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The Black Culture Thread
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The Faceless Master
Member
nope. i've never been a fan of college football.
eternaLightness
Member
I've always wanted to go to the Bayou Classic(Southern and Grambling) but never went.
Nope, I have never been.
Big Baybee
Member
Been going to the Bayou Classic all my life. May go to the game, but Bourbon and Canal St have gotten too dangerous at night. Too many ignorant folk in one place. I'm not 18 anymore. I have a wife and kid now and can't afford to be an innocent bystander. You know like 15 people were shot on or around Bourbon on Halloween night?
Dreams-Visions
Member
Same. I have gone to one of those games, though. Heritage Classic, I think? In Miami when I was little.
Shame I haven't been to one since. I suspect the whole frat experience would be even more fun too.
Played for Johnson C. Smith U for 2 years and some change. Hype.
cooljeanius
Member
So Occupy DC has its own black caucus now. They haven't really decided much of anything yet. Still, it's good to see the black community being well represented at DC's Occupy, especially since some of the other Occupies have been accused of not adequately representing the black community.
Also, quick question: How does Black-GAF pronounce the letter "r" when you're spelling a word? One syllable or two? I'm just trying to figure out if pronouncing it with 2 syllables is just a DC thing or not.
Also, quick question: How does Black-GAF pronounce the letter "r" when you're spelling a word? One syllable or two? I'm just trying to figure out if pronouncing it with 2 syllables is just a DC thing or not.
manipulate
Member
How on earth do you extract 2 syllables from the letter 'r'? "Arr-err"?
captmcblack
Member
One syllable.
It's only one letter, anyway...does any letter have the ability to produce two syllables in pronunciation?
It's only one letter, anyway...does any letter have the ability to produce two syllables in pronunciation?
manipulate
Member
'w' is the combo breaker my good man
cooljeanius
Member
"Arr-uh"
Pinko Marx
Banned
team light-skinned represent!
I'm probably gunna wind up marrying a white woman or an asian.
How does this make you feel, black-gaf?
I'm probably gunna wind up marrying a white woman or an asian.
How does this make you feel, black-gaf?
Devolution
Member
You haven't read much of this thread have you lol.
Not going to lie. I had a stop snitching t-shirt in high school lol
One of the founding fathers like myself, Dreams, and Himuro - back when this place was still the Barbershop
One of the founding fathers like myself, Dreams, and Himuro - back when this place was still the Barbershop
Devolution
Member
Yeah but we've had some convos about interracial dating and it seems no one cared =). In fact it seems like some of you guys are more down to date non-black women due to the drama that exists with some of them.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Nope! Although I assumed that people already have discussed this.
I used to be ashamed about my weakness to white wimmenz, but now I've come to accept it.
After 2 years at a high school with only 40 people who aren't black out of 2,000 and years at a HBCU, I'm branching out for a while. Its kinda weird how it happened, but I think that being in a diverse, growing area like Charlotte while at a small black college right in the middle of it put a lot of things in perspective for me. I don't feel like I have to be with a black woman anymore, but at the same time its nice if I can.
Meanwhile, I flip tables when I come back home to family and they decide to eloquently and discretely spout ignorant shit.
I miss the barbershop. Such concentrated beauty destroyed by someone trying to be funny....
Devolution
Member
I didn't see this barbershop, pity.
it was awesome. The thread exploded in an amazingly short time. Everyone was chilled out, and the crazy amount of conversation was amazing. Then something happened, threads merged, walls were almost put up, and the thread was put out of its misery.
Devolution
Member
Is this when a bunch of the minority threads got merged? What was up with that anyway.
cooljeanius
Member
Yeah, exactly. They got merged because it was getting to the point where parody threads were being created and were just clogging up the forums.
the short end is that a week or so after negro age, someone made a white gaf thread as a joke, and put white bread and mayonnaise in the first post as a joke. evilore took notice of it, and merged it, ours, and the latino thread(which had existed longe before ours did)with the reason that there couldnt be any mega threads that arent gaming or sports related or something. then the gay community got brought up, and it went to hell from there. the thread was an unreadable mess, and there was no chance of getting them separated, so i guess the thread was just put out of its misery.
Never forget
never.
Bay Maximus
Banned
If there is anything the black community needs, it's more divides!
Can't speak for everyone obviously, but I doubt most people care. If anything you'll get more resistance form your "white wimmenz" and their families.
captmcblack
Member
Never forget
I will never forget that thread. Best community thread ever - period.
I will never, ever forget why it no longer exists, and how the events that caused that were a PERFECT MICROCOSM of things in the world.
Zoramon089
Banned
Urban Scholar
Member
Man I remember see it slowly fall apart....I was like what?
Anywho tired from work(which I have to get to in a few) can't make any funny stories about being the token black guy at work right now.
computers putin'
Member
I can't stand this whole light skinned team thing or colorism in general. Even though I'm light skinned I hate hearing someone put down someone else for being darker skinned to the point of wanting to hurt someone when I hear it. All of my sisters and my mother(god bless her soul) are dark skinned and to see my mother be so insecure about it during the later part of her life hurt me to the core of my soul.
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
People with skin |OT| :lol
Light skinned is overrated. Beauty has nothing to do with skin colour.
Come to Africa.( should be new meme, after reading that comment page on that ironman/batman dance video).
I mean, it's normal to want what you don't have. White people want to have a tan, black folks want to have a lighter skin tone. But I don't see our paler skinned counterparts saying 'I'll have more chance with black girls, now that I am a bit more tanned!'. Nevah.
I know it's a joke and all coming from Pinko, but I just never got it. So I still smh at it.
Vicetrailia
Member
Me too, but that's because I find everyone attractive.
Dreams-Visions
Member
+1 more on the "every shade is beautiful" bandwagon. I've dated everything from mocha to french vanilla and at this point I have no preference at all. I don't think I ever really did. But it's the personality that I fall in love with anyway. The rest is just gradations of icing on the proverbial cake for me.
It's never too late to get back to barbershop talk. We just need a new subject to reminisce on. Here's one:
the state of black comedy, or the superiority of classic black comedy.
Lately I've been looking over the landscape of current and up-and-coming comedians and I can't help but be EXTREMELY disappointed. Sure guys like Kevin Hart are funny in doses, but for some reason, black comedians (maybe comedians in general) don't have the staying power or quality they used to have.
I've watched plenty of Martin's standup series and others and the talent seems to mostly just rely on ever-increasing amounts of vulgarity and nastiness. Whereas, just one watching of Harlem Nights is enough to remind me that comedy used to be some of that, but so much more. Consider the caliber of comedy we used to get from our best:
Eddie Murphy
Martin Lawernce (90s Martin, that is)
Bill Cosby
Dave Chappelle
Steve Harvey
Sinbad
Eddie Griffin
Red Fox
Jamie Foxx
Robin Harris
Bernie Mac
Chris Tucker
So who's left to carry this mantle, GAF? Is Kevin Hart all we have anymore? (Yes, I left Katt out because he seems to be fading into obscurity)
:-(
(this is also a good excuse to post some of your favorite classic stand-ups.)
It's never too late to get back to barbershop talk. We just need a new subject to reminisce on. Here's one:
the state of black comedy, or the superiority of classic black comedy.
Lately I've been looking over the landscape of current and up-and-coming comedians and I can't help but be EXTREMELY disappointed. Sure guys like Kevin Hart are funny in doses, but for some reason, black comedians (maybe comedians in general) don't have the staying power or quality they used to have.
I've watched plenty of Martin's standup series and others and the talent seems to mostly just rely on ever-increasing amounts of vulgarity and nastiness. Whereas, just one watching of Harlem Nights is enough to remind me that comedy used to be some of that, but so much more. Consider the caliber of comedy we used to get from our best:
Eddie Murphy
Martin Lawernce (90s Martin, that is)
Bill Cosby
Dave Chappelle
Steve Harvey
Sinbad
Eddie Griffin
Red Fox
Jamie Foxx
Robin Harris
Bernie Mac
Chris Tucker
So who's left to carry this mantle, GAF? Is Kevin Hart all we have anymore? (Yes, I left Katt out because he seems to be fading into obscurity)
:-(
(this is also a good excuse to post some of your favorite classic stand-ups.)
eternaLightness
Member
I just hate when people call me "yella". I'm not yellow! Rrrrrrrrrrr.
Dreams-Visions
Member
tbh, I don't really find him particularly funny at all. I think that comment about him was more out of deference to any of his fans that may be here. Plus, he's pretty damn popular these days. I think his "movie" did well as far as those kinds of things go. But his gimmicky style (playing off his small stature and awkwardness) may shorten his lifespan like it has for Katt Williams (who, I might add, was funny as hell for a good 2 years or so).
"high yellow" must have been the most offensive term ever created by our community. lol
The Faceless Master
Member
Kevin hart is ok, in my top 20? no.
it's not that i don't like Katt Williams, it's just that he's not in my top 10
it's not that i don't like Katt Williams, it's just that he's not in my top 10
PhoenixDark
Banned
Very few things piss me off more than the "team light skinned" nonsense, which strikes me as patronizing and self-hating.
Dreams-Visions
Member
oh, the state of black comedy. seriously, compare the eras and cry with me.
his light has already faded. he's been using the same material for 3 years now. I wouldn't be surprised if we never hear from him in a significant way again.
Big Baybee
Member
Katt has been using the same material since like 2006. Ugh.
Anyone here like Patrice O'Neal? His special "Elephant in the Room" is on Netflix IW. I think he's pretty funny.
Devolution
Member
Where would the dividing line even be? Paper bag nonsense?
The Faceless Master
Member
yeah. he had a stroke a few weeks ago though. saw a rumor that he has something called Locked In Syndrome.
Kevin Hart is the funniest dude out right now tho
Dreams-Visions
Member
Sadly, that's not saying much at all. He survives on the gimmick of being a weak, punk ass-man. I'm not sure how long that will be entertaining to the masses. I enjoy him in doses, but I don't think I'd ever want to watch his material multiple times. Whereas, I could enjoy any of the links I posted any time, every time.