# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/161 "2010-03-13T02:16:46Z")
You all missed the most dangerous and most insidious threat to our existence… crab people crab people taste like crab, talk like people. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/162 "2010-03-13T02:54:54Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > Can we make it orange? I already hate orange people and racists, so if we make the racists orange, I’ll only have to work half as hard at hating people. Or we could make all the orange people racist; I’m flexible. What have you got against Hulk Hogan? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/163 "2010-03-13T03:09:37Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > Hell, I’M white, and people as white as Sheamus scare me. > > Dude is WHITE. > > [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/\_dNeQ8Obr1X0/SudcjlpH1vI/AAAAAAAAA-0/FuxCLIjfDBA/s320/sheamus.JPG](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dNeQ8Obr1X0/SudcjlpH1vI/AAAAAAAAA-0/FuxCLIjfDBA/s320/sheamus.JPG) ::Looks at picture. Compares his skin tone to mine. Makes another note as to things about me that intimidate people:: ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/164 "2010-03-13T03:29:29Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > You all missed the most dangerous and most insidious threat to our existence… > > crab people crab people taste like crab, talk like people. Naah, those are nothing compared to the Underpants Gnomes and their insidiously evil plan… 1; Collect Underpants 2; ??? 3; PROFIT!! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/165 "2010-03-13T15:16:38Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > ::Looks at picture. Compares his skin tone to mine. Makes another note as to things about me that intimidate people:: That picture doesn’t do him justice. It’s like he’s been rolled in talcum powder or flour. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/166 "2010-03-13T18:27:55Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > I thought giraffes were mostly-splotchy. Why do you hate vitiligans? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/167 "2010-03-13T22:42:31Z")
I’m white and I’m scared though 33% of this [film clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0-XrZoHj2k) …make that 66%, since I also feel awkward around women. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/168 "2010-03-14T04:22:10Z")
[QUOTE= Chimera] That picture doesn’t do him justice. It’s like he’s been rolled in talcum powder or flour. [/QUOTE] Whitest picture I could find. But you’re right, it makes him look much darker than he is. It’s FREAKY. Try this. 39 seconds in. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6xaSOmufr4k/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/6xaSOmufr4k?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/169 "2010-03-14T04:30:28Z")
As a Ghostly American, I would like to file a formal protest. I’m not sure about what, yet, but _something_. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/170 "2010-03-14T23:44:37Z")
[Be afraid. Be very afraid.](http://www.theonion.com/content/news/racial_slur_development_not) ---
**Author:** ![FE3O4ENAIL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/171 "2010-03-15T00:12:13Z")
If I take a onsie and roll it into a rope, and tie it into a sheepshank, does it become a knotsie? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839/172 "2010-03-15T12:01:29Z")
I wonder if **Evil** has fired his secretary yet? I’m sure **Secretary’s** boss wont have been too pleased with this insipid pitting. I’ve been hoping **Evil** will make an appearance itself at some point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-people-who-are-afraid-of-black-people/531839.md?page=8)