OPINION Is Marvel's Black Panther movie really a "special moment" for Black America??
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caddo man
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When you go to any other country even Africa. You are American! You can claim any other country you want. But when the shit hit the fan. They send your ass to the American Embassy. So you can be anybody you want to be here. That is your right as an .........................................American!
i can agree to many of those points, but that will never stop me from being who i am, and being confident in my identity....
like i don't mind learning about any other culture, but i hate folk trying to tell me what my culture is. like all the shit that happen to us didn't do anything to our people...
you can't pretend that shit didn't happen, and didn't have an impact.. you can't lessen or cheapen that impact, or lessen or cheapen the accomplishments of it's people...
that's fucked up to try to do so....
i hate when people try to diminish that.. but it's whatever... you can't make the world feel how you feel.... but that shit is fuckig wack
Golden
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its sad when black people are cultural narcissists.
lot more attractive story than any of the stories we normally tell our people on february... i tell u that much
I’m well aware of Black Panther i used to collect comic books when I was a kid. My point is that anything that’s truly black owned/black made tend to get sabotaged by the media while the black films made by whites don’t get sabotaged that much. And I’m sure there will be some type of white savior at the end of Black Panther.
Judge Dread
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You should not be offended because you know it is coming from someone who is Rastafari and studied Garvey. So naturally my mindset will always have an Africa focus. But Chinese, Japanese, Italians and plenty of other people don’t disassociate themselves from there ancestors as quickly as some black people do. Why is it somehow better to be a part of a country that enslaved your ancestors than a country that your ancestors came from. I am not a let’s all go back to Africa physically because that is not realistic but I am a let’s look to Africa mentally to understand that we were not all slaves the way this country has taught us. We will never have our own in America so why not focus on something that was/ is ours. Maybe you don’t need it but self esteem changes when you realize what you truely are instead of what they are trying to feed you. Now I know it is only a movie but for some it is the first time they will will see a fictional super hero that looks like them. You can’t tell me that is not good for the black youth.
Soul_Rattler
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Wait... so you're willing to take the time and post conjecture about people's supposed behavior, but not willing to show us that you're right?
If people will be as ridiculous as you've prophesied, it shouldn't be hard to prove.
Playmaker88
G Money is Cash
We are but we aint.. i also said everything is not about monetary gain. there is a bigger picture than money.. and that money will come.
Yet you are willing to go out and support tidal just cuz its headed by jigga
Golden
Administrator
you can think that but that's still separate from Black History Month. Black History Month =/= Black History Following the Transatlantic Slave Trade. You're making one aspect into the whole thing.
Judge Dread
Active Member
And you hope when you get to the embassy that they view you as an American.
exactly....
like right now.. they judging
"them damn black americans... cultural narcissist they are"
yess...yess we are... we have an identity... u recognize it in your treatment of us, but when we try to identify with it, we're ridiculed for it.....
we are not all the same... different struggles produce different people....
yall struggle made yall, our struggle made us....
this ain't like trading cards, we can't share shit we ain't go thru
Playmaker88
G Money is Cash
There are impressionable people of all ages..word to cardi b and nigga biggin up that hoe ..."Doing it for the cultcha" i mean look around and look at what niggas ingest,disseminate and celebrate.. on a daily basisyea, many people can.
however many impressionable people tend to only be exposed to what's trending... and the problem with those people is that they're often more louder than most... so ultimately the message that's gonna be more widely spread this february amongst the black community.....will be.....
Soul_Rattler
Active Member
Was it as insulting and disgusting as to suggest that black people will embrace a fictional country in a comic book movie over the place they were literally born and raised?
We are but we aint.. i also said everything is not about monetary gain. there is a bigger picture than money.. and that money will come.
Yet you are willing to go out and support tidal just cuz its headed by jigga
Don't do that, cuz ignorant mfs will look at that and think it's ether (no pun). That pic was taken right after he acquired the company from russians/norwegians. That was their staff. Since then there's been a LOT of staff changes.
caddo man
This may take awhile!
When me and my wife had to go there in Italy. We were good money. The Marines at the metal detector were black.
:shrug3:
Judge Dread
Active Member
Yes. It is. Because the imagery is important. Because most kids and some of you adults need black super heroes. Because if one person sees this and it changes their perception of themselves than it was worth it. Greeks watch 300, Troy and Thor and get some enjoyment that they are all strong why is it wrong for us to watch this and feel better about ourselves( collectively).
Playmaker88
G Money is Cash
Pretty much what i was saying in an earlier post.