Study: Nation's Blacks Creeped Out By All The People Smiling At Them

[playmaker88]

WASHINGTON—A majority of African-Americans surveyed in a nationwide poll this week reported feeling "deeply disturbed" and "more than a little weirded out" by all the white people now smiling at them.

First witnessed shortly after President Obama's historic victory, the open and cheerful smiling has only continued in recent months, leaving members of the black community completely unnerved.

"On behalf of black people across this nation, I would like to say to our white brethren, 'Please stop looking at us like that,'" said Brown University psychology professor Dr. Stanley Carsons. "We're excited Barack is president, too, and we're glad you're
happy for us. But giving us the thumbs up for no reason, or saying hello whenever we walk by, is really starting to freak us out."
Added Carsons, "We just want to be able to stand in line at Home Depot without getting patted on the back."

According to the poll, more than 92 percent of African-Americans have noticed a dramatic increase in the number of beaming Caucasians in their vicinity, as well as a marked rise in the instances of white people making direct eye contact with them on the bus, engaging them in pleasant conversation, and warmly gazing in their general direction with a mix of wonder, pride, and profound contentment. All respondents reported being "petrified" by the change.

"Yesterday, I'm pretty sure the cashier at the Giant Eagle winked at me," said Eddie Wilkes, a Pittsburgh resident who described himself as "not a politics person." "Then she said something about what a happy day it was and tried to bump fists. The whole thing gave me the willies."

"I can't even be at a bar anymore if they have the news on," said Chicago native and small business consultant Jarell Brown. "Obama gives a speech on the economy and people act like my team just won the Super Bowl. I didn't even vote for the guy. I'm a Libertarian."

Although poll respondents said that the regularity of jovial white strangers greeting them in elevators has risen approximately 450 percent since mid-January, the incidents are reportedly nowhere near as frequent as they were on Nov. 4, 2008. On that day, the country was temporarily seized by an epidemic of unsolicited white-on-black hugging.

In an attempt to return the nation's interracial interactions to their preinauguration level of stilted awkwardness, the NAACP and the ACLU released a joint statement Monday addressing the issue. In the four-page address, the activist groups call for normalcy and urge the nation's whites to immediately desist creeping everybody out with all the nodding and warmth and raised eyebrows.

"If you could all stop acting like you're generally pleased to see black people walking around, out in the open, that would be better for all of us," NAACP president Benjamin Jealous said to a smiling and misty-eyed press corps that was "just thrilled" to have him there. "It's very kind of you to be so enthusiastic about our achievements, but if it's still on the table, we'd like to return to the times when your reactions varied between unfounded apprehension and complete indifference. To be honest, you people are kind of terrifying when you're happy."

Added Jealous, "Oh, and please stop e-mailing us that picture of Jesse Jackson crying. We've seen it."
While experts couldn't predict how long this unsettling new trend would continue, at least one citizen, who wished to remain anonymous, said he had given up hope of ever feeling comfortable around white people again.

"Everywhere I go, there they are: offering me pancakes, laughing at all my jokes, even bursting into tears when they see me," said the Washington, D.C. resident and father of two. "I know you mean well and all, but seriously, knock it off. You're giving my children nightmares."

I can call 100 black people.. to call another black people and i guarantee they haven't been polled.. these question.. FOH with this silly shit.. NATIONS BLACKS.. a survey of 1000 inmates or homeless doenst fucking represent black ppl.. and if they are creeped out it would be from the writhing pain of the knife in the back

 

[Sovo_Nah]

what does "condesending" white people mean?

 

[playmaker88]

what does "condesending" white people mean?

condescending means to look down on and see as inferior... basically dismissing someone

 

[Dupac]

i remeber there was a bomb threat downtown, and my mother was supposed to be meeting my cousin and her daughter for lunch, but she didn't ahve a cell....so she was standing in a crowd and asked did anyone have a cell she could use right quick..

all the blacks frowned their faces up like

"did this bitch just ask could she use my phone"

and whites were knocking eachother down to let her use their phone....

niggas stay acting funny about trivial shit.....shit like that fucks us up as a whole

 

[bankrupt baller]

i remeber there was a bomb thread downtown, and my mother was supposed to be meeting my cousin and her daughter for lunch, but she didn't ahve a cell....so she was standing in a crowd and asked did anyone have a cell she could use right quick..

all the blacks frowned their faces up like

"did this bitch just ask could she use my phone"

and whites were knocking eachother down to let her use their phone....

niggas stay acting funny about trivial shit.....shit like that fucks us up as a whole

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Bossmancuddy83]

And this is a bad thing????? Im so tired of the NAACP--- they havent been relevent since Medgar Evers was assasinated--- what aer they doing to expland black entreupenurship??? Black fatherlessness?? breaking the black dependency on social programs and the democratic party--- the war on drugs(minorities)-- ???? really what are they doing-- the only time I see there name anywhere is about these non- issues-- bringing up and cosigning stupid shit like this makes them have less and less credibility at large

 

[Mdizzle9000]

im not readin that shit but if strangers start smilin at me out of nowhere imma look at them like they're retarded, unless its a bitch. and im not black. whats wrong with that?

 

[Kang_Solomon_Grundy]

just where a t-shirt with john muhammad and lee malvo's pictures on it - they won't smile at'cha ass then

 

[Darius]

this story is from theonion.com, you know, the same one that had an article saying black people have boycotted LL Bean

 

[playmaker88]

this story is from theonion.com, you know, the same one that had an article saying black people have boycotted LL Bean

I didnt read because i figured it was fake.. no link.. no author.. tell tale sign of bullshit

 

[death187sin]

i remeber there was a bomb threat downtown, and my mother was supposed to be meeting my cousin and her daughter for lunch, but she didn't ahve a cell....so she was standing in a crowd and asked did anyone have a cell she could use right quick..

all the blacks frowned their faces up like

"did this bitch just ask could she use my phone"

and whites were knocking eachother down to let her use their phone....

niggas stay acting funny about trivial shit.....shit like that fucks us up as a whole

This is true. Blacks feel like other blacks are trying to get over on them all the time. That's what deters us from buying black owned and or using black services. I read this somewhere before.

 

[Pond Scum]

LOL @ the onion

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nations-blacks-creeped-out-by-all-the-people-smili,2662/

 

[Bossmancuddy83]

This is true. Blacks feel like other blacks are trying to get over on them all the time. That's what deters us from buying black owned and or using black services. I read this somewhere before.

I deal with this in the business world everyday

 

[Darius]

AMES, IA–In the spirit of celebrating diversity at Iowa State University, a black guy was digitally added to the cover of the school's 2001 spring-semester course catalog, school officials announced Monday.

"Here at Iowa State, we have a remarkably diverse student body, with literally dozens of non-whites," Iowa State director of student affairs Andrea Driessen said. "We thought a picture with at least one non-white happily interacting with whites would be a great way to show off this fact. Unfortunately, we didn't have any pictures of whites and non-whites actually interacting, so we had to make one up."

Said chancellor Dr. Michael Arbus: "An unaltered, or 'real,' cover photo would not have adequately captured the glorious rainbow of multiculturalism that is ISU. We thought it best to take a more illusory, 'less-actual' approach in depicting this school's racial demographic."

The black guy, added using Adobe Photoshop, has been identified as Marcus Jamison. A Shreveport, LA, native, Jamison attended Iowa State for one semester in 1996 before transferring to Grambling University. His face was lifted from a photo of him attending a racial-sensitivity seminar during his freshman orientation and digitally added to the course-catalog cover by graphic designer Brian Tompkins.

"Believe me, this was not an easy task. We combed through hundreds of school-newspaper and yearbook file photos before we found a picture of a black guy," Tompkins said. "Even then, we had to keep searching, because we felt it was important that the black guy be smiling."

Added Tompkins: "If you think it's hard to find a picture of a black guy, try finding a smiling black guy!"

In addition to the black guy on its cover, the course catalog features several inside photos of black guys, though only in single-person shots. University authorities stressed that all of those images are actual photos of actual minorities printed on actual paper.

"Each black guy you see in this catalog was, in fact, photographed at one point," Arbus said. "This booklet is our way of letting people know the importance of including black guys in official school publications. That's the Iowa State promise."

Arbus noted that the school's football team also includes "a whole lot" of black guys not pictured.

"We have nothing against black guys at this school, as evidenced by our dedication to adding them to images of campus life," Arbus said. "That shows just how serious we are about our commitment to diversity."

Spokespersons for Iowa State, which added Jamison to the course-catalog cover with neither his knowledge or permission, expressed confidence that he would be pleased.

"I'm sure Mr. Jamison, wherever he is, would be thrilled to see his image used in the service of uplifting the black community and promoting friendship between the races," Iowa State director of communications Bryce Jennings said. "In fact, I bet if he knew about this, he'd even thank us. You're welcome, Marcus!"

Iowa State's use of Photoshop has proven so successful, it is quickly becoming a model for other universities across the nation seeking to improve their schools' veneer of diversity.

"Photoshop opens up an exciting new realm of possibilities for America's institutions of higher learning," University of Montana president Karl Watson said. "Here at Montana, for example, we plan to Photoshop up to 10 percent more Latinos into orientation brochures. If we can get funding, we may also Photoshop handicap-accessible ramps onto exterior shots of campus buildings

 

[Kang_Solomon_Grundy]

"long-ass article"

I woulda' 'shopped him palming a white-bitches ass

 

[glowy]

This sounds like something from The Onion.

 

[Darius]

This sounds like something from The Onion.

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[glowy]

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What I get for only reading the first post.

 

[C.Melendez]

Im not creeped out by it but I hate when someone stare at me...just the other day had to let some guy know bout his child and his child 's staring problem....smiling isn't a big problem unless they keep looking at me after it

 

[C.Melendez]

AMES, IA–In the spirit of celebrating diversity at Iowa State University, a black guy was digitally added to the cover of the school's 2001 spring-semester course catalog, school officials announced Monday.

"Here at Iowa State, we have a remarkably diverse student body, with literally dozens of non-whites," Iowa State director of student affairs Andrea Driessen said. "We thought a picture with at least one non-white happily interacting with whites would be a great way to show off this fact. Unfortunately, we didn't have any pictures of whites and non-whites actually interacting, so we had to make one up."

Said chancellor Dr. Michael Arbus: "An unaltered, or 'real,' cover photo would not have adequately captured the glorious rainbow of multiculturalism that is ISU. We thought it best to take a more illusory, 'less-actual' approach in depicting this school's racial demographic."

The black guy, added using Adobe Photoshop, has been identified as Marcus Jamison. A Shreveport, LA, native, Jamison attended Iowa State for one semester in 1996 before transferring to Grambling University. His face was lifted from a photo of him attending a racial-sensitivity seminar during his freshman orientation and digitally added to the course-catalog cover by graphic designer Brian Tompkins.

"Believe me, this was not an easy task. We combed through hundreds of school-newspaper and yearbook file photos before we found a picture of a black guy," Tompkins said. "Even then, we had to keep searching, because we felt it was important that the black guy be smiling."

Added Tompkins: "If you think it's hard to find a picture of a black guy, try finding a smiling black guy!"

In addition to the black guy on its cover, the course catalog features several inside photos of black guys, though only in single-person shots. University authorities stressed that all of those images are actual photos of actual minorities printed on actual paper.

"Each black guy you see in this catalog was, in fact, photographed at one point," Arbus said. "This booklet is our way of letting people know the importance of including black guys in official school publications. That's the Iowa State promise."

Arbus noted that the school's football team also includes "a whole lot" of black guys not pictured.

"We have nothing against black guys at this school, as evidenced by our dedication to adding them to images of campus life," Arbus said. "That shows just how serious we are about our commitment to diversity."

Spokespersons for Iowa State, which added Jamison to the course-catalog cover with neither his knowledge or permission, expressed confidence that he would be pleased.

"I'm sure Mr. Jamison, wherever he is, would be thrilled to see his image used in the service of uplifting the black community and promoting friendship between the races," Iowa State director of communications Bryce Jennings said. "In fact, I bet if he knew about this, he'd even thank us. You're welcome, Marcus!"

Iowa State's use of Photoshop has proven so successful, it is quickly becoming a model for other universities across the nation seeking to improve their schools' veneer of diversity.

"Photoshop opens up an exciting new realm of possibilities for America's institutions of higher learning," University of Montana president Karl Watson said. "Here at Montana, for example, we plan to Photoshop up to 10 percent more Latinos into orientation brochures. If we can get funding, we may also Photoshop handicap-accessible ramps onto exterior shots of campus buildings

Ames can do what the fuck they want to do since they bred and sent us our savior this year(Harrison Barnes)