SPIN: Is Irreverence a Problem in the Black Community?

[TEH]

Without God, church and prayer disrespect is bound to happen.

 

[BaggerofTea]

Make sweeping generalizations about the black community like a white supremacist brehs.

 

[010101]

that's humans across the board

99.9% are not intelligent enough to be respectful without a threat attached

ha

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[JasoRockStar]

Wow

I feel like only a few black historical figures get this treatment,Malcolm X etc

Several do. Malcolm, Martin, The Black Panthers as a whole, Garvey, Kwame Ture, Frederick Douglass, etc.

They fail to realize that all of these people were going through rapid changes in their beliefs and adjusting them to the crazy ass world they were living in. They were expanding their views constantly and many of them were complex figures. But too many times, black folks today treat their words as gospel, concrete and unchanging. And honestly, we misrepresent their views a lot of the time

 

[Taadow]

To answer ur second question, excellence. And in this case, excellence within the black community

Do you think people generally revere excellence? It seems like excellence brings haters…

And @TEH brings up a good point - who sets the standard for what excellence is?

 

[Billie Jean]

Make sweeping generalizations about the black community like a white supremacist brehs.

You cant disagree without using a revolting simile?

 

[BaggerofTea]

You cant disagree without using a revolting simile?

Your using a thread of maybe 30 people to make a generalization.

 

[King Poetic]

This sadly been going on for decades in our. Community from music, comedy and politics..

 

[I Really Mean It]

What he said about Chapelle was dumb, insulting and borderline c00nish.

 

[Billie Jean]

Your using a thread of maybe 30 people to make a generalization.

I see your point. But irreverence is prevalent

 

[get these nets]

Several do. Malcolm, Martin, The Black Panthers as a whole, Garvey, Kwame Ture, Frederick Douglass, etc.

They fail to realize that all of these people were going through rapid changes in their beliefs and adjusting them to the crazy ass world they were living in. They were expanding their views constantly and many of them were complex figures. But too many times, black folks today treat their words as gospel, concrete and unchanging. And honestly, we misrepresent their views a lot of the time

Those are people who "sampled" their life stories and never "listened to the record". At least in my experience. Though the information is readily available, those people aren't inclined to know anything before they critique historical figures.
The loudest ones get exposed for not knowing primary information about these people or the political/social climate they lived in.

 

[Fill Collins]

Black people are fickle

There's a reason why jazz, blues, rock, doo wop, rap, roots reggae, house, calypso...I could go on, can either covered by cacs or straight up co-opted

Look at how cacs made ska into shytty pop music 20 odd years ago, and lately I've been seeing "blues playlists" on youtube with sad cacs on the cover...don't get me started on rap

 

[JasoRockStar]

Those are people who "sampled" their life stories and never "listened to the record". At least in my experience. Though the information is readily available, those people aren't inclined to know anything before they critique historical figures.
The loudest ones get exposed for not knowing primary information about these people or the political/social climate they lived in.

All of this is true as well and I've seen the bolded too often, especially when it comes to Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement ("he just wanted white acceptance" is one dumbass take).

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

you can't post anything about someone famous without chatty patty ish and name calling like we back in middle school. it's like messiness is the default mode online
this can't be life

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

That thread was shameful. I don't get why these dudes are so protective of Chappelle.