tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post115625125481726376..comments2023-09-30T06:07:27.416-04:00Comments on Questioning Semantics: The Latest Fad: Dissing Black LeadersWesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-1156379796347404542006-08-23T20:36:00.000-04:002006-08-23T20:36:00.000-04:00Oh yeah. I spoke to my g.f. about this and she, l...Oh yeah. I spoke to my g.f. about this and she, like SoB-E, confirmed 'Cube's involvement.<BR/><BR/>Also, I remember a high school classmate saying that racism with over. She was white and we were all young. I was surprised that she could say, with such confidence, that something DIDN'T exist... while I was trying to figure out how much it did.<BR/><BR/>At that age, I hadn't experienced *and recognized* the kind of things that I'd encounter later in life.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, she's grown, as well.Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-1156374935574453862006-08-23T19:15:00.000-04:002006-08-23T19:15:00.000-04:00Ice Cube produced it. It did seem to plant seeds i...Ice Cube produced it. It did seem to plant seeds in both families. Which is the point.<BR/><BR/>I have noticed the same thing with a lot of the white people I have dealt with since the mid-eighties. One guy i went to college with told me that there were no racists anymore, just @$$holes. I asked why can't there be both? I have meant plenty of @$$holes but not all of them were racists.<BR/><BR/>Of course, they also didn't read comic books, either so that might be a point of further investigation...Art Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512422556677772379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-1156278036692193052006-08-22T16:20:00.000-04:002006-08-22T16:20:00.000-04:00Hmmm... I remember watching a show by that name wh...Hmmm... I remember watching a show by that name where white families wore make-up to appear Black and Black families wore make-up to appear white.<BR/><BR/>I don't recall Ice Cube being a part of it, but it was much more interesting than I expected it to be. As usual, my girlfriend was right about that kind of thing.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how many lessons were learned, but at the very least, I'd say some seeds were planted.Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18002888.post-1156274556231674382006-08-22T15:22:00.000-04:002006-08-22T15:22:00.000-04:00re: "You've made some very good points."Thanks, ko...re: <B>"You've made some very good points."</B><BR/><BR/>Thanks, koffee and welcome!<BR/><BR/>re: <B>"It amazes me how many people walk around w/blind folds on - as if their refusal to aknowledge racism will somehow make it go away..."</B><BR/><BR/>I think there are a number of folks out there who see other people's claims of racism as threats to themselves. In other words, it's like they think that we're trying to play some kind of a guilt trip on anyone who's not Black. To be honest, some folks do just that and that sucks... but that doesn't change the fact that there are a lot of us who don't take proclamations of love OR hate lightly.<BR/><BR/>It's getting to the point where I don't care to even LOOK FOR the distinction between those in the white robes and those who claim the robes don't exist.<BR/><BR/>re: <B>"What ever happpened to that TV show that Ice Cube had where the families had to trade places? I can't remember what it was called."</B><BR/><BR/>I don't think I heard about that one.Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06305755944694741335noreply@blogger.com