Or what about these two fine young men?
They are honor students with college scholarships who do community service and only whack it once every other week.
Why are they thugs?
[quote]Smashingweights wrote:
This is for those of you who are interested in actual discussion and not just throwing insults.
What exactly makes this guy a thug?[/quote]
the tupac posters
[quote]Professor X wrote:
…and for the record, I seriously doubt the cops would be called if five white guys were standing in your drive way looking they were going to a nearby party.
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Definitely wouldn’t call the cops on 5 guys like this at night basically on my porch.
[quote]carbiduis wrote:
[quote]Smashingweights wrote:
This is for those of you who are interested in actual discussion and not just throwing insults.
What exactly makes this guy a thug?[/quote]
the tupac posters[/quote]
Tupac styles now mean “thugs or wannabe thugs”?
This is ridiculous.
This board has jumped the shark if guys like you speak for the majority here.
Tattoos, tank tops and sagging pants don’t make someone a thug or wanna be thug.
These guys on my porch at night?
Invite them in for some milk and cookies cause they’re white.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]thehebrewhero wrote:
It is backwoods thinking but I can candy coat it and call it uniformed or unedjucated if we want to be all sciency about it.[/quote]
Dude… Not using “hillbilly” and “retard” isn’t “sciency” it is called decency. Particularly seeing how hard you have been rallying for tolerance and non-discrimination.
Are you really missing this point?
Nope. He is going to grow up and see a man in the mirror. Period.
And anyone that doesn’t see the same, that is on them.
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Ok maybe that was dick of me how I worded it my bad. But if someones best advice is "take your black wife and brown kids up root yourself from your family, home, business and move to a fictional place that doesnt exist whats a good word for describing that concept?
Sure your son will see a man in the mirror. But when strangers that dont know your son see him without you by his side what will they see before he has a chance to talk, or exchange generalities?
If you want to believe all is well and everyone respects each other equally and people dont jump to conclusions based on initial glance ok I can dig it. But once you’ve been slapped in the face over and over by racist BS and seen loved ones deal with it enogh times you cant hide from it. Its real and exists and in a world now where almost anyone can be armed to the teath its some scary shit. All Im saying is ask your black and brown friends or relatives in metro areas how they feel about the safty of their sons, or for that matter how the feel protected by the police.
[quote]thehebrewhero wrote:
Ok maybe that was dick of me how I worded it my bad. But if someones best advice is "take your black wife and brown kids up root yourself from your family, home, business and move to a fictional place that doesnt exist whats a good word for describing that concept?
Sure your son will see a man in the mirror. But when strangers that dont know your son see him without you by his side what will they see before he has a chance to talk, or exchange generalities?
If you want to believe all is well and everyone respects each other equally and people dont jump to conclusions based on initial glance ok I can dig it. But once you’ve been slapped in the face over and over by racist BS and seen loved ones deal with it enogh times you cant hide from it. Its real and exists and in a world now where almost anyone can be armed to the teath its some scary shit. All Im saying is ask your black and brown friends or relatives in metro areas how they feel about the safty of their sons, or for that matter how the feel protected by the police.
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I agree with this.
I think CB’s son is still a toddler, right CB? So it will take time for him to notice the racist crap toward his son. Maybe never… who knows?
Shrug
This is the same situation my friend’s fiance was before their bi-racial son was subjected to racism. He had to witness it to believe it.
[quote]Chushin wrote:
LOL![/quote]
Mornin’
I think an interesting side topic of this could be what is racism and what is perceived racism.
I’ve been hassled by a police officer before.
I’ve been treated badly by waiters.
I’ve had encounters with strangers that didn’t go well.
Everyone has bad things happen to them.
Just because the other person involved is a different race doesn’t mean it racist.
Does racism exist? Sure of course but not everything is race driven like some would portray.
[quote]Smashingweights wrote:
Or this guy?[/quote]
I totally read “ThugLife” as “Chocolate”. Well, CHOCLATE.
[quote]Chushin wrote:
Wonder if DN knows what Geritol is? 
Love ya back, bro![/quote]
Viagra?
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
[quote]thehebrewhero wrote:
Ok maybe that was dick of me how I worded it my bad. But if someones best advice is "take your black wife and brown kids up root yourself from your family, home, business and move to a fictional place that doesnt exist whats a good word for describing that concept?
Sure your son will see a man in the mirror. But when strangers that dont know your son see him without you by his side what will they see before he has a chance to talk, or exchange generalities?
If you want to believe all is well and everyone respects each other equally and people dont jump to conclusions based on initial glance ok I can dig it. But once you’ve been slapped in the face over and over by racist BS and seen loved ones deal with it enogh times you cant hide from it. Its real and exists and in a world now where almost anyone can be armed to the teath its some scary shit. All Im saying is ask your black and brown friends or relatives in metro areas how they feel about the safty of their sons, or for that matter how the feel protected by the police.
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I agree with this.
I think CB’s son is still a toddler, right CB? So it will take time for him to notice the racist crap toward his son. Maybe never… who knows?
Shrug
This is the same situation my friend’s fiance was before their bi-racial son was subjected to racism. He had to witness it to believe it.
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My Boy is 15, it is my daughter that is 18 months.
Sure we’ve seen some shit, and the stories HH told about what people say around you when they don’t know your kids is true. But neither he nor I can cure ignorance. So he knows to be himself, forget people that should be forgotten, and that the best revenge is to live well.
Teach your kids to see people not colors and live well. I can, and have, proven over and over, minority status, skin color, none of that will stop you if you want it bad enough. (Helps when I show him the AGI of one of my clients, lol.)