Aaron McGruder - "White America has been watching us act like fools..."
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The Pledge
If it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie.
I get it though. We’re conditioned to check the temperature. It’s a survival tactic. Chappelle had a joke on it, “I’m staying in the house tonight… gotta come up with an alibi”
It helps but it’s not this cure-all that some of us claim it to be. “Acting right” helps with surface level shyt like a job application but it doesn’t cultivate any real change.
We gonna be us regardless. That’s why I’m
And I still love the Boondocks.
Gritsngravy
Superstar
I don’t think white folks ever had respect empathy for the plight, ever advancement that was made was partly because of black folks fighting and the other part the country strategically needed it to happen
Nobody feels sorry for black folks and they issues, where the fukk black fatigue even come from, I swear these social media personalities is damn goofies
All this scary ass shyt gets on my nerves and if you black believing in that shyt then your eyes is not on the prize
Nobody feels sorry for black folks and they issues, where the fukk black fatigue even come from, I swear these social media personalities is damn goofies
All this scary ass shyt gets on my nerves and if you black believing in that shyt then your eyes is not on the prize
Gritsngravy
Superstar
Whatever moral compass that black people supposedly had that left is an American phenomenon, not saying we shouldn’t strive to be better but for whatever reason we try to exclude ourselves from the overall American culture
Which we then would have to really breakdown on what it was, what it currently is, and how it affects us
Cause truth be told I think culture was always like this in the country we just kinda look at the past with rose tinted glasses
KillerPups
All Star
Was all good until the last paragraph.
get these nets
Veteran
I think the full video of the event was already posted. But it was just one of the forums at weeklong event
2003
Teens who want to start and run businesses need leadership skills. If you're a budding entrepreneur, you won't want to miss the chance to develop your skills at The Youth to Leaders (Y2L) National Summit, which will be held in Washington, D.C., in August.
"The goal of Y2L is to identify the next generation of leaders and [to] provide an opportunity for them to meet each other at an early age," says Andrea Foggy-Paxton, executive director of the Tavis Smiley Foundation.
Y2L is the heart of the Tavis Smiley Foundation, which encourages, empowers, and educates youth on how to improve their lives and their communities. The foundation recognizes the need for African American youth to emerge as leaders.
Y2L, which was launched in 2000, has held one-day conferences in cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. At the conferences, approximately 100 students, ages 13 to 18, and their parents discuss concerns in the African American community and present solutions to these problems.
The first National Youth Leadership Summit will take place Aug. 7-12, 2003, at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. The five-day summit will feature an overview of the political process, the opportunity to dialogue with community leaders, advocacy and outreach training, career and education planning, and a tour of the White House and other historic places. Additionally, there will be a college career expo, entertainment, opportunities to network, teen town halls, and a national press conference where a national of African American youth will be unveiled. At the end of the summit, participants will launch a national agenda to improve their lives, their communities, and their world.
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The teens in the audience were youth leaders then, and are now decision makers/leaders in their late 30s/early 40s.
An entire generation has come after them of teens WILLINGLY recording, sharing, and uploading negative and ignorant content of themselves, their friends, or strangers.
Faces visible, for their parents and the entire world to see .
Young people without the thought in their heads of not embarrassing their families are in a different category. Either they were poorly raised, born followers more concerned about peer acceptance, or trouble makers.
I have to watch McGruders full comments, but the 24/7 stream of these uploaded vids of kids have become normalized since he said it. Its become monetized because many non-Blacks love to see it. And it has lead to laws being passed, or abolished relating to law enforcement/public safety.
On the surface, I think he might be partially right about it leading to others pulling back their support of legislation and measures that help Black people.
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2003
Teens who want to start and run businesses need leadership skills. If you're a budding entrepreneur, you won't want to miss the chance to develop your skills at The Youth to Leaders (Y2L) National Summit, which will be held in Washington, D.C., in August.
"The goal of Y2L is to identify the next generation of leaders and [to] provide an opportunity for them to meet each other at an early age," says Andrea Foggy-Paxton, executive director of the Tavis Smiley Foundation.
Y2L is the heart of the Tavis Smiley Foundation, which encourages, empowers, and educates youth on how to improve their lives and their communities. The foundation recognizes the need for African American youth to emerge as leaders.
Y2L, which was launched in 2000, has held one-day conferences in cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. At the conferences, approximately 100 students, ages 13 to 18, and their parents discuss concerns in the African American community and present solutions to these problems.
The first National Youth Leadership Summit will take place Aug. 7-12, 2003, at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. The five-day summit will feature an overview of the political process, the opportunity to dialogue with community leaders, advocacy and outreach training, career and education planning, and a tour of the White House and other historic places. Additionally, there will be a college career expo, entertainment, opportunities to network, teen town halls, and a national press conference where a national of African American youth will be unveiled. At the end of the summit, participants will launch a national agenda to improve their lives, their communities, and their world.
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The teens in the audience were youth leaders then, and are now decision makers/leaders in their late 30s/early 40s.
An entire generation has come after them of teens WILLINGLY recording, sharing, and uploading negative and ignorant content of themselves, their friends, or strangers.
Faces visible, for their parents and the entire world to see .
Young people without the thought in their heads of not embarrassing their families are in a different category. Either they were poorly raised, born followers more concerned about peer acceptance, or trouble makers.
I have to watch McGruders full comments, but the 24/7 stream of these uploaded vids of kids have become normalized since he said it. Its become monetized because many non-Blacks love to see it. And it has lead to laws being passed, or abolished relating to law enforcement/public safety.
On the surface, I think he might be partially right about it leading to others pulling back their support of legislation and measures that help Black people.
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
4 little black girls were blown up in a church
get these nets
Veteran
Some people dont have personal, or family standards, so their default view is "bu bu but white people".
Yes. Claudette Colvin was an unwed teen mother.
And understanding the nature of the people opposing them, local Civil Rights activists determined that Ms. Parks, was a better public face for the protests.
People are far removed from the CRM, but the words, strategies, and actions of the activists and planners are laid out and detailed in their books. And much like political campaigns, there was a component of the Civil Rights movement that worked appeal to the general public's support.
The CRM legislation wouldnt have passed without that support.
[TikTok Tuesday] They stole another AAVE term in real time, what's the score at this point?
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Commented on Tue May 27 16:27:04 2025 UTC
They're the reason why "Black fatigue" exists in the first place.
Honestly, I'm not surprised at all. We know the deal; they hate us and try to emulate us at the same damn time.
fukk them. They're upset that 47's policies are wrecking them. Let them continue to scream at their shadows while the leopards line up for yet another round of face-eating.
They're the reason why "Black fatigue" exists in the first place.
Honestly, I'm not surprised at all. We know the deal; they hate us and try to emulate us at the same damn time.
fukk them. They're upset that 47's policies are wrecking them. Let them continue to scream at their shadows while the leopards line up for yet another round of face-eating.
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│ They are trying to gentrify black fatigue like they did with the term woke. They do not care why it exists. They know why, they don't like it so they are going to take it, and do what they want with it.
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│ They are trying to gentrify black fatigue like they did with the term woke. They do not care why it exists. They know why, they don't like it so they are going to take it, and do what they want with it.
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