Black Culture Discussion Thread

I just want to make it perfectly clear, whatever the crime is as long as the person did their time and justice is served we should allow them back into society. I'm not excusing what Kodak did, but for young black men there is always zero allowance by society for them to move on with their lives, even after they faced the repercussions.
 
Just being devils advocate. Did he do time?

It sounded like it was settled.

But I do believe in allowing folks to rehabilitate.
 
How much time proportional to those gun, drug and rape charges?

Tyson did actual time. So did Muhammad Ali.

It sounds like he did short bids. That seems to be a result of his affluence.

Again, I get it. He grew up in a toxic environment. Doesn’t know better. Educate and inform him. Give him another chance.
 
so when he was 19 he sexually assaulted a 17 year old after his concert in his hotel room, pretty messed up. He should have been sentenced to longer, but he got off.

eeehhhh I wish him the best.
 
So the Beastie Boys were before my time, but I recently became aware of the whole situation where MJ refused to clear a Beatles sample for one of their songs.

How did the Beastie Boys feel?

""There have been a couple of songs that we haven't been able to put out, and a couple of radio spots we made that haven't been aired, things like that. But I gotta say this - if I ever see Michael Jackson, I'm gonna light his Jeri curls on fire. I'm gonna sneak up on him with a can of lighter and go to work. I think if they had a 3-D movie in Disneyworld of Adrock punching Michael Jackson's face, they'd get a good draw." - Michael Diamond in East Coast Rocker, January 21, 1987

"After a long pause, he (Michael Diamond) responds to a question about Michael Jackson, who as owner of the publishing rights to the Beatles' songs , refused the Beasties permission to put their own customized version of the Fab Four's 'I'm Down' on their album. 'What would I do if I met him?' Mike D says. 'I'd unplug his oxygen tent, rip off his surgical mask and spit in his face.'" - Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1987

WTF??? Wild how comfy "they" felt speaking on a Black man like this :smh:


They low key been culture vultures. After reading this a while back I stop listening to their music.
 
I find it strange when feminists say "protect black women"
maybe im dumb, but this phrase always seems to be directed at men

and if you're asking men for protection isn't that inherently patriarchal?

Who else should it be directed at? :lol: Men are one of the top causes of harm to women.

And I don't think it's only "feminists" that say that.
 
Not surprised. A black person with one white parent is going to be catapulted career wise because they are "marketable"

Obama having a white mother played a role in him being president if we're being honest
 
I don’t think anyone is stripping Z’s accomplishments.

But it is an interesting conversation to have. Zendaya having the Disney machine behind her from the jump is also a huge benefit.
 
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