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The Black Culture Thread |OT16| - I'm blacker than you'll ever be
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EdibleKnife
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Wow. Fuck. Our dark skin really fucks a lot of people up. Even for people thought to be historical heroes; black skin just means monster in their eyes.
SENPAIatLARGE
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The Ms.Marvel comic all but said 'go vote for Hilary' and Marvel made Donald Trump a supervillian. Valiant comics Faith had a straight up political ad for Hilary in its book as well. Its gonna get weird folks.
Yeah my bad. Don't post when you've just woken up ya'll
EstoyBlackWaldo
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Considering how diverse NYC is. I'm not doubting racism one bit. But this is probably some dumbass white man childs with nothing else better to do and don't even know the scope of the damage they're doing because they're ignorant as Fuck and their parents will never teach them any better. Monkey see monkey do out here with this ish.
FeenixRising
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Neiman Marcus selling TV dinner sized collard greens for $66 yall
Crimson_Gold
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The world is asking for another great flood.
The New School, as in Parsons?
Alligatorjandro
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Yeah, the problem was back in the late 1800s you had two big movements going on - suffrage, and civil rights. You would think that these would mix real well - I mean, they're both about equal rights!
...until black folks get a tiny bit more (perceived) power than white women.
See, black men were (on paper) given the right to vote by Congress in 1870. The 15th Amendment. That right wasn't given to white women until 50 years later with the 19th Amendment in 1920.
That pissed off a lot of suffragists who were fighting for women's rights. Some of who saw black men as lesser than white women. There were members of the suffragist movement who tried to gain favor from those who were hanging, shooting and burning Negroes alive.
...until black folks get a tiny bit more (perceived) power than white women.
See, black men were (on paper) given the right to vote by Congress in 1870. The 15th Amendment. That right wasn't given to white women until 50 years later with the 19th Amendment in 1920.
That pissed off a lot of suffragists who were fighting for women's rights. Some of who saw black men as lesser than white women. There were members of the suffragist movement who tried to gain favor from those who were hanging, shooting and burning Negroes alive.
It amazes me when folks take "peasant" food, make it worse then make bank off of it
They did this shit with Egusi stew at Whole Foods. Made me wanna vomit.
Wanda/Wander
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You never go full Kwanza
Crimson_Gold
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She owns his very soul
So yesterday I'm chatting with one of my better friends, and he mentioned that he saw a post that I responded to on Facebook regarding Trump winning the Presidential election, and wondered why I would vote for Clinton. I said because despite her not being very favorable, I would happily take her over someone who has demonstrated that he is a racist, his father was racist, and he didn't have problems catering to those who are racist. This is before we even talk about his feelings of LGBT community, and being a complete douche to women.
I know we're smugly throwing around "economically anxious", but man. My boy falls right under that umbrella. He doesn't really follow politics, so... he knows that Donald Trump is a celebrity who totes how rich and successful he is, and how he'll put more money in your pocket because he knows business, and that chick who's running against him is crooked and a liar! That's all he knows. That's all he needed.
So he voted Trump. I was angry for a quick minute, but ended up just being really disappointed, because my friend isn't racist. He doesn't want to see POC have their rights violated. He just wanted to "shake things up", and "have his dollar go further." He was ignorant of what his vote meant to others, including his friends.
I told him that he might not want to let my sisters, my mother, or even the girl he's hollering at know about that. They might not take it as well as I did.
Oh! he also said that he couldn't see himself voting for a woman. That didn't help either.
Did I mention that he's a good friend of mine? That my family invites him over for family functions? He got my mother a nice gift for Christmas last year?
*sigh*
I know we're smugly throwing around "economically anxious", but man. My boy falls right under that umbrella. He doesn't really follow politics, so... he knows that Donald Trump is a celebrity who totes how rich and successful he is, and how he'll put more money in your pocket because he knows business, and that chick who's running against him is crooked and a liar! That's all he knows. That's all he needed.
So he voted Trump. I was angry for a quick minute, but ended up just being really disappointed, because my friend isn't racist. He doesn't want to see POC have their rights violated. He just wanted to "shake things up", and "have his dollar go further." He was ignorant of what his vote meant to others, including his friends.
I told him that he might not want to let my sisters, my mother, or even the girl he's hollering at know about that. They might not take it as well as I did.
Oh! he also said that he couldn't see himself voting for a woman. That didn't help either.
Did I mention that he's a good friend of mine? That my family invites him over for family functions? He got my mother a nice gift for Christmas last year?
*sigh*
Crimson_Gold
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Who in here can make us some gumbo. Gumbo heals wounds and lifts spirits. It's that Creole root power
EstoyBlackWaldo
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I got you fam.
you can tell by the way republicans talk about this victory. They are not at all interested in unity, working together, or making america great again for anyone but themselves.
Crimson_Gold
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We winning again
UnemployedVillain
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Real talk, who here actually knows anything about Kwanzaa? Is it an African American thing? My family has a Nigerian background, and mostly came here starting from the mid 80s. So I've grown up Christian and around relatives/family friends who were African, aside from the children who were born here (like me). I assumed that's why we didn't know what the hell it was
While for different reasons, neither are Dems.
Listening to my mother is wild, fam. I know she's super political, but this has her TRIPPIN. She's saying stuff like "people have forgotten about Nixon, and Reagan, and Bush Sr. This man is going to have the worst people whispering in his ear, no political experience to choose wisely, and not enough checks and balances to stop his poor decisions from affecting others." She actually cries about her children having to see stuff that she saw as a child. That she got to see a black president, and will now have to see America go through another civil rights movement because Trump will set us back 60 years.
She says its hard to have unity when folks want you dead because of your skin color. You can't unify with someone who sees you as less than they are. And they're teaching that to their children. You can't say things will be different when the old racists die out, because they've trained the new racists. They've put programs in place to keep those who they feel are beneath them down. If you teach black people that they are worthless, then they will BE worthless. They will know themselves to be worthless, and they will teach their children to also be worthless.
She had hope with Obama. That's gone now.
Prototype Viktor
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Y'all ready for Drumpf to eliminate black history month
no I think it's a bit different in this case. While Dems are definitely capable of this, there is a strong undercurrent of trying to appeal to moderates and even republicans with policies. It's one of the reasons people criticize the Dems: they're too "conciliatory" to the other side.
Just look at how obama governed for the last 8 years.
Captin Quacker
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So I'm sitting here in a little courtyard area and bunch white kids bout preteen, are playing nearby on skate boards
One of them gets upset with another one and says you nigger!
Of course they go slient and look at me as i stare them down
Bout five minutes later one of his friends comes over too me saying he's sorry on behalf of his friend and I'm like nah he needs to come over here and apologize too me
So he comes over an tells me how he didn't mean it and how he learned from youtube and just blurts it out when he's upset
I tell'em he better find a new word Cuz next time he says nigger In the presence of a black person there prolly gonna do alot more than just sit and fucking stare
They quickly left after that
Gonna be a long 4 years
One of them gets upset with another one and says you nigger!
Of course they go slient and look at me as i stare them down
Bout five minutes later one of his friends comes over too me saying he's sorry on behalf of his friend and I'm like nah he needs to come over here and apologize too me
So he comes over an tells me how he didn't mean it and how he learned from youtube and just blurts it out when he's upset
I tell'em he better find a new word Cuz next time he says nigger In the presence of a black person there prolly gonna do alot more than just sit and fucking stare
They quickly left after that
Gonna be a long 4 years
Professor Beef
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"Learned it from YouTube"
This is one of those times where I just feel old as fuck
This is one of those times where I just feel old as fuck
That is why I don't like those "personalities", just assholes screaming for 20 minutes
I mean, it's his goddamn bed. Let him get stabbed to death in it.
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Talking Tom is the worst children's entertainment I've seen. Y'all wonder why I'm in Disney so hard? This putrid shit is why.
Y'all thought I was kidding?
The best part was at the end, when Earn was yelling at him to stop being so likeable. 😆
Yeah. I'm a grown ass man, i can't be dealing with that nonsense.
Real talk, who here actually knows anything about Kwanzaa? Is it an African American thing? My family has a Nigerian background, and mostly came here starting from the mid 80s. So I've grown up Christian and around relatives/family friends who were African, aside from the children who were born here (like me). I assumed that's why we didn't know what the hell it was
I don't know a damn thing about Kwanzaa, and have never met anyone who celebrates it. Only reason I knew about it growing up was because it was taught in my elementary school.
NipplesAndToes23
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Same here.
Emperor_EL
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Real talk, who here actually knows anything about Kwanzaa? Is it an African American thing? My family has a Nigerian background, and mostly came here starting from the mid 80s. So I've grown up Christian and around relatives/family friends who were African, aside from the children who were born here (like me). I assumed that's why we didn't know what the hell it was
I think it was created as way for AA's to learn more about/feel more connected to our heritage. I thought it was stupid when I first learned about it in elementary school because it wasn't about gifts & the media was more than happy to agree with me. As an adult I realize how important knowing where you came from is & wish my teachers would've tried a little harder to get its meaning across. Thinking back on it, the day they tried to teach us about Kwanzaa played out a lot like it did in that ep of The Boondocks.
Real talk, who here actually knows anything about Kwanzaa? Is it an African American thing? My family has a Nigerian background, and mostly came here starting from the mid 80s. So I've grown up Christian and around relatives/family friends who were African, aside from the children who were born here (like me). I assumed that's why we didn't know what the hell it was
My best friend would tell me about how in her elementary school, where she was the only black kid in her class, she should always have to do the Kwanzaa portion of the Holiday pageant. Since then, she tries to at least recognize it every year. She's the only person I know who engages with it though.
Here is Trump's "plan" to help the Black community
I legit don't think I've heard anyone anywhere talk about it since the 1990s
Basically random buzzwords and more cops :/
Real talk, who here actually knows anything about Kwanzaa? Is it an African American thing? My family has a Nigerian background, and mostly came here starting from the mid 80s. So I've grown up Christian and around relatives/family friends who were African, aside from the children who were born here (like me). I assumed that's why we didn't know what the hell it was
I legit don't think I've heard anyone anywhere talk about it since the 1990s
Oh joy...
So I'm still on this Civ V game, just for the hell of it.
I'm not even really serious about it here. I'm not really doing anything, just clicking on anything that looks interesting and doing everything the advisers tell me to do. I know about the victory paths but I'm not going towards anyone. I think I'm just gonna run out the clock to the year 2050 and win that way since I'm in the lead on points by about 800.
I decide to finally take a look at the victory progress though and find that the only player that's completed any cultural policy branches is... Ghandi. Y'all weren't kidding. Even on this low level of play Ghandi can still come back on my ass. At this point I think the game is gonna end before he (or anyone but me) can get nukes though. It's 1890-something and I've already almost completed the industrial era while most other civs are still hitting the renaissance. They've got knights with swords while I've got WWI-looking infantry. My army is like three time the size of the next guy down, but I haven't bothered to go to war with anybody. Like I said, I'm just clicking on shit to learn just what Civ even is.
So I decided to keep a save in case Ghandi comes back with the cultural victory, in which case I can go back and end his ass right here and now. I don't think anybody is friends with him (he's on the other end of the world from where I am) and a bunch of people are friends with me.
I'm not even really serious about it here. I'm not really doing anything, just clicking on anything that looks interesting and doing everything the advisers tell me to do. I know about the victory paths but I'm not going towards anyone. I think I'm just gonna run out the clock to the year 2050 and win that way since I'm in the lead on points by about 800.
I decide to finally take a look at the victory progress though and find that the only player that's completed any cultural policy branches is... Ghandi. Y'all weren't kidding. Even on this low level of play Ghandi can still come back on my ass. At this point I think the game is gonna end before he (or anyone but me) can get nukes though. It's 1890-something and I've already almost completed the industrial era while most other civs are still hitting the renaissance. They've got knights with swords while I've got WWI-looking infantry. My army is like three time the size of the next guy down, but I haven't bothered to go to war with anybody. Like I said, I'm just clicking on shit to learn just what Civ even is.
So I decided to keep a save in case Ghandi comes back with the cultural victory, in which case I can go back and end his ass right here and now. I don't think anybody is friends with him (he's on the other end of the world from where I am) and a bunch of people are friends with me.
Yup.
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