Petition to Owner/Mods to BAN the use of Drake/MJ Blackface smileys and PERMABAN users who use it

[Flywin Lannister]

:fukkdrake:

@Brooklynzson and all Mods, this request is for The Booth, and all other Forums on thecoli.com

We are proud to be black, blackface is a reminder of a vicious racist period, the effect of which is still felt and seen today in our society.. there's no place for this on here or any forum.

How is it ok or even possible in 2018 to both create and post something so racist and insensitive on a black Hip-Hop forum without consequence and not get

-marked with low quality or offensive posting (effectively hiding the posting)
-warned
-bushed

When they are clearly racist and I am assuming violating the terms of use?

Is there a way that you guys can make sure:
1. All blackface smileys are banned from being used and that somehow all blackface smileys are deleted/things are set up in a way that if someone creates them technically it's no longer possible to use them as a smiley upon discovery/reporting
2. Any post containing a blackface smiley gets marked as offensive/racist and gets hidden
3. Users who use blackface smileys get bushed for a certain period
4. Users who use this smiley again, somehow, get permanently banned
5. These rules get communicated through a Stickied thread and a pop-up
6. Added: users should also not be allowed to use blackface in their avis

As a black man I speak for many of my brothers on here that we do not want to see this smiley or the Drake blackface smiley and that we feel that anybody who creates and/or uses this smiley should ideally be permanently banned.

Naturally a consequence of this will be that smileys made on The Coli will be used on Neo-Nazi, Alt-Right forums to further ridicule us, only a zero tolerance policy against this stuff can help. Sure, freedom of speech is great (seriously) and we can discuss race and religion and whatever we want on here - but there has to be a line of respect and this crosses it.

Sure the blackface smiley of Drake is now popular culture, but that doesn't mean it's not EXTREMELY offensive and for the first time I, as an avid The Coli supporter and fan, have the thought of 'maybe this is not the environment where I want to spend my time as a black man' pop up in my mind.

PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS OWNER/MODS..

If there is no manpower for this I volunteer to help with this and I'm sure many others would not mind helping with this.

Thank you for your time

 

[detroit devil 3]

Well, Drake did that (in his acting days), so hopefully we wouldn't have to go through that.

But seriously this website has a very predictable habit of running everything into the ground, and the sarcastic use of this meme, even though we are all sure Drake is the farthest thing from racist, is just another case in point.

It shall pass, don't take it personal.

 

[Black_Panther_JS]

even though we are all sure Drake is farthest thing from racist,

Who’s we

 

[detroit devil 3]

Who’s we

Everyone with an ounce of common sense.

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Nah

Are u even black?

 

[Doctor Wily]

Mos Def did blackface for that same company ( too black guys) a year before Drake did it...


Kinda surprised no one brought that up yet .

Anyway I dont fukk with Drake on any level but that smiley is distasteful. Even if it was put on known c00ns like Whitlock it would stlll be distasteful.

 

[Flywin Lannister]

Nah

Are u even black?

Yes ma'am I am black. I was at one point a fan of Game of Thrones and thought this Tywin Lannister guy was the meanest mf'er out there, and since my nickname growing up was Fly (I used to make music) I created the username 'Flywin Lannister'. I've been around since the SOHH days.

You can ask @Nicole0416 if she thinks I'm black (as she's seen some of my posts on here) and check my post history. I'm down for all the jokes, but I don't play that blackface shyt at all. And the thing is, it can spiral out of control easily. You saying 'Nah' makes me wonder if you are a) actually black yourself since no strong black woman would allow blackface smileys and would support the fight against it b) are the 'Go Serena!' type.. in which case: don't reply.

 

[Flywin Lannister]

Mos Def did blackface for that same company ( too black guys) a year before Drake did it...


Kinda surprised no one brought that up yet .

Anyway I dont fukk with Drake on any level but that smiley is distasteful. Even if it was put on known c00ns like Whitlock it would stlll be distasteful.

Mos Def did blackface...?

 

[OneManGang]

Mos Def did blackface for that same company ( too black guys) a year before Drake did it...


Kinda surprised no one brought that up yet .

Anyway I dont fukk with Drake on any level but that smiley is distasteful. Even if it was put on known c00ns like Whitlock it would stlll be distasteful.

 

[Flywin Lannister]

Well, Drake did that (in his acting days), so hopefully we wouldn't have to go through that.

But seriously this website has a very predictable habit of running everything into the ground, and the sarcastic use of this meme, even though we are all sure Drake is the farthest thing from racist, is just another case in point.

It shall pass, don't take it personal.

I'm just going to assume you're kidding here with the 'so hopefully we wouldn't have to go through that'.

His explanation was one of the worst explanations possible. He did the 'my black friend'. He said it was because he was struggling as a black actor. We like Drake's music but are we as black men going 'yo.. if Drake as a black man can do this... so can I!'. Nah. We think that about BLACK artists.. not kids with a great background and upbringing (which is great!) who seen very little struggle coming up. Now a black poor single parent child winning a Grammy..

 

[3rdWorld]

Mos Def did blackface for that same company ( too black guys) a year before Drake did it...


Kinda surprised no one brought that up yet .

Anyway I dont fukk with Drake on any level but that smiley is distasteful. Even if it was put on known c00ns like Whitlock it would stlll be distasteful.

Mos Def is Black..Drake is not.

 

[Maschine_Man]

Too Black Guys -- The Streetwear Brand From Drake’s Blackface Photo

 

[Flav]

I see all the drake stans are gone so there is really no use to keep posting it to make them mad anymore. The show is over lay that smiley to rest already.

 

[10bandz]

We should also ban the discussion of black face rappers, and ban anybody from having an avi of a black face rapper.

OP, i feel what you saying, but the reality is most black rap fans whether they're heads or casual don't care.....you see people making all types of excuses and shyt. Perhaps we shouldnt let that affect how we police the board . It's worth debating though.....good thread OP

 

[10bandz]

didn't drake say the shoot wasn't for a clothing line tho