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Originally posted by Rain Man
....is that REALLY how our culture is being viewed, or is it that entertainment is primarily what we as black American's perpetuate to the world is all we're good at, at the expense of education, science, politics, etc?
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Choose a side and stick to it. Is that Really how we are being viewed...YES it is! That is why white greeks are constantly asking for us to "teach us how to do that neat dancing thing you all do. What is it stomping, or something like that?" They think it looks neat so they want to learn it.
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Originally posted by Rain Man
....Quite frankly, I am not so naive to believe that we (collectively speaking) as black Americans perpetuate our ability to excel in areas other that entertainment nearly as much as we would like to believe. While I am by no means throwing cold water on the numerous acheivements of black Americans, past and present, I am being annoyingly realistic when it comes to outside ethnic perceptions of us here and now.
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So, you go on to say how it is the Black person's fault for perpetuating this "Blacks as entertainers attitude". Thank you, Rain Man, that was my point exactly. All they see us as is people in pretty jackets, doing some neat dancing. So, when we get together to supposedly unify, that is the main thing we focus on? Come on. Do some service together, have some seminars on race relations, an open forum. Once again, I say what in the hell does handing them our culture on a silver platter have to do with uniting the races?
Give me a break.