[Poplife]

Originally posted by aloving1
It's all in what is raggedy to you. Raggedy to you may mean baggy jeans and an oversized t-shirt, but that outfit may be Sean John.

Raggedy is raggedy. Just because your clothes are designer doesn't mean they look nice. The word is pretty straight forward.

I'm just saying, Aloving1 finds it hard to believe that a bumb/drug dealer walked into a LV store with crumpled bills totaling $2,100 and wasn't dressed to the "T". The story doesn't seem straight to ME.

Well, I'm sorry if you find it hard to believe. I don't say this to be nasty, but how often do you go to upscale retails places? I've seen people in Tiffany's buying a 2ctw diamond ring in sweat pants. Shoot, I went to the LV boutique on 5th Ave yesterday and people were wearing everything from evening gowns to old tennis shoes and T-shirts. Now if you're New Money then maybe you get dressed up to go to Gucci or LV, but people that have always had money (or just don't care) tend to wear whatever.

Someone drops parts to a story, people assume or make judgments based on those parts and gets jumped on because they don't "keep up with the Joneses". Then out of the blue new parts to the story come up to better prove an alternative point and in turn people are being responded to inappropriately.

I see what you are attempting to imply. I was mad and posted in a furry without specifics. I calm down and give details a day later. Simple.

I really don't give a flying fig what people on the internet think of me or what they want to believe. I say what I want to say because my objective is not to become one of popular opinion.

For example: I was in a LV store and a black, raggedy looking drug dealer-I think he was-walked in and was rummaging through his pockets looking for $2,100 in crumpled bills to pay for his special shipment from France. Now I don't know about you but I try to keep up with the Joneses cause I care about what white people think about me in today's society. How do you GC posters feel?

LOL. Once again, I guess you haven't been around for the previous 'fiascoes' I accidentally caused here. A few moths ago everyone was saying that I was an extreme black militant and that I felt all black people in Amerikkka were brainwashed by whites. Now I'm the brainwashed one. What will I be next time?

I wear my hair nappy because I want to please white folks. I go to a HBCU because I want to please white people. I'm a member of the Urban League because I want to please white people. I'm a member of the Harvest Institute because I want to please white people. I complain about non-blacks stealing the black dollar out of our communities because I want to please white people. Does something here sound funny to you?

Basically I think a lot of people here are bullshyting themselves. If you are silly enough to believe that one can live in any society without some level of conformity then I feel for you. It's human nature to do what they must do in order to survive physically and socially. Maybe they do not realize it, but everyone here conforms to this society in some way everyday. In fact we do it so much we don't even realize it, thus the reason so many people are on my back. They think they don't conform but they do and just don't see it.

The bottom line is, I want to survive in this country. To do that you have to go with the main program until you become powerful enough to create your own. I know when to submit to this society and when to stand up to it. Every black person should. However, I will not seriously consider the criticism of anyone who has demonstrated blatant bias against people based on seemingly trivial things. Many of the greeks here complain about the way their org's are disrespected and stereotype in the public eye, but then want to turn on me because I openly say that image is important no matter who is judging you. Oh, please. How many people reading this went to a white college so that they could "learn the game"? How many people here hope to work for in a fortune 500 company (aka RICH WHITE PEOPLE)? If that's not a desire to conform I don't know what is.

I may act a certain way because I don't want to be bothered. But I. dare anyone (Black, White, or Other) to tell me that you know how I feel in my heart. You know nothing of my dreams, hopes, and aspirations. You don't know how I see myself. This is an internet forum. How the hell are you going to tell me about me? Besides, I get accused of being something different every month or so. Obviously no one here (with the exception of one person) is qualified to give an opinion about me.

I have no desire to be like, be around, or cater to white American people. I have witnessed so much humiliation and hatred on their part that sometimes even looking at them makes me sick. But I'll be damned if I'm going to run around like a heathen and give those bastards even more reason to persecute me as a black woman. I smile at them but in the back of my mind I'm thinking up ways to "de-throne" them. The only reason I care is because they still have the power to make certain aspects of my life miserable if they want to. I don't like that idea, but a fact is a fact. So stop lying to yourselves. It's not about pleasing anyone, it's about survival.