Not every non-black looks at a black person and thinks, "He is black and I don't like him...She is dark so I won't speak to her." There are intelligent non-blacks in this world who look beyond the surface. Yet, some of our people need to be reminded of this before they spout ignorance all over the place. Not every white, red, yellow, or even black person has a problem with another because of skin tone, but what they do have a problem with is rude, shameful, downright ignorant behavior!
Grandma was right when she warned, "Watch how you carry yourself. Stop talking so d#mn loud! Why are you acting so simple? Use your brain, God gave you one, didn't He? Why are you giving those white people something to talk about, Fool?"
So Grandma's advice didn't sound so nice, but you got the point and if you didn't have a grandma around, someone warned you about how non-blacks viewed you and why you had to work 110% better than everyone else.
It is unfortunate that many people who miss out on wise teachings are those that frustrate both white and black, rich and poor. People who don't use any common sense! They have to be seen "showboating" or "making it rain." They have to do stupid things "to represent." They have to shake their behinds for the whole world to see, "Look at me...look at me! Yeah, I'm all dat, see how wide I spread my legs!" Who chooses these fools anyway to represent the African American populace? Ignorance does, ignorance begets ignorance. There is a lot of money made from likes, page views, and subscribers who love ignorance!
Funny has its place, like a half-nude woman has her place, ghetto has its place, like a crazy person has his mental ward. But these days everything that was once in the closet and in its place, is now out in the open for the whole world to see! There is no proper place for the subculture and all its baggage that comes with it, nope, it is celebrated, marketed, and served to you like it is the gospel!
There is a way to put all the stupidity back in a closet, box, jail cell, or wherever it needs to go. You know, how? You don't buy it! You don't talk about it! You move away from it! You don't spread the links on your social networking pages! You don't support it! You don't hold back your tongue when you don't like it! That's how you keep the ignorance at bay.
People all over the world watch African Americans (especially on the Internet) and they are commenting, hating, and questioning. Why give them something negative to talk about that further proves a stereotype? Why fill your mind with reality TV programming and then go out into the world and act like fools? Why chase after women who lack morals? Why have sex/make babies with men who are uneducated, unavailable, broke, down-low, hate women, or could care less about you?
Contrary to what we see in the media, there are intelligent African Americans who aren't in politics swindling the people, who don't scream from pulpits while shaking people up so that they give money, who aren't cursing and fighting one another, and who aren't broke, busted and disgusted. But you don't see us in mainstream media because they say, "We are boring...we don't know anyone...we don't have enough influence, money..." I tell you my friends, we exist.
So if you are an African American, I say, give them nothing but opportunity and positivity to talk about!
Nicholl McGuire
Grandma was right when she warned, "Watch how you carry yourself. Stop talking so d#mn loud! Why are you acting so simple? Use your brain, God gave you one, didn't He? Why are you giving those white people something to talk about, Fool?"
So Grandma's advice didn't sound so nice, but you got the point and if you didn't have a grandma around, someone warned you about how non-blacks viewed you and why you had to work 110% better than everyone else.
It is unfortunate that many people who miss out on wise teachings are those that frustrate both white and black, rich and poor. People who don't use any common sense! They have to be seen "showboating" or "making it rain." They have to do stupid things "to represent." They have to shake their behinds for the whole world to see, "Look at me...look at me! Yeah, I'm all dat, see how wide I spread my legs!" Who chooses these fools anyway to represent the African American populace? Ignorance does, ignorance begets ignorance. There is a lot of money made from likes, page views, and subscribers who love ignorance!
Funny has its place, like a half-nude woman has her place, ghetto has its place, like a crazy person has his mental ward. But these days everything that was once in the closet and in its place, is now out in the open for the whole world to see! There is no proper place for the subculture and all its baggage that comes with it, nope, it is celebrated, marketed, and served to you like it is the gospel!
There is a way to put all the stupidity back in a closet, box, jail cell, or wherever it needs to go. You know, how? You don't buy it! You don't talk about it! You move away from it! You don't spread the links on your social networking pages! You don't support it! You don't hold back your tongue when you don't like it! That's how you keep the ignorance at bay.
People all over the world watch African Americans (especially on the Internet) and they are commenting, hating, and questioning. Why give them something negative to talk about that further proves a stereotype? Why fill your mind with reality TV programming and then go out into the world and act like fools? Why chase after women who lack morals? Why have sex/make babies with men who are uneducated, unavailable, broke, down-low, hate women, or could care less about you?
Contrary to what we see in the media, there are intelligent African Americans who aren't in politics swindling the people, who don't scream from pulpits while shaking people up so that they give money, who aren't cursing and fighting one another, and who aren't broke, busted and disgusted. But you don't see us in mainstream media because they say, "We are boring...we don't know anyone...we don't have enough influence, money..." I tell you my friends, we exist.
So if you are an African American, I say, give them nothing but opportunity and positivity to talk about!
Nicholl McGuire
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