This is an excuse.
How many black people work for Vice/Noisey/Complex/SPIN/Rolling Stone? (UPDATE :BUZZFEED included)
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bourgeoisie tall freak
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Dushane Hill
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I'm so glad this thread has been made.
This is why I don't fukk with these publications. I also feel that Vice/Noisey only feature black people in their actual content when its loosely related to some negative shyt like gang banging / gun violence / general hood shyt etc.
Last summer I was working with a certain publication out here in the UK that deals with 90% black music and talent yet their entire body of employees were from a white middle class background.
This is why I don't fukk with these publications. I also feel that Vice/Noisey only feature black people in their actual content when its loosely related to some negative shyt like gang banging / gun violence / general hood shyt etc.
Last summer I was working with a certain publication out here in the UK that deals with 90% black music and talent yet their entire body of employees were from a white middle class background.
wingstop
Superstar
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
you should post the DM's
To be honest, this is something I ponder very deeply.
Are there any industries or businesses that have populations of black employees that ride over 50%?
Seems black people seem to make up less than 25% of all staff at all businesses no matter what it is. Unless it's something not as presitiguous as fast food, maintenance, construction, shipping, or anything else.
I think there are many factors here that really aren't being fully realized. How many qualified black candidates even apply to work at these places? How many of them are getting turned down? To think that even publications that specialize in black art and music are lacking in black employees or writers or editors or creatives in general is a troubling thought. The same discriminatory atmosphere that plagues many professions is present here and it's indicative of a greater problem.
This is why not having control of our own media and image is so detrimental to us as people. We need to support black owned publications and be more careful who we send Internet traffic and our business to.
Hip-Hop culture, yall.
Pinyapplesuckas
He's A Good Man
got me about to unfollow all of those 
We have too many innovative minds on this site to have not formulate something like Vice or Complex already .... The Coli has the potential to evolve way more than what it currently is ... we just have to put the redundant disputes to a cease or atleast reduce it so we can come to a common objective
you only posted execs fam
<<TheStandard>>
I Am A God
It's not poor reasoning....It's fact. I have friends who are writers.....they pitch their ideas to different publications. They may not always write for one publication but will move around based on who takes their pitch, who comes to them and says do this interview/write this story, etc.
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...
Think about how much traffic it would drive in addition to the forums.
Only problem I can think of is eventually, we'll have an issue like
where the forums end up becoming filtered to the point where the Coli loses its raw essence. Once those advertising checks start coming in, you know labels gonna start asking for favors, and then...it's only a matter of time before...
The Amerikkkan Idol
The Amerikkkan Nightmare
Nobody shytted on The Source until Benzino (who is half White) and Dave Mays (who is White) ruined it
Not when we're talking about Black culture!!!!That would be like saying that a magazine about Native American culture only has 1% of their writers being Native American, but that's okay because there aren't that many Native Americans in the America.
Dude, it's OUR culture, WE are the ones who should be writing about it.
Like I really do feel bad for alot of the brothas and sistas that apply to work at these publications and consistently get turned down. Especially considering that the majoritty of these places are based in NYC. I mean, you have people here so entrenched in whatever culture there is and include New York Culture in the mix as well, and youi can see why this is the mecca of hip-hop. In all honesty, I'm pretty sure some of the cats end up interviewing these guys, end up getting intimidated, shook, jealous, or feel some way at their upbringing since most of them were not from NYC and only moved there. Therefore they don't have that genuine experience or immersion with all of those cultural artforms.
The thing is though...these aren't Solely hip-hop related publications or websites, they focus on all things cultural in regards to millenial culture and they have to broadcast their whole tastes, platform, to others besides them.
This eventually gets watered down in a way that's easily digested to the rest of America, who are not black or brown in majority. So, therefore, that whole perspective has been written out of the equation of the viewership of their site..
In other words, they have watered down urban culture completely to be digestible to,.,..middle america. and Europeans. That's their audience. And always has been.
That's NME, that's fact, that's Vice, that's Noisey, that's alot of news new music/fashion/culture sites.
The fukked up thing for as much diversity as the subjects offer, it's not reflected in the actual diversity of the staff at all.
It's qualming cause I remember this story from a couple years back
Controversy over all-white lineup cancels Awesome Tapes From Africa DJ night in Toronto
And this is the end result of globalization, internet culture, and gentrification.
This is also a whole other issue about the negative consequences of cultural appropriation and why this matters in the long run.
The thing is though...these aren't Solely hip-hop related publications or websites, they focus on all things cultural in regards to millenial culture and they have to broadcast their whole tastes, platform, to others besides them.
This eventually gets watered down in a way that's easily digested to the rest of America, who are not black or brown in majority. So, therefore, that whole perspective has been written out of the equation of the viewership of their site..
In other words, they have watered down urban culture completely to be digestible to,.,..middle america. and Europeans. That's their audience. And always has been.
That's NME, that's fact, that's Vice, that's Noisey, that's alot of news new music/fashion/culture sites.
The fukked up thing for as much diversity as the subjects offer, it's not reflected in the actual diversity of the staff at all.
It's qualming cause I remember this story from a couple years back
Controversy over all-white lineup cancels Awesome Tapes From Africa DJ night in Toronto
And this is the end result of globalization, internet culture, and gentrification.
This is also a whole other issue about the negative consequences of cultural appropriation and why this matters in the long run.
