Black Culture Discussion Thread

[maq25060]

My soon to be 5 year old daughter pointed out yesterday that I'm the dark skinned one in the family...completely unsolicited.

We'll continue to watch this story as it develops.

 

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[KHUFU]

Fantastic musicians. Ellis was a gentleman. May the ancestors embrace all of our own, as if they’ve never felt before.

 

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[DCAllAfrican]

 

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[Present]

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Them mfer's are good at cutting a brotha off and jumping to commercial when things get real.

 

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[kingjay718]

One of the best things I ever did was visit his home in East Harlem.

I’ll say this, I don’t see no Chinese people reaching out to no black person right now. I just think right now isn’t the time to try to look for attention and try to be ignorant. When this pandemic dies down then we can start once again having discussions about Asians and their lack of care for our plight. Right now to me isn’t the time

We need to stop supporting their businesses. They don’t eat the same junk they feed us and then talk **** about us in their language.

 

[KHUFU]

One of the best things I ever did was visit his home in East Harlem.




We need to stop supporting their businesses. They don’t eat the same junk they feed us and then talk **** about us in their language.

The wife goes to a Black nail salon, and we both do not eat from chinese owned businesses.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[alchemist iq]

By Lou Escobar

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[kingjay718]

i do this. But I’m realizing that Latinos don’t use this term when they discuss the plight of the Latino/working class folks.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

i do this. But I’m realizing that Latinos don’t use this term when they discuss the plight of the Latino/working class folks.

RARELY do that include us. Most times it's the ones that do embrace their african roots and where they really come from.

 

[Present]

In one study, we randomly assigned white participants to associate words with either blacks or African-Americans. Specifically, they selected 10 terms out of a list of 75 (e.g. aggressive, ambitious) that they felt best described each group. The participants that evaluated blacks chose significantly more negative words than those who evaluated African-Americans. Notably, whites did not associate more negative words with “Whites” than with “Caucasians.”

Then, we conducted another experiment, using a fictional crime report to see whether a criminal suspect would be perceived more negatively when he was identified as black or African-American. Whites showed more negative emotions toward a suspect when they read that a black male suspect “was found running east on Lake Street” than when the same suspect was described as African-American. Participants showed their emotional response by indicating how “warm” or “cold” they felt toward the suspect on an interactive thermometer.


These results are not confined to our lab – they live and breathe in the pages of American newspapers. Using analytic word count software, we evaluated hundreds of crime reports in major newspapers from 2000 to 2012. We created a custom dictionary to measure the presence of the terms African-American and Black, as well of the presence of over 300 negative emotion words (e.g. violent, hatred, and enemy). The use of the term Black was positively associated with a negative emotional tone in an article. We found no such impact for the use of the term African-American.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/11/18/whites-view-the-term-african-american-more-favorably-than-black/

 

[KHUFU]

The Science of Why Black People Root for Everybody Black

Black people feel that their fate is linked to other Black people's.

www.psychologytoday.com

The concepts of Ubuntu and linked fate differ, however, in that Ubuntu joins together all of humanity, whereas linked fate emphasizes a common bond among people of African descent. Is it unfair for Black people to feel for and support people who share their race? If White people embraced linked fate, then wouldn’t that be racist? To answer these questions, we must consider the larger political context in which different racial groups exist.

 

[tay1]

Kevin Hart doesn’t get enough credit for Real Husbands of Hollywood imo. It’s a funny show and I personally can’t think of anybody who has brought together more black actors, comedians and musicians on a single show. Especially those we haven’t seen in a while

 

[marikomorose]

 

[tay1]

Not even comparable. You must not watch the show. Which is cool, but still.

 

[marikomorose]

Not even comparable. You must not watch the show. Which is cool, but still.

I did watch the show & loved it, I just saw slightly more & more success stem from Keenan’s regime.

 

[tay1]

I did watch the show & loved it, I just saw slightly more & more success stem from Keenan’s regime.

Well yeah. In Loving Color served as the launching point for people’s careers. RHOH isn’t meant to do that. I was speaking on how Kevin brought out a lot of black entertainers from various backgrounds, old and new.

 

[marikomorose]

Well yeah. In Loving Color served as the launching point for people’s careers. RHOH isn’t meant to do that. I was speaking on how Kevin brought out a lot of black entertainers from various backgrounds, old and new.

Oh I don't want it to seem like I was undermining Kevin b/c I'm not. I was just acknowledging Keenan's hand in the black development in Hollywood.