thatone Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 Poor whites are the same way. My neighbors are black and I would rather have them living next door than a lot of whites I know. and redneck is the white 'ghetto'. a) must maintain costume and character, refuses to change even for a day. if a gathering or event requires them to be different than their daily life requires they will refuse to participate and put down anyone who does to compensate for their fear of being even slightly different than their narrow perception of themselves. b) every facet of life must fit the costume. the vehicle they drive, the music they listen to, the recreational activities they have, the clothes they wear, it's all predetermined. if other rednecks like it they must like it, but if it falls outside of the costume they must NOT like it. there is no room for individuality. Ghetto types just "ghet over" more often because they assert that put-on exterior more than people from northern and or other more-educated backgrounds. And it's not really from the ghetto, it's the way southern white men have long acted is some quarters. Southern whites have long done things others from more repressed areas or educated levels wouldn't. You wouldn't here a northerner say to a strange woman "hey, darlin', you just as sweet as Aunt Sally's shoo-fly pie" or some other dumb homespun witticism. And ghetto blacks didn't invent much of the brand of "English" they speak. It's just southern, and it's a kind of "mob" modality where one is judged unfavorably if he doesn't show the willingness to pop off at the mouth and be more aggressive than his buddies. Females have their own catalogue of "airs". I'm a native NYer and once was courted for a job at a North Carolina consulting firm. I've been out with southern men and seen this whole shtick in action. The ghetto thing is just the black version of the same big "come on" bravado stuff. Don't put anything more into it. that's precisely it. which is hilarious, when you think about it, that racism is deepest amongst whites in the south. low class black culture in the south has emulated low class white culture. it's as if they're mad that someone is stealing their game from them.
Author RATED-RKOFRANKLIN Posted July 4, 2011 Author Posted July 4, 2011 I agree. Where I grew up, to be black meant to be ghetto. There were other races that fit this description as well and I wouldn't be interested in them. If a black guy isn't ghetto, I would date him if we had something in common and I found him attractive. I'm seriously not racist, just not attracted to ghetto types regardless of race. That's how my town is. If you want to be seen as a black man then you must be ghetto. If you're not then you're a hater. My friend's black daughter is in high school. She told me how the black kids disliked her because she is non-ghetto.
thatone Posted July 4, 2011 Posted July 4, 2011 that's because they are trying to get away from where they came from.
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