Michelle Obama Encourages African-American Students To Stop Aspiring To Be ‘A Baller

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:costanza: check neg. this might be the dumbest thing i have laid my eyes upon on the coli

oh really. so you're going to tell me a black man that speaks properly but you could still tell i'm black by my voice over the phone. that i dont know what i'm talking about?

so you're going to tell me a black man that works with, plays with, lives around white people and other nationalities while some speak properly others do not. but you can still tell who's who by the SOUND of their voice. you're going to tell me.. i'm saying something that is not true?

oh really.

Do you think BIll cosby speaks properly? what about the guy who played his son on the cosby show? do either of them sound WHITE? HELLZ NO.

again, when you SOUND like a white guy/girl. then the hood or any black person might just call you out for it. when you speak properly in the hood. they will say you speak differently and that you dont sound like you're from HERE(the hood). they may even call you a square. just depending. but they wont say you sound WHITE.

sounding white is what use to happen to kids that use to move away from the hood to the burbs full of white people. and if you seen that kid again in his teens years later. he/she would SOUND white. not just speak properly but actually SOUND like a white person. there's a difference.
 

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:aicmon: So you can't be friendly with anyone whose views you don't agree with or lifestyle choices you don't promote?

Dont ignore the fact that she is a hypocrite my brother, says one thing, then enjoys the company of people who are the reason these children want to become "ballers"
 

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It's actually quite common. I was told this when I was growing up in elementary school and JHS. In fact it was only til I got to high school where my peers started realizing "Wait...being a dumbass is'nt cool". At least most of them.

Just because you heard some middle school kids say it once upon a time doesn't make it common practice.

There aren't significant amounts of children being educationally stifled by the fear of getting called a square for learning.
 

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she sounds so out of touch and cacish.

How many people actually call reading books acting "white" ?

Are black people out in droves really trying to become rappers?

This shyt I only really hear from white people, it's not as prevalent in the community as people make it seem.

Way too gotdamn many. I have my two year old nephew at my crib, spending the night because my sister works tomorrow morning and the child's father is too busy trying to rap. We all pitch in so she can work while this nikka is living free to do what he pleases. Yes, bad on her for laying down with this nikka but all I can do is be the positive black male role model that I know he is going to need growing up because his father sure as fukk isn't fitting the bill right now.
 

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The Obama's are the biggest fukking hypocrites out here. How often have these c00ns went to the hood and spoke to families in the community? How often have these two clowns, praised and shined a spot light on prominent, positive black leaders in the community? Hell, members of the congressional black caucus aren't even allowed to set foot near the nikka, god forbid a photographer happen to accidentally capture one of them in a picture with Obama. But no, instead they make it a point to hang out with a high school dropout and a ex-drug dealer king pin. Its disgusting. They won't go and visit the black leasers at the NAACP convention, but they'll be sure to carve out an appointment for Jay Z at the 40/40 club. Thereby legitimizing the claim that being a "baller" is the way to go, because you can hang with the fukking president! Because the president sure isn't hanging around the poor folk!

These guys have done everything in their power to ignore the black community, yet when they do decide to speak to the "black people" in America, its some fukking patronizing lecture about why were fukking up. She nor her husband surprisingly never have anything to say bad to say about other groups though. Nope, because in their eyes those groups are perfect. Its only the black people that need to be lectured to, over and over again, on the national stage. And it won't matter anyways. Black folk already used to being abused and humiliated in public, so I'm sure they'll take it in stride.

Its disgusting and I'm sick of it. Instead of these insulting lectures, why won't she work to help stabilize the black family? Like removing mandatory minimums and working to decriminalize drugs. Those two moves alone could do wonders for stabilizing the family unit. But im sure its much easier to act as a gutter snipe and make snide comments about blacks from the comforts of the white house.

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That makes no sense, you speak how you speak. There should not even be the term sounding white as it denotes that white people carry themselves better then black people. This whole shyt is wrong.

This is a huge logical leap and it's wrong.

:costanza: check neg. this might be the dumbest thing i have laid my eyes upon on the coli

I'm pretty sure he's getting at people who seem to be "white-washed." I don't get what's so confusing about what he said. Not that I agree with it, but I know people of all backgrounds who are highly educated that get annoyed when people of their background sound like that. More often than not though, they're using "white-washed" as a place-holder for someone sounding like a valley girl. I just think you guys and everyone who dapped up these posts either misunderstood him or are taking it too serious.

I think a lot of people got told they were "acting white" before because they know how to complete a sentence and are extrapolating. I've been told the same before and I didn't take any offense to what @rapbeats was saying, whether or not I agree. But it certainly doesn't mean any of what Saint was saying, the fact that so many people dapped that up is the only reason I posted, that was mind-boggling.
 
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I'm not denying that it exists, but it's not happening on a level where it's a significant obstacle that is halting progress like that. That's largely a myth perpetuated by racist whites.

Large amounts of black people aren't afraid to learn and do well in school because somebody might call them white.

Yes, there is a lack of educational accomplishments among blacks but that's not because people are scared of being called a square. It's not that simplistic.

I know a similar mentality exists amongst poor whites with how they make fun of "city people" for speaking proper English and dressing a certain way

True, the bigger issue is that the images and sights/sounds that are perpetuated in media are of our people glorifying the stereotypes. And cacs are laughing all the way to the bank. fukkery sells, and who more to sell it to than us.
 

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We have to stop falling into the trap of judging the entire race by the absolute worst examples...We're doing racists jobs for them.
This

I expect it from white people, but there's too many black people who subscribe to this line of thinking. People want to take the bad behavior of some black people the project it on all black people, while ignoring that white people and every other type of people exibit the same behavior.

I'm usualy in support of Mrs. Obama but I can't cosign this one. It's simplifying the problem and placing the blame on kids who know nothing but what they are taught.
 

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I think it's entirely possible to aspire to be a baller while succeeding in the classroom. I also think her point applies to America as a whole, we should be placing so much more emphasis on education then we are.. Folks like Neil Degrasse Tyson should be our celebrities.. Not fukking Rhianna or Justin Bieber...

Exactly.

These are problems that can be found all throughout American society, yet it's only black people who get blamed for it.

People like to say black folks don't value education, yet according to white people it was a bad thing that Barack is highly educated and they wanted to elect Sarah plain cause she's a dummy:mindblown:

So who doesn't value education? Is it just black people or is it American society as a whole?
 

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Exactly.

These are problems that can be found all throughout American society, yet it's only black people who get blamed for it.

People like to say black folks don't value education, yet according to white people it was a bad thing that Barack is highly educated and they wanted to elect Sarah plain cause she's a dummy:mindblown:

So who doesn't value education? Is it just black people or is it American society as a whole?
I think more people would value education if our schools weren't so shytty... I learned damn near nothing in high school. Wasn't prepared for College at all, yes, it was partly my fault but the school was terrible. We didn't have to do any work 90% of the time
 
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