Reginald Noble
Banned
If more Sisters were awakened like her....
I watch the show but I'm not distracted, my Exit America plan remains in progress....
Sister Breaks Down Empire
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If more Sisters were awakened like her....
I watch the show but I'm not distracted, my Exit America plan remains in progress....
Conscious Pilot
Do Better.
Broad needs to get some eye brows, until then 
Reginald Noble
Banned
Broad needs to get some eye brows, until then
Gotta set that shyt aside for now and hear the message breh
Rell84shots
Veteran
Not gonna lie, Sistas who's voices sound like that are a weakness of mine
Her greater point goes beyond Empire but she's right.
She's 100% right..to bad nikkas will bashed her for speaking the truth
Jean Jacket
NOPE
Name dropped Dr. Claude Anderson...
live it to the limit
All Star
Yeah, honestly I don't really get the hype of the show. It just seems like a comedy rather than a drama. I mean, it's cool that all these black actors are getting work but somethings just off about it.
the sista. She is highly intelligent and beautiful.
Elle Driver
Veteran
It will probably get cancelled by the fourth season. It's got too much going on and every season they gotta out live first. It is a comedy, I watched the first season cause it was funny but then they started announcing guest stars every week and coming up with crazy ass random story lines. shyt is a cluster fukk. These same black actors should really be thinking about owning they own shyt, so they don't have to lose they dignity and keep on auditioning for cacs damn near begging to be the sassy best friend. That's why I literally watch Being Mary Jane, just about the only television show I watch on TV. It's written, directed, produced, and the show runner are a black married couple. And they are also on BET (say what you will about them). It's a damn good show that gets over looked for Emmys but they don't care, they just keep making black content.
i agree with her. empire serves multiple purposes. definitely provides yet another distraction, but it also plays into the stereotypes that have been plaguing blacks for years.
cookie is the definition of a "sapphire" caricature. taken from this thread
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/iden...s-brutes-c00ns-toms-and-sapphires-etc.221290/
The Sapphire Caricature portrays black women as rude, loud, malicious, stubborn, and overbearing.1 This is the Angry Black Woman (ABW) popularized in the cinema and on television. She is tart-tongued and emasculating, one hand on a hip and the other pointing and jabbing (or arms akimbo), violently and rhythmically rocking her head, mocking African American men for offenses ranging from being unemployed to sexually pursuing white women. She is a shrill nagger with irrational states of anger and indignation and is often mean-spirited and abusive. Although African American men are her primary targets, she has venom for anyone who insults or disrespects her. The Sapphire's desire to dominate and her hyper-sensitivity to injustices make her a perpetual complainer, but she does not criticize to improve things; rather, she criticizes because she is unendingly bitter and wishes that unhappiness on others. The Sapphire Caricature is a harsh portrayal of African American women, but it is more than that; it is a social control mechanism that is employed to punish black women who violate the societal norms that encourage them to be passive, servile, non-threatening, and unseen.
cookie is the definition of a "sapphire" caricature. taken from this thread
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/iden...s-brutes-c00ns-toms-and-sapphires-etc.221290/
The Sapphire Caricature portrays black women as rude, loud, malicious, stubborn, and overbearing.1 This is the Angry Black Woman (ABW) popularized in the cinema and on television. She is tart-tongued and emasculating, one hand on a hip and the other pointing and jabbing (or arms akimbo), violently and rhythmically rocking her head, mocking African American men for offenses ranging from being unemployed to sexually pursuing white women. She is a shrill nagger with irrational states of anger and indignation and is often mean-spirited and abusive. Although African American men are her primary targets, she has venom for anyone who insults or disrespects her. The Sapphire's desire to dominate and her hyper-sensitivity to injustices make her a perpetual complainer, but she does not criticize to improve things; rather, she criticizes because she is unendingly bitter and wishes that unhappiness on others. The Sapphire Caricature is a harsh portrayal of African American women, but it is more than that; it is a social control mechanism that is employed to punish black women who violate the societal norms that encourage them to be passive, servile, non-threatening, and unseen.
