"Why DR. DRE gave 35 MILLION to "white" USC as opposed to an HBCU?-Dr. Boyce Watkins

[Big Boss]

Imagine if someone gave that type of money to these broken schools in the inner cities.....

Its like they automatically give up or don't do it because they assume because they were in the same environment when they were younger, they "KNOW FIRSTHAND" that it would not work

@Slang Dussain Ali don't forget about Mary J Blige last year or whenever it was getting all those young Black Women dreams up with her promise of giving them scholarships and then trolling them by stiffing them soon after

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/mary_forget_43PxT1wI45OnMnyiFEEpwL

This is exactly why our people get a bad reputation because of nonsense like this. I guess Mary was too busy c00ning in KFC commercials to make a commitment to a promise she made to struggling young people.

damn mary

 

[Still Benefited]

You nikkas will be at the gas station or liquor store tonight complaining becuz the ayrabs and koreans treated you like shyt "bu bu but I wish we had more black owned businesses around here"....Its funny to see nikkas who have watched how whites have moved for years get the idea "oooh oooh I can mirror them and be succesful too"....look in the mirror your not them....sure u can work hard be qualified,then off you go to audition for white people to hopefully get into their elite college and hopefully not be turned down bcuz the quota is filled or bcuz your parents didn't know any influential black folks bcuz there are none where u grew up....then off you go too audition for more white people to get the job of your dreams,hopefully you can get it and not be turned down bcuz of stereotypes or bcuz the white bosses assume they can't relate to you and it would be uncomfortable.....yes its possible to succeed playing the white mans game and win,black excellence.....but black power,black business,black power structure,better educated black people is a good thing and id think black folks would luv to see it.

Nobody black asked Dre for a handout,the article is just a funny observation of where Dres largest handout ever is going to,considering what's been said about Dre in the past and what type of c00n he is...I think I need to bookmark this thread,depending on your stance in here I don't wanna see you talkin about Jay bein a puppet for cacs when he's makin his own moves,building wells in africa,started a school not in a white mans pocket....don't wanna see u talkin about rappers throwin they money away while investing in they image......don't wanna here about how whites in control are ruining hiphop and how hiphop is "our thing"....u took the stance white folks made Dr Dre and bcuz they spend a lot of money on it it should be "their shyt" now to do what they want to with it.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

damn mary

Mary is also the same person who lied about being accepted to Howard University too.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/08/mary-j-blige-howard_n_639163.html

 

[Wacky D]

but youre talking to me.

the guy whose been one of the main posters in this thread for the last 5 pages and stated numerous times that I wasn't even arguing about HBCUs.

that's the point jim.

It's 35 million, for an academy at USC... not a "here white people, take my money and do whatever with it " donation.

No shyt, donating 35 million to ANY school can work wonders, but what you can't even begin to explain is what inherent qualities do the elite HBCU's ( Hampton,Morehouse,Spelman,Howard etc.) have that could support this academy and have it operate in the capacity that it can in LA, at USC.


your argument never passes the " Dre is black and gave a lot of money to a school with a small black enrollment, and i dont like it one bit "

wow.

you really don't get it.

Merely discussing the subject is not expressing anger. I say his decision was dumb but its his to make. But my question is how in the fukk does USC only enroll 5% african americans? Thats deplorable. I wouldnt want my name attached to a school with enrollment issues like that

I know right?

you think ice cube would do some chit like this? hell no.

Imagine if someone gave that type of money to these broken schools in the inner cities.....

Its like they automatically give up or don't do it because they assume because they were in the same environment when they were younger, they "KNOW FIRSTHAND" that it would not work

@Slang Dussain Ali don't forget about Mary J Blige last year or whenever it was getting all those young Black Women dreams up with her promise of giving them scholarships and then trolling them by stiffing them soon after

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/mary_forget_43PxT1wI45OnMnyiFEEpwL

This is exactly why our people get a bad reputation because of nonsense like this. I guess Mary was too busy c00ning in KFC commercials to make a commitment to a promise she made to struggling young people.

in fairness, mary got eviction notices on her cribs.

not condoning. just saying you cant stiff somebody out of something that you don't even have.

You nikkas will be at the gas station or liquor store tonight complaining becuz the ayrabs and koreans treated you like shyt "bu bu but I wish we had more black owned businesses around here"....Its funny to see nikkas who have watched how whites have moved for years get the idea "oooh oooh I can mirror them and be succesful too"....look in the mirror your not them....sure u can work hard be qualified,then off you go to audition for white people to hopefully get into their elite college and hopefully not be turned down bcuz the quota is filled or bcuz your parents didn't know any influential black folks bcuz there are none where u grew up....then off you go too audition for more white people to get the job of your dreams,hopefully you can get it and not be turned down bcuz of stereotypes or bcuz the white bosses assume they can't relate to you and it would be uncomfortable.....yes its possible to succeed playing the white mans game and win,black excellence.....but black power,black business,black power structure,better educated black people is a good thing and id think black folks would luv to see it.

Nobody black asked Dre for a handout,the article is just a funny observation of where Dres largest handout ever is going to,considering what's been said about Dre in the past and what type of c00n he is...I think I need to bookmark this thread,depending on your stance in here I don't wanna see you talkin about Jay bein a puppet for cacs when he's makin his own moves,building wells in africa,started a school not in a white mans pocket....don't wanna see u talkin about rappers throwin they money away while investing in they image......don't wanna here about how whites in control are ruining hiphop and how hiphop is "our thing"....u took the stance white folks made Dr Dre and bcuz they spend a lot of money on it it should be "their shyt" now to do what they want to with it.

 

[omnifax]

Wow I came upon this thread late but it's been a really good argument on both sides. As for me I agree with the overall observation Watkins made that being the mentality of certain wealthy/rich blacks. I would be the first to say "don't tell another man where to spend his money" but what I can't understand is whats so wrong with wanting to see blacks help other blacks particularly the elite helping the less fortunate? I don't want to place all the burden of uplifting the black community on those with the most money but they are certainly able to influence and help many more people than the average black person. We all need to do our part but this negative mentality needs to be addressed and those that do so should not be labeled as "haters". We should be proud to help each other succeed and build a strong community.

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

People don't even buy 10 dollar albums on this website but we are supposed to be led to believe that people are making donations to the same institutions they are championing just the same?

 

[Mike Otherz]

Wow I came upon this thread late but it's been a really good argument on both sides. As for me I agree with the overall observation Watkins made that being the mentality of certain wealthy/rich blacks. I would be the first to say "don't tell another man where to spend his money" but what I can't understand is whats so wrong with wanting to see blacks help other blacks particularly the elite helping the less fortunate? I don't want to place all the burden of uplifting the black community on those with the most money but they are certainly able to influence and help many more people than the average black person. We all need to do our part but this negative mentality needs to be addressed and those that do so should not be labeled as "haters". We should be proud to help each other succeed and build a strong community.

nothing wrong with that. but there is always an underccurent of attempted shaming with these articles. plus when youlook closely, u realise cats like watckins are hypocrites, dude dont even teach at an HBCU. why doesnt he use his white educated education and take it to the HBCU.

 

[pete clemenza]

He doesn't have to give it to a HBCU.. but the fact that he gave $35 mill to a private rich snobby school like USC is He didn't even go there for crying out loud. Plus the school does nothing for the area its located in. There has to be some money making grand plan in the end game. this is basically like handing Bill Gates millions- why?

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

. Plus the school does nothing for the area its located in.

Why do people type shyt like this thinking no one will call them on it?

They do plenty for the community. In fact thanks in part to USC, Figueroa has cleaned up, added a lot of businesses that are supported by the students, and helped with putting in a ton of new apartments. That isn't including all the programs they have that benefit younger kids and the community at large.

 

[Wacky D]

He doesn't have to give it to a HBCU.. but the fact that he gave $35 mill to a private rich snobby school like USC is He didn't even go there for crying out loud.

this

 

[MINT]

good man

 

[PasteGod]

If people reAlly cared about hbcus then they would convince top black athletic recruits to boycott white schools. Imagine lebron at howard....

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

If people reAlly cared about hbcus then they would convince top black athletic recruits to boycott white schools. Imagine lebron at howard....

LeBron didn't even go to college, and went to a private mostly white HS, in a mostly white area of Akron.


if black people really cared about HBCU's...they'd donate to them in the same manner they donate to their church or support the projects of people like Tyler Perry and Michael Jordan.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

He doesn't have to give it to a HBCU.. but the fact that he gave $35 mill to a private rich snobby school like USC is He didn't even go there for crying out loud. Plus the school does nothing for the area its located in. There has to be some money making grand plan in the end game. this is basically like handing Bill Gates millions- why?

let's just throw out the obvious, that you hate everything about USC.


David Geffen didn't go to UCLA, and he's donated hundreds of millions to UCLA.

nobody popped that " but he didn't even go there, Why did he give 300 Million in the last 10 years" excuse about that.

Why are you holding Dre to some imaginary standard?

i swear, y'all always got flack for rappers giving money to good causes instead of fukkery.

Same logic had them backwards ass women at Spelman protesting Nelly showing up for a Leukemia awareness/donation charity event.

 

[MINT]

Dre #1 no doubt