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30. "Don't dress like one if you don't want to be treated like one"
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>my new years resolution is to not correct ppl on OKP.
>so no responses from me will accuse you of
>being a coon, or call you stupid, or whatever
>I normally do when I disagree with ppl about this.
>
>question 1: if black kids would dress better,
>quit listening to rap, completely stop all drug
>experimentation,
>not have sex until they got married, save and invest all the
>money they have instead of buying clothes, rims, and sneakers,
>and give their
>life to christ,
>
>would that solve the problems black people face?

Of course not but this makes racist white people feel better and gives them an opportunity to stick it to us.

>
>question 2: if the problem wouldn't be solved, how much better
>
>would life in america be for black people if
>overnight, all black people became conservatively
>dressed, 100 percent law abiding, god fearing citizens?

We're already conservatively dressed, 100 percent law abiding, god fearing citizens.

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>question 3: assuming all black people became 100 percent
>respectable tomorrow, what else would have to be done to get
>true equality?

We're never achieving true equality in this country. By the way, when affirmative action ends this narrative will change dramatically. I won't make this post go poast but look up the true benefactors of affirmative action. Watch what happens when that rug gets pulled out from under them.

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>question 4: how do you respond to disillusioned black youth
>that feel that no amount of respectability politics can
>actually change their lives for the better?

I'm with them and more than willing to put them up on game. Spoiler alert young buck but they hate and feel superior to you. No amount of play the right way is changing that narrative any time soon. I rephrase this question to white people whenever they ask me. One time I asked a bishop if his daughter dresses provocatively does that mean men have the right to hit on her with reckless abandon. Another time I asked a prejudice white dude if this means we should profile him like we profile terrorists due to his attire that mimics domestic terrorists. Basically, let's take this to the next level. Respectability politics applies to everyone and that is the narrative WE follow.

  

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help me understand respectability politics. [View all] , Joe Corn Mo, Tue Jan-06-15 01:26 PM
 
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The way it was always taught in my family
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how do you feel when respectability politcs is presented as a solution?
Jan 06th 2015
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do real (Black) people actually do that?
Jan 06th 2015
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      don lemon's perspective is not rare.
Jan 06th 2015
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but better is still defined by...
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      i left that part out to avoid getting sidetracked.
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           like i said two generations, every negro in america
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                RE: like i said two generations, every negro in america
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save/invest the money they have instead of buying clothes/rims/sneakers
Jan 06th 2015
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striving for excellence != respectability politics
Jan 06th 2015
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sure.
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      they'd have to do it for two generations
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      I think it would make a significant difference
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      depends what the problem is
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           I agree.
Jan 06th 2015
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It sounds like you understand respectability politics fine.
Jan 06th 2015
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Bourgie people on twitter defending people they want nothing to do with....
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i want nothing to do with any people in real life.
Jan 06th 2015
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The only solution to any social problem is education.
Jan 06th 2015
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It is hidden assimilation under the fear of whiteness
Jan 06th 2015
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How does baggy jeans and face tattoos with dreads help our...
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there is a thread on page 1 about fixing your hair to get a job.......
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it doesn't.
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      it wouldn't cure anything but it's a step in the right direction.
Jan 06th 2015
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Imo, it has to be bred out over time.
Jan 06th 2015
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The murder rate plummets (even more) if it goes into effect.
Jan 06th 2015
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I don't believe that.
Jan 06th 2015
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So then you don't have an issue with RP, per se.
Jan 06th 2015
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      correct.
Jan 06th 2015
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^^^^ this ^^^^
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who died & made yt the barometers of respectability tho?
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yes, yes you actually can
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Those things don't even solve the same problems for all white people. n/...
Jan 06th 2015
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ya mean what was life like for Blacks before that there rap music? Jim C...
Jan 06th 2015
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We had water fountains....
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      ones for respected people and ones for the not so respected...
Jan 06th 2015
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