Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

[Guest]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Originally posted by Milo Man*:
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Ok...sorry Milo, but what you said sounded soooo... foriegn???

You know though come to think of it when I visited Canada the few times I did, folks just seemed so way behind in time...but then I guess it depends on who you interact with.

But you must admit though that some of you guys are really your worst enemies...I mean still trying to live up to a standard as if ...the white man dictates what is good and acceptable and what is not. And then it seems that intrinsic in that is the perpetuation of prejudice even against your own kind. Not saying you per se but I get that sense. Could be wrong but... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[dahjah]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Yes yuh wrong
De yt man standard dat ppl trying to live up to could be straight hair but a wah mi kno.

[Guest]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Originally posted by Emperah dahJah:
[qb] Yes yuh wrong
De yt man standard dat ppl trying to live up to could be straight hair but a wah mi kno. [/qb]

Yeah well from all di evidence shown, straight hair is the least. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[evanovitch]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Originally posted by Jedi l:
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Yeah well from all di evidence shown, straight hair is the least. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/QB]

u hear me...preach cause is said way 12 tribes come about...all dat rah rah bout mekking it easier fi uptown embrace ras was juss cosmetic...to dis day u see di nonblacks who eena di music how dem come show wid dem locks and gwane like dem no fi pay or dem is instant VIP....i know of wat i speak...an is frightening to see how some a who a chant fyah pon stage grin like chicken and hop pon one foot rung dem...

a juss so it go an so mi a report it....tings naw change till people,both sides, really change

[Guest]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

an is frightening to see how some a who a chant fyah pon stage grin like chicken and hop pon one foot rung dem...


A dat mi ah seh too. Change must come from within our circles first before we can expect others to recognise and respect us.

And you can usually tell what is in a man's heart when you observe di fuss wud weh come out a him mout. Aye sah!

Wi still have far fi goh yuh hear [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[M. Kayle]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Racism is as usual.
Not up nor down. Business as usual.

[M. Kayle]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Racism is as usual.
Not up nor down. Business as usual.

[Guest]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

It's on the rise. I posted a thread in intl. news about incidents involving white supremacists during the month of March.

What I find frightening is the number of Uncle Tom's that are about - taking money to push an unfavorable agenda. Back in the day, prominent black people would have been embarassed to do those things. Now in the 21st century, they know no shame.

[evanovitch]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Originally posted by BlackStar:
[qb] What I find frightening is the number of Uncle Tom's that are about - taking money to push an unfavorable agenda. Back in the day, prominent black people would have been embarassed to do those things. Now in the 21st century, they know no shame. [/qb]

is it the 'Uncle Tom' so much as the 'me' at all costs regardless.....and back in the day some did make deals that would ensure 'their' place as the ranking black, but juss didn't mek it known....

Marcus and Malcolm come to mind readily...but mi feel u pon di state of affairs...and equally frightening is the readiness not to mention the active seeking out by the party in the first part...goes to show how much is lipservice

[Suesumba]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

typed out this big long response and thought better of it.

carry on

[COOLCAT]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Racism is not on the rise or on the low. Nether left nor right. Probley wi need more black man
fi breed off more white woman to keep it even.

[dahjah]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Originally posted by COOLCAT:
[qb] Racism is not on the rise or on the low. Nether left nor right. Probley wi need more black man
fi breed off more white woman to keep it even. [/qb]

well dat wouldan dunn dem out.

Sue mi wish yuh would a jus press de Add Reply button an dunn.
Sometimes you shouldn't think [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[M. Kayle]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Just for information:

Author unknown

There is a direct and strong link between the word ****** and anti-black caricatures. Although ****** has been used to refer to any person of known African ancestry,2 it is usually directed against blacks who supposedly have certain negative characteristics. The Coon caricature, for example, portrays black men as lazy, ignorant, and obsessively self-indulgent; these are also traits historically represented by the word ******. The Brute caricature depicts black men as angry, physically strong, animalistic, and prone to wanton violence. This depiction is also implied in the word ******. The Tom and Mammy caricatures are often portrayed as kind, loving "friends" of whites. They are also presented as intellectually childlike, physically unattractive, and neglectful of their biological families. These later traits have been associated with blacks, generally, and are implied in the word ******. The word ****** was a shorthand way of saying that blacks possessed the moral, intellectual, social, and physical characteristics of the Coon, Brute, Tom, Mammy, and other racial caricatures.

The etymology of ****** is often traced to the Latin niger, meaning black. The Latin niger became the noun negro (black person) in English, and simply the color black in Spanish and Portuguese. In Early Modern French niger became negre and, later, negress (black woman) was clearly a part of lexical history. One can compare to negre the derogatory ****** – and earlier English variants such as negar, neegar, neger, and niggor – which developed into a parallel lexico-semantic reality in English. It is likely that ****** is a phonetic spelling of the white Southern mispronunciation of Negro. Whatever its origins, by the early 1800s it was firmly established as a denigrative epithet. Almost two centuries later, it remains a chief symbol of white racism.

Social scientists refer to words like ******, kike, spic, and wetback as ethnophaulisms. Such terms are the language of prejudice – verbal pictures of negative stereotypes. Howard J. Ehrlich, a social scientist, argued that ethnophaulisms are of three types: disparaging nicknames (chink, dago, ******, and so forth); explicit group devaluations ("Jew him down," or "niggering the land"); and irrelevant ethnic names used as a mild disparagement ("jewbird" for cuckoos having prominent beaks or "Irish confetti" for bricks thrown in a fight).3 All racial and ethnic groups have been victimized by racial slurs; however, no American group has suffered as many racial epithets as have blacks: coon, tom, savage, picanniny, mammy, buck, sambo, jigaboo, and buckwheat are typical.4 Many of these slurs became fully developed pseudo-scientific, literary, cinematic, and everyday caricatures of African Americans. These caricatures, whether spoken, written, or reproduced in material objects, reflect the extent, the vast network, of anti-black prejudice.

The word ****** carries with it much of the hatred and repulsion directed toward Africans and African Americans. Historically, ****** defined, limited, and mocked African Americans. It was a term of exclusion, a verbal justification for discrimination. Whether used as a noun, verb, or adjective, it reinforced the stereotype of the lazy, stupid, dirty, worthless parasite. No other American ethnophaulism carried so much purposeful venom, as the following representative list suggests:

******, v. To wear out, spoil or destroy.
Niggerish, adj. Acting in an indolent and irresponsible manner.
Niggerlipping, v. Wetting the end of a cigarette while smoking it.
Niggerlover, n. Derogatory term aimed at whites lacking in the necessary loathing of blacks.
****** luck, n. Exceptionally good luck, emphasis on undeserved.
******-flicker, n. A small knife or razor with one side heavily taped to preserve the user's fingers.
****** heaven, n. a designated place, usually the balcony, where blacks were forced to sit, for example, in an integrated movie theater or church.
****** knocker, n. axe handle or weapon made from an axe handle.
****** rich, adj, Deeply in debt but ostentatious.
****** shooter, n. A slingshot.
****** steak, n. a slice of liver or a cheap piece of meat.
****** stick, n. police officer's baton.
****** tip, n. leaving a small tip or no tip in a restaurant.
****** in the woodpile, n. a concealed motive or unknown factor affecting a situation in an adverse way.
****** work, n. Demeaning, menial tasks.5
****** has been used to describe a dark shade of color (******-brown, ******-black), the status of whites who interacted with blacks (******-breaker, -dealer, -driver, -killer, -stealer, -worshipper, and -looking), and anything belonging to or associated with African Americans (******-baby, -boy, -girl, -mouth, -feet, -preacher, -job, -love, -culture, -college, -music, and so forth).6 ****** is the ultimate American insult; it is used to offend other ethnic groups, as when Jews are called white-niggers; Arabs, sandniggers; or Japanese, yellow-niggers.

Americans created a racial hierarchy with whites at the top and blacks at the bottom. The hierarchy was undergirded by an ideology which justified the use of deceit, manipulation, and coercion to keep blacks "in their place." Every major societal institution offered legitimacy to the racial hierarchy. Ministers preached that God had condemned blacks to be servants. Scientists measured black heads, brains, faces, and genitalia, seeking to prove that whites were genetically superior to blacks. White teachers, teaching only white students, taught that blacks were less evolved cognitively, psychologically, and socially. The entertainment media, from vaudeville to television, portrayed blacks as docile servants, happy-go-lucky idiots, and dangerous thugs. The criminal justice system sanctioned a double standard of justice, including its tacit approval of mob violence against blacks.

Both American slavery and the Jim Crow caste system which followed were undergirded by anti-black images. The negative portrayals of blacks were both reflected in and shaped by everyday material objects: toys, postcards, ashtrays, detergent boxes, fishing lures, children's books. These items, and countless others, portrayed blacks with bulging, darting eyes, fire-red and oversized lips, jet black skin, and either naked or poorly clothed. The majority of these objects did not use the word ******; however, many did. In 1874, the McLoughlin Brothers of New York manufactured a puzzle game called "Chopped Up Niggers." Beginning in 1878, the B. Leidersdory Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, produced NiggerHair Smoking Tobacco – several decades later the name was changed to BiggerHair Smoking Tobacco. In 1917, the American Tobacco Company had a NiggerHair redemption promotion. NiggerHair coupons were redeemable for "cash, tobacco, S. & H. Green stamps, or presents."

A 1916 magazine advertisement, copyrighted by Morris & Bendien, showed a black child drinking ink. The caption read, "****** Milk."

The J. Millhoff Company of England produced a series of cards (circa 1930s), which were widely distributed in the United States. One of the cards shows ten small black dogs with the caption: "Ten Little ****** Boys Went Out To Dine." This is the first line from a popular children's story called, "The Ten Little Niggers."

[djrosen1]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

Originally posted by Emperah dahJah:
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Originally posted by COOLCAT:
[qb] Racism is not on the rise or on the low. Nether left nor right. Probley wi need more black man
fi breed off more white woman to keep it even. [/qb]

well dat wouldan dunn dem out.

Sue mi wish yuh would a jus press de Add Reply button an dunn.
Sometimes you shouldn't think [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [/qb]

I, too, would have enjoyed reading what she had to say. I'm not going to say she should have posted her note, though. She's the only one who's able to guess at what kind of a price she would have had to pay for posting it.

[COOLCAT]

Re: Rascism on the rise or on the decline...wah yuh tink

You every watch comedy central you see white people making very serious joke about black people and majority of auidience is black with only few white. Everyone laughing,

Well the same way around you found on same channel you find black making racial jokes about white.

My point is we all laugh at each other making racial jokes. So I call it even on both side.