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The Black Culture Thread |OT3| Lighten Up
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In the case of my friend and what I know about the NOI, there is no issue with other cultures/ethnic groups doing their "own things" as long as it doesn't "take advantage" of black people. For example there was a movie by Chris Rock called Good Hair, and in the film one of the things my friend took issue with was where Chris Rock pointed out that many businesses involving the sale of black hair products are not owned or ran by black people (in the film there were mostly Asian business men/women shown). These businesses were mainly selling extensions/weave/fake hair from regions like India, with black women being the main customers. In his eyes he sees that as "taking advantage" of the black community even though they are selling black products to black customers that want them, simply because there's no black involvement on the business side.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
The future 3DS line-up is godlike.
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
*In an a super upscale establishment*
*still sees PBR*
I can't deal with these folks.
edit: alttp 2? waaattt. I'm getting a 3DS now....
*still sees PBR*
I can't deal with these folks.
edit: alttp 2? waaattt. I'm getting a 3DS now....
spindashing
Banned
- Project X Zone
- Animal Crossing
- Pokémon X/Y
- New Legend of Zelda
- Donkey Kong Country Returns
- Ace Attorney vs. Prof. Layton
- Ace Attorney 5
- Bravely Default (Next Year)
And so many that I probably forgot. Too many games. X_X And 3DS is supposed to get Super Smash Bros too, if I remember correctly.
You should never be too good for a PBR.
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
Everyone is to good for PBR. I'm not even into beer, but out of the stuff I've had, it's low tier.
link/pm that
I tried the whole "good beer" thing. The difference wasn't enough to be worth it for me. Give me a nice cold "shitty beer" any day.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Employer finally coughed up that pay increase and benefits. Time to spend this money before they change their minds.
I'm gonna have to start giving a shit now tho, gonna be hard after phoning it in for so long.
I'm gonna have to start giving a shit now tho, gonna be hard after phoning it in for so long.
Jest Chillin
Member
Budweiser but only just barely. Bud's stuff tastes watered down but it still tastes like a Pilsner. PBR is just.. I can't even describe it. It seems like most people who drink PBR start because "It's cheap and it gets me drunk" and eventually just keep drinking it because they're used to it.
Rayven_king
Member
Fuck budweiser they tried to sell that shit here during the 2010 world cup this shits disgusting, everybody just snuck in their own booze in a squeeze bottle
MorisUkunRasik
Member
I'm not a beer guy and I know Bud sucks.
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
This movie was incomprehensible.
I am actually quite familiar with LaVeyan Satanism and have read the Satanic Bible and the Satanic Witch out of pure curiosity. I was referencing The Burbs for comedic effect.
Yeah, it had a nice charm about it, but the narrative was a fucking mess. That half white/half asian girl was fine as fuckkkkkkk though.
Good shit, about damn time.
GotEmRunnin
Member
Yo!!!! Been a while since I posted. Been a hell of past few weeks. Had an incident this morning with an individual who started spewing religious crap about how they talk to God and all gays are witches and warlocks here to taint the earth and they have to perform a blood sacrifice to cleanse this space. Wouldn't you know the space that needs to be cleansed is literally the cube next to mine. Had to talk to local law enforcement, the big bosses, etc,. Fun times.
I tried not to get involved since my last "incident" but this individual works for a good friend of mine here who happens to be gay and this person just happens to have this blow up two days before he goes out of town to get hitched. It was my duty as a friend to step in. I didn't go H.A.M but I had to try and de-escalate this individual before my friend came in to work.
I tried not to get involved since my last "incident" but this individual works for a good friend of mine here who happens to be gay and this person just happens to have this blow up two days before he goes out of town to get hitched. It was my duty as a friend to step in. I didn't go H.A.M but I had to try and de-escalate this individual before my friend came in to work.
Byakuya769
Member
Where the hell do you work!?! I thought you were talking about a street preacher at first, not a coworker.
Good to hear.
Done but since you Drake soft, it might kill you.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Holy shit that video
That is that real hood life B. The family that stomps together, stays together.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
The dude in the tanktop is a light skinned Bill Duke
Holy shit, indeed.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
OMG, PartTime's family is FIERCE
spindashing
Banned
Had a Nigga Moment™ happen at work yesterday.
I work at a motorcycle dealership that sells/rents motorcycles, jetskis, ATVs, trailers, etc. Basically, one dude bought a motorcycle on Monday and we were able to get him loans from banks, get him his plate and inspection stickers. He comes in yesterday with his mother; his mother already starts hollering about how she did not want her son buying the bike, and that the son did not even know how to ride a motorcycle. She wanted the banks to cancel the charges and we were the ones who were supposed to make that happen. Well, the son signed a certain document here when he bought the bike and when someone signs that, we have no power in canceling anything: We told her many times that she had to call the banks to get the charges cancelled.
For some reason, she wasn't having it and acted more ghetto, saying shit like, "Oh, don't talk to me like I don't know what I'm talking about. Fact of the matter is, we ain't paying for that bike. My son doesn't even know how to ride a goddamned bike." Anyway, she leaves, saying that she's going to call her lawyers and shit. Thirty minutes later, she comes back with her brolic assed husband and INSTANTLY dude punches off a side view mirror on one of our bikes and PULLS HIS SHIRT OFF yelling, "OH, We about to have some problems up in here. You better call the motherfucking cops. Where the fuck is the manager in this place? I ain't having no one talk to my wife or my son like y'all talked to them. Where the fuck is the manager?"
So, my boss -- the manager (white guy) gets out and tells the father the same shit that he told his wife: We could not cancel what the banks charge them. The father got even angrier saying shit like, "Oh, don't talk down to me. I'm a grown assed man, B. I ain't fucking with that shit. I'll fuck you up. You don't think I can fuck you up?" And my boss who's usually real chill starts yelling at the father, repeatedly telling him that its beyond his power to do anything that he is asking of them, and that he needs to call the banks. Then dude dropped the race card. "Oh, you think I'm some nigga, right? That's why you talkin' to me the way you talkin' to me." Boss says that race was never an issue and is never an issue when doing business and they were finally able to call the banks in charge of the kid's bike. We called the police like 20 minutes into this, but the police came and did nothing really, the situation was over by then. They were able to get what they wanted, and they walked out quietly without saying shit to anyone after that.
Funny parts? We thought the kid buying the bike was like 18 or something because of the way their parents acted but the dude was 26 and had to have his mother and father talk for him. The side view mirror that the dude punched out? It was a bike reserved for a police officer. And, this is what takes the cake. The father calls like 30 minutes later apologizing for his actions and then asking to purchase a bike. Like, wtf??????
tl;dr: Kid buys bike. Two days later, mother comes hollering this mess about not wanting the bike and that her kid doesn't know how to ride. She asks to cancel the charges but we tell her over and over again that we are not in charge of the charges/payments and that she has to call the bank associated with the deal. Ratchet father comes in threatening harm to boss, playing race card, raising hell in the shop that scared incoming customers and customers already in. Once realizing that they were wrong, they left...only later to call in asking to purchase a bike for his son.
I even jokingly apologized to my boss, "on behalf of all black people everywhere", and everyone laughed but he told me that, "It's never a race issue. It's an education issue. Some people just don't understand, even if you tell them over and over again, assuring them of what they're getting into and what they have to do." And he's right.
I work at a motorcycle dealership that sells/rents motorcycles, jetskis, ATVs, trailers, etc. Basically, one dude bought a motorcycle on Monday and we were able to get him loans from banks, get him his plate and inspection stickers. He comes in yesterday with his mother; his mother already starts hollering about how she did not want her son buying the bike, and that the son did not even know how to ride a motorcycle. She wanted the banks to cancel the charges and we were the ones who were supposed to make that happen. Well, the son signed a certain document here when he bought the bike and when someone signs that, we have no power in canceling anything: We told her many times that she had to call the banks to get the charges cancelled.
For some reason, she wasn't having it and acted more ghetto, saying shit like, "Oh, don't talk to me like I don't know what I'm talking about. Fact of the matter is, we ain't paying for that bike. My son doesn't even know how to ride a goddamned bike." Anyway, she leaves, saying that she's going to call her lawyers and shit. Thirty minutes later, she comes back with her brolic assed husband and INSTANTLY dude punches off a side view mirror on one of our bikes and PULLS HIS SHIRT OFF yelling, "OH, We about to have some problems up in here. You better call the motherfucking cops. Where the fuck is the manager in this place? I ain't having no one talk to my wife or my son like y'all talked to them. Where the fuck is the manager?"
So, my boss -- the manager (white guy) gets out and tells the father the same shit that he told his wife: We could not cancel what the banks charge them. The father got even angrier saying shit like, "Oh, don't talk down to me. I'm a grown assed man, B. I ain't fucking with that shit. I'll fuck you up. You don't think I can fuck you up?" And my boss who's usually real chill starts yelling at the father, repeatedly telling him that its beyond his power to do anything that he is asking of them, and that he needs to call the banks. Then dude dropped the race card. "Oh, you think I'm some nigga, right? That's why you talkin' to me the way you talkin' to me." Boss says that race was never an issue and is never an issue when doing business and they were finally able to call the banks in charge of the kid's bike. We called the police like 20 minutes into this, but the police came and did nothing really, the situation was over by then. They were able to get what they wanted, and they walked out quietly without saying shit to anyone after that.
Funny parts? We thought the kid buying the bike was like 18 or something because of the way their parents acted but the dude was 26 and had to have his mother and father talk for him. The side view mirror that the dude punched out? It was a bike reserved for a police officer. And, this is what takes the cake. The father calls like 30 minutes later apologizing for his actions and then asking to purchase a bike. Like, wtf??????
tl;dr: Kid buys bike. Two days later, mother comes hollering this mess about not wanting the bike and that her kid doesn't know how to ride. She asks to cancel the charges but we tell her over and over again that we are not in charge of the charges/payments and that she has to call the bank associated with the deal. Ratchet father comes in threatening harm to boss, playing race card, raising hell in the shop that scared incoming customers and customers already in. Once realizing that they were wrong, they left...only later to call in asking to purchase a bike for his son.
I even jokingly apologized to my boss, "on behalf of all black people everywhere", and everyone laughed but he told me that, "It's never a race issue. It's an education issue. Some people just don't understand, even if you tell them over and over again, assuring them of what they're getting into and what they have to do." And he's right.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
SOrry man but this has me rolling. So much wrong in that family.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Byakuya769
Member
Don't do that.
I got a bit carried away. I'll expand on the list later, break it into categories, add links to trailers/imdb, etc. and maybe we can use it in the OP or something? Feel free to expand and/or comment on the list. These are films I've personally seen and can vouch for, so definitely give them a shot! Some are mainstream and some are obscure, but they all have a significant black presence to some capacity, whether it's behind or in front of the camera, or narratively/thematically.
Akeelah and the Bee
Hotel Rwanda
Antwone Fisher
Sometimes in April
The Harder They Come
Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess if you don't mind musicals.
Down in the Delta
The Hurricane
Tales from the Hood (One of the few great black horror films, don't be off put by the title)
City of God
Medicine for Melancholy (How many independent black romantic dramas can you think of? Here's one and it's damned good)
Baadasssss!
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Pariah
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Sugar Cane Alley
Tsotsi
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (If you like City of God, you'll love this)
Spook That Sat By The Door, Shaft and Across 110th Street (I left off blaxploitation for the most part considering that a lot of it is an acquired taste, but these are universally considered great films)
Life (One of the most underrated comedies in recent memory, basically a black Cool Hand Luke)
Cry Freedom
The Secret Life of Bees
Eve's Bayou
Menace II Society
Lumumba
Desert Flower
American Violet (<3 Nicole Beharie, her acting debut)
Lackawanna Blues
The Tuskegee Airmen
Lean on Me
Do the Right Thing
Cadillac Records (Better version of Dream Girls)
Boyz n the Hood
Friday
Bulworth
Life, Above All
Malcolm X
One False Move
Soul of the Game
Coming to America
The Express
In the Heat of the Night
Brian's Song (1971)
The Bingo Long Traveling All Stars & Motor Kings
A Raisin in the Sun
Juice
35 Shots of Rum
Sounder
Moolaade (Depressing as all hell, but how many African films have you seen? Ousmane Sembene is a legend in the game)
Get on the Bus
The Jacksons: An American Dream
The Temptations
Bamboozled and Coonskin (Both films are incredibly controversial and overt in their themes, but they're worth a watch IMO)
The Brother from Another Planet (Ridiculous title aside, pretty interesting concept)
Sparkle (Original)
Do the Right Thing
Hollywood Shuffle
Love Jones
Remember the Titans
Hustle & Flow
Want some classic stuff? Stormy Weather, Cabin in the Sky and St. Louis Blues.
Sidney Portier's directorial efforts starring himself and Bill Cosby are entertaining: Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do it Again
Men of Honor
Love & Basketball
The Great White Hope (The 1970 version)
The Five Heartbeats
Clockers
Lady Sings the Blues (Don't be off put by The Wiz, this Diana Ross movie is excellent)
To Sir, With Love (Tired of the whole "White people helping black Urban youth" trope in movies? This one's the opposite)
Rosewood
The Color Purple
Sidney Portier tentpole films are obviously some quality shit: Lilies of the Field, The Defiant Ones, A Patch of Blue, Separate But Equal, Edge of the City, The Bedford Incident, No Way Out
Devil in a Blue Dress
The Josephine Baker Story
Basquiat
A Soldier's Story
What's Love Got to Do with It
The Last King of Scotland
Bird
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
American Gangster
The Great Debaters
Chameleon Street (Independent black film that's almost like a black Catch Me if you Can, it's also a true story. Also, read up on the director's experiences with making the movie. Interesting stuff.)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Nothing But a Man
The Pursuit of Happyness
Shaka Zulu mini series
Cooley High
The Corner miniseries
Black Orpheus
Night of the Living Dead
Fresh (IMO, the best hood film of the 90s)
Talk to Me
Dead Presidents
And if you're a fan of raunchy and racial humor, give Black Devil Doll a try. It's the most coonish film in existence, and it's legitimately terrible, but it's one of those films that so fucking awful that you can't help but laugh. It's basically a softcore porn though, so be careful. Here's a trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anbJlErYA94 It's also made funnier by the fact that it's a spiritual successor to a notorious ultra low budget black horror film called Black Devil Doll from Hell (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193013/)
spindashing
Banned
It's the most ridiculous thing that I have ever encountered here. You straight up tell people one thing and they just don't listen. Also dude's 26 and still needs his mother and father to speak for him wtf. Dude stayed quiet the whole time.
I didn't mean anything by it honestly, but I see where you're coming from.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Thanks. Best part is, its more than I was expecting or aiming for. 92% increase, my pay was shit to begin with so I won't be hanging out at the countryclub with Soundscream but its making this shithole more tolerable.
#StartedFromTheBucket
Slay, I'm gonna need that link.
Master Milk
Member
So who called the bank in the end? The family or your manager?
And did the guy not get in trouble for breaking the mirror off the bike?
And did the guy not get in trouble for breaking the mirror off the bike?
You know he got a whooping for buying that bike.
Already sent it to you
spindashing
Banned
Oh, sorry. We told the mother to call the bank. She called the bank and immediately made the bank representatives talk to my boss. My boss explained the situation to the representative, and the representative spoke to both the father and the mother after that.
Father ended up paying for the damages. No charges were made.
Lol, I don't even know. I thought he would after they left but when the father called asking to buy a bike I really don't know what they were thinking.
Precious is probably the most heavy handed movie I can think of in recent memory, unless you include something like Bamboozled, but that's satire. I mean, I like Precious, but that shit was suffrage porn. I suppose it works if you view the character of Precious to be an allegory for the urban experience, otherwise that shit is ridiculous.
Her mom is abusive, she wishes she were white, her dad raped her and impregnated her, she's impoverished, she's morbidly obese, she's illiterate and uneducated, her baby has down syndrome and then the movie ends on a triumphant note. Her father was HIV positive, so she has HIV and so does her baby. The end.
That's too much for one movie.
Master Milk
Member
GotEmRunnin
Member
LOL!!! I work for one of the most respected companies in the world. Unfortunately things like this happen I guess. Just glad the individual didn't get a chance to attack or hurt anyone. Of course you can imagine people on pins and needles especially with what happened in Boston.
i never watched precious. everybody talked about it so much (online and IRL) it didn't seem necessary.
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
Seen/liked these.
Great White Hope w/ JEJ is quite underrated. I think people don't quite understand how crazy Jack Johnson made people and how many doors he opened and closed with what was summarized in later as "Unforgivable Blackness" (in a great book by Geoffrey Ward and later turned into a great Ken Burns documentary).
It's worth a watch. It's filled with great performances and is definitely one of the better black films in recent memories, but it's definitely one of those feel bad films that you're never going to put yourself through a second time. It has its issues though. It's heavy handed, Lee Daniels' direction is bland and there's definitely some odd light skinned/dark skinned morality dynamic going on.
theignoramus
Member
anyone catch that Ken Burns Central Park Five doc that PBS ran a couple days ago? city of New York needs to pay for that shit and give those boys an apology. anyone of those kids couldve been me at 14, shit.
Yup, it's a damned good film. And Jack Johnson was fucking crazy. Being that flashy, talking that much shit and openly sleeping with white women while beating down white dudes on the regular in the early 20th Century as a black man? Balls of motherfucking steel.
Nope. Documentaries are actually the one area of cinema where I'm frustratingly not knowledgeable within. I've seen my fair share, but there's definitely a ton of quality shit that I've yet to see.
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