Why do black people smell different?..

[duranman]

Any ideas?..

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Their diet.

 

[duranman]

Their diet.

Bananas?...

 

[Que]

Better cologne.

 

[rimmy]

It probably comes from the revulsion they feel about you sharing the planet with them.

 

[Magnetron]

According to blacks, whites smell like wet dogs when their hair gets rained on.

 

[duranman]

According to blacks, whites smell like wet dogs when their hair gets rained on.

They love to shag the ugly wet dogs though don't they?...

 

[Fata Morgana]

Bananas?...

Jesus Fucking Christ man...

 

[duranman]

Jesus Fucking Christ man...

xxx

 

[smoothg103rd]

Better cologne.

I prefer oils.

 

[litmlove]

Their diet.

Apparently Westerners smell like Milky/cheesey. I know Indians have a strong spice smell.

 

[islandman]

Apparently Westerners smell like Milky/cheesey. I know Indians have a strong spice smell.

Spice is life, bitch.

 

[richard_daily]

I like how obvious it is that the OP got cuckolded by a black dude.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Same reason they look different (from other races).

 

[doowdniw]

I always figured they used their nose, like everyone else.

 

[smoothg103rd]

I was laying in bed talking to Miss 5 last night about her new class and if she was making any friends etc. She is a tiny racist and doesn't even know it.

"The thing is mummy, I have never spoken to X because he smells bad. The dark coloured people smell bad. It's only the white ones that smell good."

A LOONG conversation followed about food smells and spicy curry smells, but in all honesty I had no idea what to say to that. Ironically, her favourite food is curry. Maybe she can't talk to X because he makes her want to eat him?? Maybe??

BLACK people doesn't eat curry. That's Africans, Jamaicans and Hattians. Maybe X smells bad because he doesn't shower. Just because X smells bad doesn't mean other people like him do. Maybe you are a tiny racist too.

 

[SweetErika]

BLACK people doesn't eat curry. That's Africans, Jamaicans and Hattians. Maybe X smells bad because he doesn't shower. Just because X smells bad doesn't mean other people like him do. Maybe you are a tiny racist too.

I'm guessing Rainshine's curry comment to her daughter was referring to Central and Southeast Asians, and she's well aware that there are many reasons why people can smell bad (to a certain person or group).

And I get how you misinterpreted her post, but I've never seen Rainshine utter a racist word and she is a quality person all around. I read her post as 'I'm shocked and appalled by the seemingly racist comments my young kid makes' because I'm a mom of an almost-5-year old. We live in a culturally diverse area and my son has classmates from every type of background. He has certainly made comments about how he doesn't like certain people because they look different. I've heard other kids of all backgrounds say similar things - kids are just sensitive to differences on some levels. In some ways they're blind to them, but then they'll zero in on how a family in the park looks different, speaks another language, or someone in the grocery store is disabled.

I pretty much want to die when my son makes insensitive and/or untrue comments about anyone. Logically, I know it's just a kid thing, but it's still upsetting because compassion is something we work hard to teach our kidlet.

 

[smoothg103rd]

I'm guessing Rainshine's curry comment to her daughter was referring to Central and Southeast Asians, and she's well aware that there are many reasons why people can smell bad (to a certain person or group).

And I get how you misinterpreted her post, but I've never seen Rainshine utter a racist word and she is a quality person all around. I read her post as 'I'm shocked and appalled by the seemingly racist comments my young kid makes' because I'm a mom of an almost-5-year old. We live in a culturally diverse area and my son has classmates from every type of background. He has certainly made comments about how he doesn't like certain people because they look different. I've heard other kids of all backgrounds say similar things - kids are just sensitive to differences on some levels. In some ways they're blind to them, but then they'll zero in on how a family in the park looks different, speaks another language, or someone in the grocery store is disabled.

I pretty much want to die when my son makes insensitive and/or untrue comments about anyone. Logically, I know it's just a kid thing, but it's still upsetting because compassion is something we work hard to teach our kidlet.

When I was a child I use to think that all white people were cops. But thats only because I never saw a white person in my neighborhood that wasn't one. But I think white kids are more racist then black kids . I also think white people are more racist than black people in general. After all the shit white people put black people through, you would think that the blacks are more racist. Your child is almost 5, so you can't blame him. But honestly if I heard a 5 year old saying racist things, I would think his parents taught him.

 

[DesEsseintes]

I was always unobservant as a child when it came to race and since I lived in a very monocultural environment - you could fit all the non-British kids at my school into one classroom and have plenty of room for football - you'd think anyone different would have stood out. But I remember one incident when I was, I think, 7 years old, where I was very proud of my strength - I'd lifted a large girl two years older than me called Sharon and held her up for a few seconds, to a large crowd of admirers (she'd bet that I couldn't, by the way - I don't want to imply this was something non-consensual!).

Anyway, it was a pretty big deal to a seven year old and I told my Mum at the end of the day, only I couldn't remember the girl's name. She asked me to describe her - I said she was tall, broad shoulders, good at football, loud laugh...can't remember everything else. I might have said at one point she had black hair, and then described it. At last my Mum said, exasperatedly, "Oh, Sharon!"

"Yes, Sharon" I said, relieved too.

"Why didn't you just say she was black?"

Sharon was the only black girl in my primary school. I just hadn't noticed. Now I know that 'colour-blindness' isn't helpful, ignores endemic racism, etc, etc: but in fairness I was only 7.

If ever I'm the only eyewitness to a crime, God help the police.

 

[SweetErika]

When I was a child I use to think that all white people were cops. But thats only because I never saw a white person in my neighborhood that wasn't one. But I think white kids are more racist then black kids . I also think white people are more racist than black people in general. After all the shit white people put black people through, you would think that the blacks are more racist. Your child is almost 5, so you can't blame him. But honestly if I heard a 5 year old saying racist things, I would think his parents taught him.

I definitely see where you're coming from, Smooth, though I can't agree with your sweeping generalizations of groups of people based on their skin tones. I think we CAN both agree that certain groups of every background have their own stereotypes, biases, ignorant and racist ideas. It can be easy to generalize their beliefs onto a larger population when you come into contact with people from those groups.

I wouldn't feel comfortable putting an age cut-off on insensitive comments of all types by kids because they all develop socially at different rates. My son is incredibly smart but socially delayed, and it's going to take him longer to realize that pointing out the gap in someone's front teeth, disagreeable smells (he kept saying his grandpa "stinks" because he didn't like grandpa's aftershave ), or a playmate's skin/hair differences isn't in anyone's best interests. Most typical kids will catch on faster.

I'm with you that when a kid is mature enough (regardless of chronological age) to know better and still making prejudiced comments, it's almost certainly coming from that kid's family/social group in some way, even if it's simply because no one is teaching the kid to enjoy diversity and be kind.

 

[duranman]

I was always unobservant as a child when it came to race and since I lived in a very monocultural environment - you could fit all the non-British kids at my school into one classroom and have plenty of room for football - you'd think anyone different would have stood out. But I remember one incident when I was, I think, 7 years old, where I was very proud of my strength - I'd lifted a large girl two years older than me called Sharon and held her up for a few seconds, to a large crowd of admirers (she'd bet that I couldn't, by the way - I don't want to imply this was something non-consensual!).

Anyway, it was a pretty big deal to a seven year old and I told my Mum at the end of the day, only I couldn't remember the girl's name. She asked me to describe her - I said she was tall, broad shoulders, good at football, loud laugh...can't remember everything else. I might have said at one point she had black hair, and then described it. At last my Mum said, exasperatedly, "Oh, Sharon!"

"Yes, Sharon" I said, relieved too.

"Why didn't you just say she was black?"

Sharon was the only black girl in my primary school. I just hadn't noticed. Now I know that 'colour-blindness' isn't helpful, ignores endemic racism, etc, etc: but in fairness I was only 7.

If ever I'm the only eyewitness to a crime, God help the police.

Hadn't noticed Sharon was black? Hmmm. I'm presuming teachers didn't notice any precocious talent in art?..

 

[Que]

Humans are naturally xenophobic. I have no idea why that is. It is only in my lifetime that any culture has made any serious effort to reject that.

 

[smoothg103rd]

I definitely see where you're coming from, Smooth, though I can't agree with your sweeping generalizations of groups of people based on their skin tones. I think we CAN both agree that certain groups of every background have their own stereotypes, biases, ignorant and racist ideas. It can be easy to generalize their beliefs onto a larger population when you come into contact with people from those groups.

I wouldn't feel comfortable putting an age cut-off on insensitive comments of all types by kids because they all develop socially at different rates. My son is incredibly smart but socially delayed, and it's going to take him longer to realize that pointing out the gap in someone's front teeth, disagreeable smells (he kept saying his grandpa "stinks" because he didn't like grandpa's aftershave ), or a playmate's skin/hair differences isn't in anyone's best interests. Most typical kids will catch on faster.

I'm with you that when a kid is mature enough (regardless of chronological age) to know better and still making prejudiced comments, it's almost certainly coming from that kid's family/social group in some way, even if it's simply because no one is teaching the kid to enjoy diversity and be kind.

Yeah we are in agreement that every background has it's own stereotypes. And some are true also. But I don't think we will agree on racist ideas. I understand if someone is out of their natural habitat, that's it is going to be some discomfort. If I'm the only black person around a whole bunch of white people I'm going to be nervous as hell. And if you are the only white person around blacks I expect you to be nervous too. (If you aren't used to it). But if I walked through a all white neighborhood I will be watched. I will be looked upon as a criminal. If you was to walk through my neighborhood, we would care less about where you are going. We will care less about what you are doing. But if I'm walking through your neighborhood everyone will be worrying about me. For that reason (and many more) I think whites are more racist than blacks.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Hadn't noticed Sharon was black? Hmmm. I'm presuming teachers didn't notice any precocious talent in art?..

You'd be right. Though I can be observant when specifically told to be. It's just that in everyday life my own mind is far more interesting than the outside world, so I focus on that.

 

[duranman]

You'd be right. Though I can be observant when specifically told to be. It's just that in everyday life my own mind is far more interesting than the outside world, so I focus on that.

Working class London boy originally like myself? I'm impressed...