Manmademan
Member
MBA, concentration in HR. It's actually still in progress- I was going part time and got promoted, kind of slowed me down for a while.
I hadn't done any kind of math in years, so stat was brutal. I'm glad I stuck it out though.
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The Black Culture Thread
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MBA, concentration in HR. It's actually still in progress- I was going part time and got promoted, kind of slowed me down for a while.
I hadn't done any kind of math in years, so stat was brutal. I'm glad I stuck it out though.
I came really close to getting a tattoo this week too.
Because some people can't help themselves. Its like a moth to the flame with some people.
MWS Natural
Member
Get used to it, it only get worse the higher you go.
I just hate people with agendas. Just be honest.
Wait, what? How did he go out?
Think the transgendet thread got him
Not advanced classes, but I'm usually the only black person in any of my classes. It's art school too, so that may be one reason...
I mean it's not too bad, but I do miss seeing pretty black girls walking on by.
I can't imagine how it would be at a more traditional college.
Him and Dark Octave both got banned in the transgender "obvious ban party" thread.
I cant believe that thread got as big as it did. That thread could have had "ban trap" in it, and people still would have posted.
Careful now. "trap" read in the wrong context...
But w/e. I'm REALLY thinking about getting this tattoo now.
If I get banned for that, then this forum is gonna have problems in the near future.
Dark Octave, onemic and Mammoth Jones.
My condolences, guys.
Damn shame, their only crime is thinking they could be honest on that subject. Ha no, not unless you are on the "correct" side.
Thats how Frankman got banned. He was having a sidebar/slightly off-topic and friendly back and forth with a member of girlgaf then got banned for 2 months and called a bigot because the mod took it completely out of context.
In high school, yes. I think during the year I took AP Bio, there were 3 black students out of a total of about 80 total AP Bio students. Most advanced classes I took were mostly Indian or east Asian.
Is that how it happened?
The Faceless Master
Member
NeoGAF(TM) the game is set up so people think it's easy to win, but it's actually not.
It's like a carnival game.
If Chris Brown played Tekken, he would have been forgiven by GAF a long time ago!
It feels that way sometimes. I would say stick to subcommunities, but you aren't safe in those either anymore unless a mod or admin in a major poster.
I'm pretty sure I'm the most active member in the 30,000+ post club right now. I still have to walk a fine line.
computers putin'
Member
That Trans thread is interesting. I do believe a person isn't just the sum of their parts (or at least they shouldn't be).But really,I'm just plain ignorant when it comes to gender identity and I'm having a hard time forming an opinion on the topic. I don't want to ask a question in that thread and risk having it misconstrued as something insensitive, so I'mma just continue to lurk it.There have been a few asshats popping up in that thread though, but some of the people posting are being put on the defensive for little reason ( I can understand why though )
Professor Beef
Banned
Twice as many posts as me, but I've been on GAF since last year.
Not sure how I feel about myself. :|
Shit, ive been on since 05, and you have double the posts I have
computers putin'
Member
You trying to make him feel bad brah? Beefy is an awesome poster, if anything he should find ways to post more.
He(?) Would have gotten a lot of people banned in anger. I have a feeling shan would have too.
Professor Beef
Banned
Thanks mang.
Risky prolly would've gone batshit in there, no doubt. I have a feeling that Shan would've just floated around and said stupid shit that people would freak out over and get banned due to responding.
RiskyChris had some right ideas, but he just went about them the wrong way; when you're a super progressive thinker you shouldn't be intolerant of those who aren't, and don't insult them and treat them like idiots.
Shanadeus was just a straight-up weirdo who liked to pretend he was from the year 3000.
Shanadeus was just a straight-up weirdo who liked to pretend he was from the year 3000.
The Faceless Master
Member
'04 ... and i'm only at 37k!
Hov is that you?
How long have you been lurking?
Devolution
Member
I thought I was being nice in that thread, I could have easily gone into Defcon 1 with some of the ignorant shit people were pretending was fact.
Devo, its too late for you to 'be nice' with the clout you've gathered. Jus sayin. The same way I go into a race thread and people see me coming... you got the same cloud above you.
I'm riding the fuck out of that line. I swear... I can come off as innocent, humble, and honest as ever and somebody will still come through twist words or take some shit out of context then go to a mod about it. At least when I bait people, I get them to a point where they're digging their grave long after I'm done posting. Some people here though.. they just want to see people banned instead of pushing their case.
Devolution
Member
Well others won't see it as nice but I definitely can say I was being nice given how I usually roll up in those threads.
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
:lol It's like one of those sappy bollywood films.
Also is this meant to be a comedy? Why is Tyler Perry playing the grandmother?
thats a character he plays all the time.
They don't make it easy... I remember when we started out here (and we didn't have looming ban hammers hovering overhead) that we put up with the bullshit and tried to explain shit at the same time. I remember waaaay back, Smokey Dave said something... can't even remember what it was, but it just rubbed me and Himuro the wrong way. We kept talking though. Now, I feel like I owe Dave a couple of beers at least.
Professor Beef
Banned
"I'm not bitter! I'M MAD AS HELL."
weve had a few ones. when dudes would come in saying black culture isnt a real thing, and that because we dont have centuries of history it doesnt compare. the only difference is that like you said we dont have the floating banhammers. hell i think the only ones ever banned in this thread are the repeat offenders in measley and ssjgoku
My man, that would be a privilege. Like Rocky 4 but with more beer and less cultural animosity.
No doubt I've said some ignorant shit in my time on GAF. Some of it isn't ignorant, it's due to small cultural differences between the US & UK, some of it is due to me adjusting to 'black people' usually meaning 'black Americans' and some of it was because I was (and sometimes remain) ignorant about all sorts of racial politics and issues. I hold my hands up to that and apologise to those I have offended.
I do hope that you and the other members of black-GAF keep fighting the good fight though. Even if the wave of morons never seems to end, I promise you that you are getting through to some people. I know, I'm one of them. And just like ripples in a pond, that shit spreads. Now when I hear a friend IRL utter some ignorant shit I'm able to casually pull them up on it with a million reasons why their shit is ignorant. All that context and knowledge has been provided to me by black-GAF or sources pointed out by black-GAF (currently reading 'Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?' recommended by a GAFfer and it's fascinating).
Shit never changes if people give up in the face of ignorance.
Straight up, I did that. Not so much that black culture doesn't exist, but more that the arbitrary barrier was a bad thing. Some decent conversation came out of it and now I dig the reason for this topic existing. I didn't get that it was 'predominantly black' rather than 'exclusively black'. I was about to hand back all my Miles Davis LP's.
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
haha, I might watch one of his films for the lulz then.
I was always one of the few black people in my classes. It was different here in that most of the advance classes had all the black students in high school. There was only about 4 of us but we were all always there.
Yeah this is how it was.
At uni though I could definately tell when it was me and 100 other students. I took an advance economics class where it was only me and 1 other black guy. We had an assignment (3,000 word essay) which i breezed through but I could see the other black guy was struggling with it. I was cool with him and wanted to see him do well so I decided to help him. We'd arrange a time at the library but he'd always blow it off so in the end I just left it.
I had a Chinese lecturer for this class and who was one hell of a bitch. On results day she stands up in front of 20 of us and says One of you has failed and gives the guy his essay. And then she's like "You only scored 24% which is terrible". The guy just gets up, starts swearing and leaves, never comes back. She just stood their shaking her head as to say "typical". I did suprise her by getting the highest as they're marked annoymously but still, I greatly regret not saying anything. She was so a bitch though. She'd spend atleast 20mins a lecture talking about how great Germany is and how the Japanese are evil scum and will get their cumpupence.
I was always one of the few black people in my classes. It was different here in that most of the advance classes had all the black students in high school. There was only about 4 of us but we were all always there.
Yeah this is how it was.
At uni though I could definately tell when it was me and 100 other students. I took an advance economics class where it was only me and 1 other black guy. We had an assignment (3,000 word essay) which i breezed through but I could see the other black guy was struggling with it. I was cool with him and wanted to see him do well so I decided to help him. We'd arrange a time at the library but he'd always blow it off so in the end I just left it.
I had a Chinese lecturer for this class and who was one hell of a bitch. On results day she stands up in front of 20 of us and says One of you has failed and gives the guy his essay. And then she's like "You only scored 24% which is terrible". The guy just gets up, starts swearing and leaves, never comes back. She just stood their shaking her head as to say "typical". I did suprise her by getting the highest as they're marked annoymously but still, I greatly regret not saying anything. She was so a bitch though. She'd spend atleast 20mins a lecture talking about how great Germany is and how the Japanese are evil scum and will get their cumpupence.
Professor Beef
Banned
If you feel that you must watch a Tyler Perry movie, I implore you to not watch one that has Madea in it.
CrazyDogg77
Member
Man,I leave and the discussion turns to getting banned.
freenudemacusers
Member
CrazyDogg77
Member
Hey I didn't go in that hard on dudes in that thread.
Has anybody else read Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. After I finished my only reaction was" WTF was that?"
Now this thread could become interesting, but it seems they've just become ban traps whether on purpose or not.. Which is sad for the state of discussion.
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