Does feeling more on edge around Black men make me racist?

[Anonymous]

This is something I've been thinking about for a while, and I want honest opinions.

I don't hate Black people or think they're all the same. I even have a few Black friends who are genuinely amazing people.

But I'll admit that when I don't know someone and a Black guy approaches me, I usually feel more on edge than I would with most other people. I know that's a generalization, and I don't like that I react that way, but I'm trying to be honest about it instead of pretending I don't.

Does that make me racist, or is it more of a fear or bias that I need to work on? I'm genuinely curious how other people see it.

Please keep it respectful. I'm here to understand, not argue.

[ohsheeT]

And only you can change that if you know right from wrong

Or if you've learned How you feel From your parents or your friends Or the news media

Or movies or TV or however you learned what you learned it's up to you to change it if that's what you want to do


Because you're taking a color and allowing it to control your thoughts and how you feel about things that are people

Instead of being able to read people Their eyes They're demeanor

Because we are all the same some people have it more of a tan than others

It's summertime right now when I was a teenager I used to get so tan I mean I would look black

As a matter of fact I was talking to a girl online one time She wanted to see some pictures So I sent her three or four pictures And she told me I was a jackass Because I was trying to show her two different people and all I could do was laugh because I had a really dark tan in a couple photos and a couple photos were like in winter time or fall or something and she said to me do you think I'm stupid sending me two pictures of two different guys and all I could do is laugh because all the pictures were me

You have to understand when we were made our bodies our souls our spirit or whatever our bodies were made to adapt to anything to the weather to the harsh conditions depending on where you live our bodies can adapt to protect ourselves so our bodies can protect itself

And one of those things that adapts Is the pigment of our skin

I could say it's a choice and it truly is but it's also how you were raised

And I don't remember how old you are from your Anonymous page

Some people at an early age no right from wrong and they see people as people because that's what we are we're all just people that is our label that is our title but when you add a color to it to change that title that's when you're not seeing people anymore you're seeing a color and it's up to you to see people or not
it's a choice

Whatever I hear question on here and it's a racist question if pisses me off but then again like I just said and I'll be above

I think to myself just think we all came from the same place and we're all here on a vacation to experience life on this planet and when we pass away we go back to our original Planet and we all look identical we're all twins we all look the same the only thing different is our height and when you get back to your planet and you realize that all the time here on this vacation you wasted by not learning who you truly are who truly anybody else is because you judged what a waste of a vacation for people to put anger and hate in their heart

Because they were not smart enough to learn to understand what we're even doing here and just think it doesn't even matter because those people get to go back to their planet and look around and see themselves and everybody big fat head skinny skinny arms and legs big fat eyes can't speak because everybody is identical what do you learn from that nothing what a bad vacation it could have been beautiful

[KostasKouvalis]

I can't find it now, but I saw a video on YouTube where a black guy was shouting something like, "You can't blame White people for having these perceptions of you, when all the time, they see someone on TV who looks like you, acting like a damn fool! How do they know YOU'RE not a damn fool?"

I agree with with him. And I think it's just human nature.

[Anonymous]

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[Levin]

Perhaps it's a survival instinct.

You might ask why black people make you feel one way. And Japanese people an other.

Of course, in reality, we have to be mindful of our perceptions. But never feel guilty.

[RavVid]

I don't think that makes you racist and at least you are introspective enough to be aware of it.

I feel uncomfortable druggies on the street.

[Anonymous]

There's a lot of white women who have a fetish for black men because of the black dick stereotype and they think they are more aggressive in bed.

So no it's normal.

[slatyb]

Not necessarily, but you might try to think through it -- what is the source of those feelings?

[noohair]

A progressive would say yes, but it is much more complicated than that. Each person has their own experience that creates their perspective…

[Staximus]

I judge peeled on how they act, not how they look unless they obviously look crazy

[FrodoSkywalker007]

No, it's a response to cultural realities

[fishbone77]

It makes you aware of patterns.