or not.

You seem to start by saying white folks should be corrected because of the imbalance (but why does the imbalance matter if it doesn't negative affect us?)

But then you say they've been treating us like shit since forever (which suggest that harmful portrayals are irrelevant).


>>
>>If you think it doesn't have much, if any, impact on black
>>people, why do we get bothered or upset when white people
>>portray us negatively?
>
>Bc the portrayals aren't balanced.
>
>>Negative influence on us and how we behave and think of
>>ourselves.
>>
>>And negative influence on white people and how they perceive
>>us and think of us.
>>
>>I think it's hard to argue that it doesn't happen in the
>>second instance.
>
>Bc ppl are stupid. They should be challenged on that point -
>they should be taught that we are MUCH more than our
>entertainment.
>
>And btw - they used to lynch us back when our entertainment
>was less negative. And they enslaved us back b4 we were
>entertaining them.
>
>>>I kept hearing y'all talk about Future on this site so I
>>>checked for it on Spotify (ohh, that's what Kwesi's post
>was
>>>about). I just couldn't.
>>>
>>>It's kind of annoying that I can't listen to black radio
>>with
>>>my kids because of the random f-cked up stuff I am bound to
>>>hear. (This easily could be a "what happened to LOVE
>songs"
>>>post).
>>>
>>>I've long made the distinction between black culture and
>>black
>>>entertainment. When people want to criticize black culture
>>>the first thing they do is cite examples of black
>>>entertainment as if the two are interchangeable. That's
>>>bullshit.
>>>
>>>But I am wondering if listening and watching stuff like
>that
>>>all the time, does it take a toll on us?
>>>
>>
>>
>>**********
>>"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then
>>they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
>>
>>
>>"One of the most important things in life is what Judge
>>Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as
>to
>>whether you're
>


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson


"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're