Remember when black men would head nod each other when passing in public areas

[Koli_Kat]

I'm 29 and only older dudes give me the head nod.

 

[jilla82]

on God I was just thinking about this.

I dont know if its generational or what...
...but most brothas dont nod at each other anymore.

I cant wrap my head around it

 

[DonB90]

I'm 29 and only older dudes give me the head nod.

Same here I'm early 31 and only older dudes give me the head nod. Negroes our age group or younger forget about it

 

[Cereal_Bowl_Assassin]

Still do it

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

I go to a HBCU and made it imperative to be on that time

Lol u kno how many nikkas done stared at me like it was disrespect to even nod my head at em?

nikkas don’t care bout none this man, it’s every man for they self out here. If it’s not blood, no loyalty

You the type of dude that I would run up on from behind and give an extra big hug to.

 

[DonB90]

on God I was just thinking about this.

I dont know if its generational or what...
...but most brothas dont nod at each other anymore.

I cant wrap my head around it

Yes you can

 

[Unemployed GM]

Still happens

 

[africngiant]

yeah that shyt is losing its effectiveness lol

 

[Xavier]

As a young breh in my early 20s, the only time I get head nods is from black men who look early 30s and up, or old heads. They be calling me ‘brotha’ too. Old heads will actually nod at me first mostly.

Gen Z and young millennial aged black men are on a DIFFERENT typa time. If you even so much as lock eyes in their direction for 5 secs while passing em by, straight up mean mug you or pretend they don’t see you. Or you in a venue and they be looking across at you, sizing you up.

 

[The Burger King]

As a young breh in my early 20s, the only time I get head nods is from black men who look early 30s and up, or old heads. They be calling me ‘brotha’ too. Old heads will actually nod at me first mostly.

Gen Z and young millennial aged black men are on a DIFFERENT typa time. If you even so much as lock eyes in their direction for 5 secs while passing em by, straight up mean mug you. Or you in a venue and they be looking across at you, sizing you up.

Yeah I’m 25 and most times I only get a return from older brehs.

With a lot of younger brehs you get the unfortunately.

 

[BrothaZay]

It stopped when all these frail bird chest nikkas started popping up and had to over compensate on their toughness because they know they can’t fight

 

[Roger king]

its something i personally still try to engage in, a head nod, some sort of acknowledgement be it black man or woman. I see it as basic common courtsey especially if you are the only two black folks

 

[Jean Jacket]

Depends on the city.

Phoenix....

Charlotte....

 

[jilla82]

Yes you can

from this thread it seems people are saying its generational?

back in the day my dad noticed the head nod happened less when he was in the tri state area compared to the midwest/south...
...he hypothesized that it was because there were more non FBA (that term didnt exist back in those days ) black folks in the tri state area and they didnt feel that connection black Americans had with each other

 

[1thouwow]

I still do it and get it done to me