>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?)

We complain that we see too many negative portrayals - I complain bc I want to see a broader range bc I would enjoy seeing that broader range not bc I'm clutching my pearls over the negative portrayals.

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

Yes. The portrayals are not relevant to white ppl's behavior toward us as they treated us WORSE when our entertainment was less negative.

>>>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
>>
>
>
>**********
>"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