither did our parents. It happened a cpuple of hundred years ago, just let it go.
Now, with the white people, I find it disgusting how racist they are. All 'white' people think 'black' people are evil and horrible. while many of them act as if they're 'black' This world is so messed up. There are many other things but I don't want to say them
In other words, there are many things about this. but, IMO and a lot of others, it is so very stupid to segerate people as 'black' or 'white'. We arew all one race, human. So, go make fun of the squirrles......Just Kidding

[Madness]

I've always thought that if the white people ever owed any whole race for past discressions, it would be for the Native Americans. I mean, we completely screwed them over.