With all the Thug Talk about Rich "Da GAWD" Sherman

[beanz]

how do you suggest Black people deal with racism, simply ignore it and don't discuss it?



you honestly feel like racism doesn't accomplish anything?

in this day and age breh, people know that anybody being racist, homophobic, or in any other way discriminatory is that way purely out of ignorance. like the old saying goes, dont argue with a fool cause people from a distance cant tell who is who. i mean yea it can make u angry, but dig deeper and all you see is ignorant fools who dont know any better.

what i suggest is done is that people not necessarily ignore them but enforce the fact that these people are ignorant fools with no real relevance to our lives. like i said, if you are getting arrested for no more than being black or beaten up for being black then yea, im marching with u cause thats fukked up. just cause some racist ass tweets pop up, however, doesnt mean the shyt has to be addressed at all. i mean the attention some of these rednecks are getting is seriously sickening. people who accomplish no more with their lives than learn how to use the internet are having their racist ass tweets put up on the news and in websites all over the place. ya dont see something utterly ridiculous about that?

 

[No_bammer_weed]

you are such an intelligent dude, yet its so wasted on this self pity shyt. like i said, if somebody who was actually relevant like a powerful politician went out on a racist rant against blacks, i understand it being addressed and rightfully so. yet everytime some backwoods redneck or ignorant teenage white girl makes a racist tweet, it gets so much attention its sickening. who is out there calling richard sherman a thug and making racist remarks? anybody important or decision making? no, ignorant white americans hiding behind their monitor yet empowered so much by all the attention and outrage they generate that they cant wait for the next opportunity to be even more racist. yet what does this racism really accomplish? nothing except have people like you address it and empower it so the impressionable youngsters on the coli can get the "amerikkka is racist, all white people are evil, and the black man aint shyt in this country" thought process even more embedded into their minds. its soooo easy to be a pseudo-intellectual about racism that its like shooting fish in a barrel, but how about you smart black men use that intelligence for some positive shyt instead of helping spin the cycle of hate that does NOT help ANYBODY. its a waste of TIME to create dozens of threads and make thousands of posts and get on your virtual soapboxes and act all wise and knowing because you know that the world is a racist place. YES, DUH! what does it accomplish tho?

use that smart shyt for something useful otherwise you are wasting it like i said.

Black people are not referred to as thugs because of ignorant backwoods rednecks on the internet. Those rednecks as they were, and others, are referring to a grand narrative and idea that has been established for over 400 years --- that black people are animals and subhumans and thus we all, from Obama to murderers, should all be viewed, referred, and treated as such. Even someone as upstanding, smart, and talented as Sherman. This pattern of thought is a DOMINANT IDEA in American culture. Do you understand how racism and dehumanization works? You're not even attempting to understand the conversation we're having. You have your own agenda that is impenetrable it seems.

 

[beanz]

Black people are not referred to as thugs because of ignorant backwoods rednecks on the internet. Those rednecks as they were, and others, are referring to a grand narrative and idea that has been established for over 400 years --- that black people are animals and subhumans and thus we all, from Obama to murderers, should all be viewed, referred, and treated to as such. Even someone as upstanding, smart, and talented as Sherman. This pattern of thought is a DOMINANT IDEA in American culture. Do you understand how racism and dehumanization works? You're not even attempting to understand the conversation we're having. You have your own agenda that is impenetrable it seems.

who thinks of all black people as subhumans and thugs in this day and age? ignorant backwoods rednecks and people who otherwise have no effect on your lives. what agenda do i have? im not talking out of my ass. you guys are paying so much attention to people who have no influence over your lives at all and it doesnt help anybody. waste of time.

 

[Matt504]

in this day and age breh, people know that anybody being racist, homophobic, or in any other way discriminatory is that way purely out of ignorance. like the old saying goes, dont argue with a fool cause people from a distance cant tell who is who. i mean yea it can make u angry, but dig deeper and all you see is ignorant fools who dont know any better.

what i suggest is done is that people not necessarily ignore them but enforce the fact that these people are ignorant fools with no real relevance to our lives. like i said, if you are getting arrested for no more than being black or beaten up for being black then yea, im marching with u cause thats fukked up. just cause some racist ass tweets pop up, however, doesnt mean the shyt has to be addressed at all. i mean the attention some of these rednecks are getting is seriously sickening. people who accomplish no more with their lives than learn how to use the internet are having their racist ass tweets put up on the news and in websites all over the place. ya dont see something utterly ridiculous about that?

this guy is an accomplished Chemical Engineer.

In December PR executive Justine Sacco was obliterated online after tweeting; “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white.”

these aren't just "ignorant rednecks", many of these racists aren't ignorant at all, they simply DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE.

what exactly are these people ignorant of?

they know just as well as anyone else that there are intelligent accomplished Black people, and that there are poor, uneducated, Black people, as well, same goes for white.

I live in Houston Texas, and there are many small towns around Houston that are openly racist against non-white people, and these aren't "ignorant" white people by any means, they're business owners, politicians, and other people with influence, and many Black people here work in conditions where they have to answer to and are employed by racist white men.

you're extremely naive if you think there aren't people in this day and age, who don't look at and treat non-white people as if they're subhuman, it happens to Black people every day of the year, year round and many Black people have internalized this racism from Whites and have to cope with it by using alcohol, prescription pills and other drugs so they don't fukking go insane.

I go to great lengths to avoid white people because of this. I'd much rather deal with dysfunctional Black people because at least I know they don't hate me for being born non-white.

 

[All Knowledge]

Corny ass dudes be believing that racism/white supremacy only equates too the KKK and rednecks in the south.

Super sad

Talmbout....'It's out of ignorance'.

 

[Matt504]

Corny ass dudes be believing that racism/white supremacy only equates too the KKK and rednecks in the south.

Super sad

Talmbout....'It's out of ignorance'.

some people just refuse to get it, no matter how much we try to explain.

this isn't about ignorance, it's pure HATE for non-white people.

gotta add in *it's not all whites* to make white people feel better.

 

[HideoKojima]

okay nothing was said about madden video games....great thanks for telling me something that i knew
now you can get back to whatever u were doing

Nah, nikka, tell me the reason why you posted that. It had nothing to do with the thread at all.

 

[mozichrome]

Nah, nikka, tell me the reason why you posted that. It had nothing to do with the thread at all.

Madden said he was embarrassed after the interview of Rich, and that his grandkids were watching, and somehow kids are gonna think this is how football is played.

simple: read this, knew because thread was Richard Sherman and knew it was gonna be cac this & cac that.

 

[MostReal]

I want Sherman to make a game winning pick in the SB so bad.

We can dream

I hate the Seahawks.
But I'm rooting for them in the SB because of this Sherman situation.
And the quarterback is a brotha or half brotha or just a straight up light skin brotha. So. There's that.

oh he's a brother...all black, check The Standard Bearer thread for proof

who thinks of all black people as subhumans and thugs in this day and age? ignorant backwoods rednecks and people who otherwise have no effect on your lives. what agenda do i have? im not talking out of my ass. you guys are paying so much attention to people who have no influence over your lives at all and it doesnt help anybody. waste of time.

You are an idiot if you truly feel this way. Racism is alive and well & it is not just rednecks that think this way. You know this already but you refuse to acknowledge it because it blows up your world view that 'we are past it.' Nope, we aren't. As soon as black people realize it..we won't have to call it out as much as we do but Most blacks are being tricked into thinking 'no one thinks like this today & they don't affect me anyway'.... Which is a complete lie.

We are punching through the propaganda and trying to wake our people up from slumber & see what's real (not self pity). Once the truth is uncovered & vetted then we will get on the right foot and progress collectively like we are capable of.

 

[HideoKojima]

simple: read this, knew because thread was Richard Sherman and knew it was gonna be cac this & cac that.

well why even post if you knew it was going to be cac this cac that. You could've just ignored the thread

 

[DaChampIsHere]

Sherman was mad because he went to shake Crabtree's hand after the play and Crabtree mushed him in his helmet. Who wouldn't be mad at that?

Also, they were making such a big deal about this I thought Crabtree was white.

Yeah, cause the NFL's pretty much GOAT troll definitely meant "good game" in sincerity to the nikka who he claimed threatened to fight him. You can't be this gullible. Plus dude knew he was mic'd.

i thought sherman's rant was obnoxious as hell but after hearing him speak i dont think he is a thug. however, this whole new thug is codeword for ****** movement is pretty stupid. now if u wanna use the chris rock "black ppl vs nikkas" routine then yea thug can mean nikka, but not even black ppl like those type of nikkas. those nikkas are happy to be called thugs. n not even just blacks, too many latinos in this category and even some whites. walking around like being a thug = being a real man or some kind of warrior. i keep saying this, rap music has done more to hurt the black man's image than to help the black man.

when u hear someone say the nba is full of thugs, they arent talking about the tim duncan's of the league, they talking about the jr smiths. the dudes with gang tattoos and flashing gang signs and bringing guns to the locker room. in that case, there are way too many thugs in the nba. its not a racial thing, its about having class and manners.

this is my stance and i already been negged to oblivion for it but i dont care. i just come from a school of thought that self pity is a horrible disease of the soul. yea the cards are stacked against minorities, but if u spend all ur fukking time focusing on racism all u are doing is filling ur heart with negativity.

a lot of people say things like "fukk cacs i wont let them define me or dictate how i should behave" i can respect that if you stood by it. dudes wanna say that and then as soon as some random white boys on twitter say some racist shyt there are like 100 threads on the subject filled with a circle jerk of self pity and reverse racism. if you really wanted to live by the "fukk cacs i wont let them define me or dictate how i should behave" mantra, then these racist rants would not even phase u, but they get so much attention that all you are doing is giving these ignorant racist fukks more power and making them feel like their racism is effective.

now ya wanna give 'thug' the same power that the n word has. to me that just seems like shooting urself in the foot.

Pretty much how I feel.

Honestly, leave race out of this shyt. I can't wait to see Sherman pick off Peyton next week, but I'll be damn if I make some nikka yelling at another black man over an ultimately irrelevant football game and some tweets one of the main plights of black people.

 

[beanz]

this guy is an accomplished Chemical Engineer.



these aren't just "ignorant rednecks", many of these racists aren't ignorant at all, they simply DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE.

what exactly are these people ignorant of?

they know just as well as anyone else that there are intelligent accomplished Black people, and that there are poor, uneducated, Black people, as well, same goes for white.

I live in Houston Texas, and there are many small towns around Houston that are openly racist against non-white people, and these aren't "ignorant" white people by any means, they're business owners, politicians, and other people with influence, and many Black people here work in conditions where they have to answer to and are employed by racist white men.

you're extremely naive if you think there aren't people in this day and age, who don't look at and treat non-white people as if they're subhuman, it happens to Black people every day of the year, year round and many Black people have internalized this racism from Whites and have to cope with it by using alcohol, prescription pills and other drugs so they don't fukking go insane.

I go to great lengths to avoid white people because of this. I'd much rather deal with dysfunctional Black people because at least I know they don't hate me for being born non-white.

so because those ppl are accomplished it gives weight to their ignorant stances? is it still not ignorance? thats my point. anybody that feels that way is a fool and they shouldnt be entertained

We can dream



oh he's a brother...all black, check The Standard Bearer thread for proof



You are an idiot if you truly feel this way. Racism is alive and well & it is not just rednecks that think this way. You know this already but you refuse to acknowledge it because it blows up your world view that 'we are past it.' Nope, we aren't. As soon as black people realize it..we won't have to call it out as much as we do but Most blacks are being tricked into thinking 'no one thinks like this today & they don't affect me anyway'.... Which is a complete lie.

We are punching through the propaganda and trying to wake our people up from slumber & see what's real (not self pity). Once the truth is uncovered & vetted then we will get on the right foot and progress collectively like we are capable of.

like nobody knows the world is racist and need to woken up

shyt is well known. nobody is denying the existence of racism, my point is you arent accomplishing anything by entertaining ignorant racist fools. i dont think any black ppl need to be woken up and exposed to racism. the fact that this can be a very racist world is well established at this point.

 

[MostReal]

so because those ppl are accomplished it gives weight to their ignorant stances? is it still not ignorance? thats my point. anybody that feels that way is a fool and they shouldnt be entertained



like nobody knows the world is racist and need to woken up

shyt is well known. nobody is denying the existence of racism, my point is you arent accomplishing anything by entertaining ignorant racist fools. i dont think any black ppl need to be woken up and exposed to racism. the fact that this can be a very racist world is well established at this point.

nope, not the narrative of the American Propaganda system...they want you to believe its all kosher

 

[beanz]

nope, not the narrative of the American Propaganda system...they want you to believe its all kosher

ok so say you wake everybody up to this system, what happens next? does that set off some kind of revolution where all racist white people are exposed and removed from power? what does it accomplish? this is where im completely lost on cause i dont see any positive end result to all this attention to racism and racist dumbasses.

 

[Matt504]

so because those ppl are accomplished it gives weight to their ignorant stances? is it still not ignorance? thats my point. anybody that feels that way is a fool and they shouldnt be entertained



like nobody knows the world is racist and need to woken up

shyt is well known. nobody is denying the existence of racism, my point is you arent accomplishing anything by entertaining ignorant racist fools. i dont think any black ppl need to be woken up and exposed to racism. the fact that this can be a very racist world is well established at this point.

what exactly are they "ignorant" of?

ig·no·rant
ˈignərənt/
adjective

1. 1.
   lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

this isn't ignorance, it's HATE. plain and simple, it's White people who don't like non-white people no matter what their status is.

and Black people aren't informed enough about racism in 2014, they know when something is obviously racist, but Black people need to have a THOROUGH understanding of how racism AND white supremacy works, if Black people understood it like they should, we wouldn't have all these race threads on theColi every day.

there are so many race threads because Black people still don't fukking get it, every time a racist is caught doing something Black people are completely clueless thinking that because it's "2014" this shoudn't be happening anymore because "racists are dying out" or whatever bullshyt ideology get black people through the night while internalizing more racism.

Yes, this world is racist, and until Black people understand racism in proper context, they will forever remain confused about why it continues to occur in "post racial 'merica"