# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/81 "2014-04-15T19:55:25Z")
> [@obbn](#): > > Man, the OP hates our roads. Seriously? The only really bad roads I’ve encountered are in done of the States that receive heavy snowfall. But in case your question was serious, do you realizes how many miles of roads there are in the US? Road repair is constant happening, but it can only happen so fast. You’ve obviously never been to Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/82 "2014-04-15T20:07:13Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You’ve obviously never been to Pennsylvania. Well, to be serious, I think the temperature changes are the biggest environmental factor in road damage. Being a north eastern state, Pennsylvania would probably be prone to that issue. Unless you were saying that Pennsylvania’s roadwork happens at instantaneous speed. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/83 "2014-04-15T20:11:13Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Think OP is coming back? Think OP ever planned to come back? I sure hope so, or we’ll never get the Canada edition of “Questions for White People”. I expect it to be filled with equally trenchant questions on Canadian road maintenance, genital slang, and province-hood for the Yukon Territory. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/84 "2014-04-15T20:24:57Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > I sure hope so, or we’ll never get the Canada edition Or the [Military Edition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4ONkCITZNM). ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/85 "2014-04-15T23:07:25Z")
I do these things, not because I want to, but, I don’t get my robe and hood until I at least get a good start on them. But, that’s just hobby stuff. The State Department won’t give me my credentials as an official “White Person:Ugly American/CorporateImperialist” until I have at least gone through the meddling process. Without those creds, the sweatshops don’t see me for months, and all of the foreign working families don’t get their 5 cents a day, while I ride around in my limo. It’s something that is a job requirement. Also, I already know that “America” is not the official name for my country, but, feel free to point it out anyway-I want \*\*you \*\*to feel good! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/86 "2014-04-15T23:33:52Z")
In all seriousness, how about: > [@Honesty](#): > > 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? Could it be that Puerto Ricans are “brown people”, or, more likely, because [Spanish is the dominant language of business, government, education, and daily life in the territory, spoken by over 95% of the population](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_Puerto_Rico)? We all know how well [having one territorial unit in a country where a large majority of residents speak a different language and have a different cultural identity than those living in the rest of the country works for Canada](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_sovereignty_movement). Speaking of admitting Canadian provinces to the Union, what do you think would happen if Québec wanted in? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/87 "2014-04-15T23:38:47Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > province-hood for the Yukon Territory. Thanks for the laugh! Like those gold panners and ice road truckers can be trusted with co-sovereignty. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/88 "2014-04-16T00:14:15Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > Don’t even get me started on the roads! You might as well just tell him the real reason because he is a smart guy and has figured out most of it on his own. The road maintenance strategy is simply because a disproportionate number of black/brown people drive older sedans or fancy low riders if they have money. Obviously, you want them on the road as little as possible so a few well-placed potholes scattered randomly are like carefully discriminating speed bumps that can keep them away or disable them completely if the plan works the way it should. That is the same reason that SUV’s, crossover vehicles and pickup trucks are so popular with white people. Those are built specifically to keep white people mobile through whatever the minority vehicle disabling plan is in a given year (and it is constantly being adjusted). ---
**Author:** ![Honesty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/89 "2014-04-16T00:40:00Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > I sure hope so, or we’ll never get the Canada edition of “Questions for White People”. I expect it to be filled with equally trenchant questions on Canadian road maintenance, genital slang, and province-hood for the Yukon Territory. I’m still here, I have decided against debating the answers given. I think it is more fruitful to the discussion if I were to listen what people’s answers are. Someone asked for a parody thread, there is none, though I have a similar sounding thread entitled “[Questions for straight men about vagina](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571560)”. So if you’re aching for a parody thread, that’s it. In that thread, I only posted twice. - Honesty ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/90 "2014-04-16T01:04:04Z")
Excuse me, which are these “your roads” belonging to white people exclusively in the US? I’d like to know in case I ever set foot there again, wouldn’t want to inadvertently step where I shouldn’t. Is there a process to apply for a permit for their use? ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/91 "2014-04-16T02:23:38Z")
OK…I will feed the troll a little … > [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Why are you always other people’s business? Sorry I don’t understand this… I am not other people’s business… and If I am, then they should answer as to why they feel I am their business > [@Honesty](#): > > 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, It doesn’t keep me up at night, but I do not like money given to anyone on a continuing basis, for nothing in return. > [@Honesty](#): > > or if Adam and Steve are getting married in some obscure town in California. I don’t give a rat’s ass who marries whom > [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Why are you naive? …snip… Why do you continue to believe and buy into the Teddy Ruxpin fantasy?. I guess voting for someone who says what you agree with, but is probably telling an untruth, beats voting for someone who is promising to do things you disagree with > [@Honesty](#): > > 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 am gainfully employed, but not with the Department of Transportation, and Development… So if I started repairing roads, I would probably get arrested. > [@Honesty](#): > > 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. The money I have control over, is mine and who I give it to, or decided not to give it to, is my damn business. > [@Honesty](#): > > 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)? Same answer as above > [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Why do you vote against your interests? If I am , then it is because I am misled… Please give example of how I voted on something, and how it conflicts with my interests. > [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Why do you lump minorities as a group but become indignant when it is done to you? I try not to, but sometimes, I may be guilty of this at times, …probably because I am told if I make a statement against a minority then that makes me racist… so I am told that if I am againmst the Affordable Care Act, then I must be against all blacks, because a black man is behind this law… so I am at times pushed into lumping together, because many minority group leaders keep telling me that feelins, and actions against one, or against all. > [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Do you consider Jews, Italians, Greeks, Spaniards, Arabs, Iranians, and other white, brown-eyed people to be “white”? Europeans, I consider "white… Asians, I consider Asian > [@Honesty](#): > > Can you tell difference between the aforementioned groups? Mostly by speech patterns, accents…etc. > [@Honesty](#): > > 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? There is not secret White People’s Club or Society that I am aware of to grant the full rights, and privileges that you speak of. > [@Honesty](#): > > 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? I do not meddle with other governments, and I have never shut down a government… and I already explained about the roads. > [@Honesty](#): > > 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? Silent, because I have never been asked. Never been if favor fo democracy, I prefer a Republic, > [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Bonus: Why do you all refer to penis and dick as “cock”. It’s what I have always heard it called. > [@Honesty](#): > > Thank you. > > - Honesty You’re Welcome ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/92 "2014-04-16T02:31:13Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Excuse me, which are these “your roads” belonging to white people exclusively in the US? I’d like to know in case I ever set foot there again, wouldn’t want to inadvertently step where I shouldn’t. Is there a process to apply for a permit for their use? Ever see that Simpsons episode with the Stonecutters? White people are similar; we\* all get a magic ring that allows us access to hidden mountain roads. \*OP mentions I might be 1/4 nonwhite, so that might be why I didn’t get the ring. ---
**Author:** ![Honesty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/93 "2014-04-16T02:36:53Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > OK…I will feed the troll a little … You’re not feeding anything because I am not presenting a debate or debating people’s answers. - Honesty ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/94 "2014-04-16T02:48:00Z")
I’m a brown and I feel whites deserve to be asked questions in post #1. I just don’t think you should answer them. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/95 "2014-04-16T03:02:19Z")
1-11) I tried not to do it but my skin was reflecting way too much EM radiation at uncomfortable wavelengths. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/96 "2014-04-16T03:45:15Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Unless you were saying that Pennsylvania’s roadwork happens at instantaneous speed. 😛 I can tell right away you’ve never been here. 😃 ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/97 "2014-04-16T03:52:35Z")
> [@Honesty](#): > > You’re not feeding anything because I am not presenting a debate or debating people’s answers. > > - Honesty Then what the %$@# was up with that insipid OP? ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/98 "2014-04-16T04:32:29Z")
I started to post my answers but I just kept thinking someone should get this man a white friend because he’s way off about whitey! Honestly, Honesty, the questions just don’t make sense. White people don’t look at everything in terms of whiteness. In fact, the only time I think about being white is when summer comes around and I think “guess I better try to get a tan so I don’t look like a pasty freak.” Here’s a couple I can answer: > [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Why have you been silent on the issue of Puerto Rico’s statehood? Because 51 stars would look funny on the flag. > [@Honesty](#): > > 1. Bonus: Why do you all refer to penis and dick as “cock”. Only doctors call it a penis. I call it “wiener” or “mangina” in mixed company and Bagger 288 in the bedroom with a lady because it’s big and it’ll rock their world. If there’s one thing I know about women, it’s their appreciation for a well referenced penis size-brag nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/99 "2014-04-16T05:01:18Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > . . . White people are similar; we\* all get a magic ring that allows us access to hidden mountain roads. . . . I’m old enough to remember when the Nate Harrison Grade was called “Nigger Nate Grade.” A hidden mountain road if ever there was one (up the steep west side of Mt. Palomar in northern San Diego county.) [Named for the black man who first homesteaded the foothills.](http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/58january/hermit.htm) [Anna Russell voice] I’m not making this up, you know! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068/100 "2014-04-16T07:51:40Z")
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