Jae wrote:I'm not afraid of black people but I can see why some people would be in general... like young-ish black guys dressed up like gangstas and whatever.
They bring it on themselves entirely. You only have to look at something like SLAM magazine... 99.9% of the black players they feature are standing there with their heads tilted looking like they've had the worst day of their entire lives and they want to hurt someone, this however in their minds is "cool". The white players, some of them pose like idiots but others just smile. (Some) Young black kids like projecting the image that they're mean and tough and people should be scared of them.
I remember when I was in LA I walked past some guy who looked about 19, dressed like your a-typical gangsta rapper and he gave me this really weird stare, I didn't know whether he was checking me out or trying to telepathically tell me to keep away from him because he'd kick my ass. What's the point of this? Apart from trying to look tough. If there's any fear directed at black people (young black people mostly) it's not ignorance or racism, how would you feel if people WANTED you to be scared of them? I think regular everyday black teenagers probably suffer because certain others in their age group want to be seen as gangbangers or whatever.
very good points made....but I will bring attention to the passage that I have highlighted in bold....I was just in LA, and the sense of racism there is definitely a lot higher than Australia and NZ (where there is obvioulsy racism to certain ethnicities)....I was strolling down the stretch and passed these 3 black guys who eyeballed me....didn't scare me in the slightest, I just thought they were punks....it seemed like the majority of black guys that I saw eyeballed me....it did not matter if I was wearing sunnies or not....
but then it occurred to me that they were probably eye-balling me because I was a white guy walking on my own in a not-so-safe area....who knows....
did get a chance to go through South Central and Downtown LA which was good on a hostel tour I went on....got to see where parts of Boyz n the Hood was filmed, where the LA Riots started....was quite interesting that here we were, a mini-van full of white tourists getting eye-balled by everyone we drove by....tour driver said it's because we're not suppose to be there or something....good experience though....also caught metro and was only white person on train....all latinos and blacks....felt a bit strange with the shoe being on the other foot....
I've gone off on my tangent, but definitely some good points made there Jae....
as for me....am I afraid of blacks....no....would I be afraid if I was approached by a group of blacks....I wouldn't lie so the answer would be yes....society has imparted all of us, regardless of colour, certain pre-conceived thoughts....last time I was in a fight when a group of 5 young blacks came from behind and attacked my mate and I....we were so drunk....was funny....they all went after my other mate, and I was like "come on guys, no need for this" so 3 of them start throwing haymakers at me and I'm just blocking them and saying "I don't want to fight guys, I'm really not in the mood"....was wierd....came out of that with a broken button on my shirt and a scratch on my head after having 3 of them going at me, they couldn't touch me....gotta luv the grog
that was a couple years back now....
enough babble....continue the discussion....
