Black Culture Discussion Thread

[danikerhino]

Russia is in both Europe and Asia. And I'm not Russian, European or Asian so go thataway with that terrible example.

You made an uneducated comment. Northern Africans has always been lighter skinned. Yes Arabs invaded Egypt and neighboring countries, as did the Greeks, Romans, Persians, Hittites, etc. But, besides the Native Americans being massively wiped out, there's not been too many occasions in history in which the native population is completely driven out. So the Egyptians you see today should be close of the Egyptians which lived there in the past, or at least similar.

 

[AZwildcats]

North Africa = Berbers and Arabs.

 

[debso]

First off I def didn't make an uneducated statement and secondly I corrected whoever said Libya was mostly Arab and mentioned Berbers.

It's sad that in this thread, out of all the threads on NT that people would not know much about Africa or would try to use personal attacks because they disagree.

That's wack but typical. Also lighter skinned doesn't mean a person isn't black.

The Egyptians today did not look like Egyptians back then. Look at the damn art. But whatever.

 

[tokes99]

Russia is in both Europe and Asia. And I'm not Russian, European or Asian so go thataway with that terrible example.

it is a pretty similar distinction, eurasia is a single landmass, europe & asia are divided by mountains & other features that led to some divergence similarly to the continent of africa being separated into north & sub-saharan africa by the desert & the sahel that made for distinct populations...it is not that much of a stretch...

 

[tay1]

[h1]Daria Rose, 18, Who Lost Home in Hurricane Sandy, Accepted to 7 Ivy League Schools[/h1]
After a tumultuous high school experience, Long Island senior Daria Rose has a bright future ahead of her: The 18-year-old applied to seven Ivy League colleges and has been accepted to each one of them. But when Rose was a sophomore, her world turned completely upside down.

Hurricane Sandy  hit in October 2012, forcing her family to evacuate their beloved home in Baldwin. The house was then completely destroyed by fire.

After the storm, Rose’s family lived in several hotels as well as her grandmother’s house.  She said the moves made finishing school work extremely difficult.  “It was hard because it’s really unpredictable when you don’t have a stable place to live,” she told ABC News today. “[You] don’t know if you’re moving here next, or there.”

http://goodblacknews.org/2015/04/21...icane-sandy-accepted-to-7-ivy-league-schools/

 

[definition of dopeness]

Each one teach one.

 

[luckyluchiano]

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[Quincy McCall]

Mans got the Boyce Watkins collectibles 

 

[tay1]

Has the 7AM dvd's been delivered yet?

 

[spottieottie305]

Has the 7AM dvd's been delivered yet?

I received my DVD months go when it first went for sale

 

[tay1]

I was gonna order it but it still says presale on their website.

 

[layziegunts]

young black men throwing rocks at the police in Baltimore right now. Love it!!!

 

[gwap]

 
young black men throwing rocks at the police in Baltimore right now. Love it!!!

....you think of this as a win?

the entire situation is just being used as more ammunition to label us as animals

we definitely need another martin in this lifetime.

 

[Ingenious Bastard]

I'm sure he meant that as sarcasm bro ^

 

[tay1]

 
....you think of this as a win?

the entire situation is just being used as more ammunition to label us as animals

we definitely need another martin in this lifetime.

As if they don't already feel that way.

 

[layziegunts]

I'm sure he meant that as sarcasm bro ^

Sarcasm? I was dead serious

If you're a black man and you're more upset over fighting back at police instead of them killing an innocent man, then I think you need to re-evaluate your life

 

[trueprada]

 

[tokes99]

thought this was a pretty dope read from espn/theundefeated.com that frames the rise & "demise" of boxing in terms of race relations from a historical perspective, super interesting

 

[trueprada]

 

[AEA18]

 
young black men throwing rocks at the police in Baltimore right now. Love it!!!

....you think of this as a win?

the entire situation is just being used as more ammunition to label us as animals

we definitely need another martin in this lifetime.

Most white folks don't care about us.

You gotta realize this by now and any white person whose opinion of Black people as a whole changes because of riots then they never gave a F anyway.

Another Martin would end in 1 or 2 ways. Dead or discredited.

The answer is group economics. When you start messing with the money true change occurs. Ex. Montgomery Bus Boycotts

 

[luckyluchiano]

Lmfao bruh said another Martin like white folks didnt murk him. If what martin did worked we would not have the current social climate.

 

[demarco]

toward the end of martin's life, he was seeing the futility of nonviolence. listen to his last speech. you can hear it in his voice, in his words. ironically, after his hajj to mecca, malcolm was becoming much less militant as well. both of them were inching closer toward the truth that still escapes us. the success of nonviolence rests on the hope that your opponent actually has a heart. martin's christian beliefs tricked him into thinking a lack of resistance would trigger the enemy's compassion, and they'd say, "hold up, these are good people, let's put the guns down and hear them out." but life isn't always so sweet.

ultimately all martin (and all leaders) wanted were results. everyone's path varied a bit, but we all wanted the same thing then that we want now: fairness, respect, the right to simply be without constantly validating our presence in this country. mlk meant well, and tried to target the vulnerability and logic of racists but they have none. there is no rationale to what we're experiencing. and unfortunately, no clear cut solution either. things will only change with love, and these sick people will never love us. but fear has always been stronger than love. so if violence isn't the answer, what is?

 

[36 ounces]

toward the end of martin's life, he was seeing the futility of nonviolence. listen to his last speech. you can hear it in his voice, in his words. ironically, after his hajj to mecca, malcolm was becoming much less militant as well. both of them were inching closer toward the truth that still escapes us. the success of nonviolence rests on the hope that your opponent actually has a heart. martin's christian beliefs tricked him into thinking a lack of resistance would trigger the enemy's compassion, and they'd say, "hold up, these are good people, let's put the guns down and hear them out." but life isn't always so sweet.

ultimately all martin (and all leaders) wanted were results. everyone's path varied a bit, but we all wanted the same thing then that we want now: fairness, respect, the right to simply be without constantly validating our presence in this country. mlk meant well, and tried to target the vulnerability and logic of racists but they have none. there is no rationale to what we're experiencing. and unfortunately, no clear cut solution either. things will only change with love, and these sick people will never love us. but fear has always been stronger than love. so if violence isn't the answer, what is?

that's something few people are willing to place their bets on, and if they do they should tread lightly

 

[iamjusayn]

....you think of this as a win?

the entire situation is just being used as more ammunition to label us as animals

we definitely need another martin in this lifetime.

Uh, no we do not! [emoji]128527[/emoji]

 

[k3stacks]

How would you guys approach a SISTA saying that this is all happening because "we dont respect ourselves so we cant expect nobody else to respect us and this is why this is happening to us"

she tried ot bring up wheres the outrage for black on black crime . I ethered her on that part

she 42 too

I tried to explain to her and she kinda got my point but I know I coudlve done it much better.