Black Culture Discussion Thread

[deuce king]

Great message and lesson. It also applies to Cam and those like him.

 

[deuce king]

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[fluid hips]

Folks be playing with their lives man.

Just like Twitter, ignore these mfs and don't engage with them

They want a reaction. Don't give it to them. Make them feel really stupid.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Just like Twitter, ignore these mfs and don't engage with them

They want a reaction. Don't give it to them. Make them feel really stupid.

Nah, don't let nobody play with you. Run those suckas up out of there. They did right. The next fools will think twice before trying that mess.

 

[finessence]

Them dudes sounded SWEET as hell… they supposed to be “conservatives”

Might as well lean left where they’ll be more accepted

 

[fluid hips]

Nah, don't let nobody play with you. Run those suckas up out of there. They did right. The next fools will think twice before trying that mess.

Respectfully fam, how are they "playing with you" if you ignore them?

You gotta lil bro them

A lion does not concern himself with the opinion of sheep

 

[gry60]

A lion does not concern himself with the opinion of sheep

Because the lion can eat the sheep anytime it wants, and there’s nothing the sheep can do about it.

In today’s America, that’s not the position Black people are in (collectively).

The “debate me bro” playbook is simple and effective: demand that serious people engage with your conspiracy theories or extremist talking points. If they decline, cry “censorship!” and claim they’re “afraid of the truth.” If they accept, turn the interaction into a performance designed to generate viral clips and false legitimacy. It’s a heads-I-win-tails-you-lose proposition that has nothing to do with genuine intellectual discourse.

The fundamental issue with “debate me bro” culture isn’t just that it’s obnoxious, it’s that it creates a false equivalence between good-faith expertise and bad-faith trolling. When you agree to debate someone pushing long-debunked conspiracy theories or openly hateful ideologies, you’re implicitly suggesting that their position deserves equal consideration alongside established facts and expert analysis.

What you gotta be aware of is that they use the pretense of “debate” to enter and occupy a space they have no respect for, with the goal to claim victory if they are left unbothered within that space.

Just like they won’t let you set up shop in their churches’ parking lot to debate the inconsistencies of the Bible, you shouldn’t let them set up shop in HBCUs to debate the humanity and intelligence of Black people.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Turns out two-parent households are no fix for racial inequality — Harvard Gazette

New data-based study debunks long-held notion, finds wide opportunity gaps remain

news.harvard.edu

 

[ryda421]

#Liberation

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Respectfully fam, how are they "playing with you" if you ignore them?

You gotta lil bro them

A lion does not concern himself with the opinion of sheep

Why are we always expected to take the moral high road?

Why do WE need to be the pushover?

They are coming onto OUR campus, attempting to disrupt, but we are supposed to turn the other cheek and look elsewhere?

Make it make sense man.

 

[gry60]

Turns out two-parent households are no fix for racial inequality — Harvard Gazette

New data-based study debunks long-held notion, finds wide opportunity gaps remain

news.harvard.edu

Companion read, from 2018:

Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys (Published 2018)

A study of 20 million children shows the fragility of the American Dream.

www.nytimes.com

Bottom line is, there is no way around addressing the societal structure of the United States if we want to tackle the black wealth lag.

And since y’all don’t open links anyway:

Let’s set one thing straight: This is not an argument against marriage and the nuclear family. Can you summarize the book’s argument?

This is a book about the power and limits of this important family structure. For decades, Americans have been led to believe in the power of the two-parent family for fixing racial inequality. The idea here is that some groups, like African Americans, have a harder time getting ahead because they have lower rates of two-parent families than groups that are, on average, better off. The idea is that African Americans could level the playing field by embodying the nuclear family ideal. My book shows this just isn’t the case.

 

[HankHill]

Turns out two-parent households are no fix for racial inequality — Harvard Gazette

New data-based study debunks long-held notion, finds wide opportunity gaps remain

news.harvard.edu

They needed a report to say two Black != two White people?

 

[2163O1baller90]

Rip

Assata Shakur, wanted Black Liberation Army member, dies at 78 in Cuba

Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, fled to Cuba after her conviction of the murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster.

abcnews.go.com

 

[finessence]

Rip

Assata Shakur, wanted Black Liberation Army member, dies at 78 in Cuba

Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, fled to Cuba after her conviction of the murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster.

abcnews.go.com

RIP Ms. Assata

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[tr1ll]

Not know Anita Baker is egregious tho. Ijs

 

[2163O1baller90]

 

[Public Enemy]

Saint Heron

Saint Heron Community Library; a growing media center dedicated to students, practicing artists and designers, musicians and general literature enthusiasts.

library.saintheron.com

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[fluid hips]

We not supposed to like pumpkin pie?

Costco pumpkin pie is valid

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[fluid hips]

Why are we always expected to take the moral high road?

Why do WE need to be the pushover?

They are coming onto OUR campus, attempting to disrupt, but we are supposed to turn the other cheek and look elsewhere?

Make it make sense man.

Not about taking the moral high road or being pushovers.

These are two lames looking for attention. These goofy mfs would pack it up and leave if people on campus treated them like they didn't exist. People gotta stop falling for the bait and engaging with mfs

"Let's talk" nah. Y'all two mfs talk amongst yourselves

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[Public Enemy]

"Good morning"
"Nah, yall can do better than that. I said Good MORNing"
"GOOD MORNING!!!!"

 

[DCAllAfrican]