I agree with what your saying, but even if we collectively potray ourselves in a more positive light, will that change the views of americans that are racist towards us?
We do but no one wants to see that shit. Have you seen BET lately? Bet you havent but theyve been trying to push family shows lately. We are no more negative in our culture than anyone else we're just held more accountable than anyone else
Yeah Ok How many Asian rappers u know about in the us that brag about killing cops or slinging dope or whining about going to jail for selling crack
Fine Asians might be an exception but mob/thug behavior as well as other criminal acts like theft are often glorified with whites and hispanics but none are held as accountable as blacks not to mentionthe criminal element counts for barely 5% of ohr entire population. Why does the fringe minority represent all of us?
Shit, might as well tell me the Pope is Catholic and The Castro District has a lot of gay men. This is one thing I love about studying history with the passion that I possess for it. It allows me to step back and see the systematic nature of social control that American society felt compelled to impose on blacks from the earliest days in order to maintain that your race makes you superior. No one should therefore be surprised at the inordinate obsession that America has with the subject matter, it comes from a place of deep rooted historical condition. Even the most raggedy, snaggled tooth, white bum could feel a sense of pride knowing that hey at least I'm not a nicca. Southern society is testament to this in its history. As long as there is someone below you to step on, it makes you feel that little bit more secure in your lot in life, even if you are not a successful white person living the American dream. You can still feel good about your skin color because social mores told you so.
Sadly, I agree....but petty is right..the negetive should be combatted with the positive. I am honestly ashamed that many, many white people have such fucked up attitudes.
Funny how we are defined by our negative though. No one pupls their kid closer to them when they see a middle age white guy walking but if they see any of us its time to clutch your purse. Just plain sad
Despite the fact that some of the most dastardly, evil acts were committed by characters who looked white as a lambs fleece. There were women still gushing liquid over Ted Bundy even though they knew he had hacked to death white female coeds in Florida. Oh he is so handsome, never mind ole boy would have carved them up like a Christmas turkey if he laid hands on them in the real world.
I would pull my granddaughter close to me if a middle age white guy came up to her. Be thinking he is a pediphile. No lie, white men commit the most heinious crimes.
A good point TDK mentioned though is how we are seemingly defined by that agenda. Its like the shit has infested black cultural life to become the first point of identifier that folks grab on to. I mean I'm a dude all about taking care of business, educating yourself, responsibility and doing positive in life to better yourself. This shit goes deeper than we can ever fully appreciate bro. Its like keep negros poor, uneducated and ignorant and they will fall into the cracks of society. Only blacks culturally can address negative issues that have a detrimental influence on their environments, others are not the least bit concerned on a wholesale level about it. Being a dope boy, running the streets, having a bunch of baby mamas, serving life on the installment plan as a frequent visitor to the State Pen, are all serving the purposes of those who have no interest in seeing blacks in a positive light. Any black person who willfully allows themselves to become a statistic is a damn fool, knowing what it can mean for your future prospects in life. I'm glad to see that BET has brought in more family oriented themed programming in their lineup as opposed to the 24/7 Ghetto Fest of prior years.
LOL, some. People like Dennis Rader (BTK killer) and John Wayne Gacy worked with the Boy Scouts and performed as a clown at parties for young children. Some creepy mofos.
and it's working like a charm props to BET if they are indeed getting those NUCLEAR family shows in, where the dad is actually around. Props to 'The First Family' as well. It's not on BET, but I seen a bit of it. It's got some coonery in it, but still.....I think it's a positive spin on things..especially since the show kinda molds itself in the stead of the Obama clan.
You gotta wonder why are we the only ones tasked with an expectation of walking the straight and narrow at all times. Btw Just wondering how you and GQ are doing. This shit is picking up like crazy. Surprisingly we still have power.
because we're the ones always being portrayed as NOT walking the straight and narrow think about all of those shows and movies where the token black mothafucka, or group of black mothafuckas, were criminals... or uneducated or lazy or poor or ducking child support or whatever seriously do u want me to continue? is this what our kids have to believe their 'people' only do? it's about time to right this ship and show the other side of black people
But fam that's the thing A LOT of us are. We're just not receiving any credit for it. Look at this forum nearly every man on here is educated and upwardly mobile. No thugs, no dumb asses ducking child support... as far as we know lol. How many of us have to do the right thing before we are seen differently. In my opinion most of us do, the problem is we are expected to be heads and shoulders above our white counterparts in order to be considered average. We are no more mediocre than the average but we are expected to be better as a penalty for being darker than most. That's the way it comes across. For every stupid, don't want to do his school work, getting pregnant as a teenager black kid there are more white kids. For every lazy entitled black guy there is at least two white ones. The problem is for some reason the attention is totally shifted on us
I am far more likely to be leery of a white man on the streets than a black man, I agree with stiletoes. A black man is more likely to catcall me or ask me for some change - white man is more likely to do farrrr worse. That's just how I see it. In general I find black men to be far more respectful and open. I see some white men to be sneaky and underhanded, very close to the vest - you never know who they are behind closed doors. *shivers* Call me prejudiced against my own race - I really don't give a fuck. Statistics don't lie about serial killers and pedophiles, like she said. There is a lot of simmering rage in the white man, make no mistake about it - how do you think this slavery shit got started in the first place? They were too weak to do it all themselves, then got mad when they realized the slaves they brought over were doing it better than they could have ever done it if they could figured out a way to have enslaved a bunch of white people! The joke was on Old Whitey. And has been going on ever since. Don't tell me that the Massas and the slavehunters and sellers weren't psychopaths or sociopaths to some degree - the primarily white serial killers and pedophiles/rapists of today (as well as the white kids that mow down their schools out of a sense of entitlement) are just carrying on their legacy.