Re: Backbreaker...
Originally posted by SAYNO
Here I thought you might identify with this guy:
http://www.blackchat.co.uk/theblackforum/forum34/16112.html
Sayno'
did you not read my post?
I don't visit sites like that or read magazines specefilly for black people? Why? Because it's being hypocratical. You can't demand equal rights, want equal opprotunties, but then run to an AlL Black message board to tell people your problems. Alot of people would be pissed if there was an all white board or an all white TV station or something along thoose lines.
Personally I don't hang around people who don't have enough respect for themsleves to do their own thing, rather they are white, black, whatever. I have a lot of friends, it's a mixed crowd. When I go to parties, I usually (I don't think about it, I just do) tend to go to parties that my white friends throw... Because the parties usually have more people, free drinks and more girls. When I am at home watching tV, usually it's my black friends, usually my two best friends, and whoever wants to stop by.
One point I would like to address is that the media has no aliance to any political party or anyone, (unless you count Fox and Bill Mauher to a lesser extent.) The media's sole purpose is to get your attention (by jumping on the bandwagon) so its sponsor's get your buisness and in turn they get more sponsors and $$$$.
Although that's true, in the same sense it's not. It's like Pook said when you are improving yourself... People won't like it. People tend to think of people a certain way, and when you show them they you can break that mold and become something else, like when a skinny AFC because a ripped DJ, people will do what they can to keep you down and discourage.
White America, not most, but ones that run the compaines and live in suburan counties and have little interaction with african americans, and the media does what they can to keep that perception in mind.
Unless he plays basketball, football or raps, or happens to be the secratary of state, you won't hear from him or her. Unless we kill or rape someone.
Did you know AOL's Co CEO was an African American? Of coruse not. What About Coca Cola's VP (at least last time I checked)?
There is a book called You are being lied to... you out to pick it up.
And it goes WAY farther then race.
When the entire Media, newspapers, magazines and Televisions compaines are owned by a grand total of 8-10 compaines, you can filter in and out what the public knows and what they don't know. Also you can decide the spin that goes with it. That's why I stopped watching the news a LONG time ago.
Think about it. Say you use AOL To browse the internet. Aol Is owned by Time Warner, which also owns CNN.
Am I saying I like the way things are setup in this country? I mean, they could be worse, but I'm not looking for the public to paint me in the most positive light, because as chris rock said, god forbid that some brown people become wealthy and break the mold that society thinks of them.
It's not that it's not alrady goes on... My mom makes over $150k a year selling insurance, there are thousands of smart african americans, mexicans, hispanics, asians out there that know that they have to make for themsleves, it's just that the country doesn't to the best job of getting the word out there.
The main difference i see between white people and black people is this when it comes to sucesses. White people, when they sucessed, FOR THE MOST PART, still live within reason, and instead of talking about what they have, are happy to help people understand what it takes to get where they are, usually by writing books, hosting TV shows, whatever the case may be.
Black people on the other hand can achieve their own success, but when they do, we, for the most part, are quick to show everyone else what we have, and do not make it known the dedication, sacrifice and motivation it took to get there.
Show a Kid growing up in Harlem a Bently and let him draw his own conclusions on how to go about getting it... alot of times it will have to do with selling drugs or doing something illegal... not because the kid is a bad kid, but that's his enviroment.. Just like a kid that has a dad in the NBA or the NFL is more likely to play that sport because he grew up around it.
And someone needs to get the message out that you can do more than rap, play sports or sell coke to get money if you are african american. Every black friend of mine, execpt 2, have tried to rap at one point in time. It just so happens that my two best friends are pretty gifted and they will get signed int he next year or 2 when one of them gets out of music school. I am actually throwing around the idea of starting a music company (not a record label, two totally different things) because I do like music, but I hate most of the m usic out there today. I know a grown ass man, 37 years old, still tr ying to make it in the m usic industry.. and it wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't horrible.
The point is, the media is more bias then you think. Alot more. But the thing is, if african americans didn't do the things to get us on the news, it wouldn't be anything to report.
