MrBillCollecta
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We love small victories
Representation wouldnt matter as much if we had more ownership.......
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loyola llothta
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You can apply that same logic to black nations (who really run who). Also the same Dutch company now own the Haitian famous alcoholic beverage PrestigeWas thinking similarly earlier after reading about the Jamaican women's bobsled team's ordeal.
For those not in the know, aside from the Cool Runnings flick from some years ago, the women also compete and have a squad at this year's Winter games. Their coach, a German woman, for whatever reason was demoted from head driving coach to track performance analyst. Needless to say she wasn't too happy and decided to quit entirely, but here's the kicker. The $50,000 (yeah 50 racks) sled that the Jamaican team was using was leased by her, was in her name, making her legally and financially responsible for it. So when she quit, the sled went with her. Only if the team would pay her for the sled would she allow them to use it. So they team was temporarily without a sled until Red Stripe stepped in and financed a sled for them.
To me, that's as illustrative as it gets about ownership vs representation.
Women's Jamaican Bobsled team = represented at Olympics
Original sled = leased by a German woman until she got pissed and left and took the bobsled with her
New sled = fronted by Red Stripe
The irony of Red Stripe is although it's widely known as a Jamaican lager, here are the two men who started it.
It was eventually purchased by a company in London and now owned by the Dutch company we're familiar with, Heineken.
Think about that, the land that produced iconic music, iconic foods and drink, an iconic culture, and renowned figures such as Garvey and Bolt, has it's women representing at the Winter Games in 2018 for bobsledding. And their country couldn't even front them a sled.This is textbook "representation", but not true ownership. And as I pointed out it's not just current, but a history of a lack of ownership.
Aba_juggin
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you know how hard it is to get that funding It's definitely possible but why bring this up to slight the success of a movie you didn't even make. Just enjoy. Maybe raise your kid to be the next leader engineer or movie director and expose him to different things( if he's good at it )No...but I have heard we need more black owned movie studios...as well as engineering firms....I give u 2.5 trolls out of 5...step it up
He tryna own them daps, you're just comfortable being represented by them.
...where did I slight the movie in any of the posts in thread...I said now what? ppls kids see themselves as superheroes which is good for their self esteem...but if all their parents is doing is taking them to the movie and painting their faces...how does that help them win at life? My issue was with ppl going overboard on the "representation" aspect of it...it's a good movie never said it wasn't...but ppl just doing too much and ain't having ownership convos with one another....it's just a black movie they were told to get behind and they did....and they get mad when u want to have that convo...because u not drinking the cyanide punch like they are...Aba_juggin
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That's true I wish the story was more about ownership, but you never know this movie can inspire younger generation but idk. I could care less.... I just wanna watch a good movie tbh all this stuff is extra. it's do hard to own a business and I wish there was support but it's not for everybody
I'm grown up so my perspective is obviosuly different. But fukk that you're not gonna catch me on social media giving this movie free promo when these guys made millions and I still got a car note and some debt to pay off. But that's me personally if you wanna dress up and post pictures I'm not judging
