what should i do when someone calls me white when im black?
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tell them not to classify you as white or black but tell them that you are and every other person on the planet is the same ....WE ARE ALL HUMAN!!!!!
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You don't say specifically in what ways you might be over-reacting but I'm assuming your offended by the perceived racial connotations of their statements. Have you asked what they mean when they say this to you? \nAnyway, if the statements are intended to imply some racial slant then yes, you have every right to be offended.
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If you were both blind, would you know the differences between you (other than maybe an accent!).\n\nI have talked with people on the phone who had assumed that because I sound white, I'm white and must automatically agree with their views and their prejudices on racial matters.\nOther other side, I have talked with none whites who assume because I sound white I am and therefore have the selection of prejudices they 'assume' I have on these things.\n\nI deeply resent those assumptions from both sides. No one gave anyone the right to assume to spreak for me, or to assume anything for me.\n\nI have listened to Black people talk and have heard their colour / racial prejudices, just I have with Brown people (Indian / Asian men seem to love their women to have 'light' skin tones...!).\n\nI have had none-white colleagues and friends who have shared the same tastes as me, liked the same books, films and activities ...and sometimes the same taste in female compansionship too. I once had none white girlfriend too.\n\nI suspect that your colleague who said "whites / blacks could never be 100% honest friends because were too different," was speaking about / for herself.\n\nPersonally I get pi***d off whenever I hear someone speak on 'behalf of others in such broad sweeping statements'.... and WITHOUT their permissions to do so.\n\nRegards.\nSash.
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You are insulting them and implying that you are their master at the same time. Coming from a white man, it represents their feeling of being oppressed and. It also embodies the hatred for them by the man.
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Well you can say it because as you said you have the right to say anything you like.  Just keep in mine they have the right to get angry as you do if someone called you something your not. I'm not saying it right I’m say that's the way it is.  Now being of African descent it would offend me greatly if some called me that in fact when my friend uses to I would tell them I’m not a nig anything, call me by my name or just don't call me.  Now why they do it is the same reason that people call themselves Christian today. Although both roots are from a negative origin, they have chosen to uses it as an expression to communicate some fellowship and commonest with Christ or in the African American community with each other.  So, I hope you understand my answer, once again I think it is stupid to identify yourself with a word your enemy came up with or mispronounce to identify you with but hah that just my opinion.\n\n\n\nLet me first say I called myself of African descent, so not all Americans of African decent call themselves African-Americans.  No as far as them being black and your and other Europeans being white is just foolishness. Just look in a mirror one day wearing a white T-shirt then you'll see what color you truly are. The so-called "black-man" is not black as far as the color of his skin goes but dark brown.  Not every one of us call our women ho.. Or Biches, and other degrading name just like not all Americans of many so-call races, call their women out of their names.  From personal experience I have heard some so-call white friend of mine call not only their girlfriend biches to their faces, but their mothers as well. Now would you think its' true or fair to assume or teach that all so-called white people call their parents out of their just because those idiots did?  There are many people of many “different colors of skin” who do not show their parents the popper respect they deserver as parents?  Would it not be wrong to say because some do it all do it?  Come on let not be so blinded by the media propaganda.  Now as far as abusers of social programs go, I’m sorry but the greatest abusers of social programs where by the same grope who started them.  Started for "white" by "whites" not others.  Hope you have a nice day.  No offence intended.
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Raceist ,u are so rude!\nMen if you were in a ghetto right now i dont think ur gonna last even a min!!!
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nickelodeon05, this is for you:\nYou obviously feel strongly about your race and racism. I understand you feeling the way you do, but look at it this way. You(you in general) call white people profound racial names such as cracker and honkey, but when a white person slips the forbidden N word out into the open, that person and everyone they're talking to is "gonna get popped". You said that an African American only calls a white person racist when he or she feels that they are being racist, but you forgot to mention that because of the past, you feel even a slight look into your eyes is a racial remark towards you. You said your youth wasn't alive when Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X were alive, but you ALSO weren't alive way back when there was enslaving and brutality to your race. It's funny how people only act by the bad things and not the good. Look what you fought for, are you showing respect for what you got, equality, by trying to push yourselves higher in the food chain by pulling guilt trips on white people? I know many intellegent African Americans who have gotten over the whole "you're white and I'm black so that means you're racist" thing. And what would you have done if some black thug kids started threatening your children in such a manor that it bothered you enough to say something? Honestly, Put yourself in someone else's shoes before you go discriminating against someone who just acted upon their instincts of protecting their children. \n\nI'm friends with a lot of skinheads, but I'm also friends with a lot of African Americans. I see the view point from both sides, and it's just a big stupid misunderstanding. When people start threatening small children, then that's just going too low. I have no idea why teens are going back to the ghetto and wanting to be thugs again. Their motives are not usually the best, and these kids just don't understand much about anything. Ignorance is the start of all wars.
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Race and Color are self identifiable and not challengable by your employer.  To challenge someone who claims African American or White is in itself racial discrimination and harassment.
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Three things to make the PC SHeep People crazy\n\n1.  Have them refer to you as Danish American or whatever Europeran ancestry you have instead of being white or Caucasian.  Tell them white/Caucasian is an uneducated and racist term used to stereotype a divergent group of people.\n\n2.  Cite white/caucasian hate speech in rap by the artist and ask them what their plan is to eliminate anglo prejudice in rap music or violence against women in rap music?\n\n3.  Fill out all government and university paperwork as follows.  When they ask your ethnicity, check other and list your Euro-American heritage.  Ask the univeristy or federal agency how many say Danish Americans attend the university and, if you are in the minority, tell them you are in a minorty and want minority status and benefits.  If they tell you that you fall under Caucasian call them a racist for using a bigot term.\n\nUse the weapons of the enemy against them and they will crumble.
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from a woman of color.\n\ndont think of us and yourself and others as a color when talking to someone. simply say hello.\n\ni find it easier for me to start off by saying a wisecracking joke that is not offensive to anyone around me. but for others a simple hello is fine.
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You white people don't understand, u are not part of the culture. I know u stepped back and observed things happening but come on,worry about your own self and get a degree in African American studies. Then u will only know half the problem.
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I totally agree.  I always say this but you have to be careful who you say it too because they'll think ur racist.  im not racist in the least. in fact, i took a black women's histor class last year at the university level and the whole year was devoted to talking about how bad the 'white man' is and i had to sit there and take it.  i think we should stop being persicuted for what happened to their ancestors.  Noone alive today was either a slave OR a slave owner so the sympathy card should stop being played.  white people can't blame their downfalls on anyone but in the opposite case, its always okay to blame white people for anything that goes wrong. I think its about time to give it a rest because the sooner we get rid of the double standard, the sooner we can get rid of racism too.
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=and I think it is equally bad when others call us whitey, white boy etc.
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Sucks does'nt it?\nI don't think there's anything you can do.Maybe change your name to Abdul or say you're black on your job applications.\nI'm not trying to sound mean to anyone but I've been there and it's ridicules!\nThere are so many groups out there demanding special attention that no one seems to care about us poor white folk.
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Tell him that you think racism is the product of an inferior mind, and that if he brings it up again you're going to avoid being around him because it makes you uncomfortable. Don't just put up with it- that's similar to saying that it's okay, which you obviously don't believe.\n\nI've got a ton of people in my family who bash homosexuals, and I've told them that it's stupid to make fun of someone for being different and that if they can't keep it to a minimum around me then I'm not going to be around them. It's worked with a few people, and I don't have to hang around the really stupid ones anymore. :)
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Opt out of racism.\nNo one can challenge you.
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Tell them that you have a name, tell them what your name is and that in your country that is meant to be an ignorant word and maybe they wont say it. Or you can ignore it and just consider those people are from another country and maybe they don't no the history behind it why the whites in America used it because they were ignorant and explain about slavery and what African Americans had to do in the US to stand up for there rights.