Is it taboo to discuss issues of race on the Hype?

[X-Chick]

You wouldn't have bought it up if you didn't think it gave you some sort of advantage in the conversation.....

You really are being dense.

'm saying I understand a little piece of Japanese culture through my training and my teacher.

Seriously, that's the last time I'm repeating myself.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

The Hype is weird.

 

[terry78]

I think what he was attempting to get across is when other people take an interest in things that were created by a certain race and suddenly deem themselves experts in it. Granted, most things like anime and hip-hop have become ingrained in pop culture, so it's not always warranted.

LOL, the korean chick I'm "casually dating" to does tell me how guys that are non-asian will come up to her at times and attempt to speak some random language in an attempt to impress her. and it's usually chinese when she is in fact korean.

 

[BlackLantern]

I think what he was attempting to get across is when other people take an interest in things that were created by a certain race and suddenly deem themselves experts in it. Granted, most things like anime and hip-hop have become ingrained in pop culture, so it's not always warranted.

LOL, the korean chick I'm "casually dating" to does tell me how guys that are non-asian will come up to her at times and attempt to speak some random language in an attempt to impress her. and it's usually chinese when she is in fact korean.

Basically what he said......I, or anyone else on the Hype, for that matter could care less what you learned from your "instructor"

 

[X-Chick]

I think what he was attempting to get across is when other people take an interest in things that were created by a certain race and suddenly deem themselves experts in it. Granted, most things like anime and hip-hop have become ingrained in pop culture, so it's not always warranted.

Yeah, I get that, but he's making absurd generalizations. Like all obsessed anime fans are white and know nothing about Japan. Or that they should know something about Japan to watch anime. And all martial artists think they are "special." Like it has nothing to do with taking pride in years of hard training.

LOL, the korean chick I'm "casually dating" to does tell me how guys that are non-asian will come up to her at times and attempt to speak some random language in an attempt to impress her. and it's usually chinese when she is in fact korean.

lol. My manager is Filipino and guys always try to hit on her in Spanish. It's hilarious, especially when she just looks at them like they're stupid and asks if they speak English.

 

[BlackLantern]

Yeah, I get that, but he's making absurd generalizations. Like all obsessed anime fans are white and know nothing about Japan. Or that they should know something about Japan to watch anime. And all martial artists think they are "special." Like it has nothing to do with taking pride in years of hard training.



lol. My manager is Filipino and guys always try to hit on her in Spanish. It's hilarious, especially when she just looks at them like they're stupid and asks if they speak English.

That is why some of them think they are special...because they spent years doing something....I spent 4 years in college, doesn't make me special...

 

[X-Chick]

Basically what he said......I, or anyone else on the Hype, for that matter could care less what you learned from your "instructor"

Now you're just being a tool. Its not like I just started bragging about taking martial arts and it was completely unrelated to anything. It was warranted in the conversation and you're just being a prick about it for some reason.

 

[X-Chick]

That is why some of them think they are special...because they spent years doing something....I spent 4 years in college, doesn't make me special...

lol. I'm so done with you.

 

[BlackLantern]

lol. I'm so done with you.

....coming from the person with Blink 182 in her sig.....I'm hurt.....(sniff) right in the feelings....

 

[BlackLantern]

Back to race.....I think as long as the discussion doesn't get personal...its fine....but that doesn't happen

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

But issues like religion are ok?

When the truth is spoken,people don't like to hear it.Even if this is a message board.

 

[raybia]

EDDIE GRIFFIN: Having a Real 'N-Word' Wake Up Call
Posted Sep 5th 2007 3:33PM by Karu F. Daniels
Filed under: Entertainment Newswire
By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices
Eddie Griffin experienced a real "n-word" wake-up call when his raunchy comedy act came to a screeching halt last weekend in Miami.
The 'Undercover Brother' star was booked as the main headliner for Friday night's line-up at the Black Enterprise/Pepsi 14th Annual Golf & Tennis Challenge.
The pint-sized, loud-mouthed funnyman's profanity, racial-slur- laced tirade didn't go over too well with the family friendly sold out audience.
Griffin turned out to be the ultimately show-stopper, literally, when his microphone suddenly "failed" after repeatedly using the 'N-Word.'
Soon after his abrupt silencing, Black Enterprise magazine owner and publisher Earl Graves, came on stage with the plug in his hand and said: "We at Black Enterprise will not allow our culture to go backwards. Black Enterprise stands for decency, black culture and dignity and we will pay Mr. Griffin all that we owe him but we will not allow him to finish the show if that's the way he's going to talk."
Whoa. Talk about theatrics.
Graves received a standing ovation from the sold-out audience, including Rev. Al Sharpton, who preached at the event the following day and applauded Mr. Graves for his strong stance on behalf of Black people.
Black Enterprise spokesperson Andrew Wadium did confirm that Griffins's show was cut short, citing "language restrictions, " but did not go into much further detail.
A request for comment from Graves was declined.
Sharpton, on the other hand, didn't hold back in sharing his thoughts with The BV Newswire today. "I was proud and grateful that Earl Graves, Sr. stood up for our people and his readers by pulling the plug on comedian Eddie Griffin who repeatedly used the "N" word at his performance at the Black Enterprise-Pepsi Challenge over Labor Day weekend in Miami."
"It signified that we at National Action Network are not alone in the fight to end the demeaning and racist language that has allowed our people to aid in their own victimization for years," Sharpton, , on the frontlines for the voice of the disenfranchised for the past two decades, continued. "In any other community there are organizations that stand up for the rights of the people such as the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) that monitors the insensitivity and racism against the Jewish community, and my group is no exception."
"In the same way that no comedian or entertainer would get up and call a Jewish person out of their name without their being outrage, we will not allow black people to be demeaned by our own people," Sharpton maintained. "Eddie Griffin has the right to say what he wants to say, but we have the right to protest what he says and will hold everyone to these same standards. I have nothing personal against Mr. Griffin but I will continue to fight tirelessly to end the indecency that is setting us back a hundred years."
"My daughter Dominique was in the audience that night and called me and said 'Dad I witnessed history in the making today" and when she relayed what happened to me I was content that our efforts have not been in vain."
A rep for Griffin could not be reached by deadline.
BV EXTRA: In case you missed it, read all about Rev. Sharpton's war of words with rap lyricist David Banner.

 

[BlackLantern]

Intresting news.....I understand trying to bring forth awareness about issues of race, but it has to be severely humiliating for Eddie Griffin to have that happen.

 

[raybia]

Intresting news.....I understand trying to bring forth awareness about issues of race, but it has to be severely humiliating for Eddie Griffin to have that happen.

Yeah, poor *****.

 

[X-Chick]

I can understand them being pissed, especially since it was supposed to be a family environment. I'm sure he just assumed it was all in good fun and nobody would get offended.

It almost sounds like they were kinda using him as a causality for the cause.

 

[raybia]

I can understand them being pissed, especially since it was supposed to be a family environment. I'm sure he just assumed it was all in good fun and nobody would get offended.

It almost sounds like they were kinda using him as a causality for the cause.

Yeah but they made an example out of him. Now if he was warned beforehand then thats his fault.

 

[X-Chick]

Yeah but they made an example out of him. Now if he was warned beforehand then thats his fault.

Yeah and its a point that had to be made. I mean, you can't really discourage racism from other races if a black guy is making derogatory comments about his own race. Then it just seems hypocritical. I still feel bad for Eddie though.

On a sidenote, I've met Rev. Sharpton. He can be a little scary sometimes but a nice man. A while back, he almost got in a fight with our former police chief.

 

[Kritish]

The Hype is weird.

 

[jaguarr]

EDDIE GRIFFIN: Having a Real 'N-Word' Wake Up Call
Posted Sep 5th 2007 3:33PM by Karu F. Daniels
Filed under: Entertainment Newswire
By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices
Eddie Griffin experienced a real "n-word" wake-up call when his raunchy comedy act came to a screeching halt last weekend in Miami.
The 'Undercover Brother' star was booked as the main headliner for Friday night's line-up at the Black Enterprise/Pepsi 14th Annual Golf & Tennis Challenge.
The pint-sized, loud-mouthed funnyman's profanity, racial-slur- laced tirade didn't go over too well with the family friendly sold out audience.
Griffin turned out to be the ultimately show-stopper, literally, when his microphone suddenly "failed" after repeatedly using the 'N-Word.'
Soon after his abrupt silencing, Black Enterprise magazine owner and publisher Earl Graves, came on stage with the plug in his hand and said: "We at Black Enterprise will not allow our culture to go backwards. Black Enterprise stands for decency, black culture and dignity and we will pay Mr. Griffin all that we owe him but we will not allow him to finish the show if that's the way he's going to talk."
Whoa. Talk about theatrics.
Graves received a standing ovation from the sold-out audience, including Rev. Al Sharpton, who preached at the event the following day and applauded Mr. Graves for his strong stance on behalf of Black people.
Black Enterprise spokesperson Andrew Wadium did confirm that Griffins's show was cut short, citing "language restrictions, " but did not go into much further detail.
A request for comment from Graves was declined.
Sharpton, on the other hand, didn't hold back in sharing his thoughts with The BV Newswire today. "I was proud and grateful that Earl Graves, Sr. stood up for our people and his readers by pulling the plug on comedian Eddie Griffin who repeatedly used the "N" word at his performance at the Black Enterprise-Pepsi Challenge over Labor Day weekend in Miami."
"It signified that we at National Action Network are not alone in the fight to end the demeaning and racist language that has allowed our people to aid in their own victimization for years," Sharpton, , on the frontlines for the voice of the disenfranchised for the past two decades, continued. "In any other community there are organizations that stand up for the rights of the people such as the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) that monitors the insensitivity and racism against the Jewish community, and my group is no exception."
"In the same way that no comedian or entertainer would get up and call a Jewish person out of their name without their being outrage, we will not allow black people to be demeaned by our own people," Sharpton maintained. "Eddie Griffin has the right to say what he wants to say, but we have the right to protest what he says and will hold everyone to these same standards. I have nothing personal against Mr. Griffin but I will continue to fight tirelessly to end the indecency that is setting us back a hundred years."
"My daughter Dominique was in the audience that night and called me and said 'Dad I witnessed history in the making today" and when she relayed what happened to me I was content that our efforts have not been in vain."
A rep for Griffin could not be reached by deadline.
BV EXTRA: In case you missed it, read all about Rev. Sharpton's war of words with rap lyricist David Banner.

I'm sorry, but if they didn't want that sort of show to go on, they should have NEVER hired Griffin to do his act. Anyone who's seen him do his stand-up routine knows he gets pretty raunchy and says a lot of racially-charged things. Bad on them for not doing their homework up front. Unless they specifically brought him in so they could stage this little "intervention" and get some free press, which isn't out of the question.

jag

 

[Corinthian™]

Since we are talking race, let's take a look at anime fans......From what I've seen, mostly white people who have no understanding of Japanese culture, regardless of how much manga they read or anime they watch.....I spent 2 years stationed in Japan when I was in the Navy, trust me, it's not all that different.....

I'm mexican and I'm a heavy anime fan and even use some japanese words...

and Oakzap is black and has huge tatas

 

[X-Chick]

I'm sorry, but if they didn't want that sort of show to go on, they should have NEVER hired Griffin to do his act. Anyone who's seen him do his stand-up routine knows he gets pretty raunchy and says a lot of racially-charged things. Bad on them for not doing their homework up front. Unless they specifically brought him in so they could stage this little "intervention" and get some free press, which isn't out of the question.

jag

Yeah, that's what I was thinking when I said they just made him a martyr for the cause.

I'm mexican and I'm a heavy anime fan and even use some japanese words...

and Oakzap is black and has huge tatas

Dobe.

 

[BlackLantern]

I'm mexican and I'm a heavy anime fan and even use some japanese words...

and Oakzap is black and has huge tatas

That's great....did you find a book on Japanese in your local bookstore? was that before or after you spent 3 hours in the manga section sitting on the floor and getting in the way of people trying to shop and such....?

 

[LexCorp]

Frack no it should not be taboo anywhere for ginbars sake!

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I'm a heavy anime fan

such candor!

 

[Honey Vibe]

No... Rock Lee is the manliest character in Naruto.... when he expresses his love for Sakura he's willing to let go and demonstrate it in all the ways possible


so ****

Corinthian, just wanted to say I've ALWAYS loved your avatar :heart: