I always wonder what year it was when all white people in the US seemingly cut their balls off when talking about black Americans. It often seems poor ass white people many would think of as redneck and racist have better relationships with many black folk (can I use folk here or is that a white word in disguise) while many people that find fault with words used on TV etc. seem to only know black people from what they read in books, or go out of their way to have one black friend, as if that's a way to make friends. These people really need to get over themselves. To add levity to this shitty story, as a white dude, shaved head, who people would consider progressive but is really only concerned with workers rights, let me tell you what's cool about black people. Recently I saw a black stand-up saying black people didn't know about fruit/grape juice, just grape drink. Funny as hell. Half my school was black, so half the football players, and I have fond memories of them bring in gallons of purple drink, orange drink, yellow drink and green drink to make the perfect drink. Brought this up at a party with many black friends, great laughs, James says man let's make some kool-aid. I said James, it says one cup of sugar. "Yeah, but it's better with 3 - mom's recipe." So new point, black people like it sweet. Black people can make a cool rap video and make it look like they're high rollers - 20 hot chicks with cute hair up bouncing in front of a mansion with 4 lambos in the background - then walk off the set they rented for the day and roll out in their beat up chevy cavalair. Being bald/shaved head myself, I think it's cool black chicks can walk into a big store and just order up some hair. As a white guy I'd like to walk in and say hey, I'll take the Julius Caesar. Lastly as an example, out of any people in the world, who else but black Americans could have been cool enough to convince everyone that walking around in cloths with huge price tags and store tags was cool? I remember seeing this in music videos then high school, students who never do it walking around with price tagged cloths everywhere - and me asking John, "John, pssst, hey, do you need some scissors?" I mean this kid was a super nerd, now he had these thick ass glasses, big price tag still on going up into his eye. I don't know if that's still a thing. Full disclosure - one thing that bugs me - talking like white people in comedies with super-high voices. Switch it up, Texas drawl, Southern deep draw like slow poured ice tea and brandy. You can make fun of New Yorkers, New Jersey and Massachusetts white people voices all you want. this was all antectdotal, feel free to down vote - though not if you think I care about Trump - I do not. And to all the people who seem to learn about black people in books, and find offense at every turn, please, go out and meet some real black people. Will you somehow offend them sometimes? Probably. They you? Probably. Will you get over it? Probably. Make a good friend? Probably. Even if they're wearing a hoody, and look scary to you, say hi, chances are, they're wearing a hoody the same reason I am - it's cold as fucking triple sugar grape drink in the freezer.