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Ya'll are on a roll with the BS in here today
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“You” are in your last days. Don’t put that on everyone else’s. I’m flourishing and enjoying my life. You’re the miser. Again, the world… America is FULL of alcoholics. I don’t drink. Never have.
So again, enjoy ya’lls alcohol, while people name their children after said alcohol brands
We’re only as strong as our weakest link…….and with that being said if YOU think it’s okay/acceptable to name a child of any kind with the first name Hennessey…..then collectively speaking WE are in trouble.
We can’t have a bunch of renegades out here such as yourself that only think about themselves. No “I” in team champ……Each One Teach One. No one is above the program. I suggest you go watch Drumline....”one band……one sound”
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Ya'll are on a roll with the BS in here today
… and he got nerve to say we’re in our last days… I see EXACTLY why he thinks that way
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Corny movie for band geeks… no thanks. “Renegades”… says the “renegade” who says our ancestry with Africa stops there
.Talking about “weak links” yet, you’re dismissing an entire continent. You dudes tell on yourselves everyday.
You aren’t my kin playboy. If you were on fire, I wouldn’t let me dog piss on you.
“weak links”
… while saying F U to a whole group of people you’re closely related too. I don’t care about you dawg . ESPECIALLY with that line of thinking. It’s every man for themselves over here Take that John Thompson/Joe Clark s*** somewhere else
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Corny movie for band geeks… no thanks. “Renegades”… says the “renegade” who says our ancestry with Africa stops there
Talking about “weak links” yet, you’re dismissing an entire continent. You dudes tell on yourselves everyday.
You aren’t my kin playboy. If you were on fire, I wouldn’t let me dog piss on you.
“weak links”
Bless your heart.
aaaand racism would be the problem there, not a name
aaaaand more than one thing can be true at the same time, Bro.
Racism exists.
Bias exists.
De'Shordynn is a horrible name that increases this kid's exposure to both before he even walks through the door.
What are we even talking about?
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“Each one teach one”
“Weak links”
Bless your heart.
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Explain to me how you’re preaching all of this unification and trying to foster a “band of brothers” type mindset…
… but F Africa
What part of the South is your family from so I can make sure we aren’t kinfolk
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You know damn well naming a child after a drink aint the move man. Yall have to stop defending nonsense.“You” are in your last days. Don’t put that on everyone else’s. I’m flourishing and enjoying my life. You’re the miser. Again, the world… America is FULL of alcoholics. I don’t drink. Never have.
So again, enjoy ya’lls alcohol, while people name their children after said alcohol brands
You wouldn't name your child no goofy stuff like that, why? Because we have to live in this world.aaaand racism would be the problem there, not a name
Sure, it might be unfair that certain folks control access but you have to be some type of fool to name your kids that KNOWING this.
Both things are true.
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This “world” is COMPLETELY different and upside down compared to the past. Grown men WILLINGLY recording themselves crying on the phone. Men wearing purses and nail polish.
We literally just a had a situation a few years ago of kids eating TIDE PODS…
Trump is your president. Debauchery is at an all time
High.
There’s absolutely NO such thing as public shame anymore. Idiocracy is being promoted and EXPLOITED and championed nowadays
So again…. If the world is like this NOW, in 2026… what makes you think 10-20-30 years will be different?
Our Department of Health secretary is a known heroin addiction who’s trying to coerce people into not getting vaccines, as well as bragged about snorting powder off of dirty toilets.
Again, WHAT world are you guys living in?
Please tell about this Neverending Story, fairytale world that you guys live in.
This is the PERFECT time for names like that
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You got it.
You don't believe what you are saying.
Rejecting the idea that naming a black child HENNESSEY is stupid, is wild as hell.
You don't believe that.
I'm confident in that.
You don't believe what you are saying.
Rejecting the idea that naming a black child HENNESSEY is stupid, is wild as hell.
You don't believe that.
I'm confident in that.
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I asked you a question about “the world”… and you still haven’t answered my question
These kids and their parents barely know how to read. They probably think Hennessy is pronounced “Henry”.
We are in the dumbest timeline of world history damn near
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Explain to me how you’re preaching all of this unification and trying to foster a “band of brothers” type mindset…
… but F Africa
What part of the South is your family from so I can make sure we aren’t kinfolk
Sir……you already expressed your “sinister energy” towards me with the “if you was on fire comment”. I mean seriously……what kind of man says something like that in the middle of discussion/debate ….whether we are agreeing or not.
Folks be exposing themselves and their background with letting their feelings get in the way of facts. That’s why I kept saying “bless your heart” and I mean that champ. I’m not just saying just to say it……cause if you got that much legit HATRED for me then I honestly pray that hate dissipates out/away from you and you somehow return back to your normal self…..or at least as much as possible. Let that evil spirit out. Ephesians 6:12
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She enjoys the spotlight.
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Your point is based on a faulty claim.I asked you a question about “the world”… and you still haven’t answered my question
These kids and their parents barely know how to read. They probably think Hennessy is pronounced “Henry”.
We are in the dumbest timeline of world history damn near
Naming a child HENNESSEY is flat out dumb.
You can name your black child HENNESSEY if you want under the guise, "Well the Rich/Power President of the US does bad things so I should follow suit" if you want.
It makes no sense whatsoever.
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I hate the word “toxic” for real. S*** needs to go back to being based on dangerous chemicals only. I just think of feminine men when I hear that word. Why would you want to date a person like that, and refer to him as a man?
And why is that equated to “fun”
I really want to know what her definition of fun is. And lastly, no dude wants a clinically depressed, insecure woman like her.
I remember what she said about Martin and Pam. She’s a hypocrite
And why is that equated to “fun”
I really want to know what her definition of fun is. And lastly, no dude wants a clinically depressed, insecure woman like her.
I remember what she said about Martin and Pam. She’s a hypocrite
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care to expound? curious why you think this to be so??
most folk on the continent of africa don't necessarily describe or think of themselves as 'african' so what would it mean for black folk in america to think this?
which isn't to dismiss the obvious origins or the desire some have on either side to make the connection(s) but outside of a semantic argument black ≠ african & same vice versa...
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I was referring to this part mostly
"None of us here would choose to go to Africa…….absolutely none of us. That’s even if flight and travel were paid for by any country in Africa. None of us want to be in Africa, to live and stay. Maybe to visit but that’s about it."
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Rather be around the caucazoids… than their own people. Again, stop speaking for everyone because you all hate yourselves.
I’d have absolutely NO issues being in Africa
I’d have absolutely NO issues being in Africa
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Regarding the name, both things can true, I'll agree from a practical standpoint. I'll agree I wouldn't do that to a kid. And obviously I think it's racist for white people in positions of power to discriminate against a kid with that name.
As a practical matter.
And mind you, know in your heart that if that apostrophe & naming convention was popular in the south of France, or in Russia, or in Sweden, or Italy that same hiring manager would hire the person.... at some point we have to find the person that's discriminating and take them out in some form, through legal or other means, no?
As a practical matter.
That said, think about it for a few minutes and it's clear you're on a slippery slope. If the kid isn't getting their application picked out of a stack of applications because they just look at the name and make race & class assumptions (in that order), the problem in the mind of the hiring manager is pretty darn dangerous.
What's a common name of black dudes or that you think a white mind would associate with black guys. Andre? Dre?
I think we could agree on Dre, right? This same hiring manager would have a good chance of making the race (100%) and class (probably 75%, because they've heard of dr. dre) assumptions, and now what?
Lets say Michelle Obama pulled a Topher Grace and had just been going by "Chelle" all these years. People start naming their kids Chelle. Is that something black folks are allowed to do? You'd ruin their 'stimulus value', and no republican would hire them presumably right? Like how far in advance do you have to plan for racist republicans and how much do you let them affect what you literally name your offspring? Would you maybe have an ally ask someone at your job who is racist what names would prevent hiring? Sounds ridiculous right? But if the point is that you've got the white racist (and classist) hiring manager in mind, then be systematic with it, and actually plan ahead.
True story, a woman I worked with at a previous job told me years ago that she wouldn't have recommended the (Fortune 500) company hire me if I'd been wearing corn rows. I asked her why, and she hemmed and hawed and just kind of never really answered (cause I mean, we know the answer and she wasn't gonna say it for people to hear).
And that's just a changeable hairstyle. But at some point, when you go to name your kid and you want a combination of your name and your spouse's name, and you can't do it because of the racist white mind.... that's damn near learned helplessness. And kind of disgusting. Kareem. Cassius. At points in the history of the U.S., those names would play horribly in the white racist hiring manager's minds. It's one thing if you're naming someone after liquor or a killer or like "He's such a cutie we named him Trump Esptein!"
But at some point you're just painting yourself into a smaller and smaller corner, dancing around the whims of a racist white hiring manager who may not care if you name your kid Ruckus Uncle Tom the 3rd, as soon as they see a black face, they aren't hiring him anyway.
Like I get it, you can't take a swastika and say "actually this symbol got coopted by Nazis, don't get mad when you see it" and expect people to not have reactions. But if you're doing what those parents were doing and naming your baby a combination of the two of your names, and a racist white hiring manager of the future is going to see that naming convention with the apostrophe and decide they don't want no filthy [racial slur] working for them, that really really is on the racist person, and whatever strategy you're using to get around it aint gonna work, and now you've named your child something different. You didn't even get to name your own ******* child what you wanted to, out of that fear.
What's a common name of black dudes or that you think a white mind would associate with black guys. Andre? Dre?
I think we could agree on Dre, right? This same hiring manager would have a good chance of making the race (100%) and class (probably 75%, because they've heard of dr. dre) assumptions, and now what?
Lets say Michelle Obama pulled a Topher Grace and had just been going by "Chelle" all these years. People start naming their kids Chelle. Is that something black folks are allowed to do? You'd ruin their 'stimulus value', and no republican would hire them presumably right? Like how far in advance do you have to plan for racist republicans and how much do you let them affect what you literally name your offspring? Would you maybe have an ally ask someone at your job who is racist what names would prevent hiring? Sounds ridiculous right? But if the point is that you've got the white racist (and classist) hiring manager in mind, then be systematic with it, and actually plan ahead.
True story, a woman I worked with at a previous job told me years ago that she wouldn't have recommended the (Fortune 500) company hire me if I'd been wearing corn rows. I asked her why, and she hemmed and hawed and just kind of never really answered (cause I mean, we know the answer and she wasn't gonna say it for people to hear).
And that's just a changeable hairstyle. But at some point, when you go to name your kid and you want a combination of your name and your spouse's name, and you can't do it because of the racist white mind.... that's damn near learned helplessness. And kind of disgusting. Kareem. Cassius. At points in the history of the U.S., those names would play horribly in the white racist hiring manager's minds. It's one thing if you're naming someone after liquor or a killer or like "He's such a cutie we named him Trump Esptein!"
But at some point you're just painting yourself into a smaller and smaller corner, dancing around the whims of a racist white hiring manager who may not care if you name your kid Ruckus Uncle Tom the 3rd, as soon as they see a black face, they aren't hiring him anyway.
Like I get it, you can't take a swastika and say "actually this symbol got coopted by Nazis, don't get mad when you see it" and expect people to not have reactions. But if you're doing what those parents were doing and naming your baby a combination of the two of your names, and a racist white hiring manager of the future is going to see that naming convention with the apostrophe and decide they don't want no filthy [racial slur] working for them, that really really is on the racist person, and whatever strategy you're using to get around it aint gonna work, and now you've named your child something different. You didn't even get to name your own ******* child what you wanted to, out of that fear.
And mind you, know in your heart that if that apostrophe & naming convention was popular in the south of France, or in Russia, or in Sweden, or Italy that same hiring manager would hire the person.... at some point we have to find the person that's discriminating and take them out in some form, through legal or other means, no?
The world is and has been a dangerous place for us, Bro.
To act/think otherwise isnt useful.
Racism/bias aint going anywhere anytime soon.
Same problem/same solution:
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Useful. Practical. I think we all agree on those points, but there has to also be some kind of agitation for change. MLK Jr wasn't just out there accepting the world the way it was under the guise of being useful and practical. But we've all already agreed both things are true. So you don't name the kid the name, addressing that, but then you gotta address the racist hiring manager by some (any?) means.
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