Colin Kaepernick comments on Carton Banks and Steve Urekel
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THIS SHOW HAS BEEN FIRE
Mr Hate Coffee
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Carlton wasn’t even close to being the most popular character on The Fresh Prince. Will is the most liked character by whites (and everyone else). Honestly this example is some pretty dumb surface level analysis. Is the whole show like this? I might have to pass
I don't make assumptions about other people opinions speak your mind
Black people are not a monolith
I don't recall Urkel having white friends, and chased black women the whole series. He was made fun of for being a nerd, every race have nerds. I think what Colin was trying to say was that they make white people comfortable and thus easy to assimilate. But Urkel wasn't looking for acceptance. He was just a genius. I remember when he built that robot, and the machine that turned him into Stephon. He's the type of guy you make fun of in H.S but then when he becomes a great inventor, you're in your HBCU freshman class listing off black inventors and naming him one of the goats of the 20th century.
They never appreciate the nerds until they come up with a breakthrough, then they become revered. They should be revered when they're putting in the work in those books and getting straight A's and minding their business spending hours writing thesis. but yea, that'll be the day
They never appreciate the nerds until they come up with a breakthrough, then they become revered. They should be revered when they're putting in the work in those books and getting straight A's and minding their business spending hours writing thesis. but yea, that'll be the day
I don't want to go to deep into this but a lot of the Republican framing of the show is because the writers weren't sure how to portray the Banks family in the late 80s.
Trot LaRoc
Superstar
Dude is a waffle colored nikka who grew up around white folk and has been cosplaying as a black revolutionary
I respect that he stood up for something and gave up his career but the cult around him is ridiculous.
For all he did, how has he improved the lives of black America?
Feels more like just for show than for real change
I'm not a hater but ppl act like he the reincarnation of Malcolm X
I respect that he stood up for something and gave up his career but the cult around him is ridiculous.
For all he did, how has he improved the lives of black America?
Feels more like just for show than for real change
I'm not a hater but ppl act like he the reincarnation of Malcolm X
Stop.
Reagan was hated by us in the '80s.
The dude went down to Philadelphia, Mississippi where those 3 Civil Rights workers were murdered at the beginning of his campaign to dog whistle to racist Whites about "States Rights"
He used the "Welfare Queens In Cadillacs" trope to justify villifying Black women on public assistance.
He ramped up Nixon's War on Drugs and started ramping up the incarceration of Black folks.
You couldn't say Reagan's name in the Black community without somebody wanting to shoot somebody.
His wife started a campaign even saying, "Look at all these beautiful White faces" for fukks sake.
Dude, I hate Clinton as much as anybody, but that is not what happened.
Bill Clinton built relationships with Black leaders, politicians, and clergy for 30 years before he ran president.
Ronald Reagan was most famous for instituting gun control to stop the Black Panthers from carrying guns.
It's not even close who was more roundly despised by the Black community in the '80s and '90s.
I'd argue most Black folks were fooled by Clinton because Clinton at least tried to appear like he had our interests in mind.
Reagan since the '60s was on some straightshyt.
Dude, I grew up in an all Black neighborhood, EVERYBODY watched Urkel every week.
Nobody looked at Urkel as no Tom or "safe" for White people, just that he was a nerd.
I had nerds in my damn near all Black school too. They weren't being safe for White people. That's just who they were
Now, Carlton was supposed to represent an Uncle Tom type character, but the point was to make fun of Carlton.
Will, was supposed to represent an "authentic" Blackness, while Carlton represented a kid who was so insulated by his parents wealth that he never figured out he was Black.
I don't think he was put there for White people though.
He was put there for Black people to make fun of, really.
Carlton character was supposed to be the uptight/ black conservative/square type guy.
He never was supposed to be an uncle tom.
Yeah he was just a square, I doubt most people wanted to be him instead of like Will, him and Urkel were just funny characters.
little4209
All Star
Idk why but he’s getting on my nerves a tad …the examples were trash, Urkel and Carlton would’ve been the “acceptable negro” type by society’s racist standards buuuut they didn’t “act white” or “conform” at ALL….he even had Tootie and Gary Coleman up there, what did they do? Other than being on shows with white cast members…I actually have watched old reruns of these shows and never once thought Tootie and Gary Coleman ain’t Black enough lol
Stop.
Reagan was hated by us in the '80s.
The dude went down to Philadelphia, Mississippi where those 3 Civil Rights workers were murdered at the beginning of his campaign to dog whistle to racist Whites about "States Rights"
He used the "Welfare Queens In Cadillacs" trope to justify villifying Black women on public assistance.
He ramped up Nixon's War on Drugs and started ramping up the incarceration of Black folks.
You couldn't say Reagan's name in the Black community without somebody wanting to shoot somebody.
His wife started a campaign even saying, "Look at all these beautiful White faces" for fukks sake.
Dude, I hate Clinton as much as anybody, but that is not what happened.
Bill Clinton built relationships with Black leaders, politicians, and clergy for 30 years before he ran president.
Ronald Reagan was most famous for instituting gun control to stop the Black Panthers from carrying guns.
It's not even close who was more roundly despised by the Black community in the '80s and '90s.
I'd argue most Black folks were fooled by Clinton because Clinton at least tried to appear like he had our interests in mind.
Reagan since the '60s was on some straight
Dude, I grew up in an all Black neighborhood, EVERYBODY watched Urkel every week.
Nobody looked at Urkel as no Tom or "safe" for White people, just that he was a nerd.
I had nerds in my damn near all Black school too. They weren't being safe for White people. That's just who they were
Now, Carlton was supposed to represent an Uncle Tom type character, but the point was to make fun of Carlton.
Will, was supposed to represent an "authentic" Blackness, while Carlton represented a kid who was so insulated by his parents wealth that he never figured out he was Black.
I don't think he was put there for White people though.
He was put there for Black people to make fun of, really.
Regan wasn’t hated in the black community until years later in retrospective. There is a reason why he won two landslides. My stepmoms admitted she voted for that POS for gov and President
FukkaPaidEmail
Retired Hoodrat whisperer
Colin took a stand when the vast vast majority of the “full black” nikkas were scared to move a muscle ..
You really have nikkas in here spinning Reagan but will call every nikka that utters the word trump a c00n . Ronald was 60
Times worse
You nikkas are some clowns
You really have nikkas in here spinning Reagan but will call every nikka that utters the word trump a c00n . Ronald was 60
Times worse
You nikkas are some clowns
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He is right tho…. Yall joke, but he’s right (tho I thought Jaleel white created Urkel…. But still)