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The Black Culture Thread |OT2|

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It would not. Only as a description for easy reference. I've seen race being used for other fellow workers. "talk to Patrick, goatee, short, only white guy in that department" or "yeah, Maria brought the dessert, you know, the petite Mexican chick with the Cleopatra haircut".

Black as adjective = a-okay. Black as noun = nah son.

If it was me, I'd say it's alright. I actually find it more offensive when people stumble over saying somebody was black when they're talking to me, like I'm gonna beat them up for saying "black". Like they pause for a half second and say it slightly quieter than the rest of the sentence and get all nervous.
 

Fantomex

Member
Black as adjective = a-okay. Black as noun = nah son.

If it was me, I'd say it's alright. I actually find it more offensive when people stumble over saying somebody was black when they're talking to me, like I'm gonna beat them up for saying "black". Like they pause for a half second and say it slightly quieter than the rest of the sentence and get all nervous.

That's a very clear way of describing it. Thanks.
 
Does black gaf do tattoos? And what kinds do you guys have, if any? I don't have any.

Yeah I got two. One on the shoulder and one on the back. I think it really depends on the tone of your skin, what you're looking to get and of course the skill of the artist. I love mine. Oh, and they can hurt like hell.
 
Well it looks like I officially won't have a roommate at Howard. Funny that going to college will be the first time I'll have a room to myself.
 

Onemic

Member
Yeah I got two. One on the shoulder and one on the back. I think it really depends on the tone of your skin, what you're looking to get and of course the skill of the artist. I love mine. Oh, and they can hurt like hell.

I've always wondered this. why do black people always get black only tattoos? Is it not possible to get them in another colour? Some dudes skin are just too dark for a black tattoo to be very visible unless you're very close to it.

I've always wanted to get a tat someday, but want to get some colour in there.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
Some old friends from high school are still fucking with the music thing.

Check the cover.

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Like motherfucking dons.
 
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LOL They so mad.


On an unrelated note, I've had so many corporate negro happenings in the past few weeks I can't even write it all down. I need to start dictating this shit or something lol.
 

Imm0rt4l

Member
I have 7 my most recent

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Mind the chest hair

There addictive so make sure you know what your getting into, $3000 and counting so far.


That's cool. I respect that. It surprises me though when I see young heads getting amped to spend 20 bones on a tat from a suspect location. Like you, if I were to ever get a tat, I'd make it an investment. I at one point was kinda trying to find some sort of African motif, sort of in the vain of how when you see an islander with authentic tats from home, but I don't know of anything I like and I don't think I could really commit anyways.

Planning on getting a tattoo on my arm next week.

What you planning on getting?
 
I've always wondered this. why do black people always get black only tattoos? Is it not possible to get them in another colour? Some dudes skin are just too dark for a black tattoo to be very visible unless you're very close to it.

I've always wanted to get a tat someday, but want to get some colour in there.

see, that's why Vybz Kartel bleached his skin,.. so his tattoos could show better!
 
I've always wondered this. why do black people always get black only tattoos? Is it not possible to get them in another colour? Some dudes skin are just too dark for a black tattoo to be very visible unless you're very close to it.

I've always wanted to get a tat someday, but want to get some colour in there.

I'm not that dark so I could do color, but I choose not to because if you look at people who have color tattoos you notice the reds, blues and yellows tend to fade a lot more then just the black ink. I got my first in 99 and it still looks dark as hell. I just dont want to have to get involved in the getting touch ups process.
 

Parallax

best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
I've always wondered this. why do black people always get black only tattoos? Is it not possible to get them in another colour? Some dudes skin are just too dark for a black tattoo to be very visible unless you're very close to it.

I've always wanted to get a tat someday, but want to get some colour in there.

Every time I see gucci manes tattoo, it makes me realize that I should just stick to solid blacks on my skin if I were to get a tattoo.
 

Parallax

best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
Brian mcknight looking to usurp the smut rnb title from robert "the pied piper of RnB" kelly. (Whenever I hear someone say that seriously, it makes me realize that those people haven't read the pied piper of hamelin)
 

ReiGun

Member
Idris Elba on the shortage of black actors:

"Next question... I’m so bored of answering that. Are there differences between black actors’ opportunities and white actors’ opportunities? Yes, there are. It’s been said. I’d rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that’s it. Hopefully that’s it. The less I talk about being black, the better."

Link

I get where he is coming from. It must be annoying having to constantly reconfirm that yes, there aren't enough black (or really, minority in general) actors in Hollywood. We shouldn't stop talking about it, of course, but I feel where he's coming from.

That last sentence is a doozy though. A friend posted the story on fb without context and I was like "WTF?"

Also, I refuse to believe Brain McKnight is totally serious about this. I bet he's having a nice laugh about this fuckery.
 

Onemic

Member
Someone needs to hand out the jazz cigarettes.



What barriers do we still have to overcome concerning women? I mean are there still some groups that would rather cut off an arm than have consensual sex with a black man?

As long as racism exists there will always be some. Just look at the porn industry.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
Idris Elba on the shortage of black actors:



Link

I get where he is coming from. It must be annoying having to constantly reconfirm that yes, there aren't enough black (or really, minority in general) actors in Hollywood. We shouldn't stop talking about it, of course, but I feel where he's coming from.

That last sentence is a doozy though. A friend posted the story on fb without context and I was like "WTF?"

I definitely understand his tone and the feelings behind that. It has to be irritating to talk about after a while.
 
all these black acting cats need to realize that they have to be either REALLY good or be a popular rapper or sports star to have an acting career.

better start bustin' rhymes or shots.
 

Imm0rt4l

Member
I can understand elbas disposotion. You don't want to be relegated to black actor status and start playing "black roles". Leave that to the tyler perry actors.
 
Idris Elba on the shortage of black actors:



Link

I get where he is coming from. It must be annoying having to constantly reconfirm that yes, there aren't enough black (or really, minority in general) actors in Hollywood. We shouldn't stop talking about it, of course, but I feel where he's coming from.

We've gone up some in the past years, but for other ethnicities it's a lot worse. When's the last time you've seen an Asian star in a Hollywood movie that wasn't a martial arts flick or Harold & Kumar?
 

Dabanton

Member
What up guys? Back after my ban. (I knew i shouldn't have posted that gif..)

Was hard not being able to reply to some of the foolishness I've seen in some threads the last few weeks.

But good I'm back just before E3.
 
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