Why are people so afraid of us?

[sephari]

maybe your just physically imposing. personally, i haven't had too many of those experiences so i could be wrong.

[Proudbrothaman]

Don't feel like the lone ranger, I work at a big corporation(kodak), you already know it's 90% white. My boss had to ask one of the other non-threating blacks to ask me about going to night shift.

[MrAtlanta]

Originally Posted by Proudbrothaman

My boss had to ask one of the other non-threating blacks to ask me about going to night shift.

A non-threatening black? WOW....

[QueenIfa]

I think it is a subconscious guilt that whites have. They feel that (and rightly so) that all that Black people, especially in this country, are constantly looking to pay them back for our condition. But we know we are not going to do anything to them, we will turn on one another first. That is historical. It seems it is easier to take our frustrations on those who are closer to us, those who we can actually touch, whether it is family or just someone on the block. WE have a low tolerance for each other.

[MadameX]

Originally Posted by QueenIfa

I think it is a subconscious guilt that whites have. They feel that (and rightly so) that all that Black people, especially in this country, are constantly looking to pay them back for our condition.

this viewpoint may only accounts for some Caucasians but not all especially the members of the KKK.

Originally Posted by QueenIfa

But we know we are not going to do anything to them, we will turn on one another first. It seems it is easier to take our frustrations on those who are closer to us, those who we can actually touch, whether it is family or just someone on the block. WE have a low tolerance for each other.

This is a result of our ancestors being brought to the US in captivity. We've never been able to break free of the mental chains that was placed on us by Euroupian slavemasters through the tatics of brainwashing by divide and conquere, separation, rape, and descrimination based on the color of skin.

[trinigirl]

Check out the book "WITHOUT SANCTUARY"
They may have fear because they know what they have done and continue to do and the know anytime now we would wake up out of our slumber and take off the blindfolds and see them for who they are..

[Nudimmud9]

People Are Going To Be People Regardless Of Whatever Education Is Out There To State Otherwise. Let Us Not Forget (if You Believe In The Bible) Jesus Came Here And Turned Water Into Wine And One Fish Into Many. What Happend To Him? He Got Crusified, Because He Didn't Fit The Pre-concieved Mold Of The Type Of Guy Who Could Get Things "done." As An Aside, I Don't Know About Anyone Else, But I'm Kinda Use To Getting Looked At Funny When I Go Out Into Public. It's Not Right, But Hey, What Can You Do About Peoples Die-hard Perceptions Of The World Around Them?

[Zorro]

If the shoe were on the other foot where I did to them what they did to my people, I'd be scared.

[lizaa]

I truly feel your frustration and anger- once I walked into a boutique and there was an asian lady at the counter

she spoke in japenese to her daughter saying that she didn't trust 'my kind and then proceeded to point at me at the time I was looking at some clothes

I actually stopped what I was doing and walked over to her

replied to her- " You are prejudging me without even knowing me..your trust and anger is misdirected I'm not your enemy, my race didn't harm you ,you should truly recognize who your enemey truly is."

She looked at me in horror and said " You understood what I said ?"

I told her you underestimate me and my race, I turned and left.

she looked down on the floor as I spoke to her ,whose cares ignorance is Their downfall, not Ours.

[onelove917]

many racist go into the scared routine to attempt to harass you or drive you away

I'll bet this same guy would have no problem being around the blackest African if there was a lot of money in it