Black Culture Discussion Thread

[am1x90xnike]

I'm 90% the pilgrims came here for religious [economic] freedom

And slavery was a cheap labor force , eventually turning into a dehumanizing moral obligation to oppress a people.


Like, I'm not to up on my familial/ political history...but weren't slaves the Africans who lost wars to other Africans?


Does it make sense that a king just woke up and was like 'well ish, imma be a slave 2morrow?'

Wasn't slavery Africans selling Africans to Europeans? Like, it wasn't white dudes in the bush capturing and selling their brother? I'm almost positive it was brothers selling brothers. Yea...something to be proud of.

Then, statistically, how can we all be descendent from kings? There was only a few Kings in history, some of these ****** walking round are descended from normal ***, lost a war, Africans.

Maybe...I have the history of slavery completely wrong...but I don't think so.


These are called links...you can post them from your iPhone [emoji]128512[/emoji]

http://factreal.wordpress.com/2010/...aptured-and-sold-other-africans-into-slavery/


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa
http://www.understandingslavery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=368&Itemid=227


Also...fun fact...slaves were captured from Sub Saharan Africa, not Egypt...see what thirty seconds of research can teach one....


Literally walking into your brothers hit, ripping him from his family and ushering all if them into the hands of someone you know is going to treat them as one would treat a piece of cattle, is to disgusting for me to be proud of.

 

[tay1]

If you think that slavery was just Africans selling Africans to Europeans, then you're a clown.

 

[urbetterthenme]

Y'all stay lettin this troll *** fool derail threads tho. Dude does the same thing every single time..

He really does smh

No no, they sold then to whoever was paying. Muslim, European, other Africans, hell if the could sell em to Indians or the Chinese I'm sure they would of.

It's funny, y'all gloss over that very important fact.


http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/freedom/text6/capturenarratives.pdf

Powerful.

Side note, them early slaves were dumb as hell.

WHAT IN THE WORLD DID YOU JUST SAY

 

[Senoj]

No no, they sold then to whoever was paying. Muslim, European, other Africans, hell if the could sell em to Indians or the Chinese I'm sure they would of.

It's funny, y'all gloss over that very important fact.


http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/freedom/text6/capturenarratives.pdf

Powerful.

Side note, them early slaves were dumb as hell.

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[victor page]

Meth...dude is trolling. Please get dude outta this thread.

 

[C.Magneto]

Reported

 

[spottieottie305]

This is a perfect example as to why we must continue to research history. am1x90xnike You have surface driven information and you are content with running with that. If you were really knowledgeable about slavery the last thing you would say is the first enslaved Africans were dumb.

But lets get back to solutions and the discussion of black culture in this thread.

We have a history thread here http://niketalk.com/t/580956/african-history-x

 

[spottieottie305]

African tradition suggests that WE are our ancestors and that we are them. Their essence is embedded in our DNA. According to Professor James Smalls, we are the latest and the most updated version of our past ancestors.

With that said I think it would be beneficial to us to look into and research African spirituality and spiritual systems. The last time enslaved Africans defeated a world power we had a shared and united vision. Jean-Jacques Dessalines, along with the aid of former slaves like Dutty Boukman, was able to get a group of people with little to no resources to defeat France and take control of Haiti becasue they believed in the power of their ancestors.

Most "black" people or African Americans, etc.... frown upon Africa and ancestry worship. Do you all believe we can have real revolution when as a whole we are worshiping that which oppresses us? Not believing in something outside of ourselves, but believing we are the gods and we have the power to create our own realities. Creating OUR heaven while still in this physical realm.

 

[tr1ll]

Why you gotta hate somebody?

 

[drones]

Wanna talk about black culture? My grandmother just told me my cousin died this morning. Heart problems. White man ain't do that, God did that. Who am I supposed to hate?

It's not about 'hating' whites or hating anyone for that matter.

 

[am1x90xnike]

No. It's about me putting big boi pants going to school so I can get a job make money so my grandmother never makes that call again. So no more black kids gotta live the hell I've seen these last twenty five years the pain, the loss, the frustration, the lonileness the fear. If I don't do shot else in my life no one else in my family will die this young again. He was twenty ******* five. Never again.

 

[spottieottie305]

Even in war we show humanity. Its not about hatred, its about fighting for what is right. White supremacy is wrong so we have to fight.

 

[C.Magneto]

Something to think about in consideration for the title of the thread:

Since English has came about white supremacy is constantly flipping words, given them split meanings etc.

In spanish white is blanco, which is where you get blank from in english. Blank because the melanin deficiency or w/e

The word has been took, flipped, and put on us and now we refer to ourselves as black which essentially means a being that lacks (b-lack) something (in this case melanin)

In most parts of the world anything referring to us usually had variations of moor- , negro-, or mel-  in the root word.

Just an idea but maybe a thread update with melanated culture discussion thread would be more appropriate. 

 

[drones]

No. It's about me putting big boi pants going to school so I can get a job make money so my grandmother never makes that call again. So no more black kids gotta live the hell I've seen these last twenty five years the pain, the loss, the frustration, the lonileness the fear. If I don't do shot else in my life no one else in my family will die this young again. He was twenty ******* five. Never again.

...wake and bake?  Man pass that.

 

[C.Magneto]

I was kinda excited at first, but this shows the sheer amount of ignorance we've got going against us 

 

[tr1ll]

Cuz in his feelings right now...

My condolences.

 

[blazersfan]

Couldn't care less about y'all. Why quote the pcture so you can get banned too...dumbass

mods will edit the pic regardless, they will see that you posted it first in case you try to edit

 

[tr1ll]

He dont care. Hes trying to get banned.

 

[bravelude]

Not sure what happened, but NT doesn't do well with racially clouded debates.

 

[drones]

wtf!

 

[Quincy McCall]

Lame at unparalleled levels... smh

Why? Get some help son.

 

[spottieottie305]

We really need to deal with mental health in the black community. Post traumatic slave syndrome and self hate are really strong.

 

[$tatus $ymbol]

Homie is imploding. Somebody report the man & lets move along already. Too much energy being wasted on a fool.

 

[Based Jesus]

Damn am1

Ima actually miss you.

You were one of the sincerest dudes on this site.

Truly passionate about everything you believed in.

Too passionate

It's always sad to see someone meltdown.

Paging @Methodical Management to come end this sad sight.

 

[bravelude]

The man has points that will rustle people. but more so, people here are too immature to discuss.