# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisUsernameIsForbidden)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/41 "2014-04-14T14:15:50Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Why do you vote against your interests? We don’t think it is against our interests, obviously. So the question really is, "Why do poorer white people who would stand to benefit from public welfare programs (the kind that Democrats tend to be willing to vote for) vote Republican? Answer: because if we vote Democrat, then there will be more of the stuff that we think Democrats are for, like amnesty for illegal immigrants, government handouts based on ethnic minority, forced payments to government-corporate partnerships (Obamacare), increased illegitimacy of gun-ownership/usage for self-defense, increased taxes, increased government spending, etc. I think these are the things Republicans care about, not really sure. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/42 "2014-04-14T15:31:37Z")
Why do you write about “white people” when you mean “white people in the USA”? Oh, and Kiev. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/43 "2014-04-14T15:36:37Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > You left out: Why do we love “white savior” movies so much? (I.E. The Blind Side.) Okay, that one is embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/44 "2014-04-14T15:41:23Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > You left out: Why do we love “white savior” movies so much? (I.E. The Blind Side.) We occasionally need a change of pace from the Magical Negro movie. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/45 "2014-04-14T16:15:11Z")
> [@Honesty](#): > > (snip, snip, and more snip) > God knows if Ontario voted to join the Union, it would be considered and voted upon at the first available opportunity. :eek: Eh, you say? No Way! MN and WI border patrol agents receive special training to thwart efforts of poutine smugglers. ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/46 "2014-04-14T16:31:15Z")
> [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Why are you always other people’s business? Why do stay awake all night worrying what paltry benefits Tamika Johnson is getting from the government, whether Amy O’Connor is getting an abortion clear across the country, or if Adam and Steve are getting married in some obscure town in California. What do any of those things (and other things that don’t directly concern you) have anything to do with your daily grind? Why do you concern yourself and desire to meddle in affairs of people and things that have nothing to do with you? Where is Tamika Johnson getting her benefits? From taxes that are being taken out of my pay. If I am paying for something it becomes my business. I care about Amy’s abortion for the same reason I support laws against rape and murder, because killing babies is wrong and the babies can’t defend themselves. I don’t care at all if Adam and Steve get married wherever they choose to do it, but I care if they want to get the definition of marriage changed because marriage is about families. Families are what provide children with safe places to grow up. Children raised outside of traditional families have worse outcomes and go out to make society worse. Since I care about the society myself and my children have to live in I care about redefining marriage > [@](#): > > 1. Why are you naive? This, unfortunately, includes Obama which suggest that the naivete trait is dominant. Nonetheless, I am still curious as to why this is. I sincerely believe that the majority white people would vote for a talking Teddy Ruxpin doll if it were programmed to promise low taxes and limited government. This is clearly a scam in light of the data over the last several decades. You’re being played and you must know this because everytime someone goes into office promising those things, they never deliver, and, in fact, deliver the opposite. Why do you continue to believe and buy into the Teddy Ruxpin fantasy? What data are you talking about. The data that shows countries that have smaller government and less taxes grow faster than the ones that don’t. The Data that shows states governed by Republicans grow faster than ones governed by Democrats. > [@](#): > > 1. Why don’t you fix your roads? I am completely dumbfounded on this one.There must be a hidden reason that I am missing. My biggest fear is that you all will purposefully allow it to deteriorate over the next few decades to the point where it “needs” to be privatized, thus fucking everyone over (again). The US spends around 470 billion dollars a year on infrastructure. New roads and trains are great for politicians so they overspend relative to road maintenance. Even with that our roads are still pretty good. According to a measure of road quality 57% of all miles traveled in a car were done over roads deemed of good quality or higher. Which is an improvement of 9% over the previous decade. Most road construction is done by states and states that have way overspent on transfers and pensions are having a hard time affording quality roads. > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you rush to give white people in other countries money but you won’t provide relief for poor brown and white people living in your own borders? For example, Detroit needed less than a few million to stave off bankruptcy; at the same time, the government disperses free money in the form of a $1 billion package to Kiev - whose prosperity is several orders of magnitude greater than Detroit is. And, to my knowledge, Kiev is not a part of the United States but Detroit (much to your chagrin, I imagine) is. You did finally gave Detroit its aid package after you scared and bullied the black electorate into voting for a pro-business, white Mayor through forcing Detroit into bankruptcy. Congratulations. Approximately one percent of the federal budget is spent on foreign aid . The [top](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_foreign_aid)25 countries that are recipients are all in the Middle East or Africa. Approximately 20% of the federal budget is spent on domestic welfare. GDP per capita in the Ukraine is $7,000 per year and the average income in Detroit is over $25,000 per year. 55 years ago Detroit was the most prosperous city in the world. Detroit needed more than a few million. It was 165 million in the hole for the 2013 year budget and had between 15 and 20 billion in unfunded debt with no way of paying that debt. Detroit is a perfect example of how liberalism doesn’t work. > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you provide monetary tribute to other countries when the American people are overwhelmingly [against it](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/poll-most-only-want-foreign-aid-cuts-87948.html)? Foreign Aid is a very small part of the overall budget and most of it goes to bribing middle east countries to not attack each other and drive up the cost of oil. High priced oil would cost more than foreign aid does. > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you vote against your interests? I vote for my country’s best interests, not my own. I feel it is my duty as a citizen to do so. > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you lump minorities as a group but become indignant when it is done to you? I neither lump minorities as a group together or get indignant when it is done to me. > [@](#): > > 1. Do you consider Jews, Italians, Greeks, Spaniards, Arabs, Iranians, and other white, brown-eyed people to be “white”? Can you tell difference between the aforementioned groups? Is there some internal hierarchy of whiteness between these groups where they are treated differently? Or are they are equally considered to be “white” and are treated with the full rights and privileges thereof? I consider them all white and can sometimes tell the difference. There is no internal hierachy that I no of. > [@](#): > > 1. Why are you always meddling in the affairs of other nations when you can’t even fix your roads or run government without throwing an annual temper tantrum and shutting the government down? It is better for our interests to live in a peaceful world with states not run by terrorist or terrorist sympathizers and so have to intervene for the sake of our own interests. > [@](#): > > 1. Why have you been silent on the issue of Puerto Rico’s statehood? If memory serves, the brown people voted to be apart of the United States almost two years ago and Congress has been silent on the issue. Why? God knows if Ontario voted to join the Union, it would be considered and voted upon at the first available opportunity. What I don’t understand is this: if you claim to love and respect democracy why not first practice it within your own borders before exporting (democracy) to other countries? Puerto Rico is a bankrupt island with a population that speaks a different language and has a different culture, there is no reason for us to accept them as a state. Since this is a democracy the voters in the US get a voice too. > [@](#): > > 1. Bonus: Why do you all refer to penis and dick as “cock”. > Thank you. > > - Honesty It has to do with the time most Americans were farmers and kept chickens. The reproductive lives of most males chickens are very active. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/47 "2014-04-14T16:49:31Z")
Gosh, **Honesty** , you’re not obvious at all. No sir, not a bit. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/48 "2014-04-14T17:04:05Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > Why do you write about “white people” when you mean “white people in the USA”? Oh, and Kiev. The thread title says “the U.S. edition,” so you’re just being impatient. \*\*Honesty \*\*obviously intends to ask probing questions about whites in other countries too. ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/49 "2014-04-14T17:09:28Z")
> [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Why are you always other people’s business? Why do stay awake all night worrying what paltry benefits Tamika Johnson is getting from the government, whether Amy O’Connor is getting an abortion clear across the country, or if Adam and Steve are getting married in some obscure town in California. What do any of those things (and other things that don’t directly concern you) have anything to do with your daily grind? Why do you concern yourself and desire to meddle in affairs of people and things that have nothing to do with you? Don’t know who those people are, escape Adam and Steve. And they’re white. > [@](#): > > 1. Why are you naive? This, unfortunately, includes Obama which suggest that the naivete trait is dominant. Nonetheless, I am still curious as to why this is. I sincerely believe that the majority white people would vote for a talking Teddy Ruxpin doll if it were programmed to promise low taxes and limited government. This is clearly a scam in light of the data over the last several decades. You’re being played and you must know this because everytime someone goes into office promising those things, they never deliver, and, in fact, deliver the opposite. Why do you continue to believe and buy into the Teddy Ruxpin fantasy? You know there is such a thing as a white liberal, right? In fact, we’re the reason Obama got elected. I do agree with you about his race though: I prefer to think of him as “half white”. > [@](#): > > 1. Why don’t you fix your roads? I am completely dumbfounded on this one.There must be a hidden reason that I am missing. My biggest fear is that you all will purposefully allow it to deteriorate over the next few decades to the point where it “needs” to be privatized, thus fucking everyone over (again). I didn’t know they were “our” roads. Next time I see a black person using one, I’ll be sure to tell him to get the fuck off. > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you rush to give white people in other countries money but you won’t provide relief for poor brown and white people living in your own borders? For example, Detroit needed less than a few million to stave off bankruptcy; at the same time, the government disperses free money in the form of a $1 billion package to Kiev - whose prosperity is several orders of magnitude greater than Detroit is. And, to my knowledge, Kiev is not a part of the United States but Detroit (much to your chagrin, I imagine) is. You did finally gave Detroit its aid package after you scared and bullied the black electorate into voting for a pro-business, white Mayor through forcing Detroit into bankruptcy. Congratulations. Why is Detroit bankrupt? > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you provide monetary tribute to other countries when the American people are overwhelmingly [against it](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/poll-most-only-want-foreign-aid-cuts-87948.html)? The average American thinks 28% of the budget goes to foreign aid. What’s the true number? > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you vote against your interests? You’re accusing white people of voting against the interests of whites? > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you lump minorities as a group but become indignant when it is done to you? We don’t. > [@](#): > > 1. Do you consider Jews, Italians, Greeks, Spaniards, Arabs, Iranians, and other white, brown-eyed people to be “white”? Can you tell difference between the aforementioned groups? Is there some internal hierarchy of whiteness between these groups where they are treated differently? Or are they are equally considered to be “white” and are treated with the full rights and privileges thereof? Yes, all those people are white. (Except maybe Jews, who can be of any race). > [@](#): > > 1. Why are you always meddling in the affairs of other nations when you can’t even fix your roads or run government without throwing an annual temper tantrum and shutting the government down? Again, you know there are two parties in America, not just one? > [@](#): > > 1. Why have you been silent on the issue of Puerto Rico’s statehood? If memory serves, the brown people voted to be apart of the United States almost two years ago and Congress has been silent on the issue. Why? God knows if Ontario voted to join the Union, it would be considered and voted upon at the first available opportunity. What I don’t understand is this: if you claim to love and respect democracy why not first practice it within your own borders before exporting (democracy) to other countries? I think you need to research Puerto Rico a little more carefully. > [@](#): > > 1. Bonus: Why do you all refer to penis and dick as “cock”. We don’t. > [@](#): > > Thank you. You’re welcome. I’d encourage you to continue your education about whites, since you seem to know so little about them. Maybe you could take a course on “white studies”. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/50 "2014-04-14T18:01:20Z")
> [@Honesty](#): > > Questions for white people [the U.S edition] The following answer applies equally to all 11 questions: - Because white makes right :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > Thank you. You are very welcome (see - we whiteys can be civil, except when it applies to liberties) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/51 "2014-04-14T18:04:45Z")
From the tone of the OP it makes me think they are not white. Sorry, but the answers to those questions are a privelege for white people only. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/52 "2014-04-14T18:19:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 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. See, this is the difference between the Caucasian Conference and the Brown Down. The same discussion took place, but when the motion to table was made, everyone just whipped it out, and dropped it on the table. ---
**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, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/53 "2014-04-14T18:39:02Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > From the tone of the OP it makes me think they are not white. Sorry, but the answers to those questions are a privelege for white people only. Well, I mean, it’s totally obvious that the OP wasn’t present at the most recent Convention of Caucasians for Keeping the Coloreds Down. We went through all of these points there. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/54 "2014-04-14T19:04:27Z")
As a white male Catholic of European descent, I admit it…it’s all my fault. It was me, personally. I am to blame for all of the bad things\* that have ever happened to anyone, anywhere. Sorry. \*Except for the Mayor of Detroit thing. That wasn’t on my ballot here in California. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/55 "2014-04-14T19:50:10Z")
> [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Why are you always other people’s business? Why do stay awake all night worrying what paltry benefits Tamika Johnson is getting from the government, whether Amy O’Connor is getting an abortion clear across the country, or if Adam and Steve are getting married in some obscure town in California. What do any of those things (and other things that don’t directly concern you) have anything to do with your daily grind? Why do you concern yourself and desire to meddle in affairs of people and things that have nothing to do with you? To piss you, personally, off. Is it working? > [@](#): > > 1. Why are you naive? This, unfortunately, includes Obama which suggest that the naivete trait is dominant. Nonetheless, I am still curious as to why this is. I sincerely believe that the majority white people would vote for a talking Teddy Ruxpin doll if it were programmed to promise low taxes and limited government. This is clearly a scam in light of the data over the last several decades. You’re being played and you must know this because everytime someone goes into office promising those things, they never deliver, and, in fact, deliver the opposite. Why do you continue to believe and buy into the Teddy Ruxpin fantasy? To piss you, personally, off. Is it working? > [@](#): > > 1. Why don’t you fix your roads? I am completely dumbfounded on this one.There must be a hidden reason that I am missing. My biggest fear is that you all will purposefully allow it to deteriorate over the next few decades to the point where it “needs” to be privatized, thus fucking everyone over (again). It’s part of the secret white-wing conspiracy. There’s no way I can tell you without getting assassin…but I’ve said too much already. > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you rush to give white people in other countries money but you won’t provide relief for poor brown and white people living in your own borders? For example, Detroit needed less than a few million to stave off bankruptcy; at the same time, the government disperses free money in the form of a $1 billion package to Kiev - whose prosperity is several orders of magnitude greater than Detroit is. And, to my knowledge, Kiev is not a part of the United States but Detroit (much to your chagrin, I imagine) is. You did finally gave Detroit its aid package after you scared and bullied the black electorate into voting for a pro-business, white Mayor through forcing Detroit into bankruptcy. Congratulations. 1. Kiev invented the delicious dish “Chicken Kiev”. Detroit? No local specialties except [3 “super sassy” Super Bowl nacho recipes which were neither super nor sassy](http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/24603876/3-sassy-super-bowl-nacho-recipes). So t’ hell with them. 2. To piss you, personally, off. Is it working? > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you provide monetary tribute to other countries when the American people are overwhelmingly [against it](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/poll-most-only-want-foreign-aid-cuts-87948.html)? To piss you, personally, off. Is it working? > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you vote against your interests? We’re not. We’re all conspiring to vote against YOUR interests. We have meetings and everything to discuss your interests and how to thwart them. > [@](#): > > 1. Why do you lump minorities as a group but become indignant when it is done to you? To piss you, personally, off. Is it working? > [@](#): > > 1. Do you consider Jews, Italians, Greeks, Spaniards, Arabs, Iranians, and other white, brown-eyed people to be “white”? Can you tell difference between the aforementioned groups? Is there some internal hierarchy of whiteness between these groups where they are treated differently? Or are they are equally considered to be “white” and are treated with the full rights and privileges thereof? 1. Insufficiently precise question: what about tanned green eyed people? or really pale people with pink eyes. (Actually the answer to the second one is that they’re either shut-ins with conjunctivitis or albinos. And either way, they’re hated and not white. 2. I can’t go into more detail because, again…vast white-wing conspiracy. > [@](#): > > 1. Why are you always meddling in the affairs of other nations when you can’t even fix your roads or run government without throwing an annual temper tantrum and shutting the government down? \ 1. Because it’s _fun_ to meddle. It’s better than the Super Bowl and we don’t need crappy sassy Detroit nachos to enjoy it. 2. To piss you, personally, off. Is it working? > [@](#): > > 1. Why have you been silent on the issue of Puerto Rico’s statehood? If memory serves, the brown people voted to be apart of the United States almost two years ago and Congress has been silent on the issue. Why? God knows if Ontario voted to join the Union, it would be considered and voted upon at the first available opportunity. What I don’t understand is this: if you claim to love and respect democracy why not first practice it within your own borders before exporting (democracy) to other countries? To piss you, personally, off. Is it working? Also, it’s fun. > [@](#): > > 1. Bonus: Why do you all refer to penis and dick as “cock”. Because my penis is like unto a rooster. It raises with the dawn, it has a rosy red head and when it sees m’lady, it crows. > [@](#): > > Thank you. I’d say “You’re welcome” but as a member of the vast white-wing conspiracy, I’m not allowed to. ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/56 "2014-04-14T20:41:50Z")
The OP is about the US. I wonder. Will he post similar jabs at other countries pointing out there supposed faults? Or is only the US going to be a target? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/57 "2014-04-14T20:55:31Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > From the tone of the OP it makes me think they are not white. Sorry, but the answers to those questions are a privelege for white people only. My bad. I should have asked him for the password before I posted. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/58 "2014-04-14T21:31:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My bad. I should have asked him for the password before I posted. and the color of the day. ---
**Author:** ![SirGalahad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@SirGalahad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirGalahad)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/59 "2014-04-14T21:47:41Z")
Hi Honesty The White half of my family is very very similar to the Black half … actually, most of my Black friends and relatives are very anti-gay and anti-immigration; and most of the older Black friends and relatives are very religious and very conservative, though nominally Democrat. I would say that, among my blood relatives and closest colleagues, the differences in social, political, and artistic opinions are minor. I see this in general in my community, and I think lines are drawn, in terms of voting and social consciousness, along largely economic, not racial lines in my personal experience. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/60 "2014-04-14T22:28:53Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > . . . Because my penis is like unto a rooster. It raises with the dawn, it has a rosy red head and when it sees m’lady, it crows. . . . Does it have a luminous nose? (And…why do you think they call it “choking the chicken?”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068.md?page=4)