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The Black Culture Thread |OT11| In This Salon, Everyone Gets A Perm

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MikeBreezy92

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GreedZen said:
What's worrying is that I have not insinuated that, yet you feel that way.
Care to quote me an example of my insinuations?

The word race has been so twisted over the years it's not funny. Thus, I try to avoid it due it it's growing ambiguity. However, for most (in my opinion), simple or not, it is a descriptor.
I'll use black, white, yellow etc. in dealing with fellow countrymen because those words don't weigh as heavy here, they're used mainly as descriptors and nothing more. In America and other countries they can carry a certain sting, so I avoid them.
One gets the sense that in America if people of different tones line up and another is asked to pick one and they say I want the yellow one; controversy would erupt. They don't have jaundice, I've never seen a yellow person, that's racist, why didn't they say the one in the middle, etc.
Not likely here because people use those and other descriptors to cut to the point.
ex Short man, brownin, fatty, coolie, yellowman, white girl, blacka, cyasee (cyan't see, ie cross-eyed person)
As globalization spreads, ethnicity (less vague and more important than race) will affect growing numbers of persons; yet still, for many it has no tangible effect on daily life.
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My nigga black is black across the pond and back. Nothing about race is ambiguous.
 
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TheBlackMarvel

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GreedZen said:
Now you're just being ridiculous. Yes, you win, my view of these threads as being more aligned with America is a sweeping statement.
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So posting an example of you making a sweeping statement after you asking for an example of you making a sweeping statement is ridiculous. Good to know.
 
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Note: I said perhaps this is a learning opportunity. It might not be.
 
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esms

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GreedZen said:
What's worrying is that I have not insinuated that, yet you feel that way.
Care to quote me an example of my insinuations?
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To this:

She said many Black men grow up without fathers or strong male figures, and they are used to seeing men disrespect women.
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You said this:

That's not racist. That's a truth that applies to american "blacks".
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Which said to me that every black man ever has been raised under the specter of domestic abuse. Thus, I didn't think it a farfetched conclusion to come to that you were assuming that all black men thought it was OK to kick the shit out women, in turn being more violent generally.

GreedZen said:
The word race has been so twisted over the years it's not funny. Thus, I try to avoid it due it it's growing ambiguity. However, for most (in my opinion), simple or not, it is a descriptor.
I'll use black, white, yellow etc. in dealing with fellow countrymen because those words don't weigh as heavy here, they're used mainly as descriptors and nothing more. In America and other countries they can carry a certain sting, so I avoid them.
One gets the sense that in America if people of different tones line up and another is asked to pick one and they say I want the yellow one; controversy would erupt. They don't have jaundice, I've never seen a yellow person, that's racist, why didn't they say the one in the middle, etc.
Not likely here because people use those and other descriptors to cut to the point.
ex Short man, brownin, fatty, coolie, yellowman, white girl, blacka, cyasee (cyan't see, ie cross-eyed person)
As globalization spreads, ethnicity (less vague and more important than race) will affect growing numbers of persons; yet still, for many it has no tangible effect on daily life.
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You don't seem to get it. Race is a societal system of control. The definition of race has never changed, but groups have been considered different things under the racial banner over the course of history.

For example:

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This is a sample of anti-Irish immigrant sentiment from around a century ago. Do you see how the Irish dude is depicted as an ape? They were trying to equate Irish people to blacks at the time in terms of their desirability as immigrants. At that time, they were barely treated better than blacks. There were actually race riots in the city I live in now around the turn of the century between Irish immigrants and blacks because they were competing for the same low-skill jobs. This was because they weren't seen as fit enough to hold any other types of jobs. But now an Irish immigrant to the US is considered white by default.

It's all about control.
 
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pokeystaples

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dunno if any of you are participating in the #blackout on tumblr, but if you are will you please post your tumblr so I can follow the hell out of you and reblog the shit out of your selfies?
 
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spindashing

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GreedZen
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Today, 11:35 AM, Post #3900

And here I was about to write a response to him in that celeb thread.

I was conflicted at first but him coming in here to further discuss the topic was a good thing in my opinion. The more eyes open about that sort of manner of discussion, the better.

Edit: What is this blackout thing on tumblr? Granted, my tumblr is anime as fuck so...
 
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royalan

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spindashing said:
GreedZen
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Today, 11:35 AM, Post #3900

And here I was about to write a response to him in that celeb thread.

I was conflicted at first but him coming in here to further discuss the topic was a good thing in my opinion. The more eyes open about that sort of manner of discussion, the better.

Edit: What is this blackout thing on tumblr? Granted, my tumblr is anime as fuck so...
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It would have been nice if he were actually trying to "discuss" anything.
 
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Crocodile

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Why do people ever try to make points but then ask OTHERS to Google that shit? That's not how debates work!

Angelus Errare said:
Yea but we should have known that thread was going to go to shit.

This forum is like 90% straight white male, so thread like that was doomed from inception. Like always, said males seem to think they know what's best for everyone else. How dare a bunch of female artists draw female characters and cover them up! Like they know what's best for females!
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Sub-Zero at a Starbucks said:
Man, that "what women want in women characters" thread went to shit on the first post. Amazing how heated dudes get when you "threaten" to give women personality beyond how much skin they show.
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There's dumbfuckery in that thread but like 70-80% of the posts in there are "I like some of these redesigns and I dislike some of these other redesigns" which seems.........reasonable? I dunno if I want to throw the whole thread in the fire (even though yes there is some dumb stuff in there).
 
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chertipros

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spindashing said:
GreedZen
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Today, 11:35 AM, Post #3900

And here I was about to write a response to him in that celeb thread.

I was conflicted at first but him coming in here to further discuss the topic was a good thing in my opinion. The more eyes open about that sort of manner of discussion, the better.

Edit: What is this blackout thing on tumblr? Granted, my tumblr is anime as fuck so...
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http://bring-it-love.tumblr.com/post/112824723279/hi-tomorrow-march-6-is-blackout-day
 
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Trey

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The man came here immediately. Probably had foreknowledge of this community and wanted to stir some shit.

The Madonna quote he was defending was odious for a few reasons. She cast a wide net in castigating black men as violent in spite of themselves, and threw black women under the bus in the same breath. Madonna doesn't have the currency, nor research, to back either claim. If she had a personal example, she should have known better than to use it in broad language.

A similar problem Zen ran in to today.
 
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Malyse

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chertipros said:
Hey BCT, anyone participating in #Blackout?
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My main blog is known to reddit, so I'm skipping. My porn blog is doing a lot of reblogs and getting some delicious hate mail. I think I'm going to do #blackout reblogs for another week out of spite. I can hit post limit in about three hours, so that's just shy of 2000 pics of women of color. I think that will be more than enough to filter anyone I don't want around.
 
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RBK

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TheBlackMarvel said:
It does have the advantage of highlighting morons though, so it's not totally bad. :p
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Do you mean enlightening?

I mean the information can be out there and can be true, but if he's expecting this reaction like:
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Greed might be right, fuck outta here.

Now that I don't want to remain ignorant, I have no choice but to look.
 
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Malyse

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The salt of blackout is reaching amazing levels. I absolutely lit into someone on some "why not all races" bullshit. I think I might have made them cry. Now I got an "I agree, but you can't get so angry" Anon in my inbox. I'm gonna give them that white moderate speech from MLK as a fuck off. I need the black community to be stronger. We should blackout the first Friday of every month.
 
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Kid Kamikaze10

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I just started reblogging and favoriting Blackout stuff. Haven't done any selfies yet, but it's a start.

EDIT: Also, this is definitely killing that "black women aren't attractive" myth dead. Good lordy.
 
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Malyse

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Alligatorjandro said:
What is blackout
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Nigga, I know you a horse, but damn. Not only was it explained twice but it's on this page FFS.
DreamyDrop said:
In a show of community and solidarity, for those 24 hours, we are exclusively posting and reblogging pics, gifs, videos, selfies, etc. of Black people. We want to show that Black History is happening today, right now. That we are all Black History.

http://whatwhiteswillneverknow.com/post/112640373232/official-blackoutday-masterpost-welcome-this-is
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chertipros said:
http://bring-it-love.tumblr.com/post/112824723279/hi-tomorrow-march-6-is-blackout-day
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KibblesBits said:
Blackout is LIFE.

I'm getting some reblogs and notes! WOO! <3
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To be fair, those are some handsome pics.
 
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TheBlackMarvel

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RBK said:
Do you mean enlightening?

I mean the information can be out there and can be true, but if he's expecting this reaction like:
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Greed might be right, fuck outta here.

Now that I don't want to remain ignorant, I have no choice but to look.
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Nah, it enlightens us but highlights them.
 
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KibblesBits

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DreamyDrop said:
Nigga, I know you a horse, but damn. Not only was it explained twice but it's on this page FFS.




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To be fair, those are some handsome pics.
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1. LOL at the first comment.
2. Thank you very much. If you're participating let me know.

I will reblog and follow and like all who do the same. Or simply reblog and like!
Much love today! So many gorgeous folk out there!
 
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NipplesAndToes23

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I just spent all morning and partial of the afternoon in the salon. I am tired. I am about to eat these Jamaican BBQ wings and this cake and straight relax.
 
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Crocodile

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DreamyDrop said:
The salt of blackout is reaching amazing levels. I absolutely lit into someone on some "why not all races" bullshit. I think I might have made them cry. Now I got an "I agree, but you can't get so angry" Anon in my inbox. I'm gonna give them that white moderate speech from MLK as a fuck off. I need the black community to be stronger. We should blackout the first Friday of every month.
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#WhiteOutDay is trending on Twitter. The salt is REAL LOL. Not sure why people care when it isn't inconveniencing them in ANY way.
 
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