Donald Glover: how the star of Atlanta proved that I too could be cool

[Gold]

it is what it is man. People hold on to a lot of negative shyt they deal with during their formative years. It's not really different than people who grow up abused, bullied or poor in that regard

If you can't relate then realize you're fortunate. If you were a good football player then you had a lot of social protection

My problem is people had no problem singling these kind of brehs out for being "oreos" when it had a negative connotation and served to lower someone's self esteem but since it's seen as positive to like these things now suddenly it's not special. But If it was the case then they wouldn't have been singled out to begin with. Clearly it was seen as special or different. So, it's a moment of pride for people who had to endure that shyt like it was something bad to begin with. People who grew up like this actually had less role models to look up to than so called ghetto or hood nikka. And I bring them up because those were the ones who were most likely to bully a kid for being that way.

With all that said I don't think Donald is exactly the same as most of the people who look up to him. He's lucky he actually happens to be a pretty good cross-culture entertainer, whereas people who look up to him probably don't have that which made him more accepted.

I agree, that's why I said I would probably have gone through something similar had I went to a public school.
Yeah sports would have insulated me to an extent but my overall point is how heavy the highschool phase weighs on people.

I mean look at how many movies talk about homecoming or prom. Clearly people love (or hate) to relive their hs years.

I'm just lucky mine were boring and uneventful.

 

[Piri Tomas]

Donald Glover is a cornball. Not because he's likes "white" things but because he walks around with an inferiority complex for liking "white" things. I've heard him talk in interviews about how at the end of the day him and his people are just "nikkas from Atlanta" and won't mind throwing hands/putting in that work if they have to. fukk outta here, him and his whole fam would get rocked. Just be yourself, embrace being a nerd.

And no one should feel bad for nerd nikkas. I've lived both sides of the equation. Nerds get the college/professional/401K experience and tough streets nikkas get jail. Who's winning?

 

[Sugar]

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[Gold]

Donald Glover is a cornball. Not because he's likes "white" things but because he walks around with an inferiority complex for liking "white" things. I've heard him talk in interviews about how at the end of the day him and his people are just "nikkas from Atlanta" and won't mind throwing hands/putting in that work if they have to. fukk outta here, him and his whole fam would get rocked. Just be yourself, embrace being a nerd.

And no one should feel bad for nerd nikkas. I've lived both sides of the equation. Nerds get the college/professional/401K experience and tough streets nikkas get jail. Who's winning?

Fully agree with the bolded.


I feel like alot of what's going on with these young guys boils down to an inferiority complex.
If someone calls you white for liking something nerdy, call them a c00n or a bytch to their face.
See if they really about it, most likely they're not.

Don't just accept these insults. Fukk that have some pride.

 

[FSP]

Donald Glover is a cornball. Not because he's likes "white" things but because he walks around with an inferiority complex for liking "white" things. I've heard him talk in interviews about how at the end of the day him and his people are just "nikkas from Atlanta" and won't mind throwing hands/putting in that work if they have to. fukk outta here, him and his whole fam would get rocked. Just be yourself, embrace being a nerd.

And no one should feel bad for nerd nikkas. I've lived both sides of the equation. Nerds get the college/professional/401K experience and tough streets nikkas get jail. Who's winning?

So hes gotta act like a submissive little bytch then? Thinking like you is part of the problem

 

[Piri Tomas]

So hes gotta act like a submissive little bytch then? Thinking like you is part of the problem

You need to check your own logic because it's off. Being yourself and not trying to prove you're hard just because you're black is the definition of being real. Black nerds getting an education, prospering economically, promoting the interests of our people that's what I fukk with and look up to. Proving you can push nikkas around in the streets is wack.

Donald Glover can talk that mess because he can pay for security. A non-famous black nerd tries that shyt he's getting himself beat the fukk down or locked up. Black nerds need to stop trying to prove themselves on some street shyt. It's a self-defeating/destructive dynamic. We have enough gully tough nikkas to fill all the jails already.

 

[FSP]

You need to check your own logic because it's off. Being yourself and not trying to prove you're hard just because you're black is the definition of being real. Black nerds getting an education, prospering economically, promoting the interests of our people that's what I fukk with and look up to. Proving you can push nikkas around in the streets is wack.

Donald Glover can talk that mess because he can pay for security. A non-famous black nerd tries that shyt he's getting himself beat the fukk down or locked up. Black nerds need to stop trying to prove themselves on some street shyt. It's a self-defeating/destructive dynamic. We have enough gully tough nikkas to fill all the jails already.

Saying you dont take fukk shyt is not exclusive to street nikkas. nikkas complaining about shyt that they themselves would do kills me everytime But hes the cornball, ok

 

[Piri Tomas]

Saying you dont take fukk shyt is not exclusive to street nikkas. nikkas complaining about shyt that they themselves would kills me everytime

Son if a dude built like Donald Glover talks that tough guy shyt he's getting roofed in the streets. Get in where you fit in. Fighting everyone all the time is a good way to get hurt out there.

 

[FSP]

Son if a dude built like Donald Glover talks that tough guy shyt he's getting roofed in the streets. Get in where you fit in. Fighting everyone all the time is a good way to get hurt out there.

Bih what are even talking about. Now we talking about body type and weight. Pac was 5'6 150 lbs. Half these rappers are less than that. Talking the same shyt. What are we even talking about?

 

[deeznutz93]

Our people need to get some pride and self esteem. How are you grown and you still car about being cool or looking awkward.

 

[Piri Tomas]

Bih what are even talking about. Now we talking about body type and weight. Pac was 5'6 150 lbs. Half these rappers are less than that. Talking the same shyt. What are we even talking about?

Pac was a black nerd with an inferiority complex who took the proving himself shyt to an extreme. We saw how that ended. These dudes are not built for that street shyt and that's okay. If you're a fukking nerd, you should look to avoid conflict and do you. That's being hard.

 

[TRY GOD]

Toure is a c00n fakkit

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

"hyper black..."


The irony and dualities. Don't ask me how.
I understand the point he was trying to convey..."we're not a monolith" and the "Kanye made us cool" 2.0 story...but wow, this is a bit much.
Another thinkpiece in #THEPATTERN

 

[ThrobbingHood]

I was as proud as possible of being black

 

[FSP]

Pac was a black nerd with an inferiority complex who took the proving himself shyt to an extreme. We saw how that ended. These dudes are not built for that street shyt and that's okay. If you're a fukking nerd, you should look to avoid conflict and do you. That's being hard.

Once again. Knowing how to protect yourself and having a sense of self worth is not mutually exclusive or monopolized by "street nikkas". Im a nerd and im not shy of conflict. That's the mentality of any grown male who's been through anything would realistically have and if thats how you walk around expecting nikkas to behave like you just typed to me, then you will probably get your own shyt rocked at some point for not knowing how to move. Because of thinking like yours is the reason he probably said that. Don't sleep on anybody