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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]White people, please address-

1. low self-esteem SEEMS LIKE THE PRECISE OPPOSITE, SIMPLY BY READING THIS THREAD. [b]I'm going to believe research over self-reports in a DCUM thread. Actually, even self-reported polls found that white women have lower self-esteem.[/b]
2. high rates of eating disorders DO YOU INCLUDE OBESITY RATES? [b]62 percent of white US adults are overweight/obese. 73 percent of black US adults are overweight/obese. The black rate of overweight/obesity is higher than the white rate. I don't find statistics absurd- like a PP feels about statistics that indicate negative things about her race. I think it is a problem that needs to be addressed, not ignored or dismissed as absurd or taken personally.[/b]
3. high rates of depression ACCESS TO PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND A CULTURE THAT DOESN'T HIDE (AS MANY) PROBLEMS? [b]Access to mental health services is part of the equation. But black culture doesn't tend to hide problems more than white culture. Even controlling for access to mental health services, black people cope with depression better than whites. However, you're right that there is a stigma about mental illness and that doctors tend to take white symptoms of depression more seriously than blacks who have the same symptoms. A study by University of Michigan and Indiana University found that.[/b]
4. high rates of antidepressant use SEE ABOVE, PLUS MEDICAL COMMUNITY BIASED TOWARDS QUICK FIXES [b]See above.[/b]
5. high suicide rates (one of the leading causes of death for whites) AS SEEN IN CHART, THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY DO MEN OF EVERY RACES HAVE HIGHER SUICIDE RATES THAN WOMEN OF RESPECTIVE RACE? [b]Yes, gender is a factor. But if you're going to ignore the racial factor you're being ignorant. The white suicide rate is several times higher than the black suicide rate, regardless of gender. It's higher than every ethnicity than Native Americans, who have high rates due to poverty, stress, and discrimination.[/b]
6. weaker interpersonal bonds ARE YOU INCLUDING AS "INTERPERSONAL BONDS" WHEN GRANDMAS HAVE TO HELP SINGLE MOTHERS BECAUSE DAD IS MISSING IN ACTION? [b]Well, yes, that would be an example if white grandparents are less likely to help out their children who are single mothers. But the support network is stronger overall- which is why the government is studying the interpersonal bonds of black women to see if there is a way to replicate that support for military members.[/b]
7. tendency for white American males to commit mass murders DO YOU KNOW WHAT "TENDENCY" MEANS? [b]Yes.[/b]

And then tell me that as a race, you're happier.[/quote] NO ONE HERE IS TELLING YOU THAT, OTHER THAN OP. WHO I DON'T THINK IS WHITE.

Now, can you (not "black people"), address why you are so obsessed with this?[/quote]

Several (white) people have stated that they're happier because they don't walk around with a "chip on [their] shoulder."

I responded to your comments in bold.[/quote]

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