# White people who are afraid of black people **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839 "2010-03-09T11:31:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/81 "2010-03-10T00:51:58Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > Superman [is black](http://www.binarybasketball.com/sites/default/files/images/michael-jordan-dunking.jpg). > > Unfortunately, he’s currently old, fat, and retired. Yeah, but is he scary? ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/82 "2010-03-10T01:04:27Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Yeah, but is he scary? He’s reputed to be pretty mean if you cross him. But not genuinely scary unless you’ve bet your rent money against a team he plays for. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/83 "2010-03-10T01:15:47Z")
I haven’t read through the whole thread yet, but… Oh, sorry. Wrong thread. I’m afraid of dead people, personally. And left handed, red haired, hunched backed anabaptist dwarfs with really big… Er, never mind. Carry on. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/84 "2010-03-10T01:21:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Dan Aykroyd Thread (for reference) > > [Apparently Dan Aykroyd is nuts - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555112) I think I see where you’re confused. Dan Aykroyd did [blackface](http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/091217/new-years/TRADING-PLACES_400.jpg) and [dreadlocks](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oCERfa8LcS4/0.jpg) for a scene in TRADING PLACES, but he’s not really black, he’s a Canadian Aborigine (whatever color they are). ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/85 "2010-03-10T01:56:44Z")
> [@FE3O4ENAIL](#): > > How can you not be ascared of black people? They are all criminals and they wear sunglasses and never smile so they can sneak up on you at night. They’re vampires??? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/86 "2010-03-10T01:59:18Z")
> [@](#): > > I think I see where you’re confused. _I’m_ not confused. See post #12 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/87 "2010-03-10T02:00:10Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > You know who also hates Nazis? Black people that’s who. Wait, but then how could Obama be a Nazi? It doesn’t make any sense! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/88 "2010-03-10T02:05:54Z")
I _do_ fear black pudding? Does that make me a bad person? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/89 "2010-03-10T03:14:04Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > How do you know I’m not a white supremacist who just thinks it’s stupid and cowardly to be afraid of black people? Your sentence is your cite. A while supremacist’s sentence would not use correct grammar and spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/90 "2010-03-10T03:32:11Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Your sentence is your cite. A while supremacist’s sentence would not use correct grammar and spelling. I believe Muffin just proved you are not a white supremacist but are in fact… a WITCH! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/91 "2010-03-10T03:36:07Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Everyone look and act like you? Okay, _now_ I’m scared! :eek: Remember “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. It’s the ones that look and act exactly like us that are the worst :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/92 "2010-03-10T03:37:29Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > a WITCH! Weighs less than a duck? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/93 "2010-03-10T03:45:59Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Weighs less than a duck? Interesting trivia: black people cannot hear ducks quacks echo, and nobody knows why. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/94 "2010-03-10T03:57:11Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > My girlfriend recently informed her mother that I was claiming her as reparations. Her mother apparently _laughed_, rather than cowering in fear. > > Sometimes, I think you white people aren’t afraid ENOUGH. > > ETA: Just for clarity, I’m claiming my girlfriend as reparations – not her mother. Claiming her mother as reparations, now THAT is scary! I’m not afraid of black people. I’m afraid of people who just happen to be black. 😛 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/95 "2010-03-10T06:12:08Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Interesting trivia: black people cannot hear ducks quacks echo, and nobody knows why. Black people absorb more light than those of other races. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/96 "2010-03-10T07:50:51Z")
So, anyone up for an Ani DeFranco song? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/97 "2010-03-10T08:14:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But getting back to the OP, if we start a new race for stupid cowards, what color will they be? Black, white, red, and yellow have already been claimed. Blue’s out because of copyright issues with the Smurfs. So I think we’re down to green, orange, or purple. I think yellow could work, if it’s only in the belly area. Or would they be confused with sneetches? > [@Morgenstern](#): > > If I start a new race can we engineer it so all women are like 40f + ? Out of curiosity, do you know what the 40 in 40F means? That’s the measurement around the ribcage under the breasts, not the bust measurement, so you’re talking about women who are fairly large all over, not ones ones who just have large breasts. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/98 "2010-03-10T10:47:34Z")
I’m just a caveman lawyer - all your strange skin colors and “hip-hop” music and “bling” frighten and confuse me. Man, I miss Phil Hartman. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/99 "2010-03-10T11:06:34Z")
The mods should move this thread to either MPSIMS or the Giraffe board. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/100 "2010-03-10T14:29:09Z")
> [@leander](#): > > The mods should move this thread to either MPSIMS or the Giraffe board. > > Seriously. Shut it, jackass, this is the best pit thread in a year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839.md?page=6)