Black Culture Discussion Thread

[layziegunts]

The black panther were in response to the kkk, police, and the rest of America not helping black people in this country.

They were required to counteract the evil powers

They were a GREAT organization. end of story

 

[luckyluchiano]

 

[Brownstone]

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/extended-interviews/0ipvwm/common-extended-interview

You just won an oscar for a movie, about a man who tried to "show love" to confront racism.

It never fails. Get acknowledged by them people and soon comes the switch up.
Talking about extending a hand to squash something, like we are the aggressors.
My man obviously didn't read that DOJ report. love isn't going to end racism, when they out here targeting black people for revenue and still killing unarmed black males.

Another one bites the dust.

It appears they pulled the video

 

[tay1]

[h1]Community College Students in Calif. Are Guaranteed Admission to 9 HBCUs[/h1]
"The agreement is a win-win for California community colleges that have a hard time getting their students into four-year schools as well as for HBCUs, whose enrollment numbers have declined significantly in recent years.

The pipeline from community college to a four-year university can be shaky, since students often attend community college in hopes of improving their grades in order to gain admission to a four-year institution.

The California Community Colleges system may have found a way to make that transition a bit easier: It has signed an agreement with nine HBCUs so that all of its students who wish to transfer to any one of the participating historically black schools are guaranteed admission, so long as they have a minimum GPA of 2.5, KGO-TV reports.

The nine participating HBCUs who made the deal with the California system are Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C.; Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn.; Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo.; Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Talladega College, also in Alabama; and Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. 

Apparently it’s a win-win for both California community colleges and these HBCUs. Getting into four-year colleges in California has become “increasingly hard,” KGO-TV explains, and HBCUs have seen their student-body numbers dwindle significantly in recent years."

http://www.theroot.com/articles/new...s_in_california_are_guaranteed_admission.html

 

[smangalang]

 
It appears they pulled the video

 

[Brownstone]

That isn't the video.

 

[smangalang]

Quote:

 
That isn't the video.

womp womp. I tried.

 

[Brownstone]

 .....Has anyone seen the vice project on ferguson? It was really well done.

 

[smangalang]

Here I talk about remarks made on The Daily Show in which he said that to achieve racial harmony, blacks should "forget about the past" and extend their hand in love to whites. My argument here is that racism is far more complex than that. Understanding history is the key to eliminating racism; but forgetting about the past will only make the problem worse. ~ Dr. Boyce Watkins

Spoiler: Boyce Watkins commentary vid on Rapper Common on racism: "Let's forget about the past"

 

[gwap]

 

opposite opinions =/= troll

stop trying to willie lynch every black person who doesn 't have the same viewpoint as you

This guy's problem seems like he doesn't put race 1st & he wants BLACK FOLKS to take care of "ALL PEOPLES" issues instead of our own & that is poisonous to progress....

who are you talking about?

 

[Nawzlew]

 

I'd never even heard about this story. Bless her and her family. This is madness.

Isn't this the lady that tried to drive off when she was surrounded by police?

Here I talk about remarks made on The Daily Show in which he said that to achieve racial harmony, blacks should "forget about the past" and extend their hand in love to whites. My argument here is that racism is far more complex than that. Understanding history is the key to eliminating racism; but forgetting about the past will only make the problem worse. ~ Dr. Boyce Watkins

Please be clear: I'm still a fan of Common. His legacy should not be reduced to one comment. I am hopeful that he just mispoke and seeks to clarify his remarks. I still love the brother, and that's not going to change.

Have a lot of respect for Dr. Watkins.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Dude's really here trying to discredit the panthers smh

It's wild Mods let Trolls run rampant in here, yet I`m banned from the Fitness Thread and Android thread for disagreeing with people LOL

Truth. Dudes get banned from threads and warned for any lil thing but here it's like troll city. Blanant trolling at that.

 

[gwap]

 

opposite opinions =/= troll

stop trying to willie lynch every black person who doesn 't have the same viewpoint as you

This guy's problem seems like he doesn't put race 1st & he wants BLACK FOLKS to take care of "ALL PEOPLES" issues instead of our own & that is poisonous to progress....

who are you talking about?

 

 

Dude's really here trying to discredit the panthers smh

It's wild Mods let Trolls run rampant in here, yet I`m banned from the Fitness Thread and Android thread for disagreeing with people LOL

Truth. Dudes get banned from threads and warned for any lil thing but here it's like troll city. Blanant trolling at that.

differing opinion =/= trolling

when you guys realize this then maybe we can move past the "the black panthers did more than mlk" misinformation

 

[smangalang]

 

[tokes99]

something a lil' light, super interesting:

a pretty cool read on the origin & end of freaknik from different perspectives

 

[sixfootnathan]

something a lil' light, super interesting:

a pretty cool read on the origin & end of freaknik from different perspectives

repped

 

[AEA18]

Common

Damn he on the train now too. Wonder who will be next to throw on they metal taps?

Raven

I think Raven is tap dancing now because she probably got some hate from Black people when she came out the closet or she trying to jump start her career again.

 

[dathbgboy]

something a lil' light, super interesting:

a pretty cool read on the origin & end of freaknik from different perspectives

Just read it. Indeed a great read. Reading it almost made you feel like you were there.

 

[seasoned vet]

it really says something about the intellect of the individual that chooses to throw words around like '**** train' so carelessly.

reminds me of how 'troll' is so often misused on here and has taken on a new definition over the years

these geniuses take one glance at a comment, disagree with it and instanly label it without any consideration for context or explaination

 

[tay1]

Oh we have the context. People like Common and Raven Symone are ******* idiots.

 

[krystyles26]

Anybody know anything about this new black panther party in texas?

 

[Quincy McCall]

 
Anybody know anything about this new black panther party in texas?

Only heard about it, people don't take them seriously because of how hard they try to front and bring back the old look and persona of the OG Panthers. All you ever here about them is how they want to control the streets and arm more black people and what not or someone from their party being jailed for conspiracy to something. Sometimes, want to support some of their causes but nobody can take them seriously trying to be the B grade Panthers-- they just really come off as unorganized, everything they try to do just seems very insincere and tacky

 

[AEA18]

 

[celticspride34]

I have an honest question for the black NT'ers and anyone who is a descendent of a ....

Slavery introduced Africans to America... If slavery never existed, the vast majority of you guys would be born and raised in Africa...

Would you go back and change it so that slavery in America never happened?... Or accept that evil deeds sometimes plant seeds of greatness?...

Just something I've wondered for a while... Same with Israelis/holocaust...

 

[Quincy McCall]

I have an honest question for the black NT'ers and anyone who is a descendent of a ....

Slavery introduced Africans to America... If slavery never existed, the vast majority of you guys would be born and raised in Africa...

Would you go back and change it so that slavery in America never happened?... Or accept that evil deeds sometimes plant seeds of greatness?...

Just something I've wondered for a while... Same with Israelis/holocaust...

Errr... what?