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The Black Culture Thread |OT9| More Priest, Less Hudlin

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RedSwirl

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ishibear said:
What's the culture tho?

I mean, it's really silly when you think about it. Black culture is American culture. We eat the same foods, share clothing stores, share music now too, etc.

If someone wants to be into gaming, they are just as likely to get the same responses in school from other kids (aka nerds, etc). I really don't understand this view. We lost most of our culture when we were brought here on slave ships. So, what's all this about black culture being so different?
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I had the same thought waking up this morning.

African Americans aren't like immigrants where they just bring over foreign culture into the country. What we're referring to as "black culture" right now is American culture. The way we eat and dress is just as American as, well, anything else here. We may have invented some culture that probably has slithers of African influence that survived the centuries, but that culture came up in America and most of it has been adopted by America. From what I can see, most foreigners identify that culture with America as a whole, not just black people.
 
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Angelus Errare

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I swear the acting in Arrow is getting worse and worse per episode.

Superman is the best thing about this show. I mean shit is so dumb. Diggle is walking around without a masking right behind GA. Cats can't be too concerned about secret identiies.

Also

Dreams...you have some explaining to do bruh.

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akira28

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FeenixRising said:
hmm.

well, I also have 1500 Asian points. Can I combine them and trade them in for a single white point?
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I know a place where you can flip those Asian points to some white dudes with extra white points. Probably get you a better conversion rate. You gotta speak "otaku" though.
 
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AfroMW

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It's always interesting catching up to whats been going on while dealing with the results of the damn blizzard that hit here

Anyway, what's good fam?
 
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ishibear

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BCT won't see OT10. Can't even agree about cornbread. Smh.

RedSwirl said:
I had the same thought waking up this morning.

African Americans aren't like immigrants where they just bring over foreign culture into the country. What we're referring to as "black culture" right now is American culture. The way we eat and dress is just as American as, well, anything else here. We may have invented some culture that probably has slithers of African influence that survived the centuries, but that culture came up in America and most of it has been adopted by America. From what I can see, most foreigners identify that culture with America as a whole, not just black people.
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Yep. It all comes down to, "I don't want to be associated with Black people". Which is sad as hell.
 
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Vermillion

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RedSwirl said:
I had the same thought waking up this morning.

African Americans aren't like immigrants where they just bring over foreign culture into the country. What we're referring to as "black culture" right now is American culture. The way we eat and dress is just as American as, well, anything else here. We may have invented some culture that probably has slithers of African influence that survived the centuries, but that culture came up in America and most of it has been adopted by America. From what I can see, most foreigners identify that culture with America as a whole, not just black people.
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Fine:

*Because they don't associate with the culture that is perceived to be inherent to black Americans, the very same culture that we refer to when we talk about cultural appropriation.
 
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The adventures of Beyonce Daughter of sparda and leader of the saints continue: Why is ashley burch some one you can just call up to help you in this game. Also why is she just tiny tina.
 
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User 73706

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I like cornbread, but I only really like it sweet. We usually have it with chili and my family puts them in the same bowl, but i'll generally have it with milk.*

*I'm white.
 
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RP912

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Sub-Zero at a Starbucks said:
I like cornbread, but I only really like it sweet. We usually have it with chili and my family puts them in the same bowl, but i'll generally have it with milk.*

*I'm white.
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cornbread and milk...

this is some space age grubbing o_o


I need to go about doing such things next time wife cooks up a batch.
 
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RP912

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This concept of cornbread and chili just doesn't suit well in my interest. Chili just belong on fries, burgers and hotdogs...nowhere near the chili...
 
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User 73706

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RP912 said:
This concept of cornbread and chili just doesn't suit well in my interest. Chili just belong on fries, burgers and hotdogs...nowhere near the chili...
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Yeah, I don't get it either. I think it's supposed to be a salty-sweet thing, but my mom grew up all over the west / midwest and the Wahrers used to be farm-centric carpenter types from up north, so I'm guessing it's just a weird frontier meal that my great-grandma helped perpetuate when she was raising her ten kids in dust bowl-era struggle times.

The Wahrers are a fucking weird family. Persistent, sure, but definitely off.
 
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I've always had shit cornbread until this year's thanksgiving. used to it falling to shit, gritty as fuck - turns out my mother couldn't fix it worth a good goddamn. My brother made cornbread this year and I was like "well, I don't usually, but this time I'll try it" and I ate six of the damn squares. God tier. I just had to have the right person make it. My mother can't be trusted.
 
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RP912

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What yall know about struggle crock pots though...

I'm talking about the remaining shit in the refrigerator hitting the pot with hopes that it'll hold you down until grocery shopping...
 
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User 73706

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Vermillion said:
Wait, you're white? Huh.
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Mostly, yeah. 2/3rds German. My dad's Puerto Rican / German and my mom's from the American Midwest but her family immigrated from Germany in the 1820s. I just have an easier time identifying with smaller, minority-centric communities like this and the LGBThread groups because I feel like straight white guys can be kinda one-dimensional when you run them through a game market / pop culturally-guided echo chamber like GAF.

spindashing said:
No joke at all but KFC used to have real good cornbread back in the 90s. Or at least they did in Brooklyn locations.
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I don't think chicken places are ever gonna deny their demographics, lol.
 
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