My African knuckles, you been a pretty good poster
, how you find out about thecoli?
The owner
Now check out their site, gallery and tell me as a black person how you feel about this
http://theshrinechicago.com/main.php
for multiple reasons.
let me come on in here and break your heart. what you speak of has been going on since post slavery. it wont change unless the white man stops treating us lesser than. stops polluting the airwaves(TV, radio, etc.) with negative images of black folks or black folks in a subservient role to white folks. Until these things happen, the results of brainwashing black folks for 100's of years will continue. It is...what it is. Nuccas will balk when a black person is trying to sell them the same thing some other race is selling them. I know this first hand. And what you could be selling them could even be of higher quality. they will still run their mouth and complain about how expensive it is. then go right around the corner to the asian dude and buy the same thing or something of lesser value for the same price as they could have paid you the black person that looks just like them. this is what happens when your people are treated like ish for 100s of years and counting. It will never change for our GROUP of people. some individuals yes. but there will never be this mass awakening among black people.
This. And I don't think it's conscious, but rather that we've been conditioned to have a deep-seated hatred for self and a distrust for all that look like us. When I'm feeling myself over the $300 denim Saks took me for or salivating at the thought of someday pulling out the driveway in a G wagon, I think it's subconciously rooted in sticking it to the brother next door. And, in essence, to appease the white man. The thing is, White America, by-and-large, could give two shyts about me. And I'd be just as well off in Wrangler jeans or my 03 Accord. And I know that. But still I struggle. Every other group in America seems to have taken ownership of their culture, except for us. And while there are major barriers to us taking an ownership stake in our communities and culture, it's not at all impossible. I'm 21 and just now starting to figure that out. If we, as a generation, just stopped wasting our money on frivolous shyt and bought back our communities then our children and their children won't have to deal with spending their hard-earned in non-black owned establishments, only to be treated like second class citizens. Idk. Just a thought.
If all what you dumb nikkas is saying is true then we wouldn't be having this thread to begin with...
Yes business is a learned skill, just like football and basketball is a learned skill, but naturally we are more athletic then others hence why more of us excel, and naturally others are better acclimated to having business sense hence why they are excelling.
And to the dumbass talking about Oscars,..i already said we have a natural talent in being entertainment .. but your Oscar argument doesn't answer why Telemundo does better numbers then BET as a network..
And i have cousins from Baltimore the work in major marketing firms.. i not saying no black person can succeed in business... but the numbers do lie in the situation.
We can't even sell our own music.. you all seen that video of Bobby Shmuda jumping around like a monkey on a table... Thats the sad reality..now as soon as you two accept whats real, then we can start to move foward and find solutions to the problem...
Unfortunately too many black people act like you two and act as if there is no problem at all... and its a shame.. we have so much talent that will never be tapped into because of ignorant pride
