Why do black men always have to put on a show and be clowns for everybody?
panopticon
Superstar
I don't know how I feel about this.
There's shyt that crosses the line - upthread a breh gave examples of black coworkers in IT saying all sorts of disrespectful shyt about themselves and black people as a whole. Fukk that noise.
I think we're all generally in agreement on that shyt being unacceptable.
Where I get uncomfortable is criticizing our own people for behaving how they were raised to behave - whether blasting music in the parking lot, cracking jokes in class, dancing when they get a B+ on a test (thank you for the imagery tho Buckeye
), etc.
There's a social class element to all of this - I think that's really the elephant in the room here.
If you were raised by college-educated professionals, or had white-collar mentors growing up, or a family with a record of achievement and stability and self-respect, you'd know this sort of behavior was a no-no if you wanted to truly succeed. Sure, you probably had a youthful phase where you participated in the fukkery...but you snapped out of it quick when it came time to grow up. If you didn't, there were people in your corner actively shaming you for not doing so, and you got your shyt together quick.
But there are a lot of our people who didn't have these influences growing up. Nobody taught them just how much damage they were doing to themselves by acting in this way.
Like I said, I'm conflicted here. If all a breh knows is cuttin up and clownin...then that's what he's going to keep doing. For him to change, somebody will have to show him why what he's doing is so damaging to himself and to all black folks - and also teach him how to act in a way that demands the respect of those he comes into contact with.
I don't know who is doing that work today - or if its even considered of any value by our community as a whole. But it has to be done if we want this embarassing, soft-shoe bullshyt to stop.
There's shyt that crosses the line - upthread a breh gave examples of black coworkers in IT saying all sorts of disrespectful shyt about themselves and black people as a whole. Fukk that noise.
I think we're all generally in agreement on that shyt being unacceptable.
Where I get uncomfortable is criticizing our own people for behaving how they were raised to behave - whether blasting music in the parking lot, cracking jokes in class, dancing when they get a B+ on a test (thank you for the imagery tho Buckeye
), etc.There's a social class element to all of this - I think that's really the elephant in the room here.
If you were raised by college-educated professionals, or had white-collar mentors growing up, or a family with a record of achievement and stability and self-respect, you'd know this sort of behavior was a no-no if you wanted to truly succeed. Sure, you probably had a youthful phase where you participated in the fukkery...but you snapped out of it quick when it came time to grow up. If you didn't, there were people in your corner actively shaming you for not doing so, and you got your shyt together quick.
But there are a lot of our people who didn't have these influences growing up. Nobody taught them just how much damage they were doing to themselves by acting in this way.
Like I said, I'm conflicted here. If all a breh knows is cuttin up and clownin...then that's what he's going to keep doing. For him to change, somebody will have to show him why what he's doing is so damaging to himself and to all black folks - and also teach him how to act in a way that demands the respect of those he comes into contact with.
I don't know who is doing that work today - or if its even considered of any value by our community as a whole. But it has to be done if we want this embarassing, soft-shoe bullshyt to stop.
I don’t deal with folks on the job unless I absolutely have to...as far as I’m concerned everybody’s a snake. White dude and black dudes will stab you dead off in ya back the first chance they get.
Not out here tryna be anyone’s funky ass friend, I just wanna do my shift and go home, even though I love my job.
Not out here tryna be anyone’s funky ass friend, I just wanna do my shift and go home, even though I love my job.
Same shyt from the same mentally ill people everyday
Enjoy your life. Being a miserable faggit won't get you anywhere.
Some people have charisma and are people people everywhere they go,
Others are quiet in their thoughts and some just have the doo doo face as a way to rebel against the fact their a$$holes that no one likes.
Auditing personalities now, shyts pathetic.
Take away the cacs at the job youd probably enjoy coming to work. Perhaps its being charismatic around cacs, that bothers some people.
Variety is the spice of life though.
CLown ass nikkas at work are like a nice break from the serious monotony of the job. Bunch of stone faced idiots, kinda bothers me.
Have some dignity about yourself and make friends.
Some people have charisma and are people people everywhere they go,
Others are quiet in their thoughts and some just have the doo doo face as a way to rebel against the fact their a$$holes that no one likes.
Auditing personalities now, shyts pathetic.
Take away the cacs at the job youd probably enjoy coming to work. Perhaps its being charismatic around cacs, that bothers some people.
Variety is the spice of life though.
CLown ass nikkas at work are like a nice break from the serious monotony of the job. Bunch of stone faced idiots, kinda bothers me. Have some dignity about yourself and make friends.
AmenhotepIV
All Star
KillerB88
Superstar
nikka no it wasn't. Making up history and shyt lol.
JasoRockStar
Superstar
Bump
africngiant
All Star
i actively don’t try to curse either despite what i type on here. being compeletly straight makes you boring to people especially young. they expect something else
Black dudes cutting up and clowning has nothing to do with the white gaze. It happens even more in all black spaces.
This is the coli's hero huh 
