Black Culture Discussion Thread

[DCAllAfrican]

So if I post a video on drop-out rates or illiteracy yall are going to tell me those aren't black issues because other races also suffer from similar trends?

Get The hell outta here man.

I didn't know the "issues" talked about here had to he 100% black exclusive issues.

Now I know moving forward.

Thanks for informing me.

 

[maq25060]

I didn't know the "issues" talked about here had to he 100% black exclusive issues.

Now I know moving forward.

Thanks for informing me.

I'm don't mean this to come off as me being the thread police.

I guess I should have wrote this 3 times in the post...

 

[DCAllAfrican]

It doesn't matter that you said that because you still feel what I said wasn't a "black issue."

So like I said, if that's the expectation here; I'm glad I've been made aware of it.

 

[maq25060]

It doesn't matter that you said that because you still feel what I said wasn't a "black issue."

I do feel what I said. I'm not going to let anyone say domestic violence is a black men's issue without pushing back by saying it is a societal issue. I don't like the way it paints black men.

But my feelings don't get to dictate what gets posted in this thread. There is no "expectation" here. And if there is one, 1) it ain't coming from me and 2) I don't really care much about it.

If anything, this is a black culture discussion. Why do we feel DV is a black culture thing? Because it happens in our community?

I guess I'd ask does it happen at a higher rate than other communities? And even then, I'm going to be skeptical about the numbers because these things have to be reported for the numbers to be accurate, no?

 

[DCAllAfrican]

#Respectabilities

 

[nice jahb]

If it’s high school, meh. If it’s college, let that man dance.

I definitely dougie’d across the UMD stage in 2012.

 

[TSCQ]

 

[fluid hips]

I do feel what I said. I'm not going to let anyone say domestic violence is a black men's issue without pushing back by saying it is a societal issue. I don't like the way it paints black men.

I said the same and my post got deleted

 

[fluid hips]

#Respectabilities

Principal wasn't taking his tests for him.

Let kids enjoy being kids. One day arthritis finna set in and those joints not gonna be as flexible

 

[DCAllAfrican]

The way I took it was Principal LET dude get all his stuff in and then he sent him back and told him, "Now do it the right way."

So I think he "Let him be a kid" while at the same time lovingly correcting him.

They also exchanged words at the end, so it didn't seem punitive at all.

 

[tokes99]

Let me clear this up because I'm not sure how yall took my words as DV is ONLY a black man issue. That isn't what I am saying, please erase that from your mind. I was saying with how high OUR instances of abusing women are, a BLACK men speaking that nonsense is why it was posted. So it IS AN issue in OUR community.

this phrasing:

Not sure how it ISN'T.

You need to remind yourself of the domestic abuse incidents black men are responsible for?

makes seem very particular…but if that’s not what you meant, ok.

dv is a general issue, and i think more related to socioeconomic status than ‘race’ so i;d ask are instances of dv in the black community comparably high(er) than in others? extrapolating a larger issue from a rather unserious interview with a random black guy talking about a physical altercation with a woman rather nonchalantly, without context it is maybe worth noting (not justifying his actions, possible rationale, or words but the interviewer doesn’t even ask about the situation(s) in question & really probe why and/or if he really felt justified why did he think it warranted an apology?) seem like a reach…no doubt there are (black) men that hold very misogynistic and/or dangerous/violent views of women but is it disproportionately a black issue?

not trying to downplay dv, but making this a bigger issue than it is seems like more vilifying of black men…

 

[DCAllAfrican]

this phrasing:
Not sure how it ISN'T.

You need to remind yourself of the domestic abuse incidents black men are responsible for?

Yes, I was referring to our hand in it within the BLACK community. (Not among the entire population)

 

[tr1ll]

I think both side of this "miscommunication" are correct. Clearly that video was posted because it was 2 black men having a convo about domestic violence. I think we all know its a societal issue not just exclusive to black nor are black men the majority. Let's move on.

 

[finessence]

I’m still trying to wrap my head around how dude was up there with dirty jeans and dirty kicks, trying to tell women what they should and shouldn’t do

Like LOOK at him

 

[WASHED KING]

I don't have an issue with celebrating at a graduation, as long as you keep it short and moving. It's a long stressful day for a lot people and no one has time for main characters to be disrupting it.

I'm saying this as someone who has to sit through at least 1 graduation ceremony a year

 

[tr1ll]

I love graduations. Its always, "Please hold your applause until the end...", until the first brown kid shows up. Then its a free-for-all....expect for the Asian kids. Then, the black families start cheering for the Asian kids because people cheering for everyone else.

 

[frshstunna]

Graduation is a celebration, not much “respectabilities” involved…I graduated from a mostly white religious high school in a church and even those folks didn’t care too much but what you did walking across the stage

Principal coulda just let yo cook and kept it moving, yo was being extra n a buzzkill since the youngin wasnt even wildin

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I honestly wonder how much of the BLACK gender wars takes place off-line. I would say this has been one of the many negative effects of social media.

(Yes, Relationship issues are a human thing)

 

[tr1ll]

I'm glad she didn't use the word, "submit". That word causes more problems than it allegedly supposed to be solving.

 

[tay1]

I honestly wonder how much of the BLACK gender wars takes place off-line. I would say this has been one of the many negative effects of social media.

(Yes, Relationship issues are a human thing)

Most of the stuff we see online stays online.

The internet will have you thinking men and women don't communicate at all.

 

[tr1ll]

One thing I learned messing around with video games. Contrary to very popular belief the internet is still an extremely loud minority. If you listen to the internet alone, it'll have you recluse out..or in here.

 

[Public Enemy]

One thing I learned messing around with video games. Contrary to very popular belief the internet is still an extremely loud minority. If you listen to the internet alone, it'll have you recluse out..or in here.

This a hundred times. So many of these clips and these discussions .... 99 times out of 100 go nowhere in real life because when you actually have to have a conversation things make sense. On the internet, and especially at some sites, people are just hardwired to disagree with AN-Y-Thing they come across.

Every now and again you have a back-and-forth about some topic, but most times the internet stuff will definitely have you being a recluse, cause its this all day:

 

[deuce king]

If it’s high school, meh. If it’s college, let that man dance.

I definitely dougie’d across the UMD stage in 2012.

What’s up with dudes all of a sudden feeling the need to ALWAYS dance?? It’s like a bunch of ****** trying out for the Soul Train line.

Men need ot learn how to be and conduct themselves as men. It’s that “need to be seen” energy that brothas have got to get rid of.

 

[nice jahb]

What’s up with dudes all of a sudden feeling the need to ALWAYS dance?? It’s like a bunch of ****** trying out for the Soul Train line.

Men need ot learn how to be and conduct themselves as men. It’s that “need to be seen” energy that brothas have got to get rid of.

It also depends on what you consider a man. A black male is considered a man at like 15, especially with the number of cases we’ve seen them tried as adults in court.

A white male is a kid until about 23-25. I think there’s a deeper discussion on them being considered human and us not.

Either way, I respect your opinion from the attention standpoint. I’m fine with celebrations, as long as it’s to truly celebrate, not for clicks and likes.

 

[deuce king]

It also depends on what you consider a man. A black male is considered a man at like 15, especially with the number of cases we’ve seen them tried as adults in court.

A white male is a kid until about 23-25. I think there’s a deeper discussion on them being considered human and us not.

Either way, I respect your opinion from the attention standpoint. I’m fine with celebrations, as long as it’s to truly celebrate, not for clicks and likes.

Don’t really care about the age of a white male given the video provided……but if you want to get technical champ a white male…..particularly a Jewish white male is considered an adult at 13 given his Bar Mitzvah.

Either way seeing a black male acting like he doesn’t have any sense dancing on the stage at a high school graduation needs to be called out and I’m GLAD the black male principal schooled/educated him and MADE him walk back across the stage with some dignity and class. Each One……Teach One.