# Pitting Honeybadger **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 7, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183 "2018-03-07T15:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/4 "2018-03-07T15:51:33Z")
The assumption seems to be that since blacks (and, presumably, other minorities) are appearing more in the “main stream,” the only logical conclusion is that some blacks, at least, have finally decided to change their ways and do a better job of blending in. There appears to be a deliberate effort to ignore the fact that what is now mainstream is a better blending of different cultures rather than being the exclusive domain of any one culture. Or, as **WordMan** put it in the thread: > [@Why is it more common to see black male/white female couples than white male/black female on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-more-common-to-see-black-male-white-female-couples-than-white-male-black-female-on-tv/810106/26): > > If populations like Blacks, Latinos and Asians (and LGBTQ folk, and Women, etc) are seen as “more mainstream,” did they come to the Mainstream, or did it come to them? Hint: it wasn’t the populations who have moved. I agree that the badger in question is mistaken about whose head is where. It’s hard not to see willful ignorance in missing minority influence on current American “culture and language.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183)._