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  • Yes. They commonly use a word amongst themselves that no one else can use in the same context.
  • Contrariwise, they are the only race that I know that can take an insult/racial slur and turn it into a complement.
  • I think they are doing ok for a people who are only few generations on average from a peoples who 3 generations ago probably 90% minimum were born and lived in poverty. 3 generations before that either full blown slaves or living a nomadic life.
  • Again, I think stereotypes are being fallen back upon. You cannot group a people together and make such a blanket statement without it seeming racist. The right answer is of course some people are and some people aren't. Everyone is different.
  • I have been overweight most of my life I always took offense when anyone even hinted at my weight problem it is the same with anyone who has been put on the limelight for their *differences* Now I realize that I have been wrong all my life and have taken this as a hint that I need to change
  • No, probably not. There is still quite a lot of institutionalized racism, albeit less virulent than in the past. There are situations in which black people probably take advantage of the current situation, too, but that is a minor point. Really, both sides, except for the extremes, seem to be working on it. There is a LONG history that makes it so that black sensitivity and offense is probably correct.
  • I have met some who are very quick to offense to something. It's not cool to do that and it makes white people hesitate to approach black people. Doesn't help race relations at all.
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  • Not necessarily, but the likes of community agitators and professional race-hustlers such as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and now President B. Hussein Obama profit handsomely by stirring the pot every chance they get. They will continue to sell racebaiting as their stock-in-trade, since you will never see any of those guys get real jobs.
  • I couldn't possibly answer that accurately since I've never experienced being black.
  • too sensitive no let me give you a senario, I do have a point For many years I lived in a neighborhood or older ppl old ppl die off and new ppl moved in new ppl don't clean their houses/yards Let theri dogs and cats shit and piss everywhere and don't clean it the neighbor hood smells like an open sewer 50% of new ppl deal drugs new ppl only take the trash out of their houses once a month my costs for an exterminator doubled, to keep their roaches and mice out of my house police are in the neighborhood 6 times per month, as opposed to 6 time per year 'street' fights occur nightly ratio of good neighbors went from 80% good to 10% these seem like valid complains to have as a neighbor, until I tell you that every single family that has moved in is black THEN I'm a racist, they aren't dirty, filthy, lowlifes regardless of race, but I'm a racist because I complain 10% of the ppl who moved in are decent and friendly, and we're actively involved in each others lives, but the other 80% are low lifes I don't think blacks are too sensitive, but I do think that a larger porportion of the community will call racist when someone disagrees with them, as opposed to when someone IS really racist I don't expect you to defend the entire black community I don't approach ANYONE with prejudged or pre concieved notions about them I judge each person based on how they live and treat me not what ethnicity they are I can just tell you what I've seen with my own eyes and tell you that it hasn't clouded my judgement of anyone, inspite of the crap I see
  • Yes, time for black people to re-define race relations. :)
  • I don't know about sensitive, but they are easily offended it seems. From all the crap spouted by sharpton and jackson you would think the end of the world had came. It's my opinion that bl@cks are 10 times the racist that anyone else. If they were out being productive members of society then there would be no race problem. The problem comes from sitting around doing nothing and letting the rest of the population feed, clothe, and keep them in 40's. If you want to stop racial tension then stop AA, section 8, and quit lowering the standards that it takes to get into and graduate from educational institutions. Lowering these standards is doing nothing but downgrading higher learning abilities for high end professions. Would you want someone who barely could get into a university, and wouldn't normally even be accepted, to take care of your medical needs. I wouldn't either. If you want to be equal, then act equal. It will never happen.
  • I know, I know. You said America. But as I don't live there, I don't know. I do live in South Africa though where, as I am sure you know, race relations is a HUGE issue and I can truthfully say that, Yes, they are.
  • I find black people extraordinarily easy to be around. Maybe because I never think of them as black.
  • I don't think so. Most Black people (and Hispanics for that matter)I know have dealt with some form of racism, it usually involved having the cops called caled on them with little or no reaosn, bign stared at in stores, not recieving service, or having racical slrrs yelled at them. Still, mostof those people aren't racist or overreact to situtions, but they are more aware of them.I personally feel like people overreact when they hear claims of racism and tend to want to discredit people who are seen to complain about it. I will admit that there are some embarrassing ones that constanly complain, but they usually flock with other ranters and annoy the "normal" people.
  • I'm black, so I would say that "we" are not too easily offended, but when words with an offensive connotation are used... WE GET OFFENDED. There are of course extremists who only desire to play the victim (usually of other peoples tortures many years ago).

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