# Questions for white people \[the U.S edition\] **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 14, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068 "2014-04-14T04:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/21 "2014-04-14T07:53:42Z")
Through careful trimming of posts, we can find points which we agree with. > [@Honesty](#): > > fucking everyone > > - Honesty Yes!!! I want to subscribe to your newsletter! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/22 "2014-04-14T08:49:43Z")
- Looks at join date in OP. Surprised to see it’s May 2000. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/23 "2014-04-14T08:58:15Z")
Also, why can’t you white people dance, _ **AMIRITE??** _ ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/24 "2014-04-14T09:18:46Z")
Jeez, white people suck. Only white people vote, right? And the roads? They’re like, worse than Mongolia. Or something. I ate half a watermelon this weekend. Was too lazy to do fried chicken. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/25 "2014-04-14T09:27:07Z")
Is this some kind of performance piece to show white people how stupid they look when they make ignorant racist generalizations? If so, Bra-_VO!_ ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/26 "2014-04-14T09:43:15Z")
It’s true, it’s true! We’re so lame! - Homer Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/27 "2014-04-14T10:03:17Z")
In my defense, I must assert that I was “_with_ the women just around midnight,” not “_whip_.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/28 "2014-04-14T10:05:46Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > It’s true, it’s true! We’re so lame! - Homer Simpson I’m a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me - no matter HOW dumb my suggestions are! ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/29 "2014-04-14T11:13:39Z")
The truth is that I can’t see race. I’m not even sure what color I am. People tell me I’m white, and I believe them because I’m always talking about other people’s business and giving billion dollar bailouts to Kiev. [/Colbert] ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/30 "2014-04-14T11:23:07Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > Also, why can’t you white people dance, _ **AMIRITE??** _ I resemble that remark. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/31 "2014-04-14T11:27:31Z")
No but it is kind of interesting being around a group of white people then a black person comes along into the group and see how the dynamics change. I notice at work for example, the whites when passing, give each other a small nod or wave. With blacks, its almost always a louder, more friendly greeting. On Memorial day at one local cemetery their is there old “black” section where back in the days of segregation all blacks were buried. Well on Memorial day, their descendants turn it into quiet a lively party. Now go to the white sections and its all quiet and somber. Also check out a white church compared to a black church. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/32 "2014-04-14T11:29:38Z")
White people make mass, stereotypical generalizations like _this_, but black people make mass, stereotypical generalizations like _this_! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/33 "2014-04-14T11:34:56Z")
You left out: Why do we love “white savior” movies so much? (I.E. The Blind Side.) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/34 "2014-04-14T11:35:05Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I don’t like white people either, but this thread is completely flippin’ ridiculous. Except #11. Can somebody answer that? Not sure I’m sold on the “stretched out rooster” defense. Actually, at the most recent Caucasian Conference, a gradual shift to “wiener” was proposed, but the motion was tabled before a general vote was taken. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/35 "2014-04-14T11:40:36Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > You left out: Why do we love “white savior” movies so much? (I.E. The Blind Side.) It is a way for a middle class white audience to enjoy a movie set in a poor and impoverished non-white community? I saw some research somewhere from someone in hollywood that mainstream US(mostly white) audiences just don’t go to movies with non-white protagonists. Why did a movie mostly about Idi Amin need a white protagonist? Same reason. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/36 "2014-04-14T11:46:27Z")
I believe these should be addressed to conservative whites, but here goes: 1- Personally, I’m not any of those things. The reason that conservative whites are against poor people getting public assistance or abortions or getting married to whatever person they love is pretty simple: they’re assholes. 2- Again, these are conservatives you’re talking about. The reason that they’d vote for a tax-cutting Teddy Ruxpin: they’re morons. 3- I disagree with the notion that most people want to privatize the roads or that privatization is the logical solution to bad roads. A few cents more in fuel tax and we’d be fine- but the same people who go ape shit at the prospect of a nickel raise in gas taxes don’t bat an eye when gas goes up a quarter whenever someone farts in the middle east. They’re dumb fucks. 4- True, Detroit could have every street repaved and every abandoned house razed for a fraction of what the US spent in Iraq. But conservatives go bananas when they think that a majority black city might get bailed out- they have a hard enough time with a black guy in the White House. They’re racists. 5- I wouldn’t say we give tribute to anyone. 6- White conservatives vote against their self interests because they’ve been lied to for so long that they will believe anything that gets posted on Facebook as long as it smears Obama. It’s called racism. 7- Again, these are conservative whites. Again, they’re racists. 8- Personally, they’re all white to me. Of course, the knuckle-dragging teabaggers can’t abide by Arabs because they’re Muslims. It’s called bigotry. 9- Meddilng in other countries is what we do. Shutting the government down is the province of one party. They do so because their political base consists of the biggest assholes on the planet. 10- We’d let them in but there’s the expense of changing all those flags to add that 51st star. 11- I prefer the term Big Wally myself. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/37 "2014-04-14T12:26:42Z")
Well, I am utterly astonished to learn that anti-abortion rights and anti-SSM attitudes are a “white” thing. I guess there has been an enormous turnaround [in the black community](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/31/black-pastors-group-launches-anti-obama-campaign-around-gay-marriage/) that the left-wing media has failed to inform us about. I have been voting for a small tax increase in my township for the past few years so they’d have enough dough to fix the #\*($! roads, but those durn white people keep voting it down. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/38 "2014-04-14T12:37:32Z")
Thanks, but no Koolaid for me! Clashes with my mighty whiteness! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/39 "2014-04-14T13:17:55Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > For once, I seriously doubt Ignorance can be defeated here. The OP is trolling. Accusations of trolling are not allowed. Keep all comments within the rules, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/40 "2014-04-14T13:41:50Z")
Awesome, you made it all the way to question #2 before you could blame Obama, because he’s… um… white? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068.md?page=3)