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hmm thats some info fo sho
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You must not be paying much attention, Soilja boie was off the hook!
elementxero
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Me too! I'm attracted to darker skinned girls and girls with curves so it's only natural. Black girls usually act so uninterested when I flirt with them. I wonder if it's because I'm one of the palest dudes I know?
elementxero
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One of my favorite threads on this forum btw. I read it when it was posted and just re-read it again. All stuff I have thought forever, it's awesome to see a majority--on this forum at least--of like mind.
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THE STEREOTYPE FIGHTER!!!
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this is from black enterprise magazine
Say No to the N-Word
Time to celebrate excellence and not ignorance
by Earl G. Graves, Sr.
November 1, 2007--Today, we live in a society happy to watch black people denigrate themselves, a culture that sees such self-denigration as a form of entertainment—and a lucrative one at that. The worst, most profane and self-destructive of the black community are celebrated in comedy, music, television, and film in the name of "keeping it real." Worse, not only do too few of us stand up against the public defamation of black people, too many of us defend such defamation and engage in it ourselves. It has been noted, and is worth repeating, that this is true of no other race or ethnic group in America.
I say: Enough is enough! So long as we permit the celebration of ignorance over intelligence and profit from the desecration of our time-honored values and traditions—allowing a culture of gold teeth, sagging pants, disdain for education, disrespect for women, glorification of criminality, low ambition, and irresponsible ****** behavior to be regarded as authentically black—we are destined to march back into the margins of society, into the shadows that so many heroes and heroines of our history fought so hard to escape.
That is why, as has been widely reported, I pulled the plug on comedian Eddie Griffin in response to his insistence on using profane and offensive language during his performance at the 14th annual Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge, held this past Labor Day weekend. For the record, it was clearly communicated to both Griffin and his representatives, during the weeks and months prior to the event, that such language was absolutely unacceptable. Griffin was reminded several times of the nature of our event and the expectations of our sponsors and attendees.
However, this is not a case of BLACK ENTERPRISE against Eddie Griffin. It's about standing up for the values of achievement, decency, integrity, honest effort, and education despite the forces arrayed against us and regardless of class or economic status. The life of William "Bill" Randolph Hudgins, an original member and only chairperson of the BE Board of Advisors, is a prime example.
Bill Hudgins was born in 1907 in Petersburg, Virginia, into a world rife with racism and hostile to his very existence as a black man. He faced every possible social and economic disadvantage. At the age of 2, he was adopted by Agnes and William Hudgins, who wrapped him in love and discipline. From that humble beginning, Bill Hudgins became an astute businessman whose life was full of accomplishment and distinction—including helping to found not just one, but two of the nation’s largest black financial institutions.
For 100 years, he was the epitome of dignity and personal excellence—the model of black achievement and community service upon which many of us have patterned our lives. Ironically, Hudgins died on Aug. 31, the very same day that I was compelled to stop Griffin's act. There are those who would have you believe that the example of Hudgins' life is the exception, not the rule, of the black experience. Each month, it is the business of our company to prove otherwise. Anybody with even a passing familiarity with BE knows that the very reason for our existence is to celebrate the best and brightest in black America in an environment that remains intensely hostile to our ambitions. We believe in the excellence and unlimited potential of black people, and we are fully invested in that reality. We stand for the principles, values, beliefs, and dreams—championed by Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Rosa Parks, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisholm, Jackie Robinson, and countless others—that are the true legacy of black culture. We have come too far as a people to turn our backs on, to squander, this inheritance. We can no longer allow—and can scarcely afford—the continued defamation of our culture and community. We are better than that, and we deserve better than that. Enough is enough.
Say No to the N-Word
Time to celebrate excellence and not ignorance
by Earl G. Graves, Sr.
November 1, 2007--Today, we live in a society happy to watch black people denigrate themselves, a culture that sees such self-denigration as a form of entertainment—and a lucrative one at that. The worst, most profane and self-destructive of the black community are celebrated in comedy, music, television, and film in the name of "keeping it real." Worse, not only do too few of us stand up against the public defamation of black people, too many of us defend such defamation and engage in it ourselves. It has been noted, and is worth repeating, that this is true of no other race or ethnic group in America.
I say: Enough is enough! So long as we permit the celebration of ignorance over intelligence and profit from the desecration of our time-honored values and traditions—allowing a culture of gold teeth, sagging pants, disdain for education, disrespect for women, glorification of criminality, low ambition, and irresponsible ****** behavior to be regarded as authentically black—we are destined to march back into the margins of society, into the shadows that so many heroes and heroines of our history fought so hard to escape.
That is why, as has been widely reported, I pulled the plug on comedian Eddie Griffin in response to his insistence on using profane and offensive language during his performance at the 14th annual Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge, held this past Labor Day weekend. For the record, it was clearly communicated to both Griffin and his representatives, during the weeks and months prior to the event, that such language was absolutely unacceptable. Griffin was reminded several times of the nature of our event and the expectations of our sponsors and attendees.
However, this is not a case of BLACK ENTERPRISE against Eddie Griffin. It's about standing up for the values of achievement, decency, integrity, honest effort, and education despite the forces arrayed against us and regardless of class or economic status. The life of William "Bill" Randolph Hudgins, an original member and only chairperson of the BE Board of Advisors, is a prime example.
Bill Hudgins was born in 1907 in Petersburg, Virginia, into a world rife with racism and hostile to his very existence as a black man. He faced every possible social and economic disadvantage. At the age of 2, he was adopted by Agnes and William Hudgins, who wrapped him in love and discipline. From that humble beginning, Bill Hudgins became an astute businessman whose life was full of accomplishment and distinction—including helping to found not just one, but two of the nation’s largest black financial institutions.
For 100 years, he was the epitome of dignity and personal excellence—the model of black achievement and community service upon which many of us have patterned our lives. Ironically, Hudgins died on Aug. 31, the very same day that I was compelled to stop Griffin's act. There are those who would have you believe that the example of Hudgins' life is the exception, not the rule, of the black experience. Each month, it is the business of our company to prove otherwise. Anybody with even a passing familiarity with BE knows that the very reason for our existence is to celebrate the best and brightest in black America in an environment that remains intensely hostile to our ambitions. We believe in the excellence and unlimited potential of black people, and we are fully invested in that reality. We stand for the principles, values, beliefs, and dreams—championed by Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Rosa Parks, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisholm, Jackie Robinson, and countless others—that are the true legacy of black culture. We have come too far as a people to turn our backs on, to squander, this inheritance. We can no longer allow—and can scarcely afford—the continued defamation of our culture and community. We are better than that, and we deserve better than that. Enough is enough.
So what is BET after dark where the woman dances on the stripper pole?
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wow i read the whole post and im glad u cleared some thing up
and i learned a few thing in the process
this is a good read...
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and i learned a few thing in the process
this is a good read...
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benzmansl65amg
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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...
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THE STEREOTYPE FIGHTER!!!
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Nas' new album title.........
"We're taking power from the word," he added. "No disrespect to none of them who were part of the civil rights movement, but some ... in the streets don't know who (civil rights activist) Medgar Evers was ... they know who Nas is," the rapper said, referring to the Mississippi civil rights leader fatally shot in the 1960s outside his home in Jackson.
"And to my older people who don't know who Nas is and who don't know what a street disciple is, stay outta this (expletive) conversation. We'll talk to you when we're ready. Right now, we're on a whole new movement. We're taking power from that word."
------- nas http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/19/music.nas.albumtitle.ap/
http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur37807.cfm
fresh off of the protests and worlwide coverage of the Jena 6 and well as the 2 guys who were arrested for hanging nooses from their trucks and various nooses found around the country at job sites and educational institutions.......... we have when of the top emcees of our time, NAS, using disrespect and denigration to help sell records. and the label, Def Jam, via L.A. Reid is completely backing him.
Nas claiming, like millions of others, that he's using the word to help take away power from it. whom will it benefit to have a powerless word? no-one!!! the point of words, the absolute essence of them is to communicate a meaning, a purpose or idea. if we take words that have been around for centuries and give them different meaning what good are they?
if we take the word(s) 'walk', for example, and change the meaning to 'a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy' 'cure' to mean ' 'To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner' and 'comport' to mean ' to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion........ well ummmmmmm, thats the beginning of the end of the english language as well know it, right!?!?
i swear to God man, black people love disrespecting themselves. nickleback, linkin park, mudvayne, metallica, U2, aerosmith, lilly allen, garth brooks, brooks and dunn, etc. would never ever name their album 'Honky: Welcome to the Party' !!!!!!!! just to sell records. and when a bout of discrimination happens, the same ones that love to call each other n!ggas in a show of love, cry afoul. when Imus or other non-black tv personalities use the n-word in any kind of way, the same people that defend using the n-word in any kind of way........ cry afoul. power being taken away from it, IS NOT FUCKING WORKING!!!!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rage.gif.0ad8a6e5565b5fddce406566fdd05149.gif:rage:
when are black people gonna stop fuckin themselves over? when are black people gonna stop peddling death, destrucktion and disrespect?? when are music artists gonna stop selling black death? is the KKK even needed anymore? are black people the new KKK?
"We're taking power from the word," he added. "No disrespect to none of them who were part of the civil rights movement, but some ... in the streets don't know who (civil rights activist) Medgar Evers was ... they know who Nas is," the rapper said, referring to the Mississippi civil rights leader fatally shot in the 1960s outside his home in Jackson.
"And to my older people who don't know who Nas is and who don't know what a street disciple is, stay outta this (expletive) conversation. We'll talk to you when we're ready. Right now, we're on a whole new movement. We're taking power from that word."
------- nas http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/19/music.nas.albumtitle.ap/
http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur37807.cfm
fresh off of the protests and worlwide coverage of the Jena 6 and well as the 2 guys who were arrested for hanging nooses from their trucks and various nooses found around the country at job sites and educational institutions.......... we have when of the top emcees of our time, NAS, using disrespect and denigration to help sell records. and the label, Def Jam, via L.A. Reid is completely backing him.
Nas claiming, like millions of others, that he's using the word to help take away power from it. whom will it benefit to have a powerless word? no-one!!! the point of words, the absolute essence of them is to communicate a meaning, a purpose or idea. if we take words that have been around for centuries and give them different meaning what good are they?
if we take the word(s) 'walk', for example, and change the meaning to 'a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy' 'cure' to mean ' 'To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner' and 'comport' to mean ' to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion........ well ummmmmmm, thats the beginning of the end of the english language as well know it, right!?!?
i swear to God man, black people love disrespecting themselves. nickleback, linkin park, mudvayne, metallica, U2, aerosmith, lilly allen, garth brooks, brooks and dunn, etc. would never ever name their album 'Honky: Welcome to the Party' !!!!!!!! just to sell records. and when a bout of discrimination happens, the same ones that love to call each other n!ggas in a show of love, cry afoul. when Imus or other non-black tv personalities use the n-word in any kind of way, the same people that defend using the n-word in any kind of way........ cry afoul. power being taken away from it, IS NOT FUCKING WORKING!!!!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rage.gif.0ad8a6e5565b5fddce406566fdd05149.gif:rage:
when are black people gonna stop fuckin themselves over? when are black people gonna stop peddling death, destrucktion and disrespect?? when are music artists gonna stop selling black death? is the KKK even needed anymore? are black people the new KKK?
elementxero
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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.
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.
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