From the book, Race Manners: Navigating the Minefields Between Black and White Americans by Bruce A. Jacobs


The ten worst ideas held by the white people about black people :
1. Black people want to feel victimized.
2. When it comes to black people there are "good" ones and "bad" ones.
3. Blacks act as if slavery happened yesterday. They can't let go of it.
4. Black people should be more appreciative of the racial progress we have all made.
5. You can't talk with an African Amrican about race. They're too touchy.
6. When a black person succeeds, it is because he or she has had help.
7. When a black person fails, it is his or her own fault.
8 African Americans have one culture : "black".
9. Blacks are born dancers, athletes and lovers.
10. Blacks can easily be seen as "they".

The ten worst ideas held by black people about white people :
1. White people want to be racist. They choose to be that way, even though they know better.
2. Only a white person can be racist.
3. In the end a white person wil always side with white people.
4. Whites have it easy. They have nothing to complain about.
5. Why argue ? A white person will never understand.
6. All whites have an equal stake in racism.
7. Whites have a permenant and unshakable monopoly on the American dream.
8. Racism is white people's fault, so they should be the ones to address it.
9. Whites are born ice people.
10. Whites can safely be seen as "they".