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This isn't limited to white hosts either. My brother stayed with a black couple during an internship in DC last summer (he's white). They told him that after s

by learc83 13y ago

This isn't limited to white hosts either. My brother stayed with a black couple during an internship in DC last summer (he's white). They told him that after several bad experiences they no longer host black guests.

moocowduckquack 13y ago
Was the place run by Uncle Ruckus?
theorique 13y ago
There's no racism like the racism of respectable, middle-class blacks against the "thug class" of lower-class blacks. Chris Rock had a routine about it which I will not repeat.
- omonra 13y ago
  Wait, how can feelings of member of same ethnic group towards each other be classified as racism?
  - theorique 13y ago
    Some people refer to it as "internalized racism". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internalized_racism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internalized_racism It's a bit different from having prejudice against a "different" group, but related.
cup 13y ago
I'm not racist, I've got Black friends but. ...
jfc 13y ago
What do you suppose they hoped to convey to your brother with that statement? It's quite possible that their experience with black guests was negative. But by telling your brother of those negative experiences (which he had no need to know), weren't they, at least in some sense, effectively differentiating themselves from another, negative category of blacks?
- learc83 13y ago
  > which he had no need to know They told him this after he was there for a while and got to know them, and he said it came up in normal conversation. I suppose they could have been trying to differentiate themselves, or, they could have been attempting to bond with him over their (perceived on my brother's part) mutual dislike of lower class black people. But given the situation, I think it's more likely that they had no ulterior motive. They had a few bad experiences with black guests, and decided to use race as a heuristic for determining suitability as a guest. This is how nearly all racism starts, it's unfair and we should strive to eliminate it, but people are always going to make generalizations.

by learc83 13y ago

moocowduckquack 13y ago

Was the place run by Uncle Ruckus?

theorique 13y ago

There's no racism like the racism of respectable, middle-class blacks against the "thug class" of lower-class blacks. Chris Rock had a routine about it which I will not repeat.

omonra 13y ago
Wait, how can feelings of member of same ethnic group towards each other be classified as racism?
- theorique 13y ago
  Some people refer to it as "internalized racism". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internalized_racism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internalized_racism It's a bit different from having prejudice against a "different" group, but related.

cup 13y ago

I'm not racist, I've got Black friends but. ...

jfc 13y ago

What do you suppose they hoped to convey to your brother with that statement? It's quite possible that their experience with black guests was negative. But by telling your brother of those negative experiences (which he had no need to know), weren't they, at least in some sense, effectively differentiating themselves from another, negative category of blacks?

learc83 13y ago
> which he had no need to know They told him this after he was there for a while and got to know them, and he said it came up in normal conversation. I suppose they could have been trying to differentiate themselves, or, they could have been attempting to bond with him over their (perceived on my brother's part) mutual dislike of lower class black people. But given the situation, I think it's more likely that they had no ulterior motive. They had a few bad experiences with black guests, and decided to use race as a heuristic for determining suitability as a guest. This is how nearly all racism starts, it's unfair and we should strive to eliminate it, but people are always going to make generalizations.