Black Culture Discussion Thread

[Maximus Meridius]

I like how this brotha speak

 

[AIR J XIII]

Peace to all you brothers.

I see this thread all the time, but never really choose to check it out. Catching up on the thread, I can tell most of you truly have you heart in the right place as it pertains to the advancement and uplifting of our people. It's also quite clear that our people suffer because of a lack of knowledge, we don't know who we are. Our true history and culture was completely stripped and STOLEN.

The "history" we are taught is based in narrative, not truth. And frankly, it is NOT the duty of caucasians to empower us by telling the truth, we have to empower ourselves, especially the so called black MAN.

 

[Humbled]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Turner#Lynching

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/slocum-massacre/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898


I'm feeling some type of way this morning man.

 

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[AIR J XIII]

Start at 11:45 for the main topic

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

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[goledensilence]

Black Owned makeup company in New Orleans made $1 Million in less than 2 hours on Cyber Monday:
Here's the website if you're looking to buy something for women during Christmas:
https://shop.thecrayoncase.com/

 

[layziegunts]

I always hate these "first black person to do something at a white institution" thing, its an achievement but we put too much focus on trying to prove we belong with them. Its always better when we create our own lane

 

[illwill8710]

I always hate these "first black person to do something at a white institution" thing, its an achievement but we put too much focus on trying to prove we belong with them. Its always better when we create our own lane

I use to feel the same way(sometimes I still do when its something cheesy). What changed my mindset is that most of the time its either something was already historically rooted into black culture from long ago (like classical music, hell most music, academics, engineering etc) or its something that when a black person touches it immediately turns to gold (tennis, golf, pretty much any sport, leadership etc).

Most "white things" are really black things that white people stole or appropriated anyway you look at it. Either way I love hearing about brothers and sisters achieving and making that paper.

 

[illwill8710]

While on the subject, something I noticed today was that Thursday Boots recently released a jacket line that strongly resembles the Jackets that Brooklyn Circus (black owned) created. (or at least the branding/marketing vibe)

I may be reaching but being that I've followed Brooklyn Circus for quite some time I noticed that Thursdays overall branding/markets holds a striking resemblance. But I also know that a brother that I think is also a NTer works for them so he's probably providing the sauce. Long story short is that black things are often done better and carry more sauce than anything that whites can do. So lets celebrate black people doing things very well.

 

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[Maximus Meridius]

Bruh wasn't having this fools questions

 

[tomdiginson]

While on the subject, something I noticed today was that Thursday Boots recently released a jacket line that strongly resembles the Jackets that Brooklyn Circus (black owned) created. (or at least the branding/marketing vibe)

I may be reaching but being that I've followed Brooklyn Circus for quite some time I noticed that Thursdays overall branding/markets holds a striking resemblance. But I also know that a brother that I think is also a NTer works for them so he's probably providing the sauce. Long story short is that black things are often done better and carry more sauce than anything that whites can do. So lets celebrate black people doing things very well.

This is such a bad reach. One is a motor cycle jacket and the other is a varsity which plenty of brands have done over the years. In fact, the jacket BKC is showing is a fusion of the two, whereas the ones shown by Thursday are two separate individual jackets.

 

[illwill8710]

This is such a bad reach. One is a motor cycle jacket and the other is a varsity which plenty of brands have done over the years. In fact, the jacket BKC is showing is a fusion of the two, whereas the ones shown by Thursday are two separate individual jackets.

I couldn't get the actual marketing photos where I felt they looked very similar because of work network blocks but I was referring to how they were marketing the the product rather than the make of the product. I acknowledged that is a reach but I was more so trying to relate to if anyone has these knee jerk reactions to seeing white people or companies do something we may have seen black people or companies do first. My personal feeling is that subtle imitations from them go a much longer way. Like Virgil off-white deconstruction style are all the rave and now everyone is subtl

 

[wr]

On August 26, 1903, the founding father of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, proposed British East Africa as a safe haven for Jews, speaking at the Sixth Zionist Congress. The “Uganda scheme,” as it is usually called - even though the territory proposed was in part of today’s Kenya - caused bitter controversy within the Zionist movement.

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/1903-herzl-proposes-kenya-as-jewish-home-1.5391077

 

[nawghtyhare]

I swear I love being a black man

 

[pmpdaddyrobford]

While on the subject, something I noticed today was that Thursday Boots recently released a jacket line that strongly resembles the Jackets that Brooklyn Circus (black owned) created. (or at least the branding/marketing vibe)

I may be reaching but being that I've followed Brooklyn Circus for quite some time I noticed that Thursdays overall branding/markets holds a striking resemblance. But I also know that a brother that I think is also a NTer works for them so he's probably providing the sauce. Long story short is that black things are often done better and carry more sauce than anything that whites can do. So lets celebrate black people doing things very well.

There's nothing unique about either of those designs

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Bruh wasn't having this fools questions

 

[Maximus Meridius]

TO DIH DEY!

 

[gry60]

And when they're done purging white, Indian, and Chinese dolls from supermarkets, are they gonna make a distinction between Xhosa and Zulu dolls?

Y'all need to be careful about what you support because it wasn't long ago that South Africans were harrassing West and East African immigrants too.

 

[tay1]

 

[Maximus Meridius]