The Official "Ask A Brotha" Thread - Part 2

[BLACKVULCAN]

Mannnnnnnn! I am BLACKVULCAN! of course i got JUICE!!! hahahaha
I have pulled out for chairs for women i been on dates with, for some of them to ask me" what are you doing?!"like they never had no dude pull out a chair for them. I told em my Mama raised me right!. to say thank you and you are welcome! its just to be cool!
if you are a lady i will treat you like one.. and if you are something else.. i will treat you like that too!

 

[Colossal Spoons]

See, I was raised by the quintessential "strong black woman who don't need no man". If my dad ever pulled out a chair for her, she'd probably get mad and accuse him of thinking she's weak and helpless. Caribbean people, am I right?

 

[Erzengel]

On a scale of 1 to Racist, how racist am I that I read a story of a woman getting stabbed over a dispute of the last rib at a BBQ and I thought Black woman and I was right?

 

[terry78]

You're fine. White people stab each other over kale.

 

[Lencho01]

Remember when everyone thought that Maryland sniper was a White dude?

 

[PyroChamber]

Remember when everyone thought that Maryland sniper was a White dude?

Yeah, and when we found out the shooters were black the collective response was "damn!".

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

Some people have a hard time differentiating common courtesy and flirting, and there's no shortage of mentally wacked-out dudes who think a smile/nod qualifies as a come-on. I think if a woman runs into enough of those guys, she learns to go through life on autopilot. Suddenly saying "thank you" to an open door is a risk.

Bad men screw up women for other men all the time. It's a vicious cycle.

Guys who just stare down everything *weird*

 

[Canadian Rider]

Guys who just stare down everything *weird*

I tend not to make eye contact as a general rule of thumb.
It avoids a lot of issues ... for both me and others.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, some of these *****s out here will try and walk up on you if you "look at them wrong."

 

[Canadian Rider]

Yeah, some of these *****s out here will try and walk up on you if you "look at them wrong."

I used to have an issue walking in public because I couldn't read people.

Were they smiling because they were happy?
They thought I was ugly/cute/funny looking?
Did they think I was threatening?

Now I just walk my dog and tend to just enjoy my time with him and not worry about what the 'people' around me may or may not be thinking.

 

[Lencho01]

Amandla Stenberg (Rue from Hunger Games) made this video with her friend for school. What do you guys think about it?

Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows - a crash discourse on black culture.

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[ShadowBoxer]

I am not racist at all and its cool to a degree that white america accepts black culture. But I don't really take to kindly to the white people that really try to act black and go so far as to use the N word. I am like y'all really don't want to be black and have to deal with the BS we deal with. Being followed around a store because they think you stealing, being profiled as a "thug" because you have a hoodie on, stopped by the police for no reason and the list goes on.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

If the music is shallow don't expect it to magically have depth when white society holds a mirror up to it.

You expect a person like Iggy, who is basically copying Nikki Minaj, to suddenly become an activist for civil rights just because she raps? That's stupid, look at what's she raps about, materialism and hedonism.

Basically don't get mad when white society puts up a mirror and it honestly reflects something crass and shallow. When whites copy black music like Jazz, Blues, classic R&B, and conscious hip hop it's usually more respectful because the original music deserved respect. If you allow "artist" like Nikki Minaj and Lil Wayne be black cultural ambassadors, you can't be angry when the respone is less than flattering.

Of course, blacks shouldn't take all the blame. The entertainment industry often picks and chooses who will be the black cultural ambassadors and it seemingly gets worse and worse as time goes on. But if blacks want pop culture to paint a dignified picture of our youth then we need to offer something dignified like we have in the past.

and if you expect the fashion industry to do anything other than be a shallow reflection of society's priorities then you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

 

[MadVillainy]

I am not racist at all and its cool to a degree that white america accepts black culture. But I don't really take to kindly to the white people that really try to act black and go so far as to use the N word. I am like y'all really don't want to be black and have to deal with the BS we deal with. Being followed around a store because they think you stealing, being profiled as a "thug" because you have a hoodie on, stopped by the police for no reason and the list goes on.

This is kinda where I stand.

I think "cultural appropriation" is one of the top 2 terms that is used too much next to "empowerment/empowering"

But I do think saying the n word and acting like a stereotypical black person when youre not black is kinda...iffy to me.

Here's my rule for using the "n word" or even the "other f word" or "the r word" or any of the "____ words":
If youre in a room full blacks, homosexuals, mentally handicapped people or whoever and youre the only one who isn't black or whatever and you know you shouldn't say the word don't say it at all. THat's how I feel
or even if youre in a room where your the only one who is not black, gay, etc and you don't even feel comfortable then you should most definetly not say any of the words

That's how I feel about using them. Honestly I feel nobody should use them but hey what are you gonna do.

It's funny because Chet Hanks, Tom Hanks' lame son just released something about him being allowed to use the N word. It's so crazy to me that some people cant even fathom why they shouldn't use the word.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-chet-hanks-n-word-tom-hanks-20150602-story.html

If the music is shallow don't expect it to magically have depth when white society holds a mirror up to it.

You expect a person like Iggy, who is basically copying Nikki Minaj, to suddenly become an activist for civil rights just because she raps? That's stupid, look at what's she raps about, materialism and hedonism.

Basically don't get mad when white society puts up a mirror and it honestly reflects something crass and shallow. When whites copy black music like Jazz, Blues, classic R&B, and conscious hip hop it's usually more respectful because the original music deserved respect. If you allow "artist" like Nikki Minaj and Lil Wayne be black cultural ambassadors, you can't be angry when the respone is less than flattering.

Of course, blacks shouldn't take all the blame. The entertainment industry often picks and chooses who will be the black cultural ambassadors and it seemingly gets worse and worse as time goes on. But if blacks want pop culture to paint a dignified picture of our youth then we need to offer something dignified like we have in the past.

and if you expect the fashion industry to do anything other than be a shallow reflection of society's priorities then you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

Yeah I really don't know why people expected Iggy to say anything. I thought that was really stupid.

 

[chamber-music]

If the music is shallow don't expect it to magically have depth when white society holds a mirror up to it.

You expect a person like Iggy, who is basically copying Nikki Minaj, to suddenly become an activist for civil rights just because she raps? That's stupid, look at what's she raps about, materialism and hedonism.

Basically don't get mad when white society puts up a mirror and it honestly reflects something crass and shallow. When whites copy black music like Jazz, Blues, classic R&B, and conscious hip hop it's usually more respectful because the original music deserved respect. If you allow "artist" like Nikki Minaj and Lil Wayne be black cultural ambassadors, you can't be angry when the respone is less than flattering.

Of course, blacks shouldn't take all the blame. The entertainment industry often picks and chooses who will be the black cultural ambassadors and it seemingly gets worse and worse as time goes on. But if blacks want pop culture to paint a dignified picture of our youth then we need to offer something dignified like we have in the past.

and if you expect the fashion industry to do anything other than be a shallow reflection of society's priorities then you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

I agree with this.


I honestly don't get people's obsession with the N-word in regard to feeling they 'have' to say it. If people choose to or not that is up to them but don't come up with some BS excuse that it is a vital part of your every day vocabulary.

I respect rappers more who can rap without every other word being the N-word. Seems lazy when the word is used multiple times in one song. Makes me think the rapper isn't putting any effort into his rhyme or has a limited vocabulary.

 

[PyroChamber]

I agree with this.


I honestly don't get people's obsession with the N-word in regard to feeling they 'have' to say it. If people choose to or not that is up to them but don't come up with some BS excuse that it is a vital part of your every day vocabulary.

I respect rappers more who can rap without every other word being the N-word. Seems lazy when the word is used multiple times in one song. Makes me think the rapper isn't putting any effort into his rhyme or has a limited vocabulary.

This is one of the reasons why I don't listen to rap anymore, at least the rap that everyone else listens to.

 

[terry78]

When the white folks actually started doing it better than we were, that's when I knew.

 

[PyroChamber]

I'm surprised there hasn't been an asian rapper to make it big here being that they REALLY love hip hop culture over there.

 

[Lencho01]

That Chet Hanks article, man. All I can do is just laugh.

 

[Pink Ranger]

When the white folks actually started doing it better than we were, that's when I knew.

And Asians keep winning the breakdancing contests. These were all tradeoffs for the presidency; I hope it was worth it.

 

[Erzengel]

This is how we got the Wu Tang Clan in the Racial Draft.

 

[Black Narcissus]

That Chet Hanks article, man. All I can do is just laugh.

Tom Hanks seems like a really nice guy, but he ****ed up with his son here. Laawd.

 

[Lencho01]

Tom Hanks seems like a really nice guy, but he ****ed up with his son here. Laawd.

Seriously.

 

[PyroChamber]

This is how we got the Wu Tang Clan in the Racial Draft.

We got Tiger Woods, and he can't stay faithful for ****.

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

Has this thread covered why old white guys and young black men like to wear socks with sandals? It's a bad look for anyone