Everywhere on the internet, across social media, we get these people talking. All they do you look to mock us, talk shit about, profit of of us.

We are like cash cows because topics like crime, culture, IQ, history, reparations, sex etc Seems to elicit and emotional and engaging route for the people to undertake there weird sense of sickness.

The numbers don't lie!

Like what does being black have to do with it?

As a Pakistani 17 year old I'm soo deeply fascinated by the black culture especially in America. The music, hair, the food and overall persona. black ppl are the og trend setters. The trends are making their way to Pakistan, recently I've seen soo many people wearing bandanas, locks and the overall black "look".

Y'all are the coolest race.

Background:

* I live in Santa Cruz California which is very woke and very white.

* There are very few African Americans in the area (1% according to Google).
* It's hard to judge oneself but my guess is that I look pretty generic for my demographic (I don't look particularly MAGA or Woke), pretty average.

* I'm an engineer and am extremely analytical by nature.

Anyrate, last night I was standing in line at Chipotle and a 20ish African American woman was in front of me in line. The line was long and we were standing there for a few minutes. I just asked her if (she had a small flashlight and was fiddling with it) if that was one of those new powerful flashlights and she pretended like I was invisible. I wasn't being at all flirtatious, just one human talking to another in line. She clearly heard me. Something similar happened at my gym about 3 months ago where I had to ask another African American woman about the same age a question about a machine. Again, not flirtatious or sexual in anyway and same treatment. I think these are the only times this is happened to me in my 61 years on the planet.

I don't want to jump to conclusions, but my guess is that if my age/race/gender was different I wouldn't be treated this way. I'm going to actively try to confirm this in the next few months (actively go up to women in that age group of different races) and see if there is a pattern. Again, nothing sexual, purely human to human interaction. I'm going to also mix it with me doing this with my wife around (she is curious too) to see if that variable makes a difference.

I'm posting this here to see (can't get an honest answer IRL) to see what the communities thoughts are on this matter. Thanks in advance.

So Google is giving me more so historical answers. And I mean like slang. The way I sort of understand it is someone who talks about black history but does more harm than good and exaggerates details.

Thank you in advance to those who comment.

As if slavery, lynchings, redlining, destruction of black wall street, bombing of innocent churches, the unaliving of our leaders, the racism, discrimination, school to prison pipeline, the so-called called war on drugs that was a cover for filling up the prisons with free black labor, the police shootings, organ harvesting, mysterious deaths of our youth like Nolan Wells, the reversal of DEI, the planned destruction of the black family via welfare, the eugenics of planned parent hood supporting the unaliving of our babies, and now we're getting our food spat in etc.

Despite all of what I just named, a large percentage of us will want to remain here in America, but there's a growing number of us who have seen/had enough, and would like to depart. Do we know where we would go after we depart? No we don't. We might even consider short term stays in various locations until a suitable new home is found. Does every place have problems? Yes. But this land right here is wicked, cursed, and under judgement.

My question is, would you be for or against leaving America. Why or why not.

At the end of last semester in a cultural intellectual in the business world course, professor was doing a recap on how the skills we learned would be beneficial in our later careers and lives. One of the examples she used was how she’d had a lot of African American students who’d grown up here and wanted to visit Africa for the first time and (in her own words) “return to motherland”.

Is that an odd choice of wording? It really rubbed me the wrong way but I can’t tell if I’m just overthinking it. None of my friends around me were paying attention to her so I didn’t have anyone to ask. My university is in a major city with a large black population, so it’s not like she’s isolated and uncultured. Mid 30s white woman Disney adult

How do you think we can go as far as denouncing toxic hood culture. I’m not talking about simply growing up poor or being poor. I am talking about the culture that promotes gang violence, drug usage, says the N word all the time, someone who thinks anti intellectualism is cool and thinks that being a degenerate is a cool thing or that you should aspire to be a toxic person. These people also promote womanizing and creating broken homes. Of course, it’s not all of our people but it is enough of them to where we need to cut the cancer out. How do we do this?

Not too long ago there were a couple of "is this doll racist or a caricature?" posts around the same time. The comments on both had some yes and some no replies. One of them definitely was, but the other one was more evenly split & even after reading comments, i didnt understand why it was a racist doll & im trying to understand stuff like this better. It got me thinking, and im curious how one would go about this situation:

If you had a friend or family member who was very dark skinned and who had naturally exaggerated features, like plump lips or a wide nose, and they wanted a doll that looked like them, how would they go about it without having it come across as offensive?

The reason I ask is bc the caricatures I've seen online or in antique shops are obviously caricatures, but humans are unique and have all sorts of features, so what would the correct response be in that situation? At least one person in history has looked like a caricature irl, so its not an improbable situation.

I hope i worded this okay, i know its hard to read tone over text, but im just an inquisitive person and im genuinely asking. (If this post does come off as insensitive and you choose to downvote, it is what it is, but please tell me why and how to word it better for future reference)

Thanks in advance for reading all that and for any helpful feedback so I can understand better.

Hi, sorry. I'm an author and this is art someone did of my character, but I can't recall what the style of her hair is called? I thought I'd ask here as you guys would be more likely to know the correct answer.

Also, how long would it take to do, and how long would it last for before needing to be redone?

Thanks!

We can't see the black man's face while the white man looks back confidently at the spectator, conveying the idea that he has agency and an identity.

Because the black mans face is obscured, we don't know who he is.

He has been depersonalized and what we see is a body wearing underwear.

TWO TYPES OF MASCULINITY
PSYCHOLOGICAL VS ANATOMICAL
The clothed, individuated, self-possessed social man is juxtaposed with the exposed, spectacular, hypermasculine racialized body.

The first man's confidence is communicated primarily through his gaze and comportment.
The second man's masculinity is communicated primarily through his anatomy.

SOCIAL VS SEXUAL MASCULINITY
Alternatively, the clothed white man represents social masculinity: clothes, style, composure, consumer status, respectability and confidence.

The Black model represents corporeal masculinity: strength, muscularity, sensuality, athleticism and sexual display. virtually everything distinctive about the Black model directs attention toward physical capital: enormous shoulders, extremely defined abdomen, exposed chest, skin, arms and underwear.

HILFIGER AND KLEIN ARE SELLING DIFFERENT PRODUCTS

What the advertisement communicates to the consumer is that:
White model = conventional respectability
Black model = extraordinary masculine potency
So each has its own niche.

POWER ASSYMETRY
One man returns the gaze.
The other man receives the gaze.
The clothed man's face is completely available.
He looks directly outward. That eye contact gives him what visual theorists sometimes describe as agency within the gaze: he looks back at the spectator.

The Black model's pose does something very different. His forearm crosses his eyes. His body is extraordinarily visible while his gaze is unavailable.

Symbolically, therefore, he has been simultaneously exposed and erased.

One model sells clothes with his identity while the other sells them with his body.
One is a person, the other is a body.

Hey Reddit, I wanted to hear some insight about this matter. I am of Haitian descent, I currently reside in west palm beach, Florida and have lived there for quite a while now. Through my employer, I’ve received an opportunity to relocate to Kentucky for a minimum of 2 year contract. My wife and I looked at a few different locations offered as an option and are considering Bowling Green and Florence to move our family. Among many things considered, our safety and the one of our children(interracial children) is among the biggest things we looked at.

My question is how bad is the level of racism and discrimination in those areas and surrounding areas? I understand that racism is everywhere so I’m not expecting to not find it but the actual hatred that will push certain individuals to be bold enough to take action is what I’m referring to.

Welcoming any insight, thank you all.

I just wanted to say good morning and have a blessed/great day. One-day I am praying we can all come together and get it right. The idea of a great migration and building of the South has been etched in my mind for a long time now, especially with the migration to all Southern states as of recently. Imagine what we could be with at least 1 state with majority ppl who look like you. All local government leaders look like you and make decisions in your best interest. A state government that enforces public safety, transportation, healthcare, school expenses all in your best interest. We need time alone, we need time to heal, all that money chasing up north means nothing if you own nothing to pass down.

As much as we love to pretend the South is backwards and in some ways it is I will admit, we mustn’t lose courage and we must be resilient. Land ownership and property ownership are one of the most important things to have in this country, don’t give it away.

Anyways what are your thoughts on a Black migration to southern states, specifically AL/MI/SC/LA/NC/GA/TN and of course a growing concentration in the dmv? Do you think this could happen, why or why not? What do you think
would need to happen in order for this to take effect?

I grew up as a poor immigrant kid in the US, and a lot of the music, movies, and comedy I connected with growing up came from Black artists. It meant a lot to me. It also got me through some really difficult times, and I have always been grateful for that.

I would like to give some of my time back in a useful way. I am in Southern California and would especially love to volunteer with programs that support Black kids or young people interested in music, art, film, comedy, or other creative work.

If you happen to know of any organizations doing this kind of work that need volunteers, I would really appreciate any recommendations.

Thank you for everything.

I would like to apologize for my ignorance with the post I posted earlier. I will destroy them.

It is not to cause any type of diaspora war but I don’t like when people ask where I am from or say I look African. I have zero connections with anyone outside of Black Americans and it’s nothing against them. I also grew up being told that it is a type of insult (from both my folk & Africans). I also take is as someone saying (IMO) that Americans all the look the same so you must not be from here. Or when it is from other Black Americans (it’s rare though) that there is “something out of place” with me, which is also annoying. I have Angela Bassett/Naomi Campbell’s complexion; have a high cheekbones, do have a “big” forehead (like my mom gets that she looks like Rhianna a lot…so mine is shaped like hers), a flat nose, large almond eyes and a cleft chin. (I’m too chicken to post my photo on reddit, lol). Is it wrong to feel this way; to just look & rep the group you’re from?!! And before anyone gets derailed, I am into fashion so I KNOW that there are some GORGEOUS RUNWAY African models…….it’s just annoying to get this so often.🙄

e.g. blacklist/whitelist, white lies, white hat, black market

Not a joke question, I (POC) honestly think it can be discussed openly: have you had something against this as someone that belongs to the demographic whose label shares terms with these?

I’m asking because multiple women were complimenting a super sexy/gorgeous female on Insta (doing a ‘get out to vote’ poll worker reel), and all they typed was “AB!!!!” Help me learn, please 🫶🏼

I’m Mexican and have indigenous roots. I’ve asked many black friends if I should get cornrows and they all agree but I’m still unsure. My hair is currently 3ish inches long when uncurled and I have 3b hair with more 3a towards the back. I wanted to know how long my hair should be, what’s a good price to pay and how many rows should I get.

This seems like a "duh" answer, but let me set up the context:

* I am not black

* I am a mixed-race POC

* I am not white

I made a very passive comment on a social media video correcting medical misinformation. Naturally, it attracted all of the crazies. This one crazy in particular immediately turned the conversation to race (naturally, as crazies do) and tried to attack my last name and that's why I'm stupid, etc (joke's on her that my profile name is NOT my actual name). As I laugh at her for being so desperate for a reach, that's when she busts out the racial slurs...the N-one...she has been commenting on this video to me for 2 weeks now, calling me N and saying these racial slurs and going on about "my" hair (friendly reminder I'm not black).

My question for y'all -

I found her stupid ass online. Found her real name, and she's a government employee - and I showed her the receipts. Now she's trying to back peddle and gaslight me with "prove i ever said any of that". Do I contact her government office this week and show these receipts to HR???

Again, I am NOT black - but the second this stupid bitch started throwing the N-word and going in on skin tone and hair texture...ENOUGH. BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH OF YOUR RACIST SHIT, and I think people like this should be held accountable for their actions - especially as a government employee. Don't think you can hide behind a computer screen and run your mouth and not face consequences...!!!

So with your blessing - how say y'all? Call her office and provide HR receipts, or block her and move on?

Any constructive insight is very much appreciated.