What does it mean to be black?

Bravo sir.

 

being black is overrated-Odin's Lapdog

 

You know, it's been awhile since I've heard someone say something as honest and as real as that.

Thanks for posting that one.

 

It means having a big dong and a sense of rhythm t:

 

I think,if it was not for the American constitution..the Africans would have been sent back to their own land.

 

I hope I'm White enough.

 

it means, every time i go into a store..the employees always keep an eye on me thinking I'm gonna steal something

 

What it means to be black is:

You can't catch a cab

Every race, including your own, hates it when your dating their daughter/s.

Your watched constantly at the store.

Your presumed to be ghetto.

They assume your born knowing how to play basketball.

 

That's actually true.

 

Golgo is a master of the English language.

 

Honestly? In this day and age the only difference between any race is skin pigment and perhaps some pride (or lack thereof) in heritage. The socio-economic strata has become diverse enough that people of all skin colors are growing up in every type of environment imaginable and are becoming who and whatever they want to be. Yes, there will always be prejudice of varying degrees but really all that separates us these days is attitude and perspective, even more so than the color of our skins.

jag

 

What about "They assume you were born knowing how to dance"?

Raybia,
That was a very good intro post.

 

This is a racist generalization.

• Most of the cab drivers here are Ethiopians. If anything they won't pick up a White guy.

• There are countless happy families that include mixed race marriages.

• Some store employees are racists. Some are not.

• I don't know anyone who would consider this guy to be "ghetto".

Style of dress and methods of speech are not a race.

If these things are "What it means to be Black", then you're saying that Black people who don't fit into your classifications aren't Black. That's silly.

 

I was rushing. My boss was coming....

I can't.

 

I think that it's impossible to define what it means to be "black," because that's just a skin color. A better question for people to consider is what it means to be human, because I'm not sure a lot of people know lol. I agree with jag when he said that the world is now diverse enough that ethnicities don't fall under any one particular category.

 

lol

Good thread btw - better than 90% of the crap on here.

 

Is he black? Is that why you didn't want him to see?

 

It's still not quite that simple. If your black, your chances of being born into abject poverty are 25% as compared to the population as a whole which ranges from 10-12%. You will earn, on average, 30% less than a white person of equal status. And your net worth, on average, will be 40 thousand as compared to the white average of 120 thousand. Yes, some black people are rich and born into diverse areas of the socio-economic strata, but they were even back in Kennedy and Johnson's time. The problem was, and still is, that the odds of black children being able to succeed as well as their white peers is still very unequal.

 

It means you have dark skin

That and it means your very good at sports; all things ve yet to see proven wrong

Actually I have found most cabbies are black and that means more likely to stop for me.

Depends; if play it off like your some g than yeah :

Tell me about it :

Be grateful; being ghetto is cool yo!

They assume your born knowing how to play basketball.[/quote]

^but that IS true

 

Shut up.

I'm Black, and each and every generalization i named, i've experienced myself and know other Blacks who have also, throughout my well travelled lifetime, experienced it too.

Ethiopians not picking up white guys is probably the dumbest comment i've ever heard. My wife is Ethiopian. She told me that before she moved to the USA, African Americans are thought of as being the lowest race in the country, and to avoid them. When she got here and mingled among other Ethiopians who had been here a while, she was further warned that AA are the ones that will steal, rape, and rob you and are to be avoided. Fortunately for me, my wife is open minded and dated me, and saw that all AA are not the stereotypical blacks you see on tv. My brother in law is indeed a cab driver and is Ethiopian. He told me straight up that he'd much rather pick up a white dude than a black dude, because he's scared he'll gets robbed, etc.

My point is most races that don't know any AA in the flseh presume we are what they see on tv/rap videos etc, as does the rest of the world.