Who Or What Made You Black And Proud??
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Flash Thunderton
The 4th Migo
Watching a black man become president as a kid has a crazy effect on somebody breh
Until him the most successful black man I knew of was my dad. Which was great cause I lived with him obviously, but something like becoming president becoming an actual option for someone like me? Crazy.
The brotherhood.
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Watching a black man become president as a kid has a crazy effect on somebody breh
Until him the most successful black man I knew of was my dad. Which was great cause I lived with him obviously, but something like becoming president becoming an actual option for someone like me? Crazy.
You said you were young when he got elected so that's understandable.
BmoreGorilla
Veteran
My peops. They came up in the Black Power era.
Moms used to bring home copies of Final Call...and bean pies
Plus I gotta older sister and cousins who were heavy into consciousness around the late 80s early 90s
Moms used to bring home copies of Final Call...and bean pies
Plus I gotta older sister and cousins who were heavy into consciousness around the late 80s early 90s
SirShaktus
Pro
Was always interested in my history as a kid, but couldn't find much.
My parent did what they could and kept positive black images around me...
Had a picture of Mandela, Garvey and Hendrix in our house.
My mentor in high school saw I was thirsty for knowledge and put me on.
Told me about the Tuskegee Experiments; gave me book after book to burn through in a week and told me about the seedy (as well as racist as fukk) underbelly of sports.
She (and yes, my mentor was a woman) told me I was the brightest kid she'd ever met and with the right push and direction, could do something great for the black community.
While my black guidance counselor in middle school told my mom I was a nuisance because I "failed to comply with teachers.*"
*Translation: I fell asleep in my boring ass "teaching from packets" classes pretty much every day, but still answering correctly when called on and getting As and Bs on their tests
The biggest thing that made black and proud was and incident with a teacher I had in HS, when he made go to the office and miss taking my PSAT because of a Game Boy that fell out of my bag... While a white kid was playing his Game Boy two seats away.
When I asked him why I had to leave, but he could stay, the teacher said:
"because you don't belong here."
Put me on to the evils of most white folk right then and there.
Been black and proud ever since.
My parent did what they could and kept positive black images around me...
Had a picture of Mandela, Garvey and Hendrix in our house.
My mentor in high school saw I was thirsty for knowledge and put me on.
Told me about the Tuskegee Experiments; gave me book after book to burn through in a week and told me about the seedy (as well as racist as fukk) underbelly of sports.
She (and yes, my mentor was a woman) told me I was the brightest kid she'd ever met and with the right push and direction, could do something great for the black community.
While my black guidance counselor in middle school told my mom I was a nuisance because I "failed to comply with teachers.*"
*Translation: I fell asleep in my boring ass "teaching from packets" classes pretty much every day, but still answering correctly when called on and getting As and Bs on their tests
The biggest thing that made black and proud was and incident with a teacher I had in HS, when he made go to the office and miss taking my PSAT because of a Game Boy that fell out of my bag... While a white kid was playing his Game Boy two seats away.
When I asked him why I had to leave, but he could stay, the teacher said:
"because you don't belong here."
Put me on to the evils of most white folk right then and there.
Been black and proud ever since.
Judgement!
Banned
Wish I could say my parents 
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But it came from myself. I just always gravitated towards our history. I was into Malcolm as a child
.But it came from myself. I just always gravitated towards our history. I was into Malcolm as a child
FukyourFort
All Star
parents and family. going to Barbados where my parents are from i got to see what they came from. where they made it to is why they are my heroes.
i'd have to say my parents, especially my pops. Always taught us self love and to be proud of being black. We used to have the african medallions and shyt
as an adult i have to say Dr Frances Cress Welsing / The Isis Papers really gave me a lot of clarity about the racist situation. Once i started viewing it as a system it all made sense. But i also love Malcom X, Farrakhan, and khalid mohammed.
as an adult i have to say Dr Frances Cress Welsing / The Isis Papers really gave me a lot of clarity about the racist situation. Once i started viewing it as a system it all made sense. But i also love Malcom X, Farrakhan, and khalid mohammed.
My uncles.
And then Alex Haley and Malcolm X cemented it.
And then Alex Haley and Malcolm X cemented it.