Trinidad James Out Here Speaking the Truth About Paris
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It's when we live outside of societies rules they cannot harm us. Leave them in the dark of Plato's Cave.
Are you born in a western nation? If so CHANCES are (chances not definitely that's what I said, and truthfully that's the impression I get from most black people in real life and those I've talked to online) you'll feel innately closer to this country and western nations than an Africa, there's plenty of black people who don't even like the term African American.You made plenty of good/valid points. But don't shyt on the term 'woke', now.
That's the exact cultural bias we are referring to. Except that we are calling out that bullshyt while you are turning it into an excuse. I don't know about you, but I don't have any cultural ties to France. I do have African ancestry so that's enough for me to discard your theory that we deep down inside feel more sympathy for French cacs than we do for Africans. The media doesn't "sensationalize" tragedies occurring outside the west because the general population couldn't give a fukk, it's not the other way around.
I would say we have closer cultural ties to the BLACK community in the west specifically. Remember that generalizing "Western culture" implies you are referring strictly to European influenced culture.
Anyway, I understand why cacs would be conditioned to care less. There's probably a study on how cultural/racial bias affects the majority-race in terms of not being able to sympathize with people who are foreign to their way of life. But we as black people should know better than to mourn white France while remaining blind to the rest of the world. Especially our African brothers and sisters.
And no it's make than just black western culture, sure there are distinctions but black Americans are just as apart of American culture/society as any white person born.
And I don't expect black people to "know better" when this is the country they're born in and who they'll identify with.
I've had a hard time convincing black people Africa isn't all just dirt roads and huts or that it's not okay to call them "spear chuckers" or other terms jokingly, humans aren't built for this type of perspective.
Of course that doesn't mean you should just give up or anything because minds can be changed.
You think your a real life MLK telling other people what to say SMH at people like you.
It's true.
They won't be happy.
One minute it's fukk white people and white opinions and the next it's why aren't they giving me validation or it's why aren't they protesting or not acknowledging these issues and then it's not enough or they'll ignore it.
Stick with one.
Tj has always spoken like this on such matters even when he had that strong buzz
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We could go in it right now.
Black people who don't want to be identified as blacks/Africans? That's the "new black/colorblind" bullshyt, these people are c00ns. Like it or not, America is divided. Don't try to lump us all together as if we had the same cultural environment and experiences as a whole. I will give you that our generation is steaming with both black pride and shame. Hip hop culture is upside down, black kids pointing and laughing at anything remotely African, but we as woke black people don't need to excuse the fukkery by saying it's only natural to care about a society that doesn't care for us a whole. Did France mourn the Charleston shooting? Well, didn't it happen in a Western country?
"We are all westerners" - only black westerners think that way. Europeans are pro-Europeans, fam.
That's the point of the thread there is an effort to ignore what happened in Nigeria...
When Ukrainians were getting killed there was constant coverage on CNN, Fox, etc.
Nigeria and Ukraine are both poor countries so why do you think the western media suddenly knew what was happening in Ukraine but ignored what happened in Nigeria?
Breh.. You fail to understand that this is not about getting validation from whites, this is about continuing to point out how white supremacy operates and explain it to people willing to listen.
I doubt the western media will ever see lost African lives as newsworthy
Not colorblind there's a difference.Black people who don't want to be identified as blacks/Africans? That's the "new black/colorblind" bullshyt, these people are c00ns. Like it or not, America is divided. Don't try to lump us all together as if we had the same cultural environment and experiences as a whole. I will give you that our generation is steaming with both black pride and shame. Hip hop culture is upside down, black kids pointing and laughing at anything remotely African, but we as woke black people don't need to excuse the fukkery by saying it's only natural to care about a society that doesn't care for us a whole. Did France mourn the Charleston shooting? Well, didn't it happen in a Western country?
"We are all westerners" - only black westerners think that way. Europeans are pro-Europeans, fam.
That's a rejection of reality.
Not liking the term African American could simply be not liking being connected to a country you weren't born in and I've seen people take that perspective and still agree with the more "militant" non Africa related coli stances.
And I'll continue to lump you in because imo you're innately lumped I'm and black people have been since this country was founded and in the eyes of foreigners you're still an American, black American culture is still American culture.
I'm sure some people in France mourned the Charleston shooting, but it seems kind of silly imo to try and compare these two events when looking at the implications of them and their sheer scale.
I can remember shootings in Africa an other crisis that have gotten a decent news coverage and I'm sure during the 90's their was a lot.That's the point of the thread there is an effort to ignore what happened in Nigeria...
When Ukrainians were getting killed there was constant coverage on CNN, Fox, etc.
Nigeria and Ukraine are both poor countries so why do you think the western media suddenly knew what was happening in Ukraine but ignored what happened in Nigeria?
Breh.. You fail to understand that this is not about getting validation from whites, this is about continuing to point out how white supremacy operates and explain it to people willing to listen.
I doubt the western media will ever see lost African lives as newsworthy
But after awhile people become used to it and it's not as good of a story, I see no reason why they would get the same coverage at this point.
Also Ukraine has massive geopolitical implications and a link towards the whole Russia vs US/Russian fear so of course Ukraine will get more coverage, and it was new.
Is this a product of European countries fukking with places like Africa and white supremacy?
Yes but if someone's talking about it I think it should be explained better/with more nuance.