Lets Talk About How Slaves Were Made To Hide Their Intelligence As a Survival Technique
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I'm sorry but im tired of the this narrative i keep seeing from some of your. About Black people calling other Blacks c00ns or sellouts because they are intelligent.
I swear i must have grown up in some freaky Black world. Because from elementary through high school, i was around nothing but mostly Blacks, i never witnessed that. Yeah kids got made fun for being nerdy, dressing "corny", and being ugly, but never for being smart.
Lets stop outright perpetuating that narrative please.
I swear i must have grown up in some freaky Black world. Because from elementary through high school, i was around nothing but mostly Blacks, i never witnessed that. Yeah kids got made fun for being nerdy, dressing "corny", and being ugly, but never for being smart.
Lets stop outright perpetuating that narrative please.
And fakkits swear hip hop is harmless..just fun and games, but not actual mind control.
Hip hop took a turn for the worst when it became popular and lucrative, and the jews came in to buy it out and insert their own narrative to meet their agenda.
Hip hop took a turn for the worst when it became popular and lucrative, and the jews came in to buy it out and insert their own narrative to meet their agenda.
PhonZhi
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The division amongst ourselves is a HUGE problem and must be addressed. Ignoring it or pretending that it doesn't exist helps none.
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/when-i-was-young-i-used-to-hate-blacks-from-the-suburbs.333815/
PhonZhi
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I'm not pretending anything, i never witnessed anyone getting made fun off for being smart.
Being straight up corny and smart are too different things
Nall it's not about being smart we mad at its c00nin when u are black and have the same view points as a white supremacy
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AyBrehHam Linkin
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...and how the effects are still felt today. I watched this video the other day and it made me have one of thosemoments. Go to 23:50 :
Basicly, slaves had to suppress their intelligence to avoid the ultimate penalty: death. If a slave was thought to be too smart he or she was considered a threat by the white man. The white man NEEDED his slaves to be as ignorant as possible. As dumb as possible. As stupid as possible. As blind as possible. As unaware as possible. For the white man to remain in control of a slaves' physical, he had to gain and remain in control of their mental. This was done by denying slaves access to education. Often times if a slave was found out to be able to read or had any type of knowledge that revealed intelligence, he or she would be put to death. An intelligent black man or woman was a threat to the white mans' establishment. Also, just as importantly, slaves who were deemed "intelligent" were thought of as "sellouts" and "c00ns" BY OTHER BLACKS!!!
Fast forward to present day and this mentally of appeasing the white man by suppressing ones' own intelligence is still prevalent. Everybody knows that an intelligent black man or woman is VERY intimidating to the white man. They are very uncomfortable by a black person who shows an equal amount of intelligence (or more) than them. They are most at ease when they feel superior intellectually over a black person. They embrace dumbed down, unintelligent black people easier than an intelligent black person. This is very noticeable in the entertainment and sports world. I dont have to run down a list of examples cuz you all know what im talking about. We see it all the time. Whether its black male actors wearing dresses for roles to rappers who are REALLY intelligent and hold academic degrees (Plies, 2chainz, Lil Wayne, etc) "dumbing it down" to portray a certain stereotype of the black race. Even somebody like LeBron James became "hated" once he "bucked the system" and took the initiative to control his own destiny and going to Miami. Now, i agree LeBron could have handled that situation alot better, but still alot of people dont like when athletes(especially black athletes) show any type of intelligence and take control out of the hands of their white/j*wish "owners". This is a big reason why i think alot of white people love college athletics waaay more than the pros. Professional athletes have much more power and can demand shyt, whereas in college the athletes are more kept in check and made to do the work for "free" while the higher-ups reap all of the reward (kinda like slavery itself).
This "conditioning" has harmed us in a sense that intelligent black people are often ridiculed by other blacks for being intelligent. They, even to this day are often referred to as "c00ns", "uncle toms", and "sellouts" Black people seeking to get out of the hood are often labeled as a "sell out". Black people who speak and dress a certain way are often accused of "acting white". Young black youth often suppress their own intelligence to appear more "street"/"hood" and to seem more cool. Its almost like we have connected anything positive and intelligent to "whiteness". Thoughts??
well said.
You seem to dwell on the ignorant dudes in the AA community, but never look at the positives dudes in AA communities. For once I would like to see you make a positive thread about the Black community.
I will help you out. I will give you a start. How about Historic Black Colleges and Universities? Did your realize that there are more AA males in college than in prison? Twice as many, but even that could be under-reported because a lot of colleges had not previously reported their numbers until recent times.
The myth that there are more black men in prison than in college, debunked in one chart
Are there more US black men in prison or college? - BBC News
Fwiw, the worst people in the community does not define the whole community.