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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
I guess its ok to reply to countless thread on GC about how tacky some of OUR people can be (when it comes to behaviors, clothing, etc.) or even the countless threads about a certain problem disproportionately affecting the black community (AIDS, incarceration rates, etcs.) , but NOW - its taboo according to some because its not in an NPHC thread? Now having dialogue about the problems of the black community and what to do about them has someone been turned into "I'm better than those negros" attitude?? Ok, I am officially SMH now. All this because of WHERE this thread is? I guess this is the same thing as Bill making his comments in front of a non-black audience as he did with his first speach.
As I said in same post that Bamboozled has referenced, maybe these types of discussions will motivate people (who currently aren't doing a thing) to do something – ANYTHING. The actions of one person does make a difference.
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I've been SMH for a while now too, so that makes two of us. I usually don't have much input in the threads you're referencing, so I really can't speak on that. But yes, I guess I do appoint different levels of importance to tacky clothes and stereotyping an entire race of people. And, if you noticed, I said that I think some white people take this as an opportunity to think they're better and that some black people use it as an opportunity to separate themselves from the pack. I wasn't specifically talking about you.
And I guess, in a small way, I do have a problem with WHERE this is being discussed. Would you go to an Atheist message board to figure out how to be a better Christian? I just don't think a lot of people over here are interested in DOING anything about our "problems". They'd rather just discuss them.