Things I noticed that stopped in the Black community once the 90's kicked in

[Secure Da Bag]

Maybe someone who was alive during that era can confirm this but I don't think LSD and Cheech and Chong were ever big in the black communities.

Known but not big, as far as I can remember.

Being a crackhead in the 80s and 90s was one of the worse things you could call a person. God forbid you were suspected of being one.

Now near 2020, I can say that the weed thing was far too overblown and we fell for that trick. Thankfully, now we know better. Coke, crack, meth, and heron is still on the loser list for sure.

White Jesus phasing out is also a good thing. Unfortunately, black folk still believe heavily in Europeanized Christianity. But I guess one step at a time.

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

So?

We’re talking about the idolization of white jesus. A physical manifestation of white supremacy.

Who cares what his skin color is if he died for your sins though

 

[frush11]

Bands(Outside of the DMV)

 

[Fukwatutalkinwatisaylaw]

So?

We’re talking about the idolization of white jesus. A physical manifestation of white supremacy.

"Florida would smakk u down Michael don't disrespect God"

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

I was born in 87 so I really couldn't speak on this shyt.

I want them wooden beaded shyts on your car seats to make a comeback tho

 

[smokeurobinson]

Wasn't this also the time period of Hippies tripping balls on LSD , Cheech and Chong, Mfs doing Blow like it was no tomorrow , the crack epidemic and all that

I'm talking about the Black community before the 90's and your talking about the Hippie movement of the late 60's.




And for the record...A song like Mary jane was "subtle"...it wasn't in your face like Afro Mans "Because
i got high." Aresenio broke that down on The Chris Rock show in the 90's how R&B singers used to be subtle with it now its *sings Biggie song* "I'm fuking you tonight"

 

[Safe]

-A Martin Luther King jr picture in nearly every Black persons home


-Black women didnt have tats all over their bodys


-Black music wasn't filled with profanity


-Having Food stamps was embarressing


-There was a shame factor towards anyone acting ghetto ( ratchet )


-There wasn't an over abundance of gay/bi Black woman and being in the closet and "suspect" was more the norm



-There wasn't much kosher/Halal varietys and pork was everywhere


-You were really looked at as an outcast or loser if u smoked weed on the regular


- It was looked down on being associated with gangs or being a drug dealer



-It was looked down on if a Black woman openly acted sleezy (but it was still cool in the underworld or behind closed doors)


-We thought Michael Jackson was into grown men.



-White Jesus was more accepted and there was more of a push to go to church on Sundays. White Jesus was also in a lot of Black homes.


-hitting kids to the point of abuse was normal and sometimes people who weren't your parents could put hands on a kid.

All facts, except no real black people thought MJ was anything but straight or asexual.

And I grew up in Brooklyn so halal/kosher good was always around.

Also unless you were in the streets/real ghetto, black people generally didn't do tattoos. They were for "ruffnecks" and whites. That's why Pac and those tats were such a big deal, black people were like damn this nikka is a thug for real. Tats just weren't a thing for us at all.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Who cares what his skin color is if he died for your sins though

If He died for your sins and gave you salvation, don't you think the least you can do is get His appearance accurate and not use Him for slavery, oppression, murder, theft, lies, and injustice?

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

Who cares what his skin color is if he died for your sins though

Clearly white folks, if the bible said he had skin of bronze and hair like wool but we see skin of pale and hair like silk.

 

[LezJepzin]

Agree with most except the Michael Jackson one. We all knew he was into girls.

The term "nikka" was rarely used. Brotha took its place instead.

White Jesus was not as common in black households . Then again, I have a lot of relatives that are part of a church (Pastor/Reverend) . Their photo/painting with a bible I saw more of.

I was born in '81 with Bay Area parents where I visited relatives in the Bay monthly.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

hitting kids to the point of abuse was normal and sometimes people who weren't your parents could put hands on a kid.


You ain't lying with this one. I caught whoopings from several great uncles, aunts, and every grand parent I knew


Even a damn baby sitter who was like 60 something at the time had a paddle to make kids act right. And yeah I caught that one too


One time a friends mom tapped that ass cuz I was playing too rough with her daughters



I still maintain I was set up



This was all between 87-89

 

[Majestic]

Who cares what his skin color is if he died for your sins though

He ain't white tho. He black with white wooly hair. Black people are the only ones who have sheep like wooly hair. It fukking matters.

 

[Majestic]

Agree with most except the Michael Jackson one. We all knew he was into girls.

The term "nikka" was rarely used. Brotha took its place instead.

White Jesus was not as common in black households . Then again, I have a lot of relatives that are part of a church (Pastor/Reverend) . Their photo/painting with a bible I saw more of.

I was born in '81 with Bay Area parents where I visited relatives in the Bay monthly.

Yep. Pac, biggie and Wu tang clan are responsible for this wild use of the word today, funny how they all go origins in New York. New York looking in the light. The n-word became wildly used in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

 

[Larry Lambo]

Hip-Hop was primarily clean because until 87-88 nobody knew you could sell records with a profanity filled album. 2Live Crew and NWA proved that "dirty" albums could have major commercial success. Neither of those groups were really meant to be nationally known recording artists, and their growth was grassroots and through word of mouth. Schooly D did the same thing in Philly but never got the nationwide success.

 

[Homey the clown]

Whoever said Jesuus was white? Jesus is whatever race you think he is. Being from the area he was from he was either some type of Middle Eastern or African.At the church I went to we had a Black Jesus hanging on the cross. And my parents have pictures of Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Jesus and Obama hanging on the walls in their house.