# Living while black in America **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611 "2018-07-09T21:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/61 "2018-07-10T16:25:53Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > Pool socks are a thing. Next you’ll be telling me I have to wear a swimsuit. Just like those lifeguards at the community center with their “rules”. And then those cops with their “public indecency laws”. And that judge with his “two years supervised probation”. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/62 "2018-07-10T17:07:06Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Great thread idea, IMO. Hopefully plenty of Dopers will chime in with personal anecdotes as well as goings on around the country. > > For several years of international travel, my wife (a black naturalized citizen) was almost always singled out for additional security screening/interviews upon our return, while I (a white birth citizen) have never been. I’m sorry for your wife’s apparent victimization at the hands of the government you are allied with. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/63 "2018-07-10T17:25:27Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I’m sorry for your wife’s apparent victimization at the hands of the government you are allied with. I’m sorry that you’re such an unhappy, history-averse weirdo with a political philosophy that the vast majority of Americans utterly reject. I’m sure it sucks having political ideas that are less popular than the GOP in Berkeley. Best wishes to you and your (probably nonexistent) family. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/64 "2018-07-10T17:25:58Z")
Who qualifies as a black person or as a minority? ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/65 "2018-07-10T17:27:40Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m sorry that you’re such an unhappy, history-averse weirdo with a political philosophy that the vast majority of Americans utterly reject. I’m sure it sucks having political ideas that are less popular than the GOP in Berkeley. Best wishes to you and your (probably nonexistent) family. Shouldn’t you be making cowboy exclamations and waving a hat while astride a nuclear weapon falling from an aircraft? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/66 "2018-07-10T17:30:16Z")
Ignoring the last two posts and going back to the OP, I think one of the most shocking is the student who fell asleep while studying in the common area of her dorm and one of her dorm-mates called the police. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/67 "2018-07-10T17:37:53Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Who qualifies as a black person or as a minority? It’s a long list… would you prefer plain text or CSV? ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/68 "2018-07-10T17:39:34Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > It’s a long list… would you prefer plain text or CSV? I don’t intend on receiving an answer in any shape or form. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/69 "2018-07-10T17:41:24Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Who qualifies as a black person or as a minority? I’ll go out on a limb and suggest black people and minorities. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/70 "2018-07-10T17:47:11Z")
Who is black and what constitutes a “minority”. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/71 "2018-07-10T17:48:41Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Shouldn’t you be making cowboy exclamations and waving a hat while astride a nuclear weapon falling from an aircraft? Hey, you keep your fantasy life to yourself, young man! ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/72 "2018-07-10T17:49:42Z")
Americans with German ancestry are a minority in America. T or F ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/73 "2018-07-10T17:50:35Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Americans with German ancestry are a minority in America. T or F This is a hijack that should be ignored. T or F ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/74 "2018-07-10T17:50:52Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Hey, you keep your fantasy life to yourself, young man! This millennial never saw Dr. Strangelove. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/75 "2018-07-10T17:52:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > This is a hijack that should be ignored. T or F How am I to contribute without knowing who qualifies for the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/76 "2018-07-10T17:55:31Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > How am I to contribute without knowing who qualifies for the thread? By asking who qualifies for the thread, dipshit, instead of asking asinine off-topic shit like “Americans with German ancestry are a minority in America. T or F” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/77 "2018-07-10T17:56:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > By asking who qualifies for the thread, dipshit, instead of asking asinine off-topic shit like “Americans with German ancestry are a minority in America. T or F” :rolleyes: I did. No takers so far. Are you up to the task, smart guy? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/78 "2018-07-10T17:59:54Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I did. No takers so far. Are you up to the task, smart guy? If you have any good stories about German Americans being treated strangely because of their heritage, I’m sure we’d all love the hear them. (But it may have to be in a different thread, because this one is called “Living while black in America.”) (Unless, of course, your stories are about black German Americans) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/79 "2018-07-10T18:01:54Z")
Ignore the fucking fucker please. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611/80 "2018-07-10T18:01:59Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > If you have any good stories about German Americans being treated strangely because of their heritage, I’m sure we’d all love the hear them. (But it may have to be in a different thread, because this one is called “Living while black in America.”) (Unless, of course, your stories are about black German Americans) The OP talks of “minorities” and claims “black” people are a minority. I just want to know who is black. Are we talking the “one drop” rule or paper bag? I’m not sure what you race realists prefer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-while-black-in-america/817611.md?page=5)