As a black man, does this meme offend you?
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Bussy_Getta wrote: »They think they special or something?
99.9% of the time the people/person in a meme didn't make it. Probably somebody who saw the pic and decided to make a "statement" -
obnoxiouslyfresh wrote: »It didn't at first. But, as a hipster agnostic Africana feminist who identifies as pastafarian and does pansexual naked cross-fit yoga twice a week, this does sort of offend me.
Yo OB holla at a ?
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Funny that a lot of people don't really understand the context of the meme.
As Copper alluded to, it's a reference to respectability politics.
Never heard that term before, but it's basically a plea for white acceptance by claiming that you're not like the................."bad ? "...................that they stereotype. -
Not really impressed by what ? wear ? talk ? but I really don't care--- DMX
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Funny that a lot of people don't really understand the context of the meme.
As Copper alluded to, it's a reference to respectability politics.
Never heard that term before, but it's basically a plea for white acceptance by claiming that you're not like the................."bad ? "...................that they stereotype.
I wouldn't disagree with that if it wasn't for the fact that there are black people in our own communities who are just as close minded and their opinions are completely separate from that of racist white folk.
Like the black woman who thinks all black men are "ain't ? " thugs because that's all she's known. Or the black man who thinks real ? only rock jeans, fitteds, and Jordan's because that's all he seen on tv since he was a kid. Or a child who thinks wearing ties are lame because no one in their family ever wore a tie.
Those people exist too and you'd be lying if you said they don't cause I run into ignorant folk of all ages and races. They see a young black man dressed professionally and they don't know how to act. Hell no, I don't think I'm doing anything special by putting on a tie but I'm aware that alot of people think that I think I am because they aren't used to it. -
Funny that a lot of people don't really understand the context of the meme.
As Copper alluded to, it's a reference to respectability politics.
Never heard that term before, but it's basically a plea for white acceptance by claiming that you're not like the................."bad ? "...................that they stereotype.
Lol I know one of the cats in this pic....ironic ? . Homie is a street ? from the chi. Don't ask which one cuz I won't tell, but that alone throws the ? stereotype out the window. In my opinion at least -
You should be offended. What it is saying is that black men only deserve respect if we have degrees/professional jobs, etc.
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Undefeatable wrote: »You should be offended. What it is saying is that black men only deserve respect if we have degrees/professional jobs, etc.
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Not really but it does provoke thought....
None of us sagged our pants up until the 90s either.
So 20+ years of saggy pants was a major blow to the perception of blacks versus the past X hundred?
? in the 50s and 60s were getting blasted with water hoses and dogs siked on them in slacks with belts and suspenders.
"....if only they weren't sagging their pants..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0lD37bq8YI
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You have aroused my attention ma'amobnoxiouslyfresh wrote: »It didn't at first. But, as a hipster agnostic Africana feminist who identifies as pastafarian and does sexual naked cross-fit yoga twice a week, this does sort of offend me. -
No its another corny meme and a helping of white appeasement
(i dont sag my pants.. and dont see saggin your pants of cultural significance or something ? only do) -
Since when does dressing appropriately equate to white appeasement? That's the same ? people get for "sounding white" and using proper English.
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Im too old to sag and I dont wanna wear jeans with blazers when I got to the grocery store shrugs lol
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Not offended and sagging is dumb. This meme is dumb...
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It don't offend me cuz it's true
But I'm taking the picture at face value -
soul rattler wrote: »Funny that a lot of people don't really understand the context of the meme.
As Copper alluded to, it's a reference to respectability politics.
Never heard that term before, but it's basically a plea for white acceptance by claiming that you're not like the................."bad ? "...................that they stereotype.
I wouldn't disagree with that if it wasn't for the fact that there are black people in our own communities who are just as close minded and their opinions are completely separate from that of racist white folk.
Like the black woman who thinks all black men are "ain't ? " thugs because that's all she's known. Or the black man who thinks real ? only rock jeans, fitteds, and Jordan's because that's all he seen on tv since he was a kid. Or a child who thinks wearing ties are lame because no one in their family ever wore a tie.
Those people exist too and you'd be lying if you said they don't cause I run into ignorant folk of all ages and races. They see a young black man dressed professionally and they don't know how to act. Hell no, I don't think I'm doing anything special by putting on a tie but I'm aware that alot of people think that I think I am because they aren't used to it.
Yes you do -
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BackInWhite wrote: »soul rattler wrote: »Funny that a lot of people don't really understand the context of the meme.
As Copper alluded to, it's a reference to respectability politics.
Never heard that term before, but it's basically a plea for white acceptance by claiming that you're not like the................."bad ? "...................that they stereotype.
I wouldn't disagree with that if it wasn't for the fact that there are black people in our own communities who are just as close minded and their opinions are completely separate from that of racist white folk.
Like the black woman who thinks all black men are "ain't ? " thugs because that's all she's known. Or the black man who thinks real ? only rock jeans, fitteds, and Jordan's because that's all he seen on tv since he was a kid. Or a child who thinks wearing ties are lame because no one in their family ever wore a tie.
Those people exist too and you'd be lying if you said they don't cause I run into ignorant folk of all ages and races. They see a young black man dressed professionally and they don't know how to act. Hell no, I don't think I'm doing anything special by putting on a tie but I'm aware that alot of people think that I think I am because they aren't used to it.
Yes you do
No feelings brah
But you wouldn't even mention that ? if you ain't think it didn't somehow put over the next ? that don't
Steve Harvey suit wearin ass ?
Fat shoulder pads ass ?
The gangsta cats Tom called when jerry got his cousin on him lookin ass ?
You was the same ? pop locking to usher's yeah wearing a blazer, some jeans and a wallet chain a few years ago -
soul rattler wrote: »Undefeatable wrote: »You should be offended. What it is saying is that black men only deserve respect if we have degrees/professional jobs, etc.
Well, perhaps I should have said that it contributes to that type of thinking.
And it does. A white guy can be bummy-looking, and still get all the respect due him. We don't have a similar luxury. Any kind of dressing down, and people -- including some black people -- think we are broke, and throw us signs of disrespect. I see the difference between how I am treated when I am dressed for work and when I am not.
People -- especially black people, cause these experiences hurt me more when black people do it -- need to respect all black men, even if some of us may not have professional jobs or much.
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I don't totally get the point of sagging solely from a stand point of practicality. I just don't have the build to sag tho, I have too much of a bubble butt. (No ? x100, No Bcotton)
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I mention the ? because young black men and women will ask me regularly why I wear ties and slacks. I mention the ? because older black men and women point out how I dress to contrast how I look from the next ? who dress different.BackInWhite wrote: »BackInWhite wrote: »soul rattler wrote: »Funny that a lot of people don't really understand the context of the meme.
As Copper alluded to, it's a reference to respectability politics.
Never heard that term before, but it's basically a plea for white acceptance by claiming that you're not like the................."bad ? "...................that they stereotype.
I wouldn't disagree with that if it wasn't for the fact that there are black people in our own communities who are just as close minded and their opinions are completely separate from that of racist white folk.
Like the black woman who thinks all black men are "ain't ? " thugs because that's all she's known. Or the black man who thinks real ? only rock jeans, fitteds, and Jordan's because that's all he seen on tv since he was a kid. Or a child who thinks wearing ties are lame because no one in their family ever wore a tie.
Those people exist too and you'd be lying if you said they don't cause I run into ignorant folk of all ages and races. They see a young black man dressed professionally and they don't know how to act. Hell no, I don't think I'm doing anything special by putting on a tie but I'm aware that alot of people think that I think I am because they aren't used to it.
Yes you do
No feelings brah
But you wouldn't even mention that ? if you ain't think it didn't somehow put over the next ? that don't
If everybody wore dresses and suits in 2016 I wouldn't feel any different than I do right now. I defend the next man right to dress as hood as he wants even if it ain't my style. But like this thread has shown, there's a groundswell of ? who have this "you ain't better than me" mentality when I aint even comparing myself to nobody. -
Idgaf I sagg like a mf....
I like the symmetry look of the shirt sitting on top of the pants....not the shirt over lapping the pants.... -
So much insecurity in this thread.
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Im too old to sag and I dont wanna wear jeans with blazers when I got to the grocery store shrugs lol
And on the flip side of that it's some old ? that sag, smh
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king hassan wrote: »
I can't front I sagged a lil in the 90s and early 2k. But not all they way falling down. But u was young. Nowadays the sag with tight pants ? is ? lol
