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The Black Culture Thread |OT13| Kimba is the New Blacked

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Welcome to the Black Culture Thread. This community is focused on the discussion and experience of daily life for minorities. GAF is a rather large forum, and these unique experiences can get lost in the noise. But while this thread was created to ensure certain topics relevant to the black community could be discussed reasonably, people of all skin color, ethnicities and walks of life are welcome. It's a community thread, so it can be intimidating for newcomers to jump in considering all the in-jokes and general cadence of the thread. If you are unfamiliar with anything, just ask. We are always looking for more decent folks to bring into the family.

Enjoy your stay. Don't track dirt all over the good carpet.

also sub is doing this one because trey's computer called in sick
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Also, tangentially related note: Indivisible, an inclusive-as-all-hell RPG from the creators of Skullgirls, has reached its necessary funding. Progress!

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And the winner is Numb! In an unprecedented finish, Numb came out of nowhere last OT to claim the title of King Bucketeer. Congratulations!

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Are you new to this community? Introduce yourself by filling out this quick questionnaire:

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Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy -
Do you know your roots -
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Your profession/major/career interest -
Your religious affiliation -
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BCT's resident podcast, curated by Moris. It's updated whenever BCT doesn't make a horse joke for at least 72 hours.

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| GAF |

Explanation of Cultural Appropriation by Angelus

Institutional Racism: The Continued War on Black America by Amirox

Sexual Preferences and Racism by some race-baiting concern troll (original article by Samantha Allen)

List of topics on black history and racial identity by Mumei
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| EXTERNAL |

Black Excellence vs. White Mediocrity by Arthur Chu / Salon, through Alternet

The Case For Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Video Games' Blackness Problem by Evan Narcisse (Kotaku)

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

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I want to be black.
captmcblack said:
Everyone wants to be black. There's nothing more punk rock on Earth than being black. We stroll in, all muscle and sinew and cocoa, fucking the game up like dirty edge connectors. We laugh loud and speak bold and emit "I-just-don't-give-a-fuck" with every movement. We have been scrutinized and analyzed in every conceivable way, and still we are mysterious and exotic right down to the kink of our hair to those - surprising, still numerous - people who haven't been in contact with us before. We've created the rhythm and the blues, the rock and the roll, the hip and the hop. We brought in the noise and the funk. We put the soul in food, and pretty much everything else too. We built your pyramids, and we leap over them with our seemingly impossible collective athleticism, borne of mountains, jungles and plains that many of us still live in all across the world. Everyone wants to be black.

No one wants to be black. There's nothing more terrifying than the knowledge that we exist in every way but individually to everyone - even other black people. We can never be judged by our own merits; we carry the weight of the race's progression with every step into the future like Atlas, and even he shrugged...but we can't, because it's considered weak and selling out if we do. Every bit of slang, every bit of clothing that sits the wrong way, every head nod and hand gesture can and will be taken in the wrong way, a universal "there-goes-the-neighborhood" by everyone that can do so, which basically consists of everyone that doesn't want the social association with black people. That group, naturally, consists of everyone that is able to pass as "non-black". We live in a world where we were kings until we were cattle, and then we were weapons, and then we were like aphids, sprouting up where we weren't wanted, corrupting non-black youth, and the reason for everything from crime to lowered test scores or property value. Nobody wants to be black.

My blackness offends infinitely.
I want to be black.
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Natural's Law
MWS Natural said:
Natural's Law - is a humorous observation made by GAF poster MWS Natural in 2011 which is becoming an Internet adage. It states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving black people approaches 1. In other words, Natural put forth the hyperbolic observation that, given enough time, in any online discussion regarding any form of conflict someone inevitably criticizes some point made in the discussion by comparing it to discrimination faced by blacks.
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Racism is Quantum-Locked
Htown said:
Racism is weird. Everybody knows it totally exists, but when you look at any specific situation, racism is never involved. You can know that it exists, but when you look for it, it turns into something else.

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Racism is quantum locked. It doesn't exist when it's being observed. The moment it is seen by any living creature, it freezes into a coincidence.
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The Liberal Limit
Marlon James said:
And while we’re at it, let’s talk about another thing that has been pissing me the fuck off recently. Lately, in the pages of liberal bastions like Atlantic, Slate, and New Republic, there has been this movement gaining steam largely because nobody wants to give it a name. So let me name this mofo: The Liberal Limit. You know it— in fact it’s been the view of many liberals and leftists, but particularly old white liberal men (yeah I said it), that progressiveness has gone too far, so far that even their privilege now feels attacked.

They’re tired of learning new gender pronouns. Tired of hiding that nigger joke book. Tired of having to figure out how to respond to a Rihanna video. Tired of feminists of colour pointing out fissures in whatever wave of feminism we got right now. Tired of black kids on campus whining all the time. Tired of everybody being so angry because without their alliance all you coloured folk would be doomed. Liberal but up to the point where it scrapes on privilege.

But here’s the news. You’re a progressive. You’re supposed to progress. You’re supposed to be more liberal today than you were yesterday. Yes, we’re supposed to passionately debate (not tear down) even the stance of our allies, even those who agree with us 60% of the time. You’re supposed to keep changing your views on race because even the most positive view is inherently flawed and needs work. The whole point to being liberal, to being progressive is to continuously evolve, continuously question, continuously debate, even continuously knock down and build up, sometimes even ripping everything apart to start again. My views on trans people are different in 2014 that they were in 2004. And you can bet your ass it will be even better in 2024 than it is now, because that's what makes me not conservative. The point to being a progressive is to fucking progress.
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Obama chuckled. "You mean the chaos emeralds?"
EmCeeGramr said:
After being beaten to the ground by Towering Black Football Player Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman reluctantly pulls the trigger in self-defense. Martin falls back and lets loose a mighty African laugh. "So it begins!" he cries (translated from thug language).

The transponder on his wrist contacts the White House, where Operation Caliphate sits waiting.

"Your majesty," cries an aide (likely homosexual), "Agent Martin, codenamed Fire of Allah, has completed his mission!"

Imam Hussein Obama clasps his hands and smirks, a "jazz cigarette" in his mouth. "And now the honkies will pay."
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Bronx-Man said:
You guys don't know what it feels like to have your heart betrayed like this. I just got cuckolded by a damn video game conpany. It's like if they announced Crash or Laura Croft for Smash. There's just some lines you don't cross.
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Slayven said:
I am trying to get paid in Asian women. Shit I would sign up to be a slave again if I could make some red kool-aid using Kristen Kruek's grey water
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i dont know any music genre that does this. never Alice in Chains. never Solange Knowles. its always someone with rap music. playing it all loud because they think the whole block wanted to hear it. Class or work early in the morning? sucks for you. newborn baby? too bad. heres more rap music!
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Special thanks to Trey for letting me appropriate be the savior of do this OT and for past OPs for laying the groundwork through so many OTs prior.

Thanks also go to several members credited in the resources tab for their threads on topics relevant to black culture.​
 
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LionPride

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How yall feel bout Ciara Renee(Hawkgirl on Flash) saying that she white? A few of the Black Podcasters Nerd Union AKA Rod, Kris from Insanity Check, Sterling from Gaming and Then Some, and this one woman I can't remember had a discussion on Twitter bout it.
 
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Face it Tiger..

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LionPride said:
How yall feel bout Ciara Renee(Hawkgirl on Flash) saying that she white? A few of the Black Podcasters Nerd Union AKA Rod, Kris from Insanity Check, Sterling from Gaming and Then Some, and this one woman I can't remember had a discussion on Twitter bout it.
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she ain't white, but she a cac.
 
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MikeBreezy92

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LionPride said:
How yall feel bout Ciara Renee(Hawkgirl on Flash) saying that she white? A few of the Black Podcasters Nerd Union AKA Rod, Kris from Insanity Check, Sterling from Gaming and Then Some, and this one woman I can't remember had a discussion on Twitter bout it.
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Explain this, is she saying that she's white in the show or irl white?
 
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Malyse

Member
LionPride said:
How yall feel bout Ciara Renee(Hawkgirl on Flash) saying that she white? A few of the Black Podcasters Nerd Union AKA Rod, Kris from Insanity Check, Sterling from Gaming and Then Some, and this one woman I can't remember had a discussion on Twitter bout it.
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citation needed
 
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Kreed

Member
MikeBreezy92 said:
Explain this, is she saying that she's white in the show or irl white?
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Googling it, she identifies herself as white/is defending being 70% white on Twitter despite auditioning to play a black character (Iris West) and landing the role of a latina character for Flash and Arrow (Kendra Saunders).
 
Jackben

Jackben

bitch I'm taking calls.
Waiting for the meltdowns and served crow on indivisible getting funded; strangely, all the haters seem to have disappeared into the mist in the last 48 hours...
 
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Jackben said:
Waiting for the meltdowns and served crow on indivisible getting funded; strangely, all the haters seem to have disappeared into the mist in the last 48 hours...
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Shyamalan twist: the "promoting interbreeding" racist in the confessions thread funded it because the protag is spiritually absorbing people of all races.
 
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Young Magus

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Yall mofos actually made it to the unlucky number.......
congrats and nice OT cold-ass-nikka
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KOF XIII is based bruhs
 
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deli2000

Member
Great OT. I should post here more, but i'm probably going to end up lurking and watching the fuckery unfold again.
 
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Numb

Member
That new thread smell.
That's too many posts on my my side lol
gotta chill
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Indivisible hype.
Congrats to those guys.
Can't wait to play.
MagusKen said:
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KOF XIII is based bruhs
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KOF XIII is what magic is made of.
That new one tho...
 
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shingi70

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Hey guys just got my account validated today. Long time Lurker.

Where you're from -Detroit, Michigan
Where you live - Detroit
What is your age? -23
Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy -African American
Do you know your roots - no
Favorite musical genre - indie rock
Your profession/major/career interest - Student/retail worker
Your religious affiliation - Agnostic Christan
Hobbies - Reading comics, Long boarding, video games, etc.
KFC, Popeye's, Churches, or Bojangles? - Popeye's
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User 73706

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T'Challa getting ready to pour a big scoop of Wakandan vibranium microweave into housewives' mugs

something something what giants do
 
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bishoptl

Banstick Emeritus
1. Isn't this OT early?
2. Sub what is up with your avatar?
3. Going across 3 lanes of traffic to make a left hand turn...on a goddamn BICYCLE...is what's hot in these Vancouver streets apparently. But if I hit dude, I'm the asshole right?
4. FOH
 
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