How many black people work for Vice/Noisey/Complex/SPIN/Rolling Stone? (UPDATE :BUZZFEED included)

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Let them write something negative about Drake though. I've seen the opinions about these CAC rags change every few months or so. Just wait til these hipsters can't laugh at Drake's slaughter of Meek anymore and get at him for being mainstream and corny. Most likely will happen when Views drops. Then you all will post a thread on it and using these same hipster CACs as validation for your own opinion. Now, some of you will say "Bu bu bu bu Drake's a pop culture half Jew, they have authority to talk about him." Fair enough. But wait until they write another glowing Kendrick Lamar article. No more CACplex now it's back to Complex

As for as the topic goes, hell no this doesn't surprise me. We need our own publications. And not shyt filled with video and IG thots, grill ads and weak reviews.

 

[Ronnie Lott]

 

[Unknown Poster]

so you're saying they're not hiring the black ones but just paying them as they go on an as needed basis.... meanwhile the staff members who they do choose to hire seem to have more in common.. I wonder if it is a unique perspective or writing style

This reminds me of this...
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/meryl-streep-faces-backlash-for-were-all-africans-comment.399906/
Meryl Streep Faces Backlash for 'We're All Africans' Comment

Basically using that as an excuse to NOT have a diverse staff.

 

[Unknown Poster]

A lot of what you guys are saying is correct

but be clear, a lot of writers do freelance......so while they may not write for one publication in particular they work for a bunch pitching different articles different places.

So there are often more black writers writing for these publications than it appears to be based on their actual staff.

NAH.

I ain't buying it b. I looked through the linkedins, and full contributor lists of each of these publications. This is what you have.

This is just poor reasoning. All of these are established full time writers in these lists And honestly I think you're trying to convince yourself of something that isnt' reflected by the reality of the situation.

 

[SunZoo]

Now I'ma say this...knowing full well how full of shyt I am...but the real question is when is at what point do "we", as in the Coli start to put our bid in? We type a ton of opinionated drivel on here every day, a lot of it way more nuanced and grounded in the actual culture than a lot of these clowns but here we are...

 

[wingstop]

I fukk w/ biz but ive never actually seen a picture of him. Which is kind of odd considering a lot of these writing types market themselves to some degree

I know that BigGhost or w/e dude who does album reviews on his site isn't black. He's a fukking white guy from Canada. He wants it to be kept a secret

big ghost isnt black? or at least from new york?

 

[Unknown Poster]

Now that VIBE is dead, this is what you have left. That publication had a shyt ton of black and brown people as writers and editors and now that's done. Killed by publications like VICE, Complex Media Group (who have sought to buy out alot of so-called "urban" media and fashion websites run by Marc Ecko), FACT, and others cause they couldn't compete with their online platforms.

Those writers have been hung out to dry.

 

[NotaPAWG]

big ghost isnt black? or at least from new york?

Nope

 

[Piff Perkins]

What about Noisey ?

Noisey sure loves doing those cultural touring videos where a hipster white guy goes to some ghetto and interviews gang members and/or trap rappers. That shyt is their bread and butter. I'm not gonna lie I watch them because they're interesting but at the same time it's blatant exploitation.

 

[Unknown Poster]

XXL
Top 25 Editor profiles at Xxl | LinkedIn
5 black writers/editors

Pretty diverse staff, but again, black people are there are in the minority.

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

I'm not surprised, that's why I don't read or care about any opinions from any of them

 

[wingstop]

Nope

damn how did you find out?

 

[Insensitive]

Now I'ma say this...knowing full well how full of shyt I am...but the real question is when is at what point do "we", as in the Coli start to put our bid in? We type a ton of opinionated drivel on here every day, a lot of it way more nuanced and grounded in the actual culture than a lot of these clowns but here we are...

I'm waiting for the day The Coli adds a news section or review section that isn't apart
of the forums.


@Brooklynzson @cook

Do it for the culture brehs!

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

some of the ratios actually aren't too bad (like complex 4/24) when compared to the general population. i think there is somewhere around 10% blacks in USA.....

 

[NotaPAWG]

damn how did you find out?

He hopped in my DMs one day and we had a conversation..

He didn't flat out admit he was white tbh but I definitely could tell because he said he was from Canada and was hesitant as fukk to even tell me that. Said something about keeping it on the low