Black ppl do NOT clown other blk ppl for getting good grades or having a clean record. Let’s stop this myth

[Wild self]

When I finished my Masters Degree, my grandmother unexpectedly announced to the family that I completed my Masters and graduated with a 3.94 GPA. She harped on the GPA because it was all A's and one B+. The B+ was 89.95 and I asked the professor to round it to 90 so I would get an A- and he told me to kick rocks.

The family's response was complete silence. Uncle, Aunt, Aunt in Law, Uncle in Law, cousins. My Aunt said "damn" and my Aunt in Law said something about never coming close to that in school. But not a single person said congrats, clapped, cheered or anything. None of them ever cared about school like that and some of them are heavy into "real nikka street shyt"

My mom of course was super happy for me and had been for weeks. I told her that I felt really awkward about grandma doing that and had I known she planned on doing that I would have asked her to not say anything out of fear of that response. I'm not the type that likes public recognition anyway.

Damn shame. This topic really stemmed off of the Crack Era and black folks, on a cultural anthropology level, went towards fast money and materialism back in the 80s.

 

[BrothaZay]

Yes I did

nikka I lived in SE DC.

So tell us what happened

A smart kid got clowned by the whole school for being smart?

 

[Wild self]

Yes I did

nikka I lived in SE DC.

What era was that in? The 80s? 90s? Early 00s?

 

[Child_Of_God]

So tell us what happened

A smart kid got clowned by the whole school for being smart?

Even if I told you, you would still not even believe me. I’m not going to even waste my time.

 

[ItsPeople]

Confused?

Who correlated being educated with talking white?


and who's out here thinking MAYA and Denzel speak white?

 

[MajesticLion]

I think we are conflating bullying and clowning. You dont get bullied like that for being studious or not being in the streets but you will get clowned.

I agree with this...but here's a very short step from one to the next. Somebody had a bad day, envy over whatever, or people being petty. It doesn't take much for clowning to become another thing entirely. And things have a way of escalating upward waaaaay faster than they ever go in the other direction.

 

[Starman]

Deny anti intellectualism all you want, kids definitely clowned other kids who read all the time and spoke decent English.

 

[vino]

You getting in your emotions cause deep down you know what I said in my original post was correct.

Black men get clowned and mocked for all sorts of reasons all the time wether it’s for being smart and having a clean background, being short, being too introverted, being a Christian, having “white” interests, not sleeping around with a bunch of women and etc.

Not really, i just see a bunch of generalization of Black people based on isolated experiences. Your exception was not the rule for Black people. Black intellect has always been celebrated and not clowned. No one was being clowned for being smart.

 

[NobodyReally]

Who correlated being educated with talking white?


and who's out here thinking MAYA and Denzel speak white?

Dude, are you dense? That's exactly my point. No one in the Black community would dare call Maya Angelou or Denzel Washington white because they speak well. So the premise of this entire thread is ridiculous because Black people don't call educated or well spoken or smart Black people "acting white". That's my point. It's a myth. When Black folks say someone sounds white, we all know what they're talking about and it has nothing to do with what the OP presented. Dave Chappelle has an entire character based on "sounding white" and even White people know what that means and it has thing to do with someone's performance in school or if they are articulate.

 

[Chip Skylark]

The majority of blacc ppl thinc Wacc100 and Maino are clowns tho…

Which proves the point of the thread

This!

Most don’t really care about none of these podcast gangsters etc.

But people think they do due to the audience they received I.e. mostly white kids. Which isn’t talked about enough either.

 

[ItsPeople]

Dude, are you dense? That's exactly my point. No one in the Black community would dare call Maya Angelou or Denzel Washington white because they speak well. So the premise of this entire thread is ridiculous because Black people don't call educated or well spoken or smart Black people "acting white". That's my point. It's a myth. When Black folks say someone sounds white, we all know what they're talking about and it has nothing to do with what the OP presented. Dave Chappelle has an entire character based on "sounding white" and even White people know what that means and it has thing to do with someone's performance in school or if they are articulate.

I tried being cordial but you showing your ignorance out the gate. Shut yo bytch ass up.

 

[FTBS]

I agree with this...but here's a very short step from one to the next. Somebody had a bad day, envy over whatever, or people being petty. It doesn't take much for clowning to become another thing entirely. And things have a way of escalating upward waaaaay faster than they ever go in the other direction.

I will take it a step further...its a matter of perspective. One person could just be clowning and the other could either not know, understand, or not like it regardless. Continuing to clown somebody that isnt with it is bullying.

 

[NobodyReally]

I tried being cordial but you showing your ignorance out the gate. Shut yo bytch ass up.

No.

 

[JasoRockStar]

As a

No they don't.

They clown you for 'sounding white' though.

As someone who got called that at times growing up..."sounding white" is 100% a real thing. IYKYK

 

[010101]

glorify the criminal

glorify the dunce

watch the community lie to themselves endlessly..........

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