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The Drop Squad
I can't believe this has never been discussed! Anywho, moving on http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif
I FINALLY saw this movie last week. It was on BET, so I still need to see the uncut version. Has anyone else seen it? What did you think? I loved the movie. The movie is about "sell-outs" and a group of people (called the Drop Squad) who kidnap the sell-outs and "drop" (deprogram) them; try to make them "ideal" Black citizens, if you will. On to the topic of my thread. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif If you could "drop" anyone (meaning deprogram a "sell-out"), who would you drop? Have you ever felt like you needed to be "dropped"? Basically, have you ever had to check yourself? |
"Dropped" Wish List:
1) Mariah Carey 2) Bryant Gumbel 3) Wesley Snipes 4) Colin Powell (even though he is a fellow NY'er) 5) Michael Jackson 6) Lil' Kim There have been a few times when I needed to be dropped. Not because I "sold out" but because I looked at people from lower socio-economic backgrounds unfavorably. |
My roommate sophomore year who told me she didn't know who Coretta Scott King was.
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i thought this movie was the craziest thing i had ever seen!! i sat there the whole time like http://www.plauder-smilies.de/sad/shakehead.gif .
at first, i thought it was a crazy, keenan ivory wayans-type production (like "i'm gonna get you sucka") or chris rock-type of movie (like "cb4") and i liked to fell out of my chair when i saw ozzie davis and his beautiful-to-this-day wife, ruby dee, commenting on how wonderful a movie it was!! (i saw it on upn as one of the african-american heritage movies) |
Add Clarence Thomas to the list - - -
Why Dirty Kim? |
Put all the Black drug dealers in America on my list.
Put all the constant committers (is that a word) of Black-on-Black crime on my list, too. |
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um um um BTW, what's wrong with a woman doing thangs for herself sometimes? HUH? |
Public figure drop candidates:
Ward Connerly, a man who managed to impose his psychoses on other people. Orenthal. There was a New Yorker article showing that he still doesn't get it. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif On the private tip, I'd agree that drug dealers and other perpetrators of black-on-black crime need a dropping. |
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Why Colin Powell?
------------------ IotaNet Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Eta Chapter, Spring, 1980 Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity Zeta Nu Chapter, Spring, 1979 |
Westley Snipes
Maria Carey OJ ...more to come. |
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No for real she didn't know who she was and I told my father and he was like "Naw!! stop playing!" How can you grow up black in America and not know who Coretta Scott King is. [This message has been edited by BlueReign (edited July 18, 2001).] |
Tiger Woods
Definitely Colin Powell |
I saw this movie back in the day and I agree w/ the concept. But towards the end, things just got out of hand and went too far.
But...If there was a Drop Squad who would determine the Drop List? Who would lead the Drop Squad? Who would set the methods of persuasion? What would be the method of operations? Who would execute the persuasions? What would happen to infiltrators? Just a reality check. ------------------ MCCOYRED Mu Psi '86 BaltCo Alumnae Dynamic...Salient...Temperate...Since 1913 |
In order for someone to be "dropped", they either have had to have forgotten their cultural heritage, deny their cultural heritage, dishonor their cultural heritage, deliberately harm their fellow culture group members, or adopt the majority's attitude or perception of your own culture group (there can be other gradations of drop-ability).
I don't think Colin Powell falls into any of these categories. He seems to be a proud, Black man who happens to be Republican. He is very pro-Black on certain issues, especially Affirmative Action and access to equal education and healthcare. Being a Republican is not always equal to sell out. Now J.C. Watts needs to be dropped with a quickness CITA needs to be dropped. BET's head of programming needs to be dropped Having said all that, the Drop Squad mentality is counter-productive. It says that there is a "way" to be Black and if you run afoul of that, you need to be punished. That is un-American and verges on thought-control and totalitarianism. Its fun to fantasize though, cuz I would put a serious whuppin' on O.J, Ward Connerly, and Mike Tyson. |
Tina Turner. She knows doggone well, she ain't from England.
Yo butt is from NUTBUSH, Tennessee. LOL Charles Barkley This person at my job. ugghhhhhhhh! Lionel Richie...brotha ain't had a HIT since...LOL Diana Ross |
I'm with Doggystyle--J.C. Watts, Cita, and the BET programming director have got to go!! And while I'm there, I think I'll add Armstrong Williams, Alan Keyes, Tiger (for being Cablinasian when he knows his a** is black), the so-called "Independent Women" as mentioned by OA, sisters who chase other persuasions for monetary gain, any rapper who uses the phrase "You know what I'm sayin?" more than 100x during an interview, and the entire state of Florida. More to come....
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Condolezza RIce The DJ's on my local radio station for sounding as ignorant as the records they spin All successful Balck folks who have lost the ability to differentiate between a hand up and a hand out. ------------------ Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Baltimore Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter #3 of ER 30 Spring 1999 "No finer girls will you ever see, and I'm so glad I pledged- for what? For DST!" |
DoggyStyle82, I agree with you. Although the movie is a cute and entertaining concept, I also feel it is a dangerous one. I am curious as to how the Drop Squad would determine the African-American "ideal." And who has the right to impose his or her opinion of that "ideal" on anyone else? The definition of a sell-out is a very subjective thing. Not to mention, some people have such a warped sense of what it is to be African-American. These days "being down" and "keeping it real" has taken on such twisted definitions. Heck, many of us on this board may be considered sell-outs, in certain circles, for various reasons (like the way we speak, where we live, where we shop, where we work, our political affiliations, where we chose to go to school, or because we chose to go to school, etc.) Personally, the way my people have been screwing up lately, I wouldn't trust not a one with this job.
And let us not forget that back in the day a Drop Squad was formed, but THEY decided to call it the KKK. |
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I can see the reason as to why you want to drop Florida - they had the deciding votes - and I would drop the people with two faces on their bodies - especially the ones who tell you they're your friends. ......I'm glad none of ya'll (with the southern drawl) are like that!! |
Ideal08 and Kimmie1913: Okay, I know the entire state is a little extreme, so we'll just remove the governor and state officials first, all the people and laws, and make the joint a large, Sandals/Montego Bay-like resort area. lol http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif
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We are very adamant about white people labeling our race as a "Monolith" but on the other hand we also want all Blacks to subscribe to a common agenda. We can't have it both ways. There is room for many shades of Blackness and many variations of thought/action. Nobody has the right to define Blackness for an individual except that individual. And, oh by the way - folks need to really get up offa Bryant Gumbel. ------------------ IotaNet Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Eta Chapter, Spring, 1980 Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity Zeta Nu Chapter, Spring, 1979 [This message has been edited by IotaNet (edited July 18, 2001).] |
Ok, this is not about "defining Blackness," in my opinion, this is about working with individuals who are working AGAINST the struggle. You can be an "oreo," for lack of a better term, and not be a sell-out. The peeps I'm talking about are UNDOING everything that we (in our service as BGLO's) are DOING. That's what I'm talking about. If I'm trying to keep kids in the community off of drugs and in school, the drug dealers are working against me. If I'm trying to keep affirmative action and someone Black is trying to get rid of it, they are working AGIANST me. But I guess it's cool if we still have house negroes in 2001. I guess. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif
But beyond this, can we PRETEND, just for this thread, that we are not trying to define anyone's blackness or sellout or whatever, and just say who we would drop? We're not starting the Drop Squad, we're just talking about it, lol. Or fantasizing, as Doggystyle put it. |
Amen IotaNet!
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I know people may disagree with this one but..... I say add
Oprah Winfrey to the list |
Excellent topic...I have not seen the movie, but based on what I've heard, I would drop the following people:
Tiger Woods Mariah Carey Beyonce Knowles Michael Jackson The first course they would need to take is Guess who's not coming to Dinner "Whitey Still Looks At You As A N*****" O.J. Simpson Dennis Rodman Mike Tyson Deion Sanders Course Description: Just because you can throw a ball (or a punch) you will be scrutinized in the public eye tenfold that of your white counterparts...get your act together. JC Watts Clarence Thomas Course description: I can't even comment to their hysteria. On a personal note: I would drop practically every rapper in the industry that pollutes our youth with lyrics and images of misogyny, degradation and basically a "Thug Life" mentality for their own profit and personal gain without putting one iota of it back into the community. That to me is a sellout. Same difference as pushing drugs. Let's see who else??? I'll be back with more. Peace! |
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