# Racial Double Standards? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 29, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-double-standards/191764 "2003-07-29T22:44:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![InquisitiveIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ec8ea/32.png) [@InquisitiveIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InquisitiveIdiot)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-double-standards/191764/21 "2003-07-30T17:43:21Z")
Crackers, the lot of them! ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-double-standards/191764/22 "2003-07-30T17:58:19Z")
**Monstro** you should be well aware of the rules by now, black posters are forbidden from engaging in hyperbole. I think it’s in the FAQs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tigers2B1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-double-standards/191764/23 "2003-07-30T19:20:04Z")
**gytalf2000** Sorry to hear about your bad experience. There are some real jackasses out there. People like that lead shallow and probably pretty shity internal lives. Put a positive spin on it all — maybe think of it as a learning experience as I have done. That’s right - I worked at a dairy during the summer last year loading milk and ice cream onto trucks. As such, team work was essential. Probably about 90% of the crew I came into contact every day were Black. There were some great guys on that team but I have to say - there was overt racism from a majority unlike I’ve ever experienced. There was daily racist name calling, attempts to intimidate, guys attempting to take my gear and my work, on and on… Like you, I suspect part of the cause was that I wasn’t wanted there because I was White. The other part though was probably because my personality just didn’t fit in. In retrospect, it was a learning and so - a positive experience. I think I’m better equipped to handle a wider range of personalities - even though it appears most of my former coworkers never will be - So learn from that bad experience – I guess that’s what I want to say 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-double-standards/191764/24 "2003-07-31T02:55:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monstro \* > \*\* > You were a minority for a few years. It sucks being a minority and it sucks being the victim of racism. Imagine being one your whole life and having nowhere to escape. > \*\* Couldn’t have said it better, **monstro**. Gosh, you _are_ well spoken. You didn’t even use ebonics, or write your post int he form of a rap, or anything! If anything good has come out of this, it must have given **gytalf2000** a new perspective (and a concrete example of racism/idiocy knowing no colour). Just like when straight guys get hit on endlessly at gay clubs, giving them a little taste of how it feels to be a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-double-standards/191764/25 "2003-07-31T03:03:19Z")
Hmmm… I worked for 2 years at an almost all black university (Texas Southern Univ in Houston, for those who know it). I’m a red-haired, blue eyed, white woman. I **never** reveived any nasty comments, or snide remarks. I have plenty of complaints about TSU (the administration of that place was _terrible_), but racial rudeness just wasn’t one of them. My $.02 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-double-standards/191764.md?page=1)