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I don't understand why black folk seek white validation so much. This begging for crumbs needs to stop.
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Man that Sandra Bland video pissed me off to the highest level of pisstivity. These cops need to get with.
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Did you feel her attorney when he found out?
Man..I felt it through the screen
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What he say?
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It always amazes me how movies like this get made. Even a small movie like this still has hundreds of people in the process. So the group of people thought this idea up, wrote a script, had a casting call, found actors, went into pre-production, shot the film without a single person saying "wtf are we doing here?" Also, shame on the black people who are actually in this movie.
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this SAME EXACT convo has been going since Kanye first started to get backing 5+ years ago & i don't see how people have yet to see the bigger picture. The fashion industry is a multi billion dollar industry that is heavily influenced & shaped by our culture at this point. Yet these fashion houses keep a very tight knit circle & try not share the resources with the same culture they profit off of.
Getting signed with LVMH isn't seeking white validation, it's seeking a partnership that has the infrastructure & factories that allow you to create on the same level as your white counterparts. Rihanna, Kanye, Virgil, Jerry Lorenzo, Don C, Pharrell etc etc have shown what they can create & the success they can reach when they are allowed the same opportunities.
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Even Beyoncé understands that sure she could start ground up with her own brand but it makes more sense to combine with what's already been established by signing with Adidas. Would have been interesting to see how successful she could have been tho, if anybody could have started ground up and succeeded Bey would be the one
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Yeah collaborating with major brands is not always seeking white validation
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Rihanna is now dating an Arab.
I dont see how this is a win for the culture
I dont see how this is a win for the culture
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Yeah but sometimes it is
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What?
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Indeed we all love black owned businesses (which her & Jay have started plenty). However i think people see these celebs net worth & think that it's just easy for them to invest all their capital into one venture and create it 100% on your own. That may be able to happen on a smaller scale as in online stores 1-2 brick & mortar stores etc etc.
However when dealing with billion dollar companies and worldwide releases that people like Rihanna, Beyonce, Kanye etc etc are trying to reach, they have to reach to companies that are already established and have a history of success to get things done efficiently & correct. I think people mistake that as asking for a handout or not wanting to work hard
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I'm with you, I just personally would love to see an elite tier star step out and create it 100% on their own. To see them buy into themselves on that level and see how far it takes them would to me amazing to see how it all develops. Also would be interesting to see if the more established brands do any behind the curtain sabotage or adding bumps to the road keep em "in check"
"regular" people definitely think it's easy to just start a huge business and compete with the bigs like Nike out the gate for celebrities. Even I fell victim to thinking Ye should just get it out the mud instead of complaining about the industry but soon learned the reality of it all
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It's getting uncomfortable watching her. She feel like she has to play the "Rachet sistah girl" 24/7. That's why white folks take to her and Cardi B. They're exaggerated stereotypes. What's crazy about Tiffany though is she like 40 years old. She should know you don't have to be in character and put on a show every time it's a camera on you
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She's trash bro. I supported her when she first came on the scene but I can't no more. She been high rank k00ning since girls trip.
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I think due to the risk behind it it's gonna be extremely difficult for one star to completely do it themselves, however a black conglomerate coming together would change the market up crazy, and with that comes the sabotage hence this
"The BIG3 is not part of the old boys club and that doesn’t sit well with a company like Charter, which has been called out many times for unfair treatment of minority organizations and for consistent disregard of its own customers,” Ice Cube said in a statement regarding his investor group’s bid to purchase 21 regional sports networks (RSN). The channels include networks in markets such as Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, and Los Angeles.
Ice Cube and the BIG3, should they win the bid, would then have the foundation in place to build a brand new national network with original programming, sports, and other culturally relevant content.
In an April letter written by the BIG3 to the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice, the company accused Charter Communications of interfering with the BIG3’s investment group—which includes Ice Cube, fellow hip-hop legends LL Cool J and Snoop Dogg, basketball Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Julius “Dr. J” Erving and Clyde Drexler, tennis star Serena Williams, comedian Kevin Hart, and other prominent figures in sports and entertainment—bid to purchase 21 regional sports networks currently owned by Disney, which the company acquired in its recent merger with FOX. Disney has until June to sell the RSNs if they want to avoid antitrust issues in the future."
Them big wigs at the top do not want to give up ownership of their industries, that's why i was so hyped about Tidal when it first started & was kind of disgusted at how til this day it's mostly our culture who tries to discredit it, or even something like Dame's streaming platform instead of claiming it from the get go & growing it.
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Surely somebody has reached out to her.
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Didn't even know Cube was working toward something that big and for sure is scaring a lot of old heads that do not want to budge an inch. But it's exactly what we need
