Being a black man

[sushisamba]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060102184_5.html?sub=AR

"Gilliam manipulated the image of the "suspect" in the newscast, sometimes depicting him as black, sometimes as white and other times not at all. Afterward, the participants were asked to identify the suspect's race. Most of the viewers accurately recalled whether a black or white face was shown. But [B]60 percent of those shown no image remembered seeing one, and an overwhelming majority of those said they saw a black face.[/B] In fact, they had not seen a face at all. To Gilliam, that meant that when people saw crime, they often expected a black man to be linked to it -- not necessarily because of blind racism but because of the images they had consumed their entire lives."

I definitely blame the media for fostering stereotypes. The question is, when you see a black man approach the door to 7/11, is the stereotype that he'll open it or not?

 

[Somdmommy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060102184_5.html?sub=AR

"Gilliam manipulated the image of the "suspect" in the newscast, sometimes depicting him as black, sometimes as white and other times not at all. Afterward, the participants were asked to identify the suspect's race. Most of the viewers accurately recalled whether a black or white face was shown. But [B]60 percent of those shown no image remembered seeing one, and an overwhelming majority of those said they saw a black face.[/B] In fact, they had not seen a face at all. To Gilliam, that meant that when people saw crime, they often expected a black man to be linked to it -- not necessarily because of blind racism but because of the images they had consumed their entire lives."

I definitely blame the media for fostering stereotypes. The question is, when you see a black man approach the door to 7/11, is the stereotype that he'll open it or not?

I remember hearing that a white woman killed her kids, went home and called the cops and said that a black man stole her car with her kids inside?

 

[vraiblonde]

I am always highly suspicious of these little racial experiments. But I equate everyone with myself, and I don't see a black face associated with crime simply because the only times I've ever BEEN a crime victim, it was a white guy. So I'm not a good judge.

 

[gumbo]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060102184_5.html?sub=AR

"Gilliam manipulated the image of the "suspect" in the newscast, sometimes depicting him as black, sometimes as white and other times not at all. Afterward, the participants were asked to identify the suspect's race. Most of the viewers accurately recalled whether a black or white face was shown. But [B]60 percent of those shown no image remembered seeing one, and an overwhelming majority of those said they saw a black face.[/B] In fact, they had not seen a face at all. To Gilliam, that meant that when people saw crime, they often expected a black man to be linked to it -- not necessarily because of blind racism but because of the images they had consumed their entire lives."

I definitely blame the media for fostering stereotypes. The question is, when you see a black man approach the door to 7/11, is the stereotype that he'll open it or not?

You're a blond aren't ya ?

You have just been stereotyped Get over it!

 

[sushisamba]

You're a blond aren't ya ?

You have just been stereotyped Get over it!

Only my hairdresser knows

 

[gumbo]

I am always highly suspicious of these little racial experiments. But I equate everyone with myself, and I don't see a black face associated with crime simply because the only times I've ever BEEN a crime victim, it was a white guy. So I'm not a good judge.

If you seen a dog bite someone and it was black or white you would use color to describe it.
If in your area you noticed it was only the black dogs bitting people, you would become a little leery of black dogs don't ya think?

So what in the hell is the difference?

 

[sushisamba]

If you seen a dog bite someone and it was black or white you would use color to describe it.
If in your area you noticed it was only the black dogs bitting people, you would become a little leery of black dogs don't ya think?

So what in the hell is the difference?

And what about the "other" stereotype of black men?

 

[vraiblonde]

If in your area you noticed it was only the black dogs bitting people, you would become a little leery of black dogs don't ya think?

But the black "dogs" aren't the only ones biting.

Whites commit more crimes than black people do. Not as a percentage of their population, but definitely as a whole. So you'd think you would see a white face associated with crime, not a black one.

However, you said "if you noticed it was only the black dogs" and I think that's the key. People notice those who aren't like them more than those who are. So white people probably pay more attention when some black crook is in the news than when a white crook is.

 

[gumbo]

But the black "dogs" aren't the only ones biting.

Whites commit more crimes than black people do. Not as a percentage of their population, but definitely as a whole. So you'd think you would see a white face associated with crime, not a black one.

However, you said "if you noticed it was only the black dogs" and I think that's the key. People notice those who aren't like them more than those who are. So white people probably pay more attention when some black crook is in the news than when a white crook is.

Have you bumped your head? Most prisons are 85 to 90% black.
And according to our census bureau blacks make up only 11% of the nation, which I have come to the conclusion that our census bureau is only counting blacks that are incarcerated and on parole or probation.

I will grant you that people fear what they don't understand, but however if you go through a poor white town, you don't see all the windows boarded up and you don't get served through a slot in bullet proof glass.

 

[sushisamba]

Is anyone gonna read the link I posted?

All that's in there.

 

[Nickel]

I remember hearing that a white woman killed her kids, went home and called the cops and said that a black man stole her car with her kids inside?

Susan Smith.

 

[Nickel]

Is anyone gonna read the link I posted?

We don't do that here.

 

[vraiblonde]

Have you bumped your head? Most prisons are 85 to 90% black.

Not quite, but you're righter than I was:

http://www.aca.org/government/population.asp

Black and Hispanic inmates together make up 62 percent of the prison population
Approximately 46 percent of all prison inmates (excluding those whose race was not reported) were black; 36 percent, white; 16 percent, Hispanic; 1 percent, American Indian or Alaska Native; and 1 percent, Asian or Pacific Islander

Well I'll be damned. I'd always heard that the numbers for whites were higher than those for blacks.

 

[gumbo]

Not quite, but you're righter than I was:

http://www.aca.org/government/population.asp



Well I'll be damned. I'd always heard that the numbers for whites were higher than those for blacks.

The numbers in Maryland and Virgina are closer to 90%

 

[Bruzilla]

All I can say after reading that article about how black men have faced challenges to get where they are is that I'm so glad that I was born white. I don't know if I ever would have made it without that silver spoon I was given at birth, or the teachers in school taking my tests and doing my homework for me; or the automatic high-paying managerial position I was handed for being white. All of us whites should be happy that we've been able to ramble through life without worry or concerns, just sapping up all the benefits of being white.

Actually, I had three black males go through school with me. As of our last class reunion one is a doctor in Philadelphia, one owns a chain of furniture stores in western PA and the other is an executive with PNC Bank in Pittsburgh. I'm guessing these guys got where they are because they didn't look at being rich and successful as being "too white" and said to hell with the whole "Black Experience" thing.

 

[tomchamp]

The numbers in Maryland and Virgina are closer to 90%

That number goes way up too...when you count the "Wiggers"!

 

[mainman]

That number goes way up too...when you count the "Wiggers"!

Budweiser.....

Because U Deserve What Every Individual Should Enjoy Regularly....

 

[bcp]

The question is, when you see a black man approach the door to 7/11, is the stereotype that he'll open it or not?

Of course he will open it you silly....


how else is he going to get to the counter to rob the place








sorry.
had to be done.
let the red begin.

 

[Nupe2]

Of course he will open it you silly....


how else is he going to get to the counter to rob the place








sorry.
had to be done.
let the red begin.

Yeah, that's right...all black people steal, all koreans eat dogs and own grocery stores in the ghetto, all white people are rich, all hispanics are illegal, all jews own everything, all italians are in the mafia,.......

you sir are truly the dimmest of the dimwits.

 

[vraiblonde]

Yeah, that's right...all black people steal, all koreans eat dogs and own grocery stores in the ghetto, all white people are rich, all hispanics are illegal, all jews own everything, all italians are in the mafia,.......

You forgot that all black men drink malt liquor and all white women are frigid. Oh, and white guys don't open doors for the ladies.

(Actually, that last one is true)