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February 17, 2009 by Marc Lamont Hill

Nation’s Blacks Creeped Out By All The People Smiling At Them

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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.”

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11 Comments

1. manchild wrote:

yeah its creepy,but I like it….better than being ignored,
ran infront of,dissed and treated like a noncitizen.

February 17, 2009 @ 12:15 pm

2. ChgoSista wrote:

I LOVE IT!

February 17, 2009 @ 1:12 pm

3. DCI74 wrote:

This is very with a bit of truth to it!

February 17, 2009 @ 1:56 pm

4. jordan wrote:

Does anyone else watch CBS Sunday Morning? This week Ben Stein did a short piece about how much he hates the Stimulus Package, but how proud he is that the US has an African American president. He said something like, watching Obama speak makes him “a happy old white man.” I sorta didn’t know what to make of that revelation, but “creeped out” works. And, I’m not even black.

February 17, 2009 @ 3:37 pm

5. Miriam wrote:

Seriously?

February 17, 2009 @ 7:02 pm

6. EminemsRevenge wrote:

WHERE are these white people???

The ones i encounter look like they’d love to invite me to a necktie party…guess ’cause i never learnt to Sambo-shuffle too well.

February 17, 2009 @ 10:20 pm

7. Logic wrote:

Yeah, I noticed the smiles too. I guess smiles are better than a look of indifference.

It used to be that when you saw a brother on the street and you would give him/her the head nod even though you didn’t know them. Now whites get the head nod too because they won’t stop looking at you

February 17, 2009 @ 10:49 pm

8. DCI74 wrote:

Lol I had to read this again, it’s hilarious. This is one of the best fake stories ever!

February 17, 2009 @ 11:16 pm

9. wouldn't you like to know? wrote:

Em i love your site…dope shit!

i’ll be checkin’ in on the reg…

February 18, 2009 @ 1:06 am

10. Lisa wrote:

Hysterical. I hope it comes true.
I just hope we get the same pay as you guys because I can’t afford a lawyer to make sure that I am.

February 18, 2009 @ 3:49 am

11. George wrote:

OMG! We are screwed if we are nice or if we are indifferent. White people aren’t the ones with a “race issue”, the people with a race issue are looking back at you in the mirror. Everything in the black culture is how to further distance yourselves from the main stream. There is the BET network, Miss Black America,Black history month,JET magazine and the list could go on for awhile. To end ,yes I know this is a joke but I see it as anti-white article. I guess it is just the way you look at it. The same goes for the cartoon in the post, I saw it as the congress was no smarter then a chimp. Leave it to the black man to say it’s against Obama, and look they want to shoot and kill him. It’s a bit of a reach

February 19, 2009 @ 5:44 pm

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