Jack Johnson, beating cac ass, desegregating brothels and marrying pawgs before jim crow had a say, legend :wow:

[Dameon Farrow]

Yeah he was wilding out at a time when it was beyond unpopular.

 

[Po pimp]

Yeah, I do not like myself but it is what it is.


Yes, that’s why I’m against it. It can be quite an unpleasant experience on top of an already arduous human existence.

Not even trying to be funny, but some mixed black people have said they are told they aren’t black enough by some black people, and they experience racism from white people and can’t fit in with them. Did your negative experiences come from a particular group, or you experienced it from everyone?

 

[Dameon Farrow]

Like having white bytches is so special.

fukking clowns, man

It's really beyond the women he had but not surprised a lot of posters in here latched on to that and nothing else.

 

[krackdagawd]

“I know I’m bad but he was crazy” -Ali

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Get you a pawg that look at you the way she looks at Jack.

shes choosing to the full extent

 

[Magic Mulatto]

Is your father white?

According to my mother and my physical appearance, he is.

Not even trying to be funny, but some mixed black people have said they are told they aren’t black enough by some black people, and they experience racism from white people and can’t fit in with them. Did your negative experiences come from a particular group, or you experienced it from everyone?

I’ve lived long enough to experience some degree of negativity or prejudice from everyone.

And it doesn’t even have to be explicitly expressed, a lot of it is nonverbal (energy/vibes).

 

[Tair]

Jack Johnson is one of my heroes. He didn't give a damn about the time period, didn't give a damn what people thought, he whooped people's ass and did what he wanted.

I live my life in a similar way.

Yeah, I do not like myself but it is what it is.


Yes, that’s why I’m against it. It can be quite an unpleasant experience on top of an already arduous human existence.

Damn, you been beaten down into submission.

 

[UpAndComing]

A movie about this man is way overdue

This movie if it were to happen HAS to be made with a Black director and Black screenplay writer

 

[TripleAgent]

This movie if it were to happen HAS to be made with a Black American director and Black American screenplay writer

Fixed

 

[Knockout_LR_Freshmart]

It’s difficult to describe how insane Jack Johnson accomplishing what he did, at the time he did, is. Could be considered the greatest achievement in sports.

 

[Premeditated]

What is there to celebrate. Considering how y'all complain about athletes and generational wealth, he's the oringinater

 

[murksiderock]

According to my mother and my physical appearance, he is.

I’ve lived long enough to experience some degree of negativity or prejudice from everyone.

And it doesn’t even have to be explicitly expressed, a lot of it is nonverbal (energy/vibes).

I remember you and I spoke before, and I respect your right to identify as you choose. One of the things I can't get though, you've talked about how you don't view yourself as black, and you mention here that you have experienced prejudice from everyone---->these are things that very likely would still be the case if you had a black father...

There are tons of black folk from two black parents, who find reasons to downplay their blackness, and part of the black experience in general is experiencing prejudice from everybody, including our own...

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

Jack Johnson is a controversial character but he opened the door for brehs in sports.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Marrying white women and simping for white prostitutes isn't anything to brag about. Also didn't he refuse to fight other black fighters because he wanted to be known as "that black fighter"?

 

[Magic Mulatto]

I remember you and I spoke before, and I respect your right to identify as you choose. One of the things I can't get though, you've talked about how you don't view yourself as black, and you mention here that you have experienced prejudice from everyone---->these are things that very likely would still be the case if you had a black father...

There are tons of black folk from two black parents, who find reasons to downplay their blackness, and part of the black experience in general is experiencing prejudice from everybody, including our own...

But at the end of the day y’all are actually Black. You can wake up and decide to fully embrace all of it.

You can turn to your community and choose to foster relationships with other understanding Black individuals.

I cannot do any of that b/c I’m discernibly mixed-race and even racially ambiguous to some ppl. In any space...amongst any group…at any given time…my identity, attribution and allegiance are up for debate whether I’ve endeavoured to make them clear or not.

It’s funny too, cuz right now I’m kinda going thru what feels like the end stage of wiggerism where I’m confronted w/ the reality that I was never one of y’all to begin with, despite the occasional well-meaning affirmation.

The difference is, White boys who immersed themselves in Blackness can wake up one day and say to themselves, “this isn’t me, this isn’t mine,” and then proceed to find their Whiteness. I don’t have that option so I’m sorta stuck in this type of no man’s land.