Ex employee says Afropunk owner is a racist half breed that hates black Americans

[Poitier]

I recall you calling me all types of c00ns for saying this awhile ago. I am your master teacher.

You're mistaken. I fathered all this.

 

[Swirv]

I thinks it's other way around actually.
Their like of alternative music ostracizes them.
I was a metalhead and a major punk fan from 10 on up, and everyone called me an "Oreo" or just White.
I just loved the music and the revolutionary message, I was sort of "pushed out" though. Alongside other things like anime, skateboarding, and fantasy novels, things that aren't considered "Black" in the stereotypical sense.
They become safe places for Black people who are ostracized.

I feel that nowadays some Black people who think close mindedly are shedding the idea that enjoying different lifestyles does not make one less Black.

 

[CinnaSlim]

I was on AfroPunk when it was just a forum. I remember when the fest was still free.

 

[Poitier]

Their like of alternative music ostracizes them.

Nope, most of the time they ''special snowflake'' themselves.

 

[EndDomination]

I feel that nowadays some Black people who think close mindedly are shedding the idea that enjoying different lifestyles does not make one less Black.

Slowly but surely over the last decade it has been. It's still a big thing though.

 

[EndDomination]

Nope, most of the time they ''special snowflake'' themselves.

I have long-standing anecdotal evidence (which I'd imagine is equally as useless as yours for making a broad statement), but early adolescent bullying is about the same. There are just more "alternative" Black kids and adults I suppose.

 

[Losttribe]

Figures.

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

i kinda take what an ex employee says about thier former boss with a grain of salt..usually they speaking out of bitterness and disgruntled

and from what im seeing i don't think its a RACIAL thing so to speak but more of a CORPORATE IDEAL that afropunk is seekin

and unfortunatly CORPORATE MEANS "MAINSTREAM WHITE"

but i came across her boss Matthew Morgan bio and ...i never in my life came across a black person who said HAPPY DAYS is one of thier favorite shows

considering HAPPY DAYS celebrates the 1950s an age of colored bathrooms and lynchings..that show had no black folks on it

SO maybe she got a point with the self hatred allegation

Matthew's Page

 

[Swirv]

Slowly but surely over the last decade it has been. It's still a big thing though.

Where I live it's not

 

[Swirv]

i kinda take what an ex employee says about thier former boss with a grain of salt..usually they speaking out of bitterness and disgruntled

and from what im seeing i don't think its a RACIAL thing so to speak but more of a CORPORATE IDEAL that afropunk is seekin

and unfortunatly CORPORATE MEANS "MAINSTREAM WHITE"

but i came across her boss Matthew Morgan bio and ...i never in my life came across a black person who said HAPPY DAYS is one of thier favorite shows

considering HAPPY DAYS celebrates the 1950s an age of colored bathrooms and lynchings..that show had no black folks on it

SO maybe she got a point with the self hatred allegation

Matthew's Page

The name & show creator of the sitcome def was sliding subliminals

 

[Black Cobain]

I was on AfroPunk when it was just a forum. I remember when the fest was still free.

damn..I really got into AP late..

Speaking of that, do any of you brehs remember the name of that list with Black people in punk? The page was orange and had black text..I remember seeing comments from Steve Albini and other musicians.

 

[AnotherRoute]

Afropunk hasn't been shyt since it left the basements of NYC and got corporate sponsorship and stop having black rock music

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

I have long-standing anecdotal evidence (which I'd imagine is equally as useless as yours for making a broad statement), but early adolescent bullying is about the same. There are just more "alternative" Black kids and adults I suppose.

That nikka just mad he ain't ever getting no ass.

But what kills me is dudes acting shocked AfroPunk in general was trying to go back to being LGBT friendly (which they should) especially seeing how Rock/Punk was pretty damn Queer from the Mid 1970's-Early 1980's.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Invention 80 years ago doesn't correlate to popularity now.
Rosetta Tharpe invented rock n roll, and you sure as hell wouldn't have seen her as the face of rock even 15 years later.
Black men like hip-hop more than anything else, and for some reason shun people who are Black but aren't fans.

30-40 years ago ain't 60 years ago.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

It's definitely a special snowflake/aspie thing. Black people have always (not en masse) fukked w/ hardcore, etc....If you're cool, you're cool...The venue I used to perform at (Bernie's) in Columbus was a punk venue, and punk time was right before hip hop night. Our scenes ended up merging. A lot of cities were like this at a certain point...some early, some late. fukk a suburban poser.