Lets be honest, the first part of what kemetian posted is pure undiluted, all natural, new and improved bullshit!!!the fears she listed can be found in all cultures including our own (African culture). She has a great point about white amercian paranoia but her intital list of fears obscures those good points. Lets be real, if some white dude posted a list of shit that scared black folks we'd rip his balls off!!(think about it, why did our egyptian forefathers build the pyramids?? fear of death just like everybody else!!!A majority of voodoo and african animist religions is devoted to a defence against evil spirits. FEAR) there alot of things in this current state of fear can be traced to a long history of white american cultural paranoia (damn that was long!) but you can't turned around and stereotype them the same way many of them do us.