David_TheMan
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Abdul I've posted my hand and shown I'm black to the point where I did ban bets and the site wouldn't even honor them.
We know what you are about, wanna be fed ass.
bell hooks and Kevin Powell Critique Ta-nehisi Coates + Black Masculinity, Threat or Threatened?
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We know what you are about, wanna be fed ass.
David_TheMan
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already have abdul, now go back to your corner store and talk about your people's business.
ogc163
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Currently reading "We Real Cool" and I'm pleasantly surprised.
From my understanding her books ain't based on much but anecdotal observation--she's basically a Twitter poster
David_TheMan
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Why do you want to like a white agent who seeks to destroy the black american community.
Why do you excuse her lying out right by downplaying it as "says things without substantiating her claims"?
I’ve read her work. She often says things without really sourcing or explaining why she came to certain conclusions. At least in my mind
Never called her a liar, just thought she’s overhyped and takes too many liberties. I’m not white or an agent. This Coli stuff ain’t that serious breh.
Edit: Nvm, misread your comment. Sorry about that. Just woke up from a rough night lol. That’s on me Breh. Ignore the above.
I mean she says interesting things from time to time, but she has an obvious and extreme set of biases and deeply ingrained opinions which won’t sway even in the face of facts. I want to like her for something like this discussion but her books and writings turn me off so bad.
And to be fair, she is a liar. But I don’t want to use excessively incendiary language in a semi-intellectual convo. She does bother me and so do those who promote her “scholarship”.
This thread is infinitely better without @David_TheMan
I don't think most of the posters have read either bell hooks or Tommy Curry - I don't think you can be a rational Black person and argue with bell hooks or Ta-Nehisi Coates
I don't think most of the posters have read either bell hooks or Tommy Curry - I don't think you can be a rational Black person and argue with bell hooks or Ta-Nehisi Coates
MischievousMonkey
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Did you read the Man-Not?This thread is infinitely better without @David_TheMan
I don't think most of the posters have read either bell hooks or Tommy Curry - I don't think you can be a rational Black person and argue with bell hooks or Ta-Nehisi Coates
Yeah - it was a pretty great book. I don't take any issues with the work itself, especially in regard to sexual vulnerability and early mortality, Black men in the US have been turned into an underclass. The only thing I take issue with is Curry's belief that he's some kind of pariah - and that it is based on his theories, and not his relentless attempts to separate his writings from intersectionality.
MischievousMonkey
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A critique of bell hooks I stumbled upon (it's a thread)
David_TheMan
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You know you hit a nerve when you have people who are hurt by what you post and who you dont interact with
David_TheMan
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What are you comfused about?