The Official "Ask A Brotha" Thread

[E-Man]

Are we talking about grape soda/pop/whatthehellever or grape juice? Because when I think of Welch's and grape, I think of juice, jam, and grape-punch. I've never seen a carbonated grape soda from Welch's.

Ninja wtf is juice?

 

[RockSP]

I think I'm a nice and generous black person partially because I'm trying to destroy negative black stereotypes for people I encounter.

You're wasting your time. Racists don't need a reason. Be generous and nice just because that's who you are, not to cater to people you encounter.

Seems to me some black people pride themselves on being callous and self-centered. It's a version of "keeping it real" and it only hurts us as a race.

Yes, some human beings are asshats. Some of those human beings are black. It's not my job as a black person to try to counter everyone else's bull excrement preconcieved notions.

I don't buy it, many blacks treat other blacks like crap too.

I guess being nice and courteous is seen as "being soft" or weak.

But every time a black man or woman acts like a jerk to some innocent person another racist is born. If most blacks were nice people it would cut down casual racism a great deal. I am certain. It's alot harder to hate nice people unless you wear your cynicism on your sleeve.

How do these hypothetical pre-racists respond to people of their own race that are jerks?

 

[chamber-music]

Is it just me, or do we as black people take ourselves way too seriously?

I don't think black people take themselves too seriously but I do think some people are addicted 'drama'. Some folks like complaining, gossiping, bad mouthing and arguing for the sake of it. It probably makes their lives more intresting.

Some people are just short tempered rather than overly sensitive as well.

 

[Erzengel]

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I figured there is a societal difference between blacks from the US and from the UK?

 

[terry78]

I think there is racism in a sense over there if chamber can attest, but there's not like blatant bad blood like over here amongst some groups.

 

[Kane52630]

Ninja wtf is juice?

Did..did you say Ninja? ohh you goin to jail now!

 

[kane9321]

Ah, hell.


I wasn't aware we had a thing with cloves.

Laugh at as much of Django Unchained as you want. It's a dark theatre. Nobody can see you.

Hip-hop, like most music genres these days, is still alive if you take the effort to look for it instead of relying on your local radio stations. Try using Pandora.

kane9321, do you have a Jheri curl? Nobody wants to sit next to someone who'll drip all over them.
$5 says Jill Scott has a non-black male friend who'd make good husband material and wants to get all up in that.

I'm not dating any black women, but I have a very good excuse for that.

Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits, by a country mile.

The very last thing you should call an angry black person is the N-word. That's like the opposite of what you should do, regardless of what letter you end the word on.

Crush is the only grape soda.

I've never given oral before, and I'm kinda ambivalent on the subject.

Haven't seen Django Unchained yet. I haven't been to the movies in months.

I usually try to tip between 15-20%, unless the service is terrible. I once had a waitress forget to place half of my order. She got $1 at the end of the night.

I think some people are just incapable of chilling the hell out.

lol.lol...never had one never will my brothat:

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

You're wasting your time. Racists don't need a reason. Be generous and nice just because that's who you are, not to cater to people you encounter.



Yes, some human beings are asshats. Some of those human beings are black. It's not my job as a black person to try to counter everyone else's bull excrement preconcieved notions.



How do these hypothetical pre-racists respond to people of their own race that are jerks?

I'm actually nice and courteous because I live by the golden rule but it is always my hope that for some borderline racists I'm slowly breaking away negative stereotypes person by person.

Some whites don't know many blacks, so the interactions they have with 2 or 3 people create lifelong attitudes.

Yes there are alot of inconsiderate white people but there's enough considerate whites to destroy any potential stereotype. Blacks are stuck with stereotypes that hurt us as a whole, like being criminals and deadbeat dads.

 

[Victarion]

Is that who I think it is?

Brotha, how do you know the Man isn't a social construct by another power hungry brotha?

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Speaking of deadbeat dads why is it ingrained in black culture to leave children fatherless?

 

[Erzengel]

I would say, there would be a lot less fatherless children and this goes across all demographics, if men had to actually carry the baby even half the time.

 

[chamber-music]

^
I figured there is a societal difference between blacks from the US and from the UK?

I think there are alot of differences between black british people and african americans but also some similarities.

I've noticed alot of the stereotypes associated with african americans or their culture don't really apply to black british people.

I think there is racism in a sense over there if chamber can attest, but there's not like blatant bad blood like over here amongst some groups.

Whats the bad blood between groups in the U.S?

Speaking of deadbeat dads why is it ingrained in black culture to leave children fatherless?

I never understood how you can just have a kid and then bail. Live your life like they don't exist.

 

[Erzengel]

I think there are alot of differences between black british people and african americans but also some similarities.

I've noticed alot of the stereotypes associated with african americans or their culture don't really apply to black british people.

Such as?

 

[terry78]

Though if a guy doesn't like black people, we're all just negroes to him, no matter what we sound like.

 

[Dr Tactics]

Speaking of deadbeat dads why is it ingrained in black culture to leave children fatherless?

Truthfully a deadbeat father by definition is one who can't afford to pay the required child support so the term deadbeat dad had more to do with economics then the act of being a deadbeat dads.. There are rich,well to do, that can be a deadbeat dad (but would never be classified as one) but the difference is that they can throw money at the kid, and then live life like whatever(then you have a F-ed up kid with a trust fund). A poor dad doesn't have the money to throw so then he becomes an even a worse deadbeat cause he lives life like a fugitive because 8 times out of 10 he has a warrant for their arrest for past child support arrears.

So in closing. a deadbeat dad by a legal definition is due to lack of capital funds.

Its all Economics. Racism and Classism are one

 

[Rorschach2012]

I think all white guys secretly love it when black dudes call us "man"

 

[chamber-music]

Such as?

There has only been a significant large black population in Britain for 60 years and those black people are mostly from countries that were former British colonies.

 

[PyroChamber]

So would you say that being a black man in Britian isn't as stressful as being one here in the States?

 

[Erzengel]

My nubian friends, what's wrong with a steak cooked medium-rare to medium?

 

[PyroChamber]

My nubian friends, what's wrong with a steak cooked medium-rare to medium?

I don't know, I like my steak medium-rare.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, my mom is insane about having all her meat well done. Burnt to a crisp because she feels if it's not cooked all the way she might get some kind of worm.

 

[Manic]

My nubian friends, what's wrong with a steak cooked medium-rare to medium?

I always take my steaks medium...

 

[knowsbleed]

What's a nubian?

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Truthfully a deadbeat father by definition is one who can't afford to pay the required child support so the term deadbeat dad had more to do with economics then the act of being a deadbeat dads.. There are rich,well to do, that can be a deadbeat dad (but would never be classified as one) but the difference is that they can throw money at the kid, and then live life like whatever(then you have a F-ed up kid with a trust fund). A poor dad doesn't have the money to throw so then he becomes an even a worse deadbeat cause he lives life like a fugitive because 8 times out of 10 he has a warrant for their arrest for past child support arrears.

So in closing. a deadbeat dad by a legal definition is due to lack of capital funds.

Its all Economics. Racism and Classism are one

Okay maybe I shouldn't have used the term "deadbeat dad" but missing fathers is an epidemic in the black community.

64% of black kids are fatherless.

SIXTY FOUR PERCENT!

It's only 25% for white kids.

http://www.fatherhood.org/media/fatherhood-statistics

 

[Erzengel]

What's a nubian?

Shut the eff up!!!