Why are white people so terrified of Minorities?

I am a 23 year old black man, a Marine Corp combat veteran, and currently a student which a majoring in science and math, I am generally a polite person and I make it a point everyday to do my best to break down the Negative stereotypes about black people. So with that said I would like ask for EDUCATED Personal opinions without being dis-respectful or be-belittling one another.

I personally believe that the problem begins with with the Music/Movie/News and negative stereotypes. In almost any genre of television show you watch you see that minorities Particularly black urban youths are often used as burglar, larcenist, rapist, Car thieves or violent incoherent attackers From anything from Soap Opera’s to Crime Dramas or even Comedy.

I believe that this leads to the subconscious to profile these type characters to later use them a warnings that these characters in reality without re-guard to their actual intentions maybe pose a threat to your safety or continued existence. I also believe that growing prominence of negative Music that takes pride on being as ignorant and flashy as you can be is also being presented to Others as the Flower of urban black Culture. Which is most definitely not the case, also please don’t get me wrong all hip-hop is not Self promoting, women bashing, hate mongering, music just allot of it in the Mainstream is.

I find my self swayed to believe that in combination with what was stated previously and of those who fail realize that today’s Mainstream Music is an ENTERTAINMENT Industry that thrives only by doing and behaving sensationally hence the “Nikki Minage’s” the “lil Wayne’s” type behavior that includes dressing as a human doll and such. They do these things because they know it will draw publicity negative or positive it doesn’t matter because you are talking about them and that is what they want. The exposure of this type of culture to people who don’t have many daily interactions with many minorities is Extremely detrimental to race relations.

For example in a personal experience at boot camp on Paris Island toward the end of recruit training when we had gelled as a team and unit and were open to each other one of the recruits stated he had never met a black person prior to being on Paris Island and didn’t know what to expect because his only exposure to blacks had been that of television and he expected us to act like “thugs and gangsta’s” to his surprise this was most definitely not the case. He came to learn and understand that like white people we have wants and desires and we struggle to improve our financial assets and class standing in the world.

It’s also known that the Major News corporation’s play a disproportionate amount of “Minority on white” vs “White on Minority” ratio of crimes, I’m not attempting to justify it but this makes sense as Television must cater to the audience which is for the most part white butt this could and does contribute more tense race relations. I would Imagine the audience feeling battered by minorities although it may not be the case.

I had a close friend of mine tell me he feels like all black people that he doesn’t know hate him or could careless for him. I personally believe real friend’s should be able to talk about anything without compromising their relationship that’s how we progress and strengthen our bonds to one Another.
Another friend of mine who is Full blooded Portuguese but looks as though he was mixed even agrees with me on this matter as he was consider Mixed when he is only Portuguese and treated differently by his own.

Now with all that said I have asked this question because I am tired of feeling Alienated sometimes in my own Nation. I was born here and I have No intentions of leaving to make any man happy white black or other. I am tired of walking past cars only to hear it be locked as i walk by, I am tired of seeing people cross the street to avoid me, People wont even look me in the eye when they talk to me, I don’t dress thuggish or even urban. I dress as though I walked out of work from a clothing department store (no i don’t tuck my shirt in that’s just tacky). I feel this building resentment growing inside of me like sometimes we will never be accepted completely. This especially bothers Me because i love this Nation and I love the fact that when you look at pictures of our Military and Government you see people of all different ethnic and racial backgrounds compared that to other nation’s Military’s who all look White or Black or Asian etc.

I love the diversity of America, we are the Most diverse racially and geologically and allowing everyone to contribute has been our strength. None the less this question plagues my thoughts and i would like to hear from those who feel they can appropriately answer this question with their thought’s or even questions.

Please help, I have a mother rabbit and her 6 babies !?!?

I rescued a mother rabbit and her 7 bunnies from the barn I work at. Originally there was 9 babies, the other rabbits with the mother killed two and paralysed one. I have the mother and her 6 babies in my home (the paralysed one passed away this morning, but now there’s another sick/injured baby). Both baby bunnies (the paralysed, and the sick/injured one could not get up and kept wiggling/ flopping on the bottom of their cage).. I have never had baby animals before, but am familiar with bunnies as I had 6 of my own for many years. Can someone explain this. The babies (the 6 of them) can all fit in my one hand, and are just opening their eyes. The stronger/ bigger babies can slowly hop from one end of the cage to the other. Does anyone know approximately how old they might be? Please help me decide what I should do with the sick/injured baby, i’m thinking of separating it from it mom and litter mates, is this the right choice? Approximately how old should the babies be before I remove the mother, and start them on solid food? Anyother releative information is great help.

*Now before anyone starts criticizing me for taking the babies and their mother home with me, I made this decising to gve the babies a chance, if your a farmer and own a barn the larger animals (in my case the horses) are more important, the barn is on a tight budget, and does not have enough time/ or the means to care for these babies. I was convinced that all of them would of been dead the next day if I had left them there in the hutch with the other full grown rabbits.
Update: The mother has stomped on and killed the sick/injured bunny. One other baby bunny is acting the same way as the other two who passed away (not being able to hold its self up, its very stiff, and remains lying on its side). I am now down to 4 babies (the strongest/ biggest of the litter), I lost the fifth one, as it was getting curios and wandered over to the water dish, where I believe it drown.

Please share any advice you may have so that I can save the last 4 baby bunnies.

There are something’s ONLY southerner’s know?

Willys cynical thought for the day;

Some of us learn from the mistakes of others; the rest of us have to be the fugging others!

Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don’t “HAVE” them, you “PITCH” them.

Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up “a mess.”

Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of “yonder.”

Only a Southerner knows exactly how long “directly” is, … as in: “Going to town, be back directly.”

Even Southern babies know that “Gimme some sugar” is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.

All Southerners know exactly when “by and by” is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.

Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who’s got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor’s trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin!

Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between “right near” and “a right far piece.” They also know that “just down the road” can be 1 mile or 20.

Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol’ boy, and po’ white trash.

No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.

A Southerner knows that “fixin” can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.

Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines… and when we’re “in line,” …. we talk to everybody!

Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they’re related, even if only by marriage.

In the South, y’all is singular, . all y’all is plural.

Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.

Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.

When you hear someone say, “Well, I caught myself lookin’,” you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!

Only true Southerners say “sweet tea” and “sweet milk.” Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it — we do not like our tea unsweetened. “Sweet milk” means you don’t want buttermilk.

And a true Southerner knows you don’t scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say, “Bless her heart” … and go your own way.

To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!

And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, … bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin’ to have classes on Southernness as a second language!

And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y’all need a sign to hang on y’alls front porch that reads “I ain’t from the South, but I got here as fast as I could!” Muaaa-ha-ha-ha-haha!

http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/
From; Willys Jokes archives! Best jokes, anywhere!

My boyfriend is wonderful in most ways, but after 10 months is still insecure and controlling.?

We are actually semi engaged… We are now in love and living together. I work 3 days, 2 nites, and off 2 days. Last nite was very busy at work, , we close at 9, then have 1/2 hour to 1 1/2 side work, (I’m a waitress). So I got home around 10:30. I see him out on the porch waiting, frowning. I open the car door, he says hi, and is obviously not in a happy mood. The stage is set for me to get angry at this attitude. I try to avoid a conflict, come in smiling, although tired, saying what a good nite I had; I made great $; did some shopping earlier on the way to work; look what I bought your mother for Christmas… I was just coming home from work in a good mood. Well, he (still not speaking, yet frowning) looks at his watch and says yea, but look what time it is !!!!!!!!!!!! This isn’t the first time we’ve had this kind of confrontation, and It really infuriates me! He had 2 previous relationships in which he was treated badly, cheated on, ripped off, etc., but so have I, and who hasn’t by the time we are 40-50? Anyway, I am very independent, I don’t “need” him, even though he treats me like a queen. I can support myself very well, pay my own bills, know quite well how to make my own coffee and wash dishes, open my own car door, etc.. (I think it is very sweet for him to do these things for me, and he enjoys it). I’m not totally able to do carpenter work or electrical, or plumbing, but can pay to have it done if I was living alone and needed it done. (I own my own house, he owns his, but we like mine better.) From the start, he was possessive, tried to control me and I broke up with him a few times because of it. I let him know he does not own me. I am me, and he is him! I do what I want, and I “want” to be with him. But I don’t HAVE to be! Little things I do, like choose to bring a buggy into wal-mart from outside instead of getting one when I enter, bother him. Buying a box of Christmas cards for the 23 people I work with bothered him, becuz he wouldn’t do that… Little things that make me be me, he gives me these disapproving looks, which really make me mad. A few months ago I wrote a list of pros and cons i feel about him. There were like 10 pros, just 4 cons. He vowed to change the cons, which were to do with being possessive and controlling, insecure, jealous… And he does try! I’m just not sure how long I can wait for him to master it. Last nite, I felt I’d rather come home to only my dog, (my kids are grown and gone), than to come home to someone who is mad at me AGAIN for nothing. He says he’s not mad, but doesn’t know what to call it. Anyway I marched into my room took my bubblebath, and got in my bed, all with my door closed cuz then I WAS mad. He slept on the couch.
Oh, he is also uncomfortable when we are around other people, even family, and I think it’s becuse it takes my attention from him. He has been jealous of my time with my neice when she came to visit, also my daughter who lives in NC! and came for a visit, We had gone to visit her, and he stuck to me like glue, when he could have been out with her husband doing man stuff, EX: working on the barn, building something in his shed… Any ideas how I can help him get over this nonsense? We have been thru this so many times now. I really do love him, for many reasons. But it is to the point that I can almost predict what will happen when I do one of many things in routine life. I have never given him any reason to distrust me. If I wanted someone else I would first get rid of him! I am not a cheater! (And neither is he!)
HELP?