february 28th ( very long and involved)

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

yall need to stop robbing people and then we can talk mofo

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

good read just one thing to say those rappers are straight thug and do sell crack. Rich Boy is from my home town and is brother just went to jail for 4 counts of felony drug charges... TI and LIL Wayne both just got arrested one on weapons charges and the other on drug charges they are thug and they sing about it...

thanks for the input benz. as far as rich boy do u know for a fact :

he sells crack

heard about it from a very reliable source

heard about by word of mouth/rumor/gossip

u know that only his brother is/was selling drugs ( was it even crack he got arrested for?)

lil waynes arrest:

Police claim the rapper was in possession of several unlabeled bottles — one containing 60 pills of Alprazolama, a generic form of Xanax that is used to treat anxiety disorders and panic attacks; another containing 59 hydrocodone pills — along with "two small burnt joints of marijuana," the report read.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1538571/20060815/lil_wayne.jhtml

aww yeah, thats thuggish....... anxiety meds and 2 roaches

everybody knows TI got set-up for buying the guns, nothin new.

the point of some of these blogs is not whether or not rappers are thugs..... the point is why are you ( the rapper) choosing to spread and profit from black death?

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

Honestly I see the point of the idea of taking power away from the word. People are so scared of words and our entire culture loves to knee-jerk react, it's just creating this intolerable encroachment on free speech.
Now don't get me wrong I don't think people should be walking around in business suits around the office going "Did you see Johnson's report last week? I'm telling you that ****** really knows his stuff!". It's not that I agree with the word's integration as a valid term, given its history of use, more that I am sick of the constant word sensitivity.

If people are racist, that word's existence and it's status as a hurtful term is 100% irrelevant to their racism. I think that people get DISTRACTED from the actual issue of the very real racism that is complexly intertwined with society and culture by boiling the entire problem down into one "bad word".

Getting rid of the n word doesn't get rid of racism, and FAR too many people seem to think that it will.

I'm not saying that you are one of them, just that the focus on that word is masking the issue because it's easier to blast a 20 second news piece at the morons in mainstream society on fox news than it is to explain the socioeconomic complexes suppressing the black man in america.

Another thing, I think we should stop being so ****ing sensitive as a society. The Imus thing was so irritating to me. The guy is a ****ing comedian! It's not illegal to be MEAN.

1.) some words we definitely over-do as a society. but racial or ethnic derogatory words is were we should all draw the line, at least personally

2.) using just 1 word is usually the gate to a whole word of supressed feelings and thoughts. you would never know how somebody felt about a particular person or a group until they use words, while their actions towards the person or group are completely different

3.) true

4.) socioeconomic problems don't cause peeps to holler 'a yo, where dat n*gg@ at yo?!!?' its general ignorance, not havin social etiquette and not givin a fuk about it!! and trust me, in this day and age, black people hand more socioeconomic complexes to other black people than ever before!!!

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

quit bumping this shit.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

Honestly I see the point of the idea of taking power away from the word. People are so scared of words and our entire culture loves to knee-jerk react, it's just creating this intolerable encroachment on free speech.
Now don't get me wrong I don't think people should be walking around in business suits around the office going "Did you see Johnson's report last week? I'm telling you that ****** really knows his stuff!". It's not that I agree with the word's integration as a valid term, given its history of use, more that I am sick of the constant word sensitivity.

If people are racist, that word's existence and it's status as a hurtful term is 100% irrelevant to their racism. I think that people get DISTRACTED from the actual issue of the very real racism that is complexly intertwined with society and culture by boiling the entire problem down into one "bad word".

Getting rid of the n word doesn't get rid of racism, and FAR too many people seem to think that it will.

I'm not saying that you are one of them, just that the focus on that word is masking the issue because it's easier to blast a 20 second news piece at the morons in mainstream society on fox news than it is to explain the socioeconomic complexes suppressing the black man in america.

Another thing, I think we should stop being so ****ing sensitive as a society. The Imus thing was so irritating to me. The guy is a ****ing comedian! It's not illegal to be MEAN.

I totally agree, its just a word and people need to get over it...call me racist if you'd like, I really don't care. If people call me a wetback I'm not going to cry about it, just gives me insight to their ignorance....

 

[Paul73 10+ year member]

quit bumping this shit.

Why would you say that, I wonder......nevermind //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

Actually this has been one of the most intelligent threads on this site.

Adio, great original post. Provocation of thought can lead to the advancement of all people regardless of ethnicity......seems a few here have a ways to go, sadly.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

i say quit bumping this because the idiots on the forum run w/ it and then it becomes a big stupid racism thread just like all the others.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I wouldn't say it is that bad.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

yet

 

[Paul73 10+ year member]

So quit talking about a topic that truly does need to be talked about because some of the people around here are ignorant? I don't get that at all. Hell, considering your sig quote I would figure a different attitude from you, but meh whatever.

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

I totally agree, its just a word and people need to get over it...call me racist if you'd like, I really don't care. If people call me a wetback I'm not going to cry about it, just gives me insight to their ignorance....[/QUOTE]
ppl always say that until they find out what those words could lead to. somebody yellin 'wetback' at you from a car speeding by and you'll probably never see them again is 1 thing. another is your boss calling you a 'wetback' a co-worker tryna get your job, a college recruiter, a potential in-law, a doctor or nurse treating you, etc.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

When I worked for Lowe's, there was a couple customers who called an appliance salesman colored. He said he didn't care as long he got his comission.

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

When I worked for Lowe's, there was a couple customers who called an appliance salesman colored. He said he didn't care as long he got his comission.

somebody refered to me as colored very recently and they were less than 50 yrs old!!!!

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

Honestly I see the point of the idea of taking power away from the word. People are so scared of words and our entire culture loves to knee-jerk react, it's just creating this intolerable encroachment on free speech.

Im thinking those who try to take power away from the word might be hypocritial in a way. If they want to take power from that word, they can try but in reality its said in regular convo and usually doesnt even go noticed. That story will change the moment someone who isnt black uses the word (even if they arnt racist). So if it can be said to each other, and they let it go.

That means towards eachother, there is no power in the word. Thats fine, but im willing to bet that most black men wouldnt just let it slide the moment a white person uses it. Which means they themselves are giving that word power. Of course that depends on whos using it, but their reaction is the true power of that word. So long as a white person can say it, and a black man/woman finds it offensive (99% of the time, especially in a group of 2 or more) , there will always by power in that word.

Thats why I kind of see the whole thing is dumb when one says we're taking power from the word, but at the same time their reaction to it is that of a word that has power. I might not understand this fully because im not black, but I just think that if one can take the word without it offending them (which im sure is hard to do) then the power of that word is gone.

.02

the point of some of these blogs is not whether or not rappers are thugs..... the point is why are you ( the rapper) choosing to spread and profit from black death?

Simple, it sells records. You knew that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I also dont believe most rappers are looking at it the way you are. Im almost 100% sure of that.

Why would you say that, I wonder......

Clearly! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

doesnt lil wayne have a degree or something?