One of my black co-workers just installed a BOOMING system in his ride. It’s awesome! When he pulls up in the parking lot, you can feel the music bumping in your chest. Watermelons explode. Birds stop singing and they plummet to their deaths.
LOLOL!
But he’s getting noise complaints. Guess what race they are? White! I thought of this thread. It’s six years old, and I’m wondering if there’s any research on this. I haven’t found anything. Again, let’s keep this discussion classy and scientific.
I find it hard to believe that many of the people posting in this thread haven’t noticed that some black people tend to be (what I consider) loud in public places. I think they either haven’t lived in a big city or they’re trying to fit some “politically correct” mold. I live in Chicago and I see what pseudotron ruber ruber mentioned very often - a couple of black kids sitting unnecessarily far from each other on trains and buses and in other public places and yelling things to each other, demanding the attention of the entire train. Or playing loud tinny rap music from their phone. Call me racist or biased if you want but if you lived in this city long enough you would have trouble denying that black kids are more likely to do this than white kids.
It’s just cultural. They don’t think that behavior is unacceptable and they would think I’m uptight for being annoyed by it. I think there might be an element of anger involved too - they’re pissed off at our society for good reasons and they let off some steam by pissing off people on trains. They feel powerless and that’s their way of asserting themselves.
Yeah, that surprised me too. People who post like her (?) are usually people who joined just a month or two ago and are on their way out. Also, if I had posted an OP like that ever, I sure as hell would not try and dig it up 6 years later.
If I may be offensive in a completely different way: it is my observation that lower income people tend to be loud. I live in Washington DC and the loudest people in my neighborhood are also the poorest (they also tend to be black because it is Washington, DC). I go to visit in laws in Arkansas and the loudest people (just screaming at their kids in public) also look to be quite poor and are white. If some dopers observe that black people are loud, I suspect it is because there is a better chance that black people tend to be poor.
I’m reminded of a study some years ago that showed it was possible to guess with fairly good accuracy whether a photographer was black or white by the photographs they chose to take. The whites tended to go with formal, composed, static photos; black photographers tended to go with dynamic photos, or people doing things or showing emotions. As you say it’s a cultural thing, I expect.
Actually, I’m going to close this. If you REALLY want to revisit this again, make another topic…but there was no need to bump a six year old thread just to start the flames again.
You also may want to take a step back from the trolling line, as it’s starting to look dangerously close to what you’re trying to do.
Guess what race they are? White! I thought of this thread. It’s six years old, and I’m wondering if there’s any research on this. I haven’t found anything. Again, let’s keep this discussion classy and scientific.