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31. "it wouldn't cure anything but it's a step in the right direction. "
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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?
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      don lemon's perspective is not rare.
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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
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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.
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It sounds like you understand respectability politics fine.
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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
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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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Imo, it has to be bred out over time.
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The murder rate plummets (even more) if it goes into effect.
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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.
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      correct.
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^^^^ this ^^^^
Jan 06th 2015
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who died & made yt the barometers of respectability tho?
Jan 06th 2015
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yes, yes you actually can
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Don't dress like one if you don't want to be treated like one
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Those things don't even solve the same problems for all white people. n/...
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ya mean what was life like for Blacks before that there rap music? Jim C...
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We had water fountains....
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      ones for respected people and ones for the not so respected...
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