Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

I have assimilated into the white culture to avoid feeling like an outcast. Fortunately I don閳ユ獩 look black so I am accepted by many more whites than most black people. Being a black female is the worst because no one wants you. I have separated myself from most of the black culture because it has become so bad that it is almost destroying itself with the violent, ignorant, destructive characteristics. I am a Tom, so be it. I don閳ユ獩 watch BET or participate in any of the black programs because I don閳ユ獩 want to be viewed as a certain race. I fight the concept of race everyday, but sometimes it seems like a losing battle閳?br> It hurts so much sometimes閳?br>

First of all, I'm so tired of white people whining about programs for minorities. We get these programs because we are MINORITIES. This country is mostly composed of whites; therefore almost everything is made in their favor. Caucasians don't need organizations. You guys dominant politics, own nearly all of the country, decide what we learn in schools and colleges, etc. You guys already have this country made in your image so what else do you want?

Why the heck do you need your own channel like BET? You are on every channel day and night!!! When I turn on my television all I see is white people. Most of the movie stars are white, and there is a horrible bias in Hollywood. Most black movie stars are overlooked by casting directors because no one wants to see black main stars on film. Very few black stars exist; this is obvious because you always see the same ones in movies. Will Smith, Martin Laurence, Samuel L. Jackson, and how many freaking movies has Morgan Freeman appeared in?

My boyfriend just asked me how it is to be black. After dating me he learned how difficult it really is to be a minority. He tells me all the time how bad he feels for me, but how much better he is treated for being a white male. He always sympathizes with me and tells me he could never understand what it is like to see your race ignored for just about everything. None of these programs even begin to elevate the status of blacks in this country anyway. There is so much ground to be risen, and it is a hard and long journey through the feelings of inadequacy and self-loathing. Most blacks will lie about how they feel about being black, but I will be honest in saying that we all feel inadequate sometimes. Why wouldn't we?

As a child when I watched Disney movies or fairy tales, I always hated myself because I wasn't a beautiful white girl. My hair was nappy and short, not blonde, straight, and long. My eyes were brown not blue or green. No one wants you, and you lose hope in ever being able to be equal. People don't view you as equal, but only different. You have no idea what it is like to be a young child and know that you won閳ユ獩 be picked to be Cinderella because you are not white. Or knowing that white boy you like will never want you because you aren閳ユ獩 white. And knowing that no matter what you do you will never be equal in this society, you will always be somewhat lesser than a white person. Everyone is white but you aren閳ユ獩 and everyone lets you know it.

Also, there is the embarrassing history of blacks and whites cruelty towards them. Remember, not even a generation has passed since blacks were openly lynched without cause or punishment to the whites that did it. Segregation was around when my mother was an adolescent and I'm only 23. Do you know how evil white people were? They killed blacks for no reason at all and watched them suffer for recreation. They gave cocaine to them to make them work harder and then lashed out against them because of the behavior it exhibited. 閳ユゥrazed *****閳ユ獨 attack閳?have you guys done any research on the history of racism? There is so much more horror done to the blacks besides slavery. Most people don閳ユ獩 know the entire history and don閳ユ獩 grasp the long-term effects of discrimination and how it affects the moral and position of an entire race. Do you really think that racism still doesn't have an affect on the status of blacks and the mentality of the race? Don't you think we need programs in order to compete in the job market and to gain some freaking self-esteem? Stop saying 閳ユオet Over It閳?because black skin color hasn閳ユ獩 turned white just because the law says we are all equal. You really need to stop taking your race for granted; you don't know how hard it is to be black in a world that only sees in color...

My boyfriend urges me to push on and try and fight the prejudice that even he sometimes has against blacks. It is not worth it to sit and moan about the position you're in. That is why I educate people and try to make the best of what I have been given. Why do you want to take away what little hope we have left for our future?

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

Damn, woman...do you always talk so much?

I don't think people give as much of a rats-@ss what your skin tone is as you may think. People complain about social programs because they are paid for with tax dollars that no one bothered to ask the tax payers if it was OK to spend. Just like ALL tax dollars spent! Heck, everyone complains about everything. You just do what you are doing -- education, work hard, be a good person....and relax a little more. If some dumb@ss hillbilly does'nt like you because you are a few shades darker then him or her then that's their problem. No matter how it makes you feel, it's THEIR problem. Ever read 'Up From Slavery' by Booker T. Washington? (he is on my short list of people to meet when I get to heaven). You want to talk about someone that managed to overcome the most God awful conditions a person could be dealt --- and he always had a 100% positive attitude, and acomplished more in a single lifetime than ANY of our so-called social leaders and politicians could ever do.

PS -- my family background is American Indian, but you can call me American!

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

Actually I think WHITES are the minority now.....All I see are hispanics, and blacks everywhere Report It

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

***** please....... Report It

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

i agree racism needs to go down but that includes not being so racist towards white people Report It

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

did you really type all that??...quit bitc*in' lady!

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

Racism is wrong either way. overcome and dont expect a handout

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

HOLY CRAP THAT IS LONG!!!

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

I really wanted to read your whole question... But as soon as i started i thought OH HELL NO!!!

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

What was the question again? I think you might have been on your way to making a good point, but you lost me.

I just read other questions you've posted. Do you enjoy trying to get people panties in a bunch? I don't even believe you are who you're describing to be.

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

What a crock!!!

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

Wow, this is a long question and you have a lot on your mind. I think you should talk to a therapist cause this is really eating at you.

On another note, your question implies that all white people always disparage all programs for minorities. That is simply not true.

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

Why do blacks/minorities always complain that special programs don't work?

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

Reread what you have written here. Then set down and write a list of all the special things society does for the Caucasian people. compare the things for only whites to only blacks. You will find white people are always on the side that loses. You will find it is more often the blacks that complain even though they get more advantages than white people.

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

I went to the Caribbean and where people of all races mingle on a daily basis .we in the USA needs to take a chill pill and you should take these things that affect you so much with a grain of salt,you will die before you can make a dent in this destructive society

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

I think it's just a simple case of judging the whole from a select few. Like a white person judging all blacks to be uneducated cocaine dealing welfare sponges because of dealings with a select few in that category. Same goes for an educated black family living next to a bunch of white crack hoes. Or 10 mexicans who pile into one pickup truck. It's not the entire race that should be judged by those select few...they just give the race a bad name or a bad rap.....and that stinks!

I'm very lucky that I have never been prejudiced against and I hope never to personally encounter it. I know that I have racist thoughts once in a while and know that I go beserk when I see the mexicans down the street leaving their beer cans on the lawn while they crank up their freekin' circus music and letting their chickens run amok through the streets. But to think that every black man who I see drives a Mercedes must have stolen it is just asinine. I hope you really do see the good in every race and in every one....I think it would make the world a much easier place to live in.

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

Sounds like your just whining to me. The problem with these programs is they are no longer needed and unfairly put one group over another because of skin color and that's not equal.

PSST a little secret nobody really wants a white version of BET it is just an convenient analogy to show the unfair double standard against whites in the world today.

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

I think things have been getting better, in the media we see more and more black faces which is a very good thing. Just look at the commercials. You did not see blacks 10 years ago. The TV shows have more black characters who are intelligent and successful, and not just in comedy roles as in the past. Yes, we need more, but as you say, blacks ARE the minority, how many actors should there be? 50% black? would that be realistic if, let's say...30% in the country is black? I'm sorry, but if you feel THAT badly about being a majority race, then go somewhere where you CAN feel that you are a majority. Like South Africa....It IS changing as far as how black America is portrayed in the media, but I can't help you feel like Snow White. I can try to understand and try to be sensitive and caring, but when I turn on BET to try to keep up with the fads, icons and ideals my Jr. High students are identifying with, and what they idolize, all I can say is OMG.

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

i will not even try to answer all of that. what i will do is answer the core of your question.

why do I a white male dislike Black programs.

Because racisim is racisim no matter who the minority is. it is quite possible to be racist against the majority.

I dislike affirmative action laws because many people that i know have lost promotions or jobs because the company had to hire a less educated less qualified person due to their race.

I dislike Black owned and operated business simply because they are being racist to me. but at the same time they want ME to respect them and treat them as equal. they will not treat me as an equal. but i am expected to treat them as an equal.

You all still talk about slavery but you only tell the story from when they made it to america and you only tell the story of the minority. how did they get here. they were SOLD by BLACK men to White Slave Traders. SOLD by their own people. they were battle captives or people that were captured by african slave takers and sold to the white man. Africa still has a large population of warrior tribes and headhunters and cannibals. no ship's crew would have stood a chance in the bush. then when they got here, most were treated very well. you do not beat a horse that you paid 2 dollars for you sure as hell dont beat a slave that you paid 5 dollars for. some were treated very badly. and i will admit that some were raped and murdered and beaten daily. but the vast majority were treated well. some of them even fought on the front lines of the Civil War for the SOUTH. who would fight for a land that or a man that hurt them.

then after the war we free them. (even if it was just a political move by lincon.) and i will give it to you from 1865 for about 100 years it was not good for them. but then Rosa Parks kept her seat. and the civil liberties movement started. and much has changed now. but you said it yourself the black race is not something that you even want to belong to. look at the music that they make the attitude that they have. it is no wonder that they are not successful. any black man that makes it out of the Hood or is born out of the Hood is looked down on. if they make a life for themselves that is anything but being a rapper they are callen an uncle tom. at this point you all are making your own problems.

the ghetto is a bad place to live because of the people that live there. no white man did that to you, you all did that to yourselves.

the sooner that you quit blameing the White Man for your problems and take some responsibility for your own lives the sooner you will find equal treatment and equal opportunity.

furthermore you say that I dont know, what it is like.... i know probally much more than you ever will what it is like. because not only am i white. but i am also decended from Blackfoot Native Americans. MY own FAMILY told me that this was a shameful thing and something to never be talked about. furthermore by religion i am Pagan. and it was not that long ago that we were being burned at the steak, and drowned, and tortured and forced to say that we would change religion. My own brother hates me because of my religious beliefs.

when i went to high school i took the only black girl in the school to the senior prom. and gained the ire of the KKK who set 3 of my cars on fire. threatened my parents. and attacked me with blades and clubs many times. I had to keep a loaded gun with me at all times. and a chainsaw in my car because they would waite to see me going somewhere and drop trees on the road to box me in. you might have HEARD about what these people did to folks 30 or 40 years back I LIVED IT. my father still keeps a loaded gun in every room of his house because of the s**t that they put us through. i have been drug behind a truck on a gravel road. i have been cut and stabbed. my cars have been stolen and burned. my family has been threatened and punished all because i took a black girl to the senior prom.

and i would do it again. because i see people as people and the color of their skin does not matter to me. but to so many people the color of MY skin Matters more than who i am . YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. and you never will. but you might get a chance toknow someone like me but first you yourself must be colorblind.

work for equality of all races and religions not special treatment for one. and you will go far. but if you only work for special treatment for your one paticular race or religion then you are just another racist cloaking your intentions behind seemingly good deeds.

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

i agree with your whole paragraph lol

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

,Because did you ever hear of a program for white people.

The problem is, most people, minorities, think of white people as privileged, with lots of money and no problems.

A lot of white people aren't all white, most of them are mixed, and had a lot problems growing up. They also wern't born with a silver spoon in their mouth. I know people, from other countries, who think we are so lucky, and privileged, and everything is so easy for us.

I know for a fact that certain government agencies will hire minorities much quicker than a citizen, when they are completely unqualified, and can barely speak English. They don't even have to have a diploma, and they will not even train them. They start off at $10.00 an hour or more and basically don't know what they are doing. That's where all are hard earned tax dollars are going.

It is wonderful to help people, but make them have the same qualifications as we do, or train them first.

If I am from America, I not only have to have a HS Diploma, I have to have a degree, or certificate and have a perfect interview like some type of robot.

I am very qualified to have a basic office job, and I will know what I am doing, and I don't mind doing it.

It is just not right for someone to get something handed to them on a silver platter.

I don't know where you live to say it is difficult to be a minority. Where I live it is much harder to be white, especially if you are mixed and forced to be white. Maybe we should trade.

Blacks had it hard a long time ago, but not now.

When I was young, I lived back east. I never hated blacks. Most people I knew didn't either.

At times I would have to go downtown, on a bus. I had to go to areas where there were black people. Once when I was alone, a group of girls, about six, who were black, followed me.

They kept saying hey you white b----, do you want to fight, they had a knife. Nothing happened, cause I finally got near people. I kept quiet and kept walking. I think they wanted me to say something so they could start a fight, simply because I was white. You don't know how scared I was. I was brought up not to be prejudiced, so I wasn't. It is not the color of your skin, it's attitude and personality that gets my attention.

If someone is a good person, I don't care where they are from.

Pretty soon white will be the minority, it is where I live. In fact Hispanics have more people in our country now.

Look at Oprah, she has been the richest woman in the world for ten years, now. There are so many black actors and actresses, there is no reason to say they are not making it.

When I listen to the news most crimes are committed against people of their own race, about 98%. It proves we are our own worst enemy.

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

First of all, your claim of having assimilated into White culture is bizarre. What the hell do you mean by "fortunately I don't look Black?" Many Black have very light skin and European features, but do not choose to "pass." Furthermore, you contradict yourself saying you cried at Walt Disney movies because you did not look like the kids in the story. Something tells me you are embellishing here. Hip hop is a trend that teenagers enjoy. It is not a representation of an entire race or culture. You are sick and insane if you equate the Black race with the derogatory things you said.of an entire culture. You sound like you have a very limited education and fund of information about the world. That being said, let me address the complaints about affirmative action. Blacks and other minorities for centuries have continued to be denied fair and equal access to opportunities and still are. It amazes me that every time the playing field is evened out, bigoted (not all..I am not stereotyping)Whites start screaming about their "entitlements" and "promotions." Imagine how non-whites feel to be passed over because they are not white...happens all the time. Think about all the tax dollars that nonwhites have paid historically and still pay to support organizations they have no access to.

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

Bravo.

My guess is lack of true self-esteem. Lack of or fear of true knowledge.

Embrace your heritage and also see the sufferings of others.

I think I just fell in love with, if not you, at least your attitude. It seems as if you have just had an awakening! Use this new found energy for the good of mankind. I would love to work on a documentary for lack of a better term, or a stage performance that would shock and educate ALL races.

Why do White People always complain about special programs for Blacks/Minorities?

i understand you, I am asian and i don't get treated well either, so i guess we are in the same position. I feel overwhelmed by white people, so I try to be the best at everything. I work out everyday to be strong and i study hard to get good grades at school. White people may look better than us, but that doesn't mean they are superior. I think black people are great. Be proud of who you are.