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Tsunami wrote:
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.)
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Tsunami is so on-point here! (As was DoggyStyle regarding Colin Powell.) It's a dangerous thing to get into "Blacker-than-thou" discussions.
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.
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[This message has been edited by IotaNet (edited July 18, 2001).]
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