How do you feel about African Americans? Why do they play the race card more than any other race?

[Catwoman]

So all my life I have been around some extremely rude African Americans. I'm sure not all African American's are like this but I have been nothing but bullied and harassed by African Americans for no reason. Because of African American's ( mainly, girls) I started to become insecure about my self when I was school. I always get the, "oh I dress all high fashioned" , "I'm too quite" ,
"I looked at someone wrong so I must have something to say". So I get jumped for it. Than I'm told I can't dance because I'm another race other than African American. Truth be told, I have been taking dance lessons since I was five at an legit studio and I just created a Facebook fan page to promote my business, and I got an offer to attend an audition to do a Broadway style show on Carnival Cruise Lines , so how can I not dance? when those offers only accept the best?

Than every time when I'm in a store/fast food restaurant etc there's always some African American ( again, females) making a big scene for no reason. Ex: " You forgot my Barbeque Sauce"!!! I ain't paying for that etc. Just being all loud for something as small as a dip.

To me , lately , a lot of African American's tend to play the "Race card" more than other race that I have met just because they feel entitled to the Civil Rights movement. Yes , the Civil Rights was on of the most recognized out of all races but however, those days of Brutal racism are over now. It isn't likely anymore where you would see a White man beating a Black woman because she wouldn't give her spot up in line. Or because she said no for being a White man's slave etc. Its not like that no more.

I just don't understand why I'm always treated like this by African Americans. Its like they hate the world for something that happened over almost over 100.00 years ago and half of those people are dead. Half of this generation that's playing the whole "Race card" don't even know what really happened or for what reason. They don't even teach this in school's anymore like they used to . They haven't gone in debt with it since I was in the third grade ( 2003) . Sad to say, my generation don't know a thing about Slavery , or the Civil Rights movement. We only know the false or stretched information that's told to us in text books. So what's the point in acting like you lived through it?

PS: I just want to know your thoughts on this. I am almost 100% sure that an African American is going to answer this question saying I'm racist. Frist , I'm not racist , I just want to know why I'm always treated so badly towards them for no reason. I know not all Blacks are like this.
There are plenty of other races out here that get the stereotypes, or discriminated upon not just Blacks. So there is no reason for them to feel entitled to be rude to other races just because they have a whole month dedicated to them. Not everyone is going to be treated fairly at all times but if you can help it , why be Ghetto and Rude to someone when you don't have to be?

As a Hispanic-American, we should be the main two races coming together and helping each other since we are the minority races in this world and we are the ones who are always getting treated like crap. But instead, you decide to go against it and make things worse for your self.

Black on Black crime, is the highest rate I have ever heard of killing each other. Out of all races, ya'll need each other the most. Why Kill the only people who you have? I would say the same to my Hispanic races and any other race. Its one thing to hate another race , but hate your same race? Why
for the last time, I'm not white. I'm Hispanic American please read my question fully before you assume.

[Under Siege]

Racism in my mind, as a white woman like yourself- is racial hatred that has been institutionalized. The worst stereotype you have is that you're a bad dancer... when you're not even a bad dancer... black people are stereotyped as being criminals and worse, not all discrimination is created equal. We grew up in a society that caters to us, tells us that we are the ideal of beauty- we are represented in the media as the norm, our skin color will not cost us job opportunities.

[Stop Using My Name]

I feel that generalizations such as African Americans play the race card more than any other race is wrong. I feel that your suggestions that African Americans are the source of your unhappiness is wrong. Some people bullied you but only you have the ability to let it make you feel bad or insecure. I feel your generalizations about your generation are wrong.

[Big K]

I have a love hate relationship with black people, it's always really sad reading about their history because while people like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X won the battle you only need to look at the black youth of today to realize they lost the war.

[BeyondBaffled]

I think the fact that your ancestors treated their ancestors like second hand citizens and shit under their shoes warrants them the ability to 'pull the race card'.

I swear, I think you white Americans sometimes forget that African Americans still lived in terror and oppression not even 60 years ago.

[BigDumbDinosaur]

First off, there's no such a thing as an "African American." One is either African or American, not both. If blacks are Africans, then why are they here?

That said, today's blacks have become lamentably vitriolic toward whites, and thanks to the race hucksters (e.g., Al Sharpton), think that whites are responsible for all the woes that blacks encounter. Stereotypes go both ways, however, and one can certainly find plenty about blacks to criticize. That's exactly what I am about to do.

The USA, as a matter of public policy, has bent over backwards in the last 50 years to try to right all the wrongs against blacks that occurred in the past. We've poured literally over a trillion dollars into various government programs to try to assist blacks in achieving parity with the rest of the nation. We've tilted the playing field to make it easier for blacks, especially black women, to get ahead—consider the effects of "affirmative action" on college enrollments. We've passed umpteen laws banning virtually every possible form of discrimination, almost to the point of violating the constitutionally protected right of freedom of expression. We've created holidays honoring blacks and their accomplishments (with which I don't have a beef).

It hasn't worked! Blacks continue to be the most represented group at the bottom of the economic ladder. Blacks continue to have the most children out of wedlock. Blacks continue to commit a disproportionate amount of crime. Blacks continue to do more poorly in school than other races. Blacks continue to be the least employable because they lack acceptable job skills.

The answer to why this is so is quite simple. We have created a welfare class who believes that they are entitled to a free ride because their ancestors were enslaved 160-odd years ago (a dirty little secret is that man of the people who captured and sold African blacks into slavery were themselves African blacks). This welfare class has proliferated in the last five years and has become a significant burden on those of us who work and pay taxes.

So yes, there's a problem here when the "race card" is pulled. It is irrefutable that "your ancestors treated their ancestors like second hand citizens," as another said (not in my case, though—my ancestors didn't arrive in the USA until the late 1930s). However, that does not give today's blacks the right to use their race and past history to excuse irresponsibility and bad behavior.

[Anya Vincent]

Ah! I'm a quiet and shy black girl. I design, read Japanese mangas, ice skate and play video games, and have two adorable persian cats. I live in a really nice black community and I was lucky not to have to deal with tons mean people.

But those few women... I'm not really certain why they behave like this, but I will try and work through an answer with what I know.

So. just my background. My family is Caribbean...

As a child I never saw race because my family is full of mixed Jamaicans. My second cousin is even Asian...you couldn't tell she is related to me. I never asked why and I never asked why grandma was light either. School was full of different people..so the world around me reflected what I already knew at home...we all looked different.

As for the race card. This is how I see the world:

Growing up and hearing all of this race stuff has become disheartening to me. I'm always afraid of people not considering me because I am a black American. I can't deny that. I KNOW I wasn't grown into that.(as I told u..I didn't see race as a child)..it just developed in the news around me. Just the other day I heard my boyfriend's brother say "why would I marry a black girl when a white girl is the superior choice?" WOW RIGHT?! It hurts! I don't know where he got that, but his family didn't teach him that! Well..as you can see, yes some black people are brainwashed to make their own feel bad as well. They deal with some black women and judge them all...which makes me feel unwanted and already judged..even by my own.

Consider things like twerking in the media. Its been done forever by black women, but not noticed as a thing until Miley does it. Why? Not saying I condone it, but just the little things add up and I ask...why is that? I see articles about black women being the ugliest group of women in the world and people trying to pass that off as fact! REF: Psychology Today by Kanazawa. It REALLY hurts.

I just graduated college and I am unemployed/freelancer am afraid I won't get hired because I am black... Maybe I won't fit into the culture of their company? All I see in the media is that if my little brother or boyfriend were out there...people may judge them because they are black. They might be thieves. I watched the show "what would you do?" black kids beat up on the car...tons of people called cops and even called the cops on the family of the children who were in the study! They were just sleeping in their car nearby! Not even PART of the STUDY! CRAZY! The white kids...I don't think anyone called the police on them. As you can see...I can't help but feel cautious about the world around me...and I hate it!

SO....my boyfriend is always extra careful because he's tall and dark, but we've been together for 8 years and he's a really sweet guy. He's always wondering what people think of him because of how he looks and it isn't right! I always tell him not to worry...you are a hard worker. If you work hard...you'll make it! I don't want people to look at him badly because he's black! AND AGAIN..it isn't just whites that do it. Blacks do it to blacks!
I always hear that if I died or went missing...it wouldn't be likely seen on the news or brought to national attention. Its just what has been going around the air these days. I'm even afraid of people thinking that because I'm black I am GOING to pull the race card and I honestly DON'T agree with everything being a race issue! Some people jump to unnecessary conclusions!

But another thing that was strange...on wife swap and this black lady saw mammy dolls all around the swap family's house. The white girl was hugging the a huge mammy doll and she asked kindly for her to put it away, but then after a while she was crying about how blacks saw her as racist. WHY DID SHE BRING THE MAMMY DOLL IN FRONT OF THE WOMAN...I know you don't hug it every day! She took it out on purpose!!!...why provoke the black woman?. And yes! that happens too! and then it looks like blacks are pulling the race card, but I've seen times when people want to get a reaction out of blacks.

But despite that...blacks don't have to deal with the racism that ancestors dealt with, but it is still there. Other times, blacks jump to conclusions, and my boyfriend's father does that...and I don't agree with it.

But anyway It really depends on what environment you end up in and I'm sorry you have to deal with that...its wrong if anyone is treating you badly for no reason! Lets not forget that black girls can be really mean to other black girls too...I've seen that many many times.

I'm going to give my idea on those kinds of girls...
Those girls are simply nasty 4 no reason... or they have dealt with deadbeat parents or relationships. Mothers sometimes tell their daughters to be strong because of deadbeat guys they have had experience with.....and I think that maybe it is a defense mechanism that ends with them being bullies or overly hostile to protect themselves from harm. Its just a theory. I can't really answer for them though! I also think they may have just grown up into that environment. Despite that, there is no excuse for them being mean like that. It is disgusting and It makes me VERY upset to see it!

Despite that, I've had to defend a white guy in high school from some white and black girls & I think I was the only one to help him & he ended up liking me..... Too bad I had a boyfriend though...
BUT because of these experiences & how I was raised..I just see people as people & I won't hold a grudge against any race despite how I feel about how I may be treated. People are people. Some mean..some nasty!

Just as you say you aren't racist, some other white person could have grown up around nothing but racism and you just can't understand why they are like that. But just don't associate with rude people like that. All of my black friends are super nice people though! As long as I've known them I haven't gotten into 1 argument.