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The first time I heard that Chris Rock quote I could not have agreed more with it. And on some level I still do.
But a lot of it also seems to be subject to some sort of middle class morality- how properly you speak, clothes that are not too flamboyant, not talking too loud, don't gesture too much, etc. And some of those behaviors are related to class.
I guess I just am very leery of some sort of definition of black folks and niggas that comes down to economic standards- things you pick up in the ghetto can be survival tactics, not particularly appropriate in middle class company, but ingrained behaviors- like being cheap, lol.
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
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