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thread of questions for white people
coming from A Black
coming from A Black
1. do y'all rlly have bonfires all the time?? like i went to one once but like do you y'all do them often
2. when you/your family cooks dinner what do y'all usually have?
3. did your parents spank you or imply that they were gonna spank you (like "let me get my belt") when you misbehaved as a kid?
4. do you have a similar music taste to your parents?
5. where you live is it predominantly white or predominantly poc? and is there ever like racial tension bc of that?
6. have you ever had racist friends/classmates/coworkers/etc and did you call them out on their actions? if so did they listen?
7. have you ever dated a poc? if so was your family surprised if/when you told them?
8. do y'all get annoyed or offended when poc make jokes about you? like when we call y'all crackers and make fun of y'all n stuff
9. did you know coon was a slur or did a black person have to tell you it was?
10. do you support black lives matter? do your parents/family support it?
11. if you're lgbt - are you out to the people around you and are they accepting?
asking because there's a lot of homophobia and transphobia in the black community
asking because there's a lot of homophobia and transphobia in the black community
12. what's white church like? i've heard it's very different from black church
13. do you have white guilt?
14. what are white schools like? pretty much everyone at my school is a poc so i really have no idea
15. if you're in college/plan on going to college - do you go to an hbcu (historically black college/university) or did you ever/are you considering one?
16. piggybacking off the last question - if you do go to an hbcu, is it ever awkward? 'cause those schools have large black student populations
17. did you ever say the n word when you were younger, not knowing what it meant? do you still feel bad about it?
18. does it bother you when other white people try to debate black issues with black people? do you ever step in?
19. for my alt/punk ppl out there - when you first heard about how much racism there is in the alt/punk scene and how terribly we're treated at shows and stuff, were you shocked?
20. what's the deal with the white people smile??? why do y'all do that????
i'll just be minding my own business and some middle aged white lady just looks at me and goes
i'll just be minding my own business and some middle aged white lady just looks at me and goes
21. generally what artists/genres do y'all play at parties?
22. do you know what a hot comb is and have you ever used one?
i think that's all my questions i'll add more if i think of any
