why do people always assume youre white?

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#1  Edited By Gamer

in one of my posts just because I wrote " yo the killers rule sooo much " some guy said let me guess ur a white guy being gangster. no im half white half bean idiot

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#2  Edited By Jayge_
I found this while searching Flickr for
I found this while searching Flickr for "bean". Also, inb4lock.
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#3  Edited By sweep  Moderator

"Bean" - WTF?!?

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#4  Edited By Jayge_
Sweep said:
""Bean" - WTF?!?"
He's a White-xican.
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#5  Edited By Origina1Penguin

They do?  I have trouble knowing everybody's assumptions.

I kid.  In all seriousness, if someone doesn't know you, then they will go with whatever stereotype they form first with the information given.  I guess that's the great part of the "about me" section in your profile.  Fill it with information you want others to know.

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#6  Edited By jakob187
Jayge said:
"Sweep said:
""Bean" - WTF?!?"
He's a White-xican."
Where I come from, it's usually called Cafe Latte.
Anyways, I always assume people are black nowadays, because then, when I find out they are white, I'm even more surprised than I could've been otherwise.

Also, one of my best friends is a Mecholovakian.
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#7  Edited By RandomHero666

White people probably assume others are white, similar with black people.

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#8  Edited By Hexpane

considering white people make up more than half the population in america, it's a safe bet. 

I would also like to note that "bean" is a very racist term.  Additionally "african american" is a retarded term.  Unless someone is originally from africa, and has USA citizenship, that person is not "african american" .   Do people call Hugh Jackman "australian american"?  What about European American?  Antarctic American?

What about white people from South Africa who become americans, are they "african american"  it's a coward's term for "black".  The bottom line is we shouldnt need to label people by what race we *think* they are every time we mention their name.

People are constantly going on about the "first african american president" he is NOT FROM AFRICA, he is straight up american/american.  And if you INSIST on mentioning what color he is, go ahead and just call him black.  First black president.  Not "african" in any way. 

For the last 8 years every time Bush got up did someone have to qualify him as "The European/American president Bush!"  No, its fucking retarded.  Did we constantly remind everyone he is "White american"? 

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#9  Edited By RetroIce4

Choco-Nilla here... UNITE~!

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#10  Edited By jakob187
Hexpane said:
"considering white people make up more than half the population in america, it's a safe bet."
Guess again.  White people are a minority in America, sir.  Illegal immigrants outnumber us now by about 1.61:1.
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#11  Edited By Bonesofwar
jakob187 said:
"Hexpane said:
"considering white people make up more than half the population in america, it's a safe bet."
Guess again.  White people are a minority in America, sir.  Illegal immigrants outnumber us now by about 1.61:1."

Video or it didn't happen.
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#12  Edited By Milkman

Ok, fuck this whole assume your white stuff. I have another bone to pick with this thread.

If you said "the killers rule soo much", why in the hell would anyone say "Let me guess, you're a white guy trying to be gangster"? How do those correspond with each other at all?

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#13  Edited By HandsomeDead

White people rule.

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#14  Edited By Terra1909
Hexpane said:
"considering white people make up more than half the population in america, it's a safe bet. 


'Cuz all the people on the internet are from America, right?
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#15  Edited By TheJadeAngel
Milkman said:
"Ok, fuck this whole assume your white stuff. I have another bone to pick with this thread.

If you said "the killers rule soo much", why in the hell would anyone say "Let me guess, you're a white guy trying to be gangster"? How do those correspond with each other at all?"
That was going to be my question .  The Killers Rock by the way .
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#16  Edited By Systech

Because I am white.

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#17  Edited By Dalai
HandsomeDead said:
"White people rule."
As of today, not in America.
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#18  Edited By Arkthemaniac

Your Johnny Bravo picture doesn't help you're cause. Just an observation.

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#20  Edited By HandsomeDead
Dalai said:
"HandsomeDead said:
"White people rule."
As of today, not in America."
God help us all.
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#21  Edited By Qorious

I'm Asian! xD

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#22  Edited By Arkthemaniac
wrecks said:
"Dalai said:
"HandsomeDead said:
"White people rule."
As of today, not in America."

http://instantrimshot.com/"
Best internet creation yet.
If only Levio were still around . . .
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#23  Edited By wimael45

look at my face(corner)...i look white but im full puerto rican

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#24  Edited By wimael45

look at my face(corner)...i look white but im full puerto rican

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iplaygames said:
"Hexpane said:
"considering white people make up more than half the population in america, it's a safe bet. 


'Cuz all the people on the internet are from America, right?"

Right, this is an international network, just in case anyone didn't know.
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#26  Edited By TheGreatGuero

Maybe the person was suggesting that only white people could like music as bad as The Killers? Ah-ah-ah-ah! Okay, well, considering the surprisingly huge Killers following as seen in that Killers thread, I'm gonna run away now before I get pelted with rocks.

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#27  Edited By Linkyshinks

Attempting to see colour in one's word is lame. Pointing it out to others is even lamer. They guy who replied in such a manner is an idiot [.]

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#28  Edited By Gizmo

First of all that was me... and secondly, I was kinda angry/drunk at the time.

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#29  Edited By Rowr
Gizmo said:
"First of all that was me... and secondly, I was kinda angry/drunk at the time."
O....well that excuses everything...
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#30  Edited By adam_grif
Hexpane said:
"considering white people make up more than half the population in america, it's a safe bet. 

I would also like to note that "bean" is a very racist term.  Additionally "african american" is a retarded term.  Unless someone is originally from africa, and has USA citizenship, that person is not "african american" .   Do people call Hugh Jackman "australian american"?  What about European American?  Antarctic American?

What about white people from South Africa who become americans, are they "african american"  it's a coward's term for "black".  The bottom line is we shouldnt need to label people by what race we *think* they are every time we mention their name.

People are constantly going on about the "first african american president" he is NOT FROM AFRICA, he is straight up american/american.  And if you INSIST on mentioning what color he is, go ahead and just call him black.  First black president.  Not "african" in any way. 

For the last 8 years every time Bush got up did someone have to qualify him as "The European/American president Bush!"  No, its fucking retarded.  Did we constantly remind everyone he is "White american"? "
Every American is an African American, since every human on Earth decended from Africans.



In reply to thread:

Because the majority of Americans are white.
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#31  Edited By Commando

because the area in alabama i'm from(i'm not trying to sound racist, its just true), i've never seen a latino except when our roof was repaired after katrina, and only one of them spoke english so they didn't seem like they played video games. and the black people mostly crowded into one part of town that has a bad reputation(to put it lightly), so they don't seem like gamers either.

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#32  Edited By Gameboi

It's just the opposite for me, thanks to the "boi" at the end of my username.

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#33  Edited By mike

Based on the metrics, if you're into assuming things about others, then assuming someone is a male caucasian between the ages of 18 - 34 is the only safe bet to make.  I learned a long time ago not to assume anything about others on the internet, but some people haven't grasped that concept yet.

http://www.quantcast.com/giantbomb.com#demographics

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#35  Edited By Hexpane
jakob187 said:
"Hexpane said:
"considering white people make up more than half the population in america, it's a safe bet."
Guess again.  White people are a minority in America, sir.  Illegal immigrants outnumber us now by about 1.61:1."
That's obviously false,  "illegals" do not outnumber "whites" and also shows a flaw in your trolling anti logic.  You CAN be ILLEGAL AND WHITE all at the same time... this idea that illegals are non white, is again, racist.
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#36  Edited By Hexpane
iplaygames said:
"Hexpane said:
"considering white people make up more than half the population in america, it's a safe bet. 


'Cuz all the people on the internet are from America, right?"
This website is run by americans located in an american city, so it's a "safe bet" but I don't gamble and I don't "guess the race" either so...
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#37  Edited By citizenkane

If you wrote like that, I would only assume that you're an idiot.

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#38  Edited By Karmum

Perhaps the general assumption is many of the people on the internet are white? Which is silly to say.

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#39  Edited By Hexpane
Karmum said:
"Perhaps the general assumption is many of the people on the internet are white? Which is silly to say."
Statistics actually confirm that most people on the internet, typing in american english, on american websites, are indeed white.  But "most" is pointless when we are talking about individuals.  
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#40  Edited By OGCartman

If your skin is white, your white.
White dosent mean american, white means the colour if your skin is WHITE.

For fucks sake i hate when people make big deals about this, white skin = white. brown skin = brown. black skin = black.

Do we understand?