Black Culture Discussion Thread

[d nice]

Happy Birthday Baba Clarke

 

[DCAllAfrican]

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[AEA18]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Good read


maybe white pushback against the African American History Museum is about something more — Shannon Dingle http://www.shannondingle.com/blog//...erican-history-museum-is-about-something-more

 

[d nice]

What is everyone's reading list looking like this year?

 

[tokes99]

obviously this has been going on for a minute, it's kinda unfortunate that people are doing this trendy thing that in the long term will be harmful to them, but here my question:

how broad/popular is this cake soap ting, i've seen this some of this before in other west african countries but not to the extent i saw here...as dumb/irresponsible as this trend is, is this phenomenon really that different from tanning? or any other extreme body modification practice? and is vybez kartel that influential of an artist?

 

[dathbgboy]

obviously this has been going on for a minute, it's kinda unfortunate that people are doing this trendy thing that in the long term will be harmful to them, but here my question:

how broad/popular is this cake soap ting, i've seen this some of this before in other west african countries but not to the extent i saw here...as dumb/irresponsible as this trend is, is this phenomenon really that different from tanning? or any other extreme body modification practice? and is vybez kartel that influential of an artist?

Yea, it's the same thing as tanning. And Vybes Kartel is the don over there in the dance hall scene, he's like THE guy.

 

[tay1]

If you saw 7am the documentary, the creators have made a new documentary called Gentrified - Ethnic Cleansing: American Style

http://www.youwillbemoved.org/

 

[trueprada]

 A Black Woman Will Be Headlining Coachella For The First Time In History

http://earhustle411.com/black-woman-will-headlining-coachella-first-time-history/

 

[d nice]

[h1]U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of ‘racial terrorism,’ says U.N. panel[/h1]

The history of slavery in the United States justifies reparations for African Americans, argues a recent report by a U.N.-affiliated group based in Geneva.

This conclusion was part of a study by the United Nations' Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, a body that reports to the international organization's High Commissioner on Human Rights. The group of experts, which includes leading human rights lawyers from around the world, presented its findings to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, pointing to the continuing link between present injustices and the dark chapters of American history.

"In particular, the legacy of colonial history, enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, racial terrorism and racial inequality in the United States remains a serious challenge, as there has been no real commitment to reparations and to truth and reconciliation for people of African descent," the report stated. "Contemporary police killings and the trauma that they create are reminiscent of the past racial terror of lynching."

Citing the past year's spate of police officers killing unarmed African American men, the panel warned against "impunity for state violence," which has created, in its words, a "human rights crisis" that "must be addressed as a matter of urgency."

The panel drew its recommendations, which are nonbinding and unlikely to influence Washington, after a fact-finding mission in the United States in January. At the time, it hailed the strides taken to make the American criminal justice system more equitable but pointed to the corrosive legacy of the past.

"Despite substantial changes since the end of the enforcement of Jim Crow and the fight for civil rights, ideology ensuring the domination of one group over another, continues to negatively impact the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of African Americans today," it said in a statement. "The dangerous ideology of white supremacy inhibits social cohesion amongst the US population."

In its report, it specifically dwells on the extrajudicial murders that were a product of an era of white supremacy:

Lynching was a form of racial terrorism that has contributed to a legacy of racial inequality that the United States must address. Thousands of people of African descent were killed in violent public acts of racial control and domination and the perpetrators were never held accountable.

The reparations could come in a variety of forms, according to the panel, including "a formal apology, health initiatives, educational opportunities ... psychological rehabilitation, technology transfer and financial support, and debt cancellation."

To be sure, such initiatives are nowhere in the cards, even after the question of reparations arose again two years ago when surfaced by the groundbreaking work of American journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Separately, a coalition of Caribbean nations is calling for reparations from their former European imperial powers for the impact of slavery, colonial genocide and the toxic racial laws that shaped life for the past two centuries in these countries. Their efforts are fitful, and so far not so fruitful.

When asked by reporters to comment on the tone of the American presidential election campaign on Monday, the working group's chairman, Ricardo A. Sunga of the Philippines, expressed concern about "hate speech ... xenophobia [and] Afrophobia" that he felt was prevalent in the campaign, although he didn't specifically call out Republican candidate Donald Trump.

"We are very troubled that these are on the rise," said Sunga.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rorism-says-u-n-panel/?utm_term=.4cec81892322

 

[lamekilla]

At the very least free college education for every African-American in the states

 

[luckyluchiano]

At the very least free college education for every African-American in the states

that is useless. K-12 is terrible and won't even prepare kids for their free education so folks will major in some BS and still have to fight to get jobs at companies not owned by Blacks.

Making African Americans tax exempt will do more.

 

[tokes99]

At the very least free college education for every African-American in the states

maybe land grants too...i don't know what it should be but some form of restitution(s) is necessary...

 

[dathbgboy]

At the very least free college education for every African-American in the states

maybe land grants too...i don't know what it should be but some form of restitution(s) is necessary...

Truth, I wouldn't rock w/ land grants because no matter what, the government still owns the land so they have control over how they can screw u.

Sucks that we'll never get reparations. If only we were Irish, Japanese, etc.

 

[AIR J XIII]

All that sounds fine and dandy, my only problem is if anything like that ever happens, white will not want to hear ANYTHING about slavery/Jim Crow, etc.

 

[luckyluchiano]

All that sounds fine and dandy, my only problem is if anything like that ever happens, white will not want to hear ANYTHING about slavery/Jim Crow, etc.

Nobody cares what what people think. The ones who have issues with African Americans getting paid back from slavery lack logic.

 

[Mr.Guy]

They need to forgive my student loans. I'd be happy with that.

 

[trueprada]

Armstrong State University in Savannah now offers a college course deicated to OutKast called, "OutKast and the Rise of the Hip-Hop South".

 

[luckyluchiano]

Armstrong State University in Savannah now offers a college course deicated to OutKast called, "OutKast and the Rise of the Hip-Hop South".

lol waste of damn money.

 

[gry60]

Armstrong State University in Savannah now offers a college course deicated to OutKast called, "OutKast and the Rise of the Hip-Hop South".

lol waste of damn money.

Lol.

You say that because that's the music you grew up in. I wouldn't register for such a course for the same reason, but it's important for our art to transition from its original setting to academia in order for it to survive beyond the generation that made it popular. At least the kids will know there's more to hip hop than screaming a bunch of adlibs in a microphone for 5 min.

 

[trueprada]

All white people who have studied history and geography know that Christ was a black man.
Malcolm X

 

[trueprada]

Defamation Lawsuit Against Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby Allowed to Move Forward

 

[AEA18]

 

[luckyluchiano]

Lol.

You say that because that's the music you grew up in. I wouldn't register for such a course for the same reason, but it's important for our art to transition from its original setting to academia in order for it to survive beyond the generation that made it popular. At least the kids will know there's more to hip hop than screaming a bunch of adlibs in a microphone for 5 min.

I dont want to hear anyone who took that class complaining about not finding a job at graduation. This class aint for black people because this is what we grew up with and is our culture. Black people should be concerned woth gaining skills to compete gloablly, this def aint it.

 

[trueprada]

 College Electives. Not all of the classes you choose will be based on a set list that will fulfill the requirements of your major. Part of the fun of college (and we hope you'll agree) is having some flexibility in choosing college classes you're interested in.