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Subject: "Black men, do you feel stifled? "

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scout
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Mon Mar-23-15 02:06 PM

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"Poll question: Black men, do you feel stifled? "

like youre walking a fine line in life? Do you believe it's hard to be a successful black man? If so, why? I'm trying to understand my brothers, my loves better.

Poll result (24 votes)
yes	(5 votes)	Vote
no	(15 votes)	Vote
its complicated, explain	(4 votes)	Vote

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Black men, do you feel stifled? [View all] , scout, Mon Mar-23-15 02:06 PM

Subject	Author	Message Date	ID
sure.	IkeMoses	Mar 23rd 2015	1
more than black women?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	2
no.	IkeMoses	Mar 23rd 2015	66
am I asking the wrong questions or are you purposely being squirrelly?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	69
the question is just very open-ended.	IkeMoses	Mar 23rd 2015	70
I want all the answers that's why. and I didnt wanna influence any answe...	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	71
why? i live on the margins of my society.	IkeMoses	Mar 23rd 2015	73
thanks for the teeth, sir.	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	79
i logged in to say damn, cuz	duD	Mar 23rd 2015	96
you have to pick a master. until you do, it's an uphill struggle...	FLUIDJ	Mar 23rd 2015	3
this part I see a LOT of:	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	4
much more noble than those. Success, Keeping it "real", Pleasing you mam...	FLUIDJ	Mar 23rd 2015	8
this is good	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	31
well, i am certainly drinking later.	double negative	Mar 23rd 2015	11
I don't feel handcuffed.	tariqhu	Mar 23rd 2015	5
had u made many "mistakes" before u came to this realization:	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	10
too many to name, but a few big ones.	tariqhu	Mar 23rd 2015	18
Its not hard, I do what I'm supposed to do and it gets done.	DavidHasselhoff	Mar 23rd 2015	6
do you/did you have help? If so, from whom/what?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	12
No help, I just put myself out there. Let people get to know me, I dont ...	DavidHasselhoff	Mar 23rd 2015	29
what i mean is did you come from a semi functional fam, have	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	32
Never let this society take away your cheerfulness.	Madvillain 626	Mar 23rd 2015	7
what do you think separated you from the other men in jail?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	27
nothing. i was hanging wit them all day	Madvillain 626	Mar 23rd 2015	30
i mean as far as your walk in life. why are you out and they aren't?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	33
we were all in there on misdemeanors.	Madvillain 626	Mar 23rd 2015	39
i know a couple them:	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	44
Yes.	8-bit	Mar 23rd 2015	9
couldn't some of those be considered positive traits, tho?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	16
The traits on the left are positive ones. The ones on the right are how....	8-bit	Mar 23rd 2015	37
right, but why do you think they're interpreted that way where you	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	38
The FEAR I see in people's eyes... while I'm wearing a shirt & tie.	8-bit	Mar 23rd 2015	43
what city do you live/work in?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	47
Philadelphia	8-bit	Mar 23rd 2015	78
i realize that i do not have the view of entitlement in my rolodex	double negative	Mar 23rd 2015	13
nigga you supposed to be everywhere	Madvillain 626	Mar 23rd 2015	19
social cues+racial neuroticism = lets be real	double negative	Mar 23rd 2015	22
"racial neuroticism" is a great term	Madvillain 626	Mar 23rd 2015	35
I should also add....	double negative	Mar 23rd 2015	52
whatever this is: an over-think-y ambivert, i think i'm it, too lol	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	54
yeah me too	Madvillain 626	Mar 23rd 2015	59
i sense that with just about every black man i ever accompany	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	21
everyday....can't be 'myself' in at all times	ambient1	Mar 23rd 2015	14
it doesn't sit well with me either.	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	23
The answer right below me	rdhull	Mar 23rd 2015	15
stifled? no. frustrated? yeah.	BrooklynWHAT	Mar 23rd 2015	17
frustrated how?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	25
it just feels like i have a lot of limits on me	BrooklynWHAT	Mar 23rd 2015	41
i wish okp had the thumbs up like facebook, lol.	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	42
too young to give up.	BrooklynWHAT	Mar 23rd 2015	55
Being a black man has only been a positive for me. No Lie.	Buddy_Gilapagos	Mar 23rd 2015	20
Honestly, I've only RECENTLY seen it effect my advancement.	spades	Mar 23rd 2015	24
how?? this really has me curious. so you saying being a black	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	34
oh it ABSOLUTELY has it perks.	spades	Mar 23rd 2015	68
This is exactly right.	Buddy_Gilapagos	Mar 23rd 2015	93
how has being a black man benefitted you?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	26
this has been documented, bin has talked about it.	double negative	Mar 23rd 2015	56
I've benefited from Affirmative Action. Also no matter where I go	Buddy_Gilapagos	Mar 23rd 2015	92
this is also something i agree with	double negative	Mar 23rd 2015	53
even in finding housing / apartments?	Madvillain 626	Mar 23rd 2015	62
I can't think of it ever being a problem in that regard.	Buddy_Gilapagos	Mar 23rd 2015	90
Yes, all kinds of social limits on how I "should" be	kevlar skully	Mar 23rd 2015	28
not fitting stereotypes? do you sense that people are	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	36
People that have a box for me are disappointed I'm not in it, usually	kevlar skully	Mar 23rd 2015	46
does that disappoint you?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	50
It usually manifest itself as an attack on me not being "enough" someway...	kevlar skully	Mar 23rd 2015	58
i don't but I know my brothers do.	Deadzombie	Mar 23rd 2015	40
how are you different from your brothers?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	51
no.	SoWhat	Mar 23rd 2015	45
do you think it's different for gay men, tho?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	49
Yeah, I want sowhat to elaborate cuz...	Madvillain 626	Mar 23rd 2015	60
all speculation on my part, but	tariqhu	Mar 23rd 2015	61
i do feel that.	SoWhat	Mar 23rd 2015	83
this is the key	tariqhu	Mar 23rd 2015	89
or any gay okp.	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	63
OR MAYBE i don't feel like being a black man has hampered me	SoWhat	Mar 23rd 2015	77
Dan Savage talks about this all the time.	spades	Mar 23rd 2015	65
i am so sick of you ppl.	SoWhat	Mar 23rd 2015	76
BLINKBLINK	spades	Mar 23rd 2015	85
Living in this gay bubble where all of my world is super gay	SoWhat	Mar 23rd 2015	88
well it helps that i duck walk and dip every 5 steps.	SoWhat	Mar 23rd 2015	75
you are not a flaming ass dick champion faggot in my eyes	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	82
i know, i know.	SoWhat	Mar 23rd 2015	84
I ain't been on here since December tho. I come in peace, I swear.	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	86
I believe you.	SoWhat	Mar 23rd 2015	87
LOL. thank you, sir.	2.tears.in.a.bucket	Mar 23rd 2015	94
it depends on how you mean.	atruhead	Mar 23rd 2015	48
Not At All	vee-lover	Mar 23rd 2015	57
nope, beyond not being the millionaire I feel I deserve to be	blkprinceMD05	Mar 23rd 2015	64
what do you think of reply #65?	scout	Mar 23rd 2015	67
that hasn't been my experience but it makes sense	blkprinceMD05	Mar 23rd 2015	74
Used to	Shade	Mar 23rd 2015	72
i have never had it work against me	tomjohn29	Mar 23rd 2015	80
Where did all the females go on this site?	Starks dunked on Bulls	Mar 23rd 2015	81
Did you mean to ask that here?	DavidHasselhoff	Mar 23rd 2015	91
Was just going to say, bad post placement	select_from_where	Mar 23rd 2015	97
no	legsdiamond	Mar 23rd 2015	95
Nope, a solid education and proper preparation for the world...	Starbaby Jones	Mar 23rd 2015	98
hell yeah! these peckerwoods don't want no nigga to win.	2.tears.in.a.bucket	Mar 24th 2015	99
heck Yes In AMERIKKKA	mistermaxxx08	Mar 26th 2015	100
I surely did as a youth, but not as much now	-DJ R-Tistic-	Mar 26th 2015	101

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