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The Black Culture Thread |OT3| Lighten Up
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Maybe it'll come out on the PS4
MorisUkunRasik
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My old boss always said 27 is the worst because of the extra syllable. TWEN TY SEV EN.
eh i'm from the south. we dont enunciate it that hard
that Sev-en becomes more like a Sehmn the way i say it lol.
MorisUkunRasik
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GhettoGamer
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Lol you aint never lied, down here its fo not four
i don't but i know a ton of people that do. usually it's people w/ a really strong drawl. i love it on a woman though. probably because i got used to my grandma's voice growing up. i can go anywhere and a southern drawl always brings me back home mentally.
i dont think i've ever hit that second T in twenty in my life though lol.
bobbychalkers
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Oh shit! I remember my older bro renting that. I don't remember a thing about it but I guess thats a good thing.
I'm watching DL Hughley's Endangered List right now, its hilarious and sad at the same time.
Meh, it's not so bad.
rather have the babyface than look 42 while i'm 22.
"I will beat your ass in public." - Wayne Brady to Bill Maher
I'd rather just look my age instead of jailbait for the numerous older women in my area. This Indian woman at my local Subway keeps flirting with me every time I get a sub even though her husband (who is the manager) is staring at her giving me the evil eye.
Homeboy, I came to Subway.
Your wife was looking at meh.
She's a haggler, no I'm not tagging her
but you want my money so man you better grab her and ask:
What you want on your sub nigga? Nothin.
FreeMufasa
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I was just looking through an American textbook at my school and saw this:
I couldn't believe it, I've never seen a brush off like this before. Did you guys have stuff like this? I can just imagine it now:
"Sure, slavery happened but it wasn't THAT bad. Any white man could own a slave"
I couldn't believe it, I've never seen a brush off like this before. Did you guys have stuff like this? I can just imagine it now:
"Sure, slavery happened but it wasn't THAT bad. Any white man could own a slave"
Devolution
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That's how all that shit is really.
They never put into perspective how shitty life was for minorities of any kind. Just "yeah slavery happened and women wanted the vote, ANYWAYS about these historical white men who gives a fuck about anything else."
They never put into perspective how shitty life was for minorities of any kind. Just "yeah slavery happened and women wanted the vote, ANYWAYS about these historical white men who gives a fuck about anything else."
FreeMufasa
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Wow...now I understand all the stuff you guys said in past threads. In the UK they don't even mention ANYTHING about slavery a very briefly go over women's rights during the war. I'd say about 20% of the population knows about the British slave trade, which is funny because everyone knows about the American one.
It pisses me off how its ignored here but Tbh, I think I'd prefer no mention at all rather than a "yeah it happened but it wasnt baaaaaaad"
Devolution
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The best part is it's like
slavery -> jim crow -> civil rights -> BUT WE ALL GOOD NOW
women's suffrage movement -> got the vote -> some feminists burned some bras in the 60s and 70s -> BUT WE ALL GOOD NOW
It's some straight bullshit.
The textbooks I read in school (South Carolina) weren't really good or bad when it came to slavery/women's issues. They would just mention these issues while discussing events like the Civil War and keep it moving. You were better off learning about those issues from a assigned reading book like Huckleberry Finn. But since I was usually the only black kid in my history classes, I preferred when they didn't talk about black history so that the whole class wouldn't look in my direction.
That said, the fact that you have a US text book (I'm assuming you weren't in a special US history class) shows a big difference between school in the UK and school here. In our regular history classes we would only learn the history of other countries if it related to US history in some way.
Boss Riovane
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Absolutely agree. On the "lost" podcast I said the same stuff. Almost verbatim. When I get to a computer I'll elaborate.
I have been away from anime for so long. This is the show that bought me back.
Love that southern drawl.
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
[gaf]Idris Elba is in it. OMG OMG OMG OMG [/gaf]
I'm quite surprised that Lonely Island was put on it... especially considering their output consists largely of hip hop parody.
WALL-E killed all the humans after he was possessed by the demon from the Devil Elevator when he was recycling the Tyler Perry's Tyler Perry Memorial Hall Brought to You by Tyler Perry in the Memory of Tyler Perry.
MorisUkunRasik
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The textbooks in soouthern cal were alright. We didn't get into more details until college history. My 5th grade teacher was a civil war buff, so we delved pretty deep into that era of american history.
I think what Devo said is really the biggest problem, when you get to the end of certain sections of history they have a 'and everyone lived happily everafter' vibe.
I think what Devo said is really the biggest problem, when you get to the end of certain sections of history they have a 'and everyone lived happily everafter' vibe.
GhettoGamer
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I remeber in my history classes (Georgia btw) we learned about the Slave trade, cotton gin, the underground railroad, civil war, trail of tears, civil rights movement and touched on "important ethnics" that helped shaped America. Now this was back in 90s and on up to 03 when I graduated so I bet it had change drastically by now
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Going to school in the UK for the last couple years of high school really showed me how isolationist and self-centered US history is. Abroad they really learn to see the bigger picture of world history involving many countries, kingdoms and powers where here, as most of you guys mentioned, we only learn things as the pertain to our country and events which influence or involved us. Anything else is hardly worth a mention until college.
he was a DJ for many years so it should come as no suprise
we learned about it in 4th grade and never again till i had a Black teacher in 11th grade that said fuck Amarican Lit class... This is African American Lit if you have a problem with it leave. So we learned more about Black history in that class than we ever did in a history class. To bad she was a bitch when her hubby was at sea... but you could tell when he was home cause after she got some she was the nicest woman in the world.
GotEmRunnin
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Well I'm convinced Big KRIT is the truth. Haven't felt a southern artist like this since T.I's urban legend. I'm gonna have to put this boy in the same class with the Dungeon Family, Scarface and other Southern legends.
Edit - In regards to education. I attended Kelly Miller elementary school in South Carolina. And the school/state never acknowledged the man and his contributions. Matter of fact I didn't know anything about the man until I finished college.
Edit - In regards to education. I attended Kelly Miller elementary school in South Carolina. And the school/state never acknowledged the man and his contributions. Matter of fact I didn't know anything about the man until I finished college.
Lionheart1337
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That feel when you suck at basketball and all sports...... :-/
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
lol damn that sucks.
since were talking about history books, i've always wondered what it would be like to have a history class outside of the south. because our stuff was always so damn self-fellating about southern history/culture.
bobbychalkers
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I'm 6'3, most people look at me as If I killed someone once I tell them I don't play basketball.
GotEmRunnin
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You gotta find something you good at bro. It's something out there for you. I'm 6'0 208lbs and considered small in my family where other males in my family range from 6'2 - 6'11 and weight anywhere from 225 - 275.
I found I was pretty talented in baseball. By recreational standards anyway.
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Myles Brown Myles Brown ‏@mdotbrown
"Hey, nigger! Why didn't you come to our college?!" is one of those self-answering questions.
stay classy Kentucky fans.
sn: Lionheart, there's tons of sports. you might be good at bowling or something else that doesnt require actual athleticism.
i love bowling. it's one of the few sports you can drink beer and eat dinner while you play lol.
Myles Brown Myles Brown ‏@mdotbrown
"Hey, nigger! Why didn't you come to our college?!" is one of those self-answering questions.
stay classy Kentucky fans.
sn: Lionheart, there's tons of sports. you might be good at bowling or something else that doesnt require actual athleticism.
i love bowling. it's one of the few sports you can drink beer and eat dinner while you play lol.
Wiggins? Fuck Kentucky. No offense to any UK fans in here. I'm still bitter that Cal's bag man bought Terrence Jones' talents out from underneath us.
I found out I was decent at soccer after my parents were no longer forcing me to play it. I hated it when it was mandatory. Oh well.
Pretty interesting visual of bigotry in geographic form: http://users.humboldt.edu/mstephens/hate/hate_map.html#
Lake Tahoe is getting their hate on.
That's depressing, especially for us black folk. Oh, and west coast equals best coast.
Pretty much what I thought. Folks always laying the blame on the south.
West Virgina holding down the hate
The Faceless Master
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i blame crappy internet in the south for the lower showing.
Lionheart1337
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lol @ some of those replies.
I think i`m just going to have to be content with being the best dota player.
I think i`m just going to have to be content with being the best dota player.
ChocolateCupcakes
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Sad to be on the east coast now.
damn i'd watch the shit out of that.
Looked at the map. Remembered that there really aren't that many black people in those 'clear' areas to speak of. Got even more depressed.
ViewtifulJC
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I either hate or like Kevin hart depending of the time of the day.
GungHo
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Jasper and Woodville. I can believe it.
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