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Subject: "RE: like i said two generations, every negro in america"
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Joe Corn Mo
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Tue Jan-06-15 02:02 PM
16. "RE: like i said two generations, every negro in america"
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>one slip up and someone's gonna jump and say "SEEEE!!! I TOLD
>YALL!! NIGGERS!!!"
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i feel you.
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help me understand respectability politics.
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The way it was always taught in my family
John Forte
Jan 06th 2015
1
how do you feel when respectability politcs is presented as a solution?
Joe Corn Mo
Jan 06th 2015
3
do real (Black) people actually do that?
John Forte
Jan 06th 2015
7
don lemon's perspective is not rare.
Joe Corn Mo
Jan 06th 2015
10
but better is still defined by...
imcvspl
Jan 06th 2015
13
i left that part out to avoid getting sidetracked.
Joe Corn Mo
Jan 06th 2015
14
like i said two generations, every negro in america
imcvspl
Jan 06th 2015
15
save/invest the money they have instead of buying clothes/rims/sneakers
BigJazz
Jan 06th 2015
2
striving for excellence != respectability politics
southphillyman
Jan 06th 2015
4
sure.
Joe Corn Mo
Jan 06th 2015
5
they'd have to do it for two generations
imcvspl
Jan 06th 2015
8
I think it would make a significant difference
Cocobrotha2
Jan 06th 2015
19
depends what the problem is
southphillyman
Jan 06th 2015
20
I agree.
Joe Corn Mo
Jan 06th 2015
25
It sounds like you understand respectability politics fine.
Hitokiri
Jan 06th 2015
6
Bourgie people on twitter defending people they want nothing to do with....
Chanson
Jan 06th 2015
9
i want nothing to do with any people in real life.
Joe Corn Mo
Jan 06th 2015
11
The only solution to any social problem is education.
initiationofplato
Jan 06th 2015
12
It is hidden assimilation under the fear of whiteness
Musa
Jan 06th 2015
17
How does baggy jeans and face tattoos with dreads help our...
legsdiamond
Jan 06th 2015
18
there is a thread on page 1 about fixing your hair to get a job.......
southphillyman
Jan 06th 2015
24
it doesn't.
Joe Corn Mo
Jan 06th 2015
28
it wouldn't cure anything but it's a step in the right direction.
legsdiamond
Jan 06th 2015
31
Imo, it has to be bred out over time.
Wonderl33t
Jan 06th 2015
21
The murder rate plummets (even more) if it goes into effect.
Teknontheou
Jan 06th 2015
22
I don't believe that.
Joe Corn Mo
Jan 06th 2015
26
So then you don't have an issue with RP, per se.
Teknontheou
Jan 06th 2015
27
correct.
Joe Corn Mo
Jan 06th 2015
29
^^^^ this ^^^^
legsdiamond
Jan 06th 2015
33
who died & made yt the barometers of respectability tho?
Binlahab
Jan 06th 2015
23
yes, yes you actually can
BabySoulRebel
Jan 06th 2015
37
Don't dress like one if you don't want to be treated like one
Kira
Jan 06th 2015
30
Those things don't even solve the same problems for all white people. n/...
Marbles
Jan 06th 2015
32
ya mean what was life like for Blacks before that there rap music? Jim C...
nonaime
Jan 06th 2015
34
We had water fountains....
Kira
Jan 06th 2015
35
ones for respected people and ones for the not so respected...
nonaime
Jan 06th 2015
36
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