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So I do not want to see anymore people exclaim: "Why don't white people understand?" "White people are just ignorant, they are in their own bubble" "White people dont see color" "White people are not around a lot of black people so they aren't aware of what black people go through" "There are...

Keep seeing these threads popping up, talking about how Black people consider you lame if you are not a thug/goon. So my question is to everyone claiming that this is the case... how many thugs do you actually know? :jbhmm: Ya'll paint this picture like everyone else is a thug and they all...

Dis the reason y we stay gettin fukked over. We been pacified. White ppl done cut our balls off str8 up. I stay shocked at how much love, care, empathy our people have towards a society and a group of ppl that have literally attempted genocide on us(see the Congo), enslaved us, and r still...

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....stop.... just stop...

Like the only time you hear a whtie person with a strong accent is if they're from the deep south and Jersey. Even NYC whites dont all have strong accents. But with blacc ppl, most of us haev a trademark accent depending on the region we're from, even if that region/city isn't particularly...

For those heading to school, here are some college books for Black folks that might be worth reading and checking out. I read them all before and they are solid, practical advice. Higher Hopes: A Black Man's Guide to College by R.D. Smith The Black Girl's Guide to College Success: What No...

This is the same man who acquires companies, forces the employees to sign a draconian 2 year non-compete if they want to keep their job, and then systematically fire them (regardless of performance) over two years as part of their "playbook". Then he replaces them with younger/cheaper...

scust. how you gonna call yourself black and buying rings that your people have to mine for next to no pay, a diamond wtf for?

Can you imagine how dead Twitter would be if it wasn't the prime location for fukkery such as the Birdman situation?:scusthov: Which makes the fact that they hardly have any black people working them even worse.:birdman: Maybe we need a black social media site:lupe:

Facebook pulls down mega-popular celeb site The Shade Room’s page for alleged copyright violations This post was updated on Tuesday when Facebook confirmed it took the page down for “IP violations” but didn’t cite go into specifics. On Monday, Facebook took down the Facebook page for celebrity...

:jbhmm: nikkas always saying NY lost or south lost etc..., so its safe to say now that in some shape or fashion every region has lost in some way, but which L defines that region? NY-All their OG rappers being exposed ass gay, old hoods are gentrified, wacc music South-Let white people be...

Insipired by Hillary breakfest club appearance They'll have u all fukked up. Old black ppl life advice reads like a this..... Go to school, get a job, if u don't get the job you're qualified for...basically take any job and stay. Old black ppl love security, to the point where they almost...

I swear that shyt seemed like a taboo back then and suicide was considered (still is) a "white people issue" but more and more, I often hear of black people taking our own lives. I think its has to do more with the fact that we interact more with whites and our cultures have clashed some thanks...

Edit: Black Twitter has been roasting Buzzfeed for the last day or so because of this video. Some of these questions might come off as c00nish but there are some good points within the video too. Wanted to see what TLR thought about it. Update to the thread, #RealBlackPeopleQuestions and...

The T-shirt that caused all the trouble :whoo: Crazy

I'm asking this because I'm wondering since we don't get respected here where else can we go and prosper? I really fear for my future and the younger kids future of color :snoop: I didn't put this in theroot because I really didn't get in depth. I heard there's a lot of Black folk in Europe...