r/askblackpeople

I'm an Indian guy. I've been listening to Hip Hop for a year now. I mostly listen to 90s & 00s rap. The artists I admire are 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube etc.

While I do enjoy the music and their flow I noticed that a lot of their lyrics tend to use misogynistic slurs for women.

I don't enjoy contemporary rap and I tend to enjoy the music and flow of the 90s and 00s but at the same time I keep thinking if it's even fine to enjoy it despite its problematic view of women and homosexuals.

Would love to know what y'all think about it.

I am white. I grew up watching Tom and Jerry quite a bit, among other old cartoons from the 30s, 40s, and 50s, such as Looney Toons, and the old Paramount Cartoons. As for Tom and Jerry, I watched the largely sanitized versions on Cartoon Network that removed the caricatures, apart from the character "Mammy Two Shoes", the black woman who had to deal with their antics (or rarely aired shorts that featured her) or watched the original versions and was too young to recognize the stereotypes. But as I got older, I found the uncensored versions online and saw the original versions with all the stereotypes, such as blackface gags, and the original voice of the black woman, only known as "Mammy Two-Shoes". I was wondering, what do you guys think of these old cartoons now that they have aged horribly, and how would've your grandparents and great-grandparents feel if they were watching these cartoons, among other racist media of the time if they were in a theater in the 1930s or 1940s?

I really dont want to offend anyone or be ignorant but as a black British african i really dont understand why black Americans get worked up about black British actors playing black american roles like im a bit confused

I interacted with a barista who looked like Keke Palmer. I think of that as a compliment because she’s very pretty. I told her that and there wasn’t much of a reaction so I was worried I shouldn’t have said anything. I’m a white female.

ngl Ive always felt a way abt this trait in me that genuinely makes friends w white ppl so fast, whereas w black people it can be a struggle and im black so I feel like it’s very anti black of me. My parents tried to fix it by putting me in mostly black schools. i’ve tried to fix it by purposefully not having white friends for a while but tbh it’s just kinda hard if that makes sense. It’s not rly about race per se, just I can sense when ppl may or may not certain aspects of me and I get that feeling often from my black peers. unless said black peer is super super nerdy, like myself.

Almost every time I see a video online about Native Americans or meso Americans, They’re always seems to be some comments saying that black People were the real native Americans, and that the Native Americans we have are fake, also noticed quite a few of them. Don’t believe that they are Descendants of Africans.

And I’m wondering, is there actually a size amount of people that think like this in America or is it just a loud minority?

The realization that my black boyfriend is not pro black. Every so often he'll make comments such as wanting to change his nose through surgery. Wanting to change his last name to a less African sounding one. And it all just breaks my heart. We've been together for 3 years now and I only recently have come to the realization that this is just who he is. Of course there were signs but I didn't want to accept them. Part of me wants to try one last time to make him love himself as a black man as stupid as that sounds.

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So I’ve been looking a lot into the school of thought that all “white people are racist” to better educate myself and understand in what ways I am racist or participate in a racist system that I can better understand or acknowledge how I benefit from this system and how I can deconstruct what racism is do need to but I haven’t found a lot of good explanations for this idea or ways to deconstruct the racism I inevitably have as a white person really other then “understand you benefit from a racist system, don’t speak over amplify black voices, and listen to those black voices” is there a lot more to me understand I assume there is but is there a level of me overcomplicating this

might be a stupid question, but I see how it is and I see how it isn't.

words like "finna," "crine," "tryna," etc. are all assimilated into my casual vocabulary, and a friend of mine brought it up as a mild point of concern. on one hand, taking parts of Black culture without facing anti-Black bias is unfair, and on the other cultural sharing is a natural and at times inevitable aspect of language. obviously whether one finds this offensive can differ from individual to individual, so I'm mostly looking for a general consensus.

so, what do you think? and even if you personally wouldn't be offended, do you think it's best avoiding it just to be safe? or is it your belief that intent matters, etc. etc.

Heyo, first of all, I'm white, and I'm currently making a bunch of bracelets themed after my favourite movies and music. Currently I'm working on one for 'they will kill you'

I love the movie and Asia is an absolute badass but I'm not sure how exactly I should theme it

I'm autistic and I catch every Fauxpas possible at times so I have some questions for this and further projects:

1. Would it be weird to add a charm that symbolises her hair?

To me it seemed like a big part of the overall styling in the movie and I have a charm with a moon with a mane like feather decoration that reminds me of the aesthetics.

2. I'm thinking about adding the Titel of the song 'Bloody Samurai' to it in letter beads but given the lyrics I'm not sure if it would be appropriate given the message of the song. But on the other hand I'm scared of being so scared of doing stuff wrong that I stop showing appreciation to things I may not fully understand (if that makes sense)

3. Should I even wear it myself if it's themed after the song?

Or is it exactly what the song refers to at the end about white people behaving in a way that makes others feel that they and their struggles get ridiculed.

4. Am I just overthinking things?

Disclaimer: I'm just being curious and i don't want to offend anyone, so that's why im asking

So first off, I'm white and grew up in a country with really few people of color so i dont really have anyone irl to ask about this who could actualy give me a valid answer.

I heard people complain about white cosplayers when they paint their skin a darker color when cosplaying a POC character and calling it blackface. When i first saw it i of couse googled the term and found out that blackface is when a non person of color paints themself black (or something along the lines) in order to mock dark skinned people (which i agree is genuinely very racist and disgusting). What i don't get is why it is a problem when the person cosplaying does it and it actualy looks good (and character accurate).

I don't feel like they are being racist or disrespectful, (to me) it looks like they are actualy appreciating it. I dont think it is necessary for the cosplay but i also dont feel like it's a problem (when done respectfully). Again, i am a white person and i dont understand it, that's why im asking so please dont get mad at me

Edit: oh yeah it's definitely bad. I want to thank anyone who responded and made me see the why i was wrong. But i also want to apologize because i now realised how rude my question was, which i NEVER wanted it to be (i apologied to the person after they made me see my error, but they deleted that comment to which I apologized to, so i just wanted to out it here so everyone can understand i realise how dumb and disrespectful i sounded)

I'm half Nigerian and half Italian and I was discussing about racism and segregation with a black woman and instead of discussing with me she just blocked me saying "you're not even black idc about it" and that made trigger smth, I understand that I would face a different racism compared to a pure black man but this made me think. Do I really have to the right be on the black community and talking about racism? I dunno tbh and I often feel like I have no culture whatsover...

I (25F she/her) and my partner (27NB he/they) have been dating for about 2 years. We are both white - we live in a predominately white area. We don't know a lot of black people. I say all of this because when I met my partner, I had no idea what his cat's name meant, so when he introduced her as "Spook" I didn't think anything of it. At one point I did ask about the origins of the name, and he said she's named after a character in the "Mistborn" series. I haven't read it, but I looked it up and that is the name of the character, and it's my partner's favorite book so that tracks.

I recently found out that this is a racial slur. All my friends (not all white but none black) apparently knew that this was a racial slur and didn't say anything about it.

I told my partner expecting them to be surprised, but they said that someone hinted at something to this effect a while back. He looked into it and it looks like it's not typically considered rude if it's used as a proper noun - and that it's a fairly outdated term anyway. He figured since he had already had the cat for a while and no one else seemed to notice it, that it was more of an etymology issue than anything else. Knowing that other people seem to recognize it too, he asked if I think he should rename his cat.

The cat is 4 years old and he's had her for about 3 years. So I guess I'm wondering if it really is an etymology issue, or if this word is hurtful in any context regardless? Personally if it was my cat I would just rename her, but I am a lot less sentimental and this character/book seemed to really mean something to my partner. I know the term "Spooky" is originated from this but has since changed connotation and meaning, so I guess I'm wondering if it's similar to that or if it's much harsher.

I know this is a kinda stupid situation/question, but I wasn't sure where to go with it. If it really is harmful I will just tell him to suck it up and change the name, but I don't really speak from a place of authority on this. Really a "blind leading the blind" situation.

So this lowkey comedian I like has merchandise with his face on it and I was wearing it and I felt a lot of black men looking at my shirt. Is that weird to do?

Was walking through a parking lot with my cousin when a guy came flying through at what looked like 50 mph. I literally had to pull my cousin back so he wouldn’t get hit.

I threw my arms up like, “wtf was that?” The guy slams on his brakes, gets out, and starts asking if I have a problem. I told him, “You almost ran us over.”

He starts asking me to fight him. I started walking toward him laughing because I train MMA and the whole situation seemed ridiculous. He gets back in his car, says something about not living far away, threatens to come back and shoot us, then calls us “sand niggers” and drives off.

This is probably the fifth time in my life I’ve been called that specifically out of hate.

What I’m curious about is do Black people still get openly called racial slurs by strangers like this? Or do you think some people feel more comfortable saying things like this to Arabs

I’m not trying to say one group has experienced more racism historically. I’m asking specifically about how comfortable people seem to be with saying this stuff openly today

As a Black person, do you find that you get more racism from dark skinned or light skinned Indians, or does it make little to no difference?

Black Americans with albinism are still frequently racially misidentified, ostracized, and, more often than people realize, denied the “Black experience.” I understand that much of this comes from ignorance and a lack of knowledge but at a certain point remaining ignorant is a choice.

And since y’all love to say “Black comes in all shades“ the Black community needs to actually live by that statement. That means becoming more familiar with and educated about albinism because we are your people too.

I was misidentified a lot as a child. Nowadays I mostly experience it through social media and overly woke Black people try to police me about the N-word despite the fact that I’m Black myself. Having albinism does not give us some special privilege or exempt us from racism. If anything, the only “privilege” we have is based on stereotypical ideas surrounding colorism.

My parents gave me Black features in ALL CAPS. It usually takes white people about 60 seconds to clock my tea that I’m Black and Black people much longer than that time. And people still act as though having a different skin color means we’re removed from the Black experience.

We still experience racism, discrimination, police brutality, prejudice, and all the other realities that come with being Black. It’s not because we lack melanin that our lives become sunshine and rainbows. Albinism does not erase our Blackness, our culture or the racism we experience because of it.