Comments on: Today’s Discussion of Race in America http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/ The takeover. The break's over. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:51:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: dnunn http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-21144 dnunn Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:26:54 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-21144 I think that racism is real in America, so is classism and sexism. They should not stop you from doing your job. People are people...you have cool people and you have assholes...and the truth is WE ALL can be one or the other at any given time depending on when you catch us. The truth is people say ignorant things. A lot of white people don't really know any Black folks on a level that is deeper than surface (work, class, the security guard at the store). The same is true with Black folks not getting to know any White people on a more than surface level. There are some things that can be linked to a group, but the media and pop culture makes it seem as if everybody can be grouped and labeled. There are some really good people out there if you take the time to get to know them. I can personally say that I have had some white folks step up in my life that made me have to kill all the labeling bullshit. Nuff respect to Kirk, White Boy Troy and Pastor Bob!! Bo, you are a damn good writer and it doesn't matter which topic you discuss. Your insight, use of language and ability to make the reader connect with you are amazing. If they don't like what you got to say, fuck'em......they may not like it, but they felt it and thats all you can hope to do. Keep doing your thing Baba. I think that racism is real in America, so is classism and sexism. They should not stop you from doing your job. People are people…you have cool people and you have assholes…and the truth is WE ALL can be one or the other at any given time depending on when you catch us.

The truth is people say ignorant things. A lot of white people don’t really know any Black folks on a level that is deeper than surface (work, class, the security guard at the store). The same is true with Black folks not getting to know any White people on a more than surface level. There are some things that can be linked to a group, but the media and pop culture makes it seem as if everybody can be grouped and labeled.

There are some really good people out there if you take the time to get to know them. I can personally say that I have had some white folks step up in my life that made me have to kill all the labeling bullshit. Nuff respect to Kirk, White Boy Troy and Pastor Bob!!

Bo, you are a damn good writer and it doesn’t matter which topic you discuss. Your insight, use of language and ability to make the reader connect with you are amazing. If they don’t like what you got to say, fuck’em……they may not like it, but they felt it and thats all you can hope to do.

Keep doing your thing Baba.

]]> By: Don http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20634 Don Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:08:53 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20634 Whitlock is dead-on in a number of ways. His point on the revs is what everybody knows, however. Stringer stood up for her kids though and I am glad she did. Look, Imus was annoying...I stopped listening to him a long time ago, not because he was offensive but because he wasn't funny...he's also too freakin liberal for me. His biggest mistake was attacking kids that did nothing to deserve it. I could give two shits whether I ever hear Imus on the radio again...he just doesn't matter. But the uproar over his comments is simply one more example of a white person getting persecuted for saying something that nobody should be saying...especially in public. Personally, I find Chappelle funny as hell and laugh when he jokes white people, black people, Asians. Same thing with that Hispanic dude Mencia. I laugh at some rap lyrics that are just deplorable if you get down to it. But I'm a middle aged man. That stuff doesn't shape me...just because Imus or Chappelle or Mencia say something about one race or another, it doesn't change how I feel about any race. If I was 13 it might. 13 year olds ain't watching Imus. They ARE listening to pretty bad shit on CDs and BET and MTV though. Whitlock is dead-on in a number of ways. His point on the revs is what everybody knows, however. Stringer stood up for her kids though and I am glad she did.

Look, Imus was annoying…I stopped listening to him a long time ago, not because he was offensive but because he wasn’t funny…he’s also too freakin liberal for me. His biggest mistake was attacking kids that did nothing to deserve it. I could give two shits whether I ever hear Imus on the radio again…he just doesn’t matter. But the uproar over his comments is simply one more example of a white person getting persecuted for saying something that nobody should be saying…especially in public. Personally, I find Chappelle funny as hell and laugh when he jokes white people, black people, Asians. Same thing with that Hispanic dude Mencia. I laugh at some rap lyrics that are just deplorable if you get down to it. But I’m a middle aged man. That stuff doesn’t shape me…just because Imus or Chappelle or Mencia say something about one race or another, it doesn’t change how I feel about any race. If I was 13 it might. 13 year olds ain’t watching Imus. They ARE listening to pretty bad shit on CDs and BET and MTV though.

]]> By: Fred http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20628 Fred Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:31:34 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20628 what do you think of whitlock's response to the furor over imus? http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html what do you think of whitlock’s response to the furor over imus? http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html

]]> By: Jarrett http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20614 Jarrett Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:19:20 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20614 If they don't know where and how you stand by now, they probably never knew that you stood for something in the first place. Keep doin' ya thing, bruh.... If they don’t know where and how you stand by now, they probably never knew that you stood for something in the first place.

Keep doin’ ya thing, bruh….

]]> By: Dave http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20416 Dave Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:41:36 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20416 "This is why I don't like crackers; they always got some racist shit to say" is now my new email signature. Thank you, Ced for that. I'd type more but I'm laughing too damn hard. “This is why I don’t like crackers; they always got some racist shit to say” is now my new email signature.

Thank you, Ced for that. I’d type more but I’m laughing too damn hard.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20411 Kirk Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:47:24 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20411 So, you'd prefer the first things white people think to talk to you about are basketball, hip hop, and dancing? Clearly, I've been misled. So, you’d prefer the first things white people think to talk to you about are basketball, hip hop, and dancing?

Clearly, I’ve been misled.

]]> By: Cedric http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20384 Cedric Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:23:42 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20384 Somehow, I managed to turn a blog about race into a conversation about sportswear...cool. But back to race relations in America. Why do people insist that there is no difference? Y'all white boys know you can't hoop, you know you can't beat a nigga in the 100-yd dash (the mile maybe, but not the 100), and you know the raps you make up and the dances you attempt are all bogus. Go watch dancing with the stars and watch how the black people kickass and the white people watch in amazement. If you want to learn more about race, go to any mixed college and ask an asian dude where the math department is, I bet he knows the building and room number. Now ask a white boy where the liquor store is and ask a black kid for the cheat codes on NBA2K7. Instead of pretending these differences don't exist, we should try to learn about them and adjust our attitudes towards one another. Somehow, I managed to turn a blog about race into a conversation about sportswear…cool.
But back to race relations in America. Why do people insist that there is no difference? Y’all white boys know you can’t hoop, you know you can’t beat a nigga in the 100-yd dash (the mile maybe, but not the 100), and you know the raps you make up and the dances you attempt are all bogus. Go watch dancing with the stars and watch how the black people kickass and the white people watch in amazement.

If you want to learn more about race, go to any mixed college and ask an asian dude where the math department is, I bet he knows the building and room number. Now ask a white boy where the liquor store is and ask a black kid for the cheat codes on NBA2K7. Instead of pretending these differences don’t exist, we should try to learn about them and adjust our attitudes towards one another.

]]> By: Don http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20383 Don Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:05:21 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20383 Dan, I'm telling you...flex fit don't work for me. Still leaves that crease in the forehead. Dan, I’m telling you…flex fit don’t work for me. Still leaves that crease in the forehead.

]]> By: Dan http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20380 Dan Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:50:24 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20380 two words: Flex fit. two words: Flex fit.

]]> By: IJ http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20375 IJ Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:13:30 +0000 http://www.bomanijones.com/blog/2007/04/12/todays-discussion-of-race-in-america/#comment-20375 The comments in this section sadden me... they are a direct demonstration of the divide that doesn't need to exist. The us vs them paranoia is bullshit ON BOTH SIDES. Bo writes about wanting to be perceived as an individual, and there are still all of these "my people, your people" comments in the blog? The comments in this section sadden me… they are a direct demonstration of the divide that doesn’t need to exist.

The us vs them paranoia is bullshit ON BOTH SIDES. Bo writes about wanting to be perceived as an individual, and there are still all of these “my people, your people” comments in the blog?

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