We Lost Another One: Anthony Mackie Talking About Respectability Politics
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But you'd let your daughter and your childrens mother rock some Indians dirty hair weave on their head..
The Nigerian
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If Black people are going to kill Black people can we start offing these clowns? I mean, really. These people are far more dangerous than any "opp" in your neighborhood.
The Devil's Advocate
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my god... he said none of thisDreadlocks?
This nikka just correlated having dreads with being a wild black thug.
If his name wasn't in the title or quote I would've thought it was Charles Barkley or Don Lemon.
what he said is WHITE COPS will put in that category and fukk your ass up for it cause they think you like everyone else
which is letting the white man control your moves by doing so... but it's not exactly wrong to think they will think this way about you... i just wouldn't care.. fukk them.. shoot me.. i'll wear my hair and clothes how i feel like it
The Devil's Advocate
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that's been going on since forever....AAs and no self respect seem to go together...anything to be accepted by the white man huh...what's next? Generic ass white names?
"don't name her abiquita... she ain't never getting a job"
"i use my middle name on apps, so i can get a job"
"how you gonna name her lalita.. it just sounds like a ghetto name"
loyola llothta
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Give that nikka a butter biscuit
BasketCase
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You've been added.
havoc
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Sean Bell didn't have dreads either and he still got lit up by the copsI didn't know Mike Brown and Eric Garner had dreads.....I could've sworn they weren't dreadheads
Box Cutta
Bumbling Sidekick
Another fukking c00n. Jesus christ....
Went through his twitter timeline and didn't see shyt about anything going on in 2014. But now he thinks it's appropriate to add his voice to the conversation now?
And this dude is actually promoting a movie about race. So....
Went through his twitter timeline and didn't see shyt about anything going on in 2014. But now he thinks it's appropriate to add his voice to the conversation now?
And this dude is actually promoting a movie about race. So....
The Nigerian
The Realest Member of TheColi
Please.
Nope, both my wife and daughters are #TeamNatural. My wife has been for almost 15 years. way before it was trendy, and you know what ? She took hella sh!t for it professionally. She has a masters degree and is a hospital administrator, and spends her days auditing and correcting white doctors. I love her and am proud of her.
But I'd be lying if I couldn't admit, that her hair was a professional liability for years when working or going for jobs. Especially before it became trendy, to the point old white doctors would make comments to her director about it after meeting with her, or even black women on job interviews would mention it to her face as an issue. It was her choice and I'm proud of her for sticking with what she believed and over time it became less of an issue.
And of course I know professional men with dreads, I joke all the time about growing out my hair myself. I have no delusion that how they dress or keep their hair will be a bullet proof vest. I'm not stupid, I'm a 30 something black man that has seen his share of murder, drugs, police brutality, and harassment. I did my share of dumb stuff and running from cops as a shorty, at 22 I was stopped and taken to jail simply because I was driving a brand new car and they couldn't find a record under my name and wanted to run my prints cause I "had to be dirty", detained me for hours looking for out of state warrants "Because I was clean and driving a nice car". So being "presentable" even caused me issues.
All I was trying to say is I know enough to know that there is a "type" or "mold" that the police ACTIVELY try to fcuk with where I live. Like go out of their way to assume are up to no good and treat differently. So with that knowledge I just say, why give the oppressors another reason to bother my seeds if I don't have to ? As men they can do whatever they want, I want them to be educated and good at their jobs so even if they do decide to grow their hair out or whatever else white folks may try to prejudge them on, like my wife they'll have the tools and knowledge to rise above it. But right now, they're just little black boys, and I'm scared for them when they're out there in the world away from me
.No disrespect or ill will towards anyone who feels differently. Stay blessed Coli fam.
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It was Nia Long
sorry Sanaa 
http://www.bet.com/news/lifestyle/2...-white-boyfriend-on-the-best-man-holiday.htmlNope, both my wife and daughters are #TeamNatural. My wife has been for almost 15 years. way before it was trendy, and you know what ? She took hella sh!t for it professionally. She has a masters degree and is a hospital administrator, and spends her days auditing and correcting white doctors. I love her and am proud of her.
But I'd be lying if I couldn't admit, that her hair was a professional liability for years when working or going for jobs. Especially before it became trendy, to the point old white doctors would make comments to her director about it after meeting with her, or even black women on job interviews would mention it to her face as an issue. It was her choice and I'm proud of her for sticking with what she believed and over time it became less of an issue.
And of course I know professional men with dreads, I joke all the time about growing out my hair myself. I have no delusion that how they dress or keep their hair will be a bullet proof vest. I'm not stupid, I'm a 30 something black man that has seen his share of murder, drugs, police brutality, and harassment. I did my share of dumb stuff and running from cops as a shorty, at 22 I was stopped and taken to jail simply because I was driving a brand new car and they couldn't find a record under my name and wanted to run my prints cause I "had to be dirty", detained me for hours looking for out of state warrants "Because I was clean and driving a nice car". So being "presentable" even caused me issues.
All I was trying to say is I know enough to know that there is a "type" or "mold" that the police ACTIVELY try to fcuk with where I live. Like go out of their way to assume are up to no good and treat differently. So with that knowledge I just say, why give the oppressors another reason to bother my seeds if I don't have to ? As men they can do whatever they want, I want them to be educated and good at their jobs so even if they do decide to grow their hair out or whatever else white folks may try to prejudge them on, like my wife they'll have the tools and knowledge to rise above it. But right now, they're just little black boys, and I'm scared for them when they're out there in the world away from me
No disrespect or ill will towards anyone who feels differently. Stay blessed Coli fam.
I noticed when someone posted the Black ceo's of the largest corporations, many of the Black women were just natural. The whole flowing hair in the wind is some pretentious shyt cacs somehow passed on and our women gobbled right up. I was stunned that these Black women heading some of the top firms out there, hadn't conformed to what their less fortunate sisters are doing. Many Black women have convinced themselves that they can't make it out there unless they have a weave or perm. Basically they think the clumps of hair scalped from some Asians head is the key to all success. But I think they just want to play Barbie as grown ass women. Good to see some men still can decide the course their families take.
