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[Tommie Hu$tle]

Man white people make me laugh sometimes. I was in the airport and this lady comes up to me and says "Are you Cuba Gooding Jr?"

I flash a fake smile and say "No I'm not."

She replies with "I know you must get that all the time because you look just like him. I was hoping you were him so I could get an autograph."

Well here's the kicker I look NOTHING like that clown. The only simalities that we have is that I'm Black. I've found that you can tell the last movie a white person saw based on who they thing you look like.

Two weeks ago in an Airplane another White guy leaned over to me and says "You look just like a young Denzel Washingtion." Again I look at him and smile and again this is another guy who I look nothing like.

In the past two weeks I've been told I look like everyone from Chris Rock to Eddie Murphy to Dominque Wilkins to Denzel Washington. I look like none of them. Anyone else have this event happen to them?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

its because all black people look alike. I thought you knew?

 

[demon]

Dat's crazy, yo. You look like Chris Rock.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

its because all black people look alike. I thought you knew?

:lol


Whoops I forgot about that.

 

[Triumph]

Dude, all black people think I look like John Lithgow. Ok, ok, just one black dude.

Ok, so it was my Samoan roommate from a couple years ago. You made me lie. Happy now?

 

[Matlock]

If it's any consolation, white people scare me as well.

And I'm white.

 

[Doth Togo]

Most white people think I look like (a young) Martin Sheen. And I'm white.

:lol

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

If it's any consolation, white people scare me as well.

And I'm white.

They don't scare me as much as the to humor me. It's like witenessing an event that is just passibly funny but just to you so give it a mental 'heh' and go about your business. Like being the only one to see a small child craftily steal a piece of candy when he thinks no one is looking.

 

[FortNinety]

This thread can go so many different ways...

 

[Matlock]

On a sidenote, my roommate started calling me "Whitey" recently.

 

[Outcast2004]

I see no good coming of this thread....

 

[olimario]

We need pictures, Tommie.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

Pictures are on the way.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I liked it back in the 80's

When I was asked all the time if I was Micheal Jackson... but then the motherfucker turned white on me... I could not follow that... so people started asking if I was Webster or Arnold

 

[Triumph]

On a sidenote, my roommate started calling me "Whitey" recently.

Is he white? Please say he's white. I call my roommates and friends "cracker" all the time, and I look like John Lithgow(apparently).

 

[Phoenix]

Man white people make me laugh sometimes. I was in the airport and this lady comes up to me and says "Are you Cuba Gooding Jr?"

I flash a fake smile and say "No I'm not."

She replies with "I know you must get that all the time because you look just like him. I was hoping you were him so I could get an autograph."

Well here's the kicker I look NOTHING like that clown. The only simalities that we have is that I'm Black. I've found that you can tell the last movie a white person saw based on who they thing you look like.

Two weeks ago in an Airplane another White guy leaned over to me and says "You look just like a young Denzel Washingtion." Again I look at him and smile and again this is another guy who I look nothing like.

In the past two weeks I've been told I look like everyone from Chris Rock to Eddie Murphy to Dominque Wilkins to Denzel Washington. I look like none of them. Anyone else have this event happen to them?

Next time say "yes, yes I am. want to take me out for a night on the town?"

 

[Matlock]

The one in the center, man.

 

[SlickWilly223]

Man white people make me laugh sometimes. I was in the airport and this lady comes up to me and says "Are you Cuba Gooding Jr?"

I flash a fake smile and say "No I'm not."

She replies with "I know you must get that all the time because you look just like him. I was hoping you were him so I could get an autograph."

Well here's the kicker I look NOTHING like that clown. The only simalities that we have is that I'm Black. I've found that you can tell the last movie a white person saw based on who they thing you look like.

Two weeks ago in an Airplane another White guy leaned over to me and says "You look just like a young Denzel Washingtion." Again I look at him and smile and again this is another guy who I look nothing like.

In the past two weeks I've been told I look like everyone from Chris Rock to Eddie Murphy to Dominque Wilkins to Denzel Washington. I look like none of them. Anyone else have this event happen to them?

Dude you can get so much woman love by pretending to be one of those hunks.

 

[Willco]

 

[alejob]

Cuba

Tommie

And all this time I thought you were a kitten.

 

[olimario]

Tommie is black? He looks indian.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

White people are funny...

 

[duderon]

Tommie is black? He looks indian.

That's matlock's roomate.

 

[Loki]

In social psychology, you learn that people of every race are better able to distinguish faces of their own race from those of others. This holds for whites, blacks, asians, etc.


That said, for people to walk up to you like that constantly must be somewhat irritating. I feel for ya. People used to tell me that I looked like Ben Affleck all the time, but nobody ever came up to me and actually said, "hey, AREN'T YOU Ben Affleck!?!?!11". :lol That'd be funny-- I'd probably milk it, though, depending on the female specimen involved.

 

[fennec fox]

Tommie is black? He looks indian.

Yeah, really. Anyone comparing him to Cuba is nuts.

 

[bishoptl]

In social psychology, you learn that people of every race are better able to distinguish faces of their own race from those of others. This holds for whites, blacks, asians, etc.

Yep.

That said, I get the "hey, you look just like <fill-in-the-black>?" on a regular basis too. I just shrug it off, for the reasons stated above. It's not like they're making the statement with vitriol or malice behind it. There are bigger fish to fry.

 

[Spectral Glider]

What you talkin bout Willis?

 

[DarienA]

All people are funny to me... that's because most of you lack common f'n sense.

As someone else already mentioned and for your reading enjoyment which goes a bit more indepth and says not that we can't cross ref, just that we subconsciously don't cross ref.

http://www.apa.org/releases/facerecog.html

 

[FortNinety]

In social psychology, you learn that people of every race are better able to distinguish faces of their own race from those of others. This holds for whites, blacks, asians, etc.

Very true. It's so easy for me to distinguish Japanese, Korean, and Chinese people, but everyone else has the toughest of times (yet it's so easy!).

 

[fennec fox]

Very true. It's so easy for me to distinguish Japanese, Korean, and Chinese people, but everyone else has the toughest of times (yet it's so easy!).

I learned this by studying abroad for a while. On that note, though, my parents think that every Asian person they run across is Japanese, even Filipinos.

 

[BojTrek]

To me...

That chick looks like she sucks a mean CACK and is incredible in the SACK. Damn, I need to get laid...

 

[calder]

I'll be honest, I looked at that pic 3 times and never once bothered figuring out which one if any was a poster here.

Dear whoever the hell from GAF in that picture - when is your friend getting a photo-based appreciation thread?? Right away I presume?

 

[evil ways]

On a sidenote, my roommate started calling me "Whitey" recently.

At least he's not trying to be witty or anything. One of my friends who I went to college with went through this phase where he used to call us "Ritz" as in the salty cracker. He would shout "Hey what up Ritz" from across the campus when he would see us, sometimes in plural when he ran into more than one of us.

He thought it was the funniest thing, but only him, ourselves and a few other people got the joke.

 

[Instigator]

When I was in Africa I got that a lot too, since I'm white. People would walk up to me in the street and complain that I wouldn't say hi to them, even though we'd hung out all Saturday night in some club - which I'd never been to, of course. It happened more than once, that they mistook me for someone they'd met before.

One kid even thought I looked exactly like a marble statue that stood there. It wasn't even of a white person, it was just white. :lol

Before I went there, I was afraid that I was going to make that kind of mistake myself, but after realizing it goes both ways, I wasn't to worried anymore.

I still think those white people who walk up to a black person to say that he looks like some actor or other are dorky, though. Even though they're probably just trying to be friendly.

 

[way more]

I take on whatever context I'm around. So far I've been Italian, Chinese, Spanish, East-Indian, South Asian, and once in a while I'm seen as Native American.

In social psychology, you learn that people of every race are better able to distinguish faces of their own race from those of others. This holds for whites, blacks, asians, etc.

I've become quite adapt at distinguishing between Asian groups and most minorities, but a lot of white people look the same.

 

[olimario]

I think it's easier to tell white people apart just because of the variety within the race.
Red, Blonde, Brown, and Black hair.
Blue, Green, and Brown eyes.
Pale to Tan skin.

More variety.

 

[Instigator]

Actually, there's a much greater genetic diversity among black people than in any other group.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

I think it's easier to tell white people apart just because of the variety within the race.
Red, Blonde, Brown, and Black hair.
Blue, Green, and Brown eyes.
Pale to Tan skin.

More variety.

Yet you all look alike to me. :lol Women especially. You seen one pretty tall blonde white chick, you've seen 'em all.

 

[jobber]

Some said I looked like Ja Rule..another person said I looked like Chappelle in "You Got Mail"

 

[Cloudy]

OT but lately I find myself liking white girls....a lot

 

[bishoptl]

:lol :lol @ jobber's avatar

"kick the baby!"

The girl in that pic up top is a hottie. Yum.

 

[firex]

god dammit Konex, that Kobe is corrupting you!

 

[Cloudy]

:lol

 

[DaCocoBrova]

*shakes head*

While we're on the subject, please explain the allure of white women. I mean, NBA players can have any women they want (or any athletes for that matter), yet many chose to go the caucasion route.

To test the waters myself, I tried dating a white chick this past summer. One of my clients came on to me and I just said 'fuck it'. And 'fuck it' I did... Repeatedly.

But then, things started getting to me. The 'no ass' factor was major for me, and got worse as time went on. Then I became hyper-sensitive to the fucking 'chipperness'. I'd be thinking to myself...'Bitch, if you don't come the fuck down...!'... :lol

As much as I tried to ignore all that, the one thing that made me call it quits was the sex. Pussy was great, don't get me wrong, but she acted like she was dying every time I'd hit. I wasn't even guttin' her like I like to, just normal, non-aggressive fucking... But she would go ape shit everytime, cumming in the double digits (no lie)... I didn't like that. I wasn't enjoying the sex anywhere near as much as her.

That was a wrap!

 

[bishoptl]

:lol

 

[FortNinety]

Yet you all look alike to me. :lol Women especially. You seen one pretty tall blonde white chick, you've seen 'em all.

I'd be curious to see how you'd react if I said the same thing, but with black women.

 

[Cloudy]

Eh, I don't think you can generalize from one experience you've had :lol

 

[DaCocoBrova]

I'd be curious to see how you'd react if I said the same thing, but with black women.

I don't give a fuck. Say what you want. I have my issues w/ them as well... But complexion alone rules them out.

 

[bishoptl]

That's insane.

Making a snap judgement on a woman solely due to her skin? How is that not racist? I've dated some nutty black girls, some slightly less-nutty white girls - and vice versa. Frankly, it would make more sense for you to generalize all women as being various degrees of unstable than to generalize by race. Maybe if you're exposed to a more multicultural society, you'll understand.

 

[Matlock]

Also of reference: the girl you're all ogling has the roommate that looks like CK.