I don't care it's still fukk them
Attended a Black Men Brunch today.
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humminbird
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Yo, for real, if there was ever a ColiCon or something of the sort I’m pulling up. Can you imagine that shyt? With special guest speakers “BrothaZay” and “Kamala_Harris”. Ranging from topics on ‘How to control your PAWG’ to ‘Get bread, broke nikka’ to ‘Is my puppy truly ADOS?’
humminbird
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Was the food good at least 
You talking about one of those clout chasing flash mobs?
I like style and fashion. I though it was dope. NéAndré Broussard is running a business so this helps.
By the way this was Austin so of course you get some people that are more liberal and intersectional minded which I understand.
I’m just talking shyt. I respect black men who know the importance of presence and presentation.
Image is a tool, better yet a weapon that can be used to get what you want in life IMO.
I'm in the same boat. No pops so I learned occasionally through family but mostly through trial & error + the internet. If your bullshyt detector isn't fine tuned, the internet will lead you to becoming either a simp or a redpiller.
Experience and reflection is what allows you to make adjustments. Those adjustments stop you from becoming a stereotypical HoH guy capping for Tory Lanez or a weirdo who cosigns Derrick Jaxn and flies women out for first dates even tho he can't afford rent.
Those with a father in their life hopefully have a person that passes on the life lessons thanks to experience and reflection, but it's possible that someone's father is just as lost as the average TLR Coli brehs
yeah, we can't seem to have spaces for us without intersectionality being a key note.
it may be more lucrative but i prefer pragmatic ideas and goals.
i was a panelist for a forum last week and we discussed barriers to employment. brehs were out here talking about allies and non-racialized groups....nikka we all black first. first see then leverage your black network FIRST.
it may be more lucrative but i prefer pragmatic ideas and goals.
i was a panelist for a forum last week and we discussed barriers to employment. brehs were out here talking about allies and non-racialized groups....nikka we all black first. first see then leverage your black network FIRST.
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No idea. Kinda corny to me
You talking about one of those clout chasing flash mobs?
Call me a hater, but I never liked those mobs. Brehs wearing skittle colored suits looking like fashion statues.
We get it black men are the flyest ppl on earth and always have been. But let’s get into BUSINESS. Events surrounding BUSINESS AND US SHOWING OUR WORK. Not just standing still and being fashion statues. Real boot camps with training.
That’s the real image. Not just photo ops
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Basically it was for 100 Black Men to come together, network, and talk about the main topic which was "Tough Love".
The event was supposed to start at 2. I roll there around 2:30 and I thought brunch would be popping off and prepared, but it wasn't ready until 2:45.
The guest speaker wanted us to talk about Tough Love and what it meant. In the middle of it a woman came and the speaker came and said "Stand up men! We got a queen here and she ain't got a man!" or something to that effect.
The rules also included no misogny or homophobia. I understand and agree with both but there are many spaces now where ones opinion, especially a Black man's can be misconstrued as bigoted so I thought that was some bullshyt there.
In his beginning topics he used the term "cis hetero straight men" more than once, to which I'm argue I'm not cis ANYTHING but I think he was being sensitive to some of the gay Black men there.
Those two combined made me think it was on some bullshyt.
We finally got food and did brief networking. Some Black men in the community were doing some good things trying to get young Black children transportation to school, fighting food insecurity, getting more Black people in tech. All good!
The conversation went back to the topic of tough love.
One thing that annoyed me was that the speaker was using tropes of men saying we don't talk about feelings. The speaker even said he just talked about feelings two weeks ago with his therapist and is "just learning about it"...so why are you speaking on it?!
Some people said tough love was out of necessity which I agree. I was waiting for someone to say that tough love was toxic but thankfully no one did.
The brunch speaker also gave me the impression that he just liked to hear himself talk. He is an activist in the community so I feel that he thinks he can speak on things.
Wish there was more networking and building instead of being lectured to. We didn't need a theme for us to come together. One breh said that he went to one last year and people talk talked but they aren't here today.
@hood b. goode invited me to it and I think we could do a better one that serves our community better
That definitely would’ve been my cue to bounce OP lol
Also I gotta ask, what city was this brunch at?
I feel you on that. I will say though that they did have a great opportunity to network with other Black men, entrepreneurs, community organizers, etc. which this event today I went to was lacking.
This was Austin