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black folks on the internet - a passing fancy, or here to stay?
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heavy liquid
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:lol That site is hilarious.
It always amused me when I was younger at how pickup games of basketball were always divvied up based on skintone. They always picked the tallest, blackest dude first and I swear half the time he could hardly make a layup. Of course my english/norwegian ass always got picked last. It would normally go something like, "I got him, jerome, that otha big fella... and yah you can have casper."
Tommie Hu$tle
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etiolate said:
You rang? I am shocked at the number of blacks on this board however.
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I don't know a single black person. all the maoris and Islanders here are more brown.
So much so that when I see an actual black guy for real, his blackness is surprising.
So much so that when I see an actual black guy for real, his blackness is surprising.
I don't know any black people. There just isn't that many around.
There is a black cleaning lady in my building. I've always been a little sexually prejudice to black women. They just don't seem to do much for me. Anyway this cleaning lady has a wicked accent it sounds like a mix of maybe french and some african language. First time I talked to her she magically turned into a babe.
There is a black cleaning lady in my building. I've always been a little sexually prejudice to black women. They just don't seem to do much for me. Anyway this cleaning lady has a wicked accent it sounds like a mix of maybe french and some african language. First time I talked to her she magically turned into a babe.
The Chosen One
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DarienA said:
Oh man, I hated that. Though I don't get it as much now that I live here in California. Maybe because there's more middle class black people around here, I don't know.
But when I lived back in South Carolina, I'd hear it every few months. The white people would say, "You don't sound black." And the black people would say, "You sound white."
It wasn't because of the tone of my voice since I have somewhat of a stereotypical deep black voice. It's because I don't throw up slang every other sentence or sound like Yo MTV raps. Nevermind a white person can speak like a surfer, hick, prep, stoner, or etc and still be considered speaking "white". But a black person has such a narrow spectrum in which they're suppose to sound like. If I don't talk like 50 cent or a dumb football player, then I must be speaking beyond the normal capabilities of my race...whatever.
I've also had people say, "You're so...nice and polite!". As if they expected me to lunge at their purse or shout expletives at them.
All that stuff used to bother me, but I could care less now. It's water under the bridge.
captmcblack said:
Not to reduce the utter asshattedness of those other players, but I get called a n***** all the time, and I'm white, with a Japanese sounding GamerTag (Which also gets G*** and C****, which is actually amusing because they can't even get their slurs right, morons)
Tommie Hu$tle
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I got the same treatment you did TCO and like you it is water under the bridge but, I do admit I like scaring wihte people with my "blackness" when in reality I rank somewhere between Will Smith and Cuba Gooding Jr. as far as threat to white people goes.
Anyone besides me realise they aren't black enough for Blackplanet?
Anyone besides me realise they aren't black enough for Blackplanet?
captmcblack
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Tommie Hu$tle said:
lmfao, yeah.
I keep thinking I'd like to join that thing, but then I'd have to have fucking Jay-Z videos streaming, and I'd have to spell anything that ended in "ck" with "cc" for no logical reason. :lol
also, lmfso @ everything that refers to being black and well-spoken in this thread. It's so true...and so sad. On the forum I administrate (1up.com), sometimes people suspect that I'm not actually black...even if I post pictures. Like the black Serafitia, I am.
If I ever slip any sort of slang into a post of mine - ever - at least one person remarks that I'm trying to be black. wtf...can't win for trying. :lol
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Nikashi said:
:lol
According to the last xbox live jerkoffs I played (these guys were on my team and spent the whole game suiciding) I'm a Gay british nigger.
I'm really a straight white kiwi though....... which is amusing, because they got everything entirely backwards. Entirely. you can't actually get further away from Britain than NZ. :lol
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belgurdo said:
Friendster for Negros.
captmcblack said:
I will say that I have gone on a few good dates off of black planet so don't knock it totally. I just can't stay on it for a sustained amount of time.
-jinx- said:
I've never had anyone say that to my face, but my fiancee has had guys at work kid him about that, and ask him if we're having dog for dinner (i'm half-Korean). And in elementary school, kids used to assume I knew martial arts (none of which are true!), grrr...
Of course, we do feel extra good though
It's been my experience that on the 'net, blacks typically act more civil, whils whites and Asians are more abrasive, and can be downright racist.
I think message boarda are a good outlet for those who, throughout the day, are socially repressed; then log on to their favorite bulletin board for some good'ole anger release.
Regardless of how i'm treated online, i never gauge my self worth by how i'm treated online; i've only been called a "nigger" once(in person), and that was after the guy got a 10 minute long ass whoopin for sucker-punching my best friend.
I was born and raised in Italy, was the only black/Italian kid in town, and was treated better there than i've been in teh US.
I think message boarda are a good outlet for those who, throughout the day, are socially repressed; then log on to their favorite bulletin board for some good'ole anger release.
Regardless of how i'm treated online, i never gauge my self worth by how i'm treated online; i've only been called a "nigger" once(in person), and that was after the guy got a 10 minute long ass whoopin for sucker-punching my best friend.
I was born and raised in Italy, was the only black/Italian kid in town, and was treated better there than i've been in teh US.
GAF has the most black people I've ever seen on a videogame message board, which is cool. Back in '98 when I first started posting on message boards and the first forum I ever joined, squaregamer I was the only black dude there (well technically I'm mullato). We've come a long way ..... unfortunately the stereotypes and bullshit still exist in a lot of places (OA anyone?) but after a few battles with a certain forum member at squargamer many years ago I realized that's it's just the internet and there's no need for me to get all worked up about it.
In fact I was just playing into their hands when I would get all pissed off and get into long flame wars. So now I don't even sweat it any more. Racists who talk shit on the net are just cowards who hide behind their keyboards. When they grow the balls to talk that shit to me in person then I'll take it seriously.
..... unfortunately the stereotypes and bullshit still exist in a lot of places (OA anyone?) but after a few battles with a certain forum member at squargamer many years ago I realized that's it's just the internet and there's no need for me to get all worked up about it.In fact I was just playing into their hands when I would get all pissed off and get into long flame wars. So now I don't even sweat it any more. Racists who talk shit on the net are just cowards who hide behind their keyboards. When they grow the balls to talk that shit to me in person then I'll take it seriously.
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Master Z said:GAF has the most black people I've ever seen on a videogame message board, which is cool. Back in '98 when I first started posting on message boards and the first forum I ever joined, squaregamer I was the only black dude there (well technically I'm mullato). We've come a long way
I used to post on Next Generation Online back in the mid 90's(96/97) and Phoenix was there. However I didn't know he was Black until probably '02 or '03. I just didn't expect anyone else online that was into killing dragons and fairies to be Black. This place must be some sort of Black hole.
I would tend to agree with Master Z that most Blacks online are looking for more civility while whites and Asians are looking for less.
Teknopathetic
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I've gotten *all* these responses (both on the internet and real life). The "You're so well spoken." bit reminds me of Chris Rock talking about Colin Powell. I've nevwer had anyone assume I was from a different country (and I don't think this is a race thing) but I've had a few people assume I'm from out of state, largely because I don't have a southern drawl. Really weird.
Tommie Hu$tle
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Wait a minute here -jinx- are you Black(ish)?
Tommie Hu$tle
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-jinx- said:
No, I figured you weren't. For some reason I thought my black-dar was acting up.
Tommie Hu$tle
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Lil' Dice said:
Isn't that the fucking truth!
The Chosen One
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Lil' Dice said:
Heh yeah it certainly seems like it.
I used to hang around blackplanet 4-5 years ago before they got gigantic. There were a few good people on there, but it really is a diamond in the rough type thing. The vast majority of guys are fakers and the women usually say something like, "I WaNt sOmeOne wHo is EduCAted and haS a jOb but also a tHug. But most in imPorTaNt he gotta be REaL." Basically most of the girls on there want a thug who has a salary of a doctor/lawyer. (ie. a drug dealer :lol )
I blame MTV/BET. Beyonce tells black women that she wants a "soldier", so then black women start jocking and get knocked up by around the way thugs. Then the rest of us black men get blamed when their illiterate baby daddies run away or get sent to prison...
Anyway, BlackVoices used to be better for meeting black women online without all the noise of Blackplanet. Blackplanet was cool for meeting women of other ethnicities (hispanic, asian, and white and etc) who dig black guys.
The Chosen One said:
I agree for the most part, however it's also a condition brought on by low class/income standards. Those women are nothing but hood-rats, as an educated, well to-do black man you shouldn't concern yourself with associating with them.
And that bitch beyonce would run for her life if she was ever approached by a "soldier" in real life :lol
The black community is suffering from an indentity crisis, all of a sudden it's cool to be a "nuthin'-ass" nigga.
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like, physically?karasu said:
We're really using the internet to coordinate for The Revolution. The revolution will not be televised. It will be streamed via a crappy codec as black people everywhere take back what's ours. This place has a good number of black faces, but it's probably due to gaming. It's an ethnically diverse passtime. PEACE.
This place has a good number of black faces, but it's probably due to gaming. It's an ethnically diverse passtime. PEACE.
Smiles and Cries
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I'm Black and I like Nintendogs.
I don't have any White friends... Correction I don't have ANY friends. ;_;
I don't have any White friends... Correction I don't have ANY friends. ;_;
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DarienA said:
How are black people supposed to sound? I think this sums up the difference between white and black very effectively: http://users3.ev1.net/~rootstudio/fyadhaus/meatloafanhoochies.swf
hkk said:
First I was "Silvafox" then I was "Smoked Out". I was there from like 1998 til 2001...but really stopped posting regularly sometime in 2000... haha my first thread ever I talked all ebonics and shit to see what kind of reaction I got. I made comments about some of the people there and even called out that dude known as "kneepads" , his reaction was "Grrrrrr!" lol. What was your nick?
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Since when the hell have you been black?bishoptl said:
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