black role models

[Fengzi]

Bill Cosby is an interesting man. He is very talented and I respect him a lot but the idealistic image he has for his people is unrealistic. You can't suppress a lifetime of African culture, years of slavery, and a civil rights movement in an entire people. Like anyone else, they want their own image--their own customs. The "Doctor and Mrs. Huxtable" reality he wants for them I simply think is too narrow-minded for the black community. .

True, Blacks should not be expected to give up their culture or their own image. At the same time, however, if they want to get out of the ghetto, they have to be willing to leave it behind.

Go down to the mall and peruse the various "stupid spoiled whore" stores that cater to 8-11 year old white girls. I mean really. Paris Hilton. If I had a daughter would this be her role model? And what about the boys? Go into an Abercrombie and Fitch and open one of their catalogs. Of course, you'll have to buy one and remove the plastic packaging first to get to the naked women and scenes of guys playing "sports" with each other. Caucasian values, these?

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I can't agree with you more on this one. I have a two year old little girl and I'm terrified about who she'll be seeing as her role models. What's out there now for any kid, white, black, or brown definitely leaves something to be desired.

[BlueCat00]

Well Fengzi I just came out of the south and racism beleive it or not is alive and well. Take for instance Harrison Arkansas the head quarters for the KKK yes they still exist. Not only do they exist they had the nerve to adopt part of the highway near Fayetteville.....guess where we threw all our garbage?

Harrison still has a sign hanging in their town square that says All Niggers must check in...their are no black people in that town....
we lived in Rogers Arkansas...my son worked for Braums and had a boss that would back away from the counter if blacks came in and would have someone else serve them. My son reported him to headquarters and instead of firing the man they just moved him. So go spend some time in the south and you'll see what I mean.
When I was there I heard a man yell at his kid to get out of the water because he was not to swim with beaners....(mexicans) if you want to see total ignorance just visit a few southern towns.....

You are an educated person of course you would hire on merit..as it should be
just keep in mind as sad as it is you are an exception.

I have met many men that would not hire a person simply because they were of color.
Racism is why I moved my kids from Arkansas. Their school even refused to recognize Martin Luther King's holiday.

[Psycho4Bud]

Kind of back to the topic Blue, what would your feelings be if your son was to use the co-founder of the Crips as a "role model"?

[BlueCat00]

I hope your just as vocal when SOME dumb asses are putting down the Jews! Or laughing about our people dieing over seas!

They're probably the same people the cried to mods about black comments! :thumbsup:

Racism is racism, any race or religion I don't single out anyone. I have not heard anyone LAUGH about our soldiers dying either. Nor have I heard anything anti-semetic.....Stop making trouble where there is none Psycho....

[BlueCat00]

the problem would be my own...not the "crips" if your child is picking his role model from TV or music the problem is in the parenting.

[Psycho4Bud]

Racism is racism, any race or religion I don't single out anyone. I have not heard anyone LAUGH about our soldiers dying either. Nor have I heard anything anti-semetic.....Stop making trouble where there is none Psycho....

So Nicks comments to Breuk "fuck your jew wife all the way back to Israel" or Humpty's constant death to the whites in the middle east are just an illusion or something you find easier to ignore since they "fly the same flag" so to say.

[Psycho4Bud]

the problem would be my own...not the "crips" if your child is picking his role model from TV or music the problem is in the parenting.

LOL...YOU WAIT TILL NICK READS THAT!!! The parents are to busy working all day and getting less than 8 hours sleep to do parenting. Oh, I forgot, the poor bastards don't have heat or running water either!

[BlueCat00]

I never saw those comments...if I had seen that thread I would have said something because I beleive the only thing worse than rasicm is being silent about it.

[Psycho4Bud]

Keep your eyes open and maybe look through some past posts. I'm not starting shit!!! Fact is, SOME people, because of race, are able to go across this board talking shit about a lot of different cultures while others get banned!

Don't get me wrong, I'm with ya! My dad always said there were assholes in all races. SOME in here prove that on regular basis!

[BlueCat00]

oh and BTW this is an excuse -----> The parents are to busy working all day and getting less than 8 hours sleep to do parenting.

I worked my husband worked both my parents worked SO WHAT?

You just have to make the best of your time and learn to turn the TV off and always eat at the table. no exceptions on that rule....