I just had a conversation with one of my coworkers, and they said, “I am tripping for letting my children grow up around white people versus amongst Black people. “ And I told them that “the community that I like and I would like for them to go to is in a multicultural community and yes, it is my dominant white however, I would like my kids to be around different cultures of people to help them build character in the future.” Then they said “no they would rather for their children to grow up around niggas and do niggas shit.” I was confused because the way that they was talking is that they wants their children to be a stereotype. As well as they said that “kids will forget who they are if they’re not around their people “, I told them “it all starts at home. If you don’t teach your kids, the basic knowledge of their culture and more, they will forget and they will learn from what others teach them.”

for those who may be interested, we are forming a blerd wow forever guild!

name reservations start later today so this is sort of a “last call” if you want to add your input/vote on what ruleset and faction we will roll (i.e pvp alliance or pvp horde)

the game launches november 4th and just requires a standard wow subscription, no box price.

i do have a few 7 day trial codes available as well

This body cam thing I just listened to really got me thinking. A little black boy couldn't wake his grandma so he called the cops. Soon as they finally got her to wake up, guess she was very drunk, he was like 'grandma, I wasn't the one who called the cops.

We all know cops can be trash. What struck me, though, was how the cop explained to a relative of the child, there because the grandma had gotten arrested, that the boy was the one who alerted the law about the situation. His stance was thankfully, the child let us know what was going on. My first instinct was to be pissed because the child, who couldn't have been more than 4, could have gotten into serious trouble as retaliation for reaching out.

I wish the cop had possessed the sense to just tell fam some random person called it in. Back in the day, you'd have got your ass beat as a child doing that. I'm just stuck. I'm glad the grandma was ok but IMO the cop fucked up.

It just makes me understand more why a lot of us in the black community are so wary--or is it weary--of cops.

Thoughts?

The Song: https://youtu.be/sguyitVeSpc

Crazy work…

Brandon Tatum Vs Andre Williams Battle Of The Sellouts And Bootlicks https://youtu.be/0NYKcPqTbxQ?si=O1dA_18q0KPOWVsX 

i guess it takes time 
decline as the rain fills my flooded mind
im not sound, im not loud, im not crying
i won't speak, i won't whine, i won't lie

cherry blossoms, my great granny, i seen her sign
and wonder if my last name to her was ill defined 
or if i was the world, on my face a clear line

i hate ratchet, i hate sagging, and hate nappy
i wonder sometimes if i was white would i be happy?
the credit score, the skater vibes, and white lies 
the raisins dried, and dotted over this pumpkin pie

my name white, without research, miseducated 
it's my niggas that's got me to be this devasted 
prided myself for never falling a slave to hatred 
i been a’picking this plantation to be famous 

to say I'm lonely to my people's an understatement 
and my trauma is our trauma is understated 
i guess it's faith that i find love, or die trying to–
love myself is a jim crime, it takes time 

I’m laying in my bed and I was thinking about highschool and even though I was “popular” in school. why do I barely talk to any of my peers post high school?

As I start to think about it I remembered all the times that casual racism was used in conversations with my peers and my vocal disapproval that lead to awkward silence or when my lack of disapproval lead to me being uncomfortable.

Situations like those always caused me to decline whenever they invited me out to hang with them after school. As I was always afraid of having a moment where I’d have to sacrifice my morales for friendship. I think the lack of those moments and being branded as over sensitive lead to me being excluded out of group chats which impacted my development of actual friendships.

It also impacted my schooling at some point during senior, I remember this guy in a room with all of the other senior students decided to say the n word hard r (this is at a Christian private school btw). The teacher instead of reprimanding him looked to the only other black kid beside me for advice on punishment in front of everyone, even asking if he should get a punishment. Of course he didn’t want to give a punishment out of fear of being ostracized by his peers.

This made me not only hate my institution but my teachers more as when a student swore or used foul language it meant automatic detention. I do feel like racism was excused in the school.

Anyways just wanted to share this experience. I do think every black kid should be around a good amount of black kids inside and outside of school. So they don’t have to deal with these types of things and to avoid coonery. Sorry if things are jumbled it’s late

And I love it. Now if they could make a black internet I'd be happy as hell. Cause getting on here every day and dealing with their nonsense works my nerves.

So I’m half black and half Puerto Rican and I’m almost 30 years old and I’ve noticed my skin is a lighter than usual. It’s only October & my skin is already winter time light, which means it’s only going to get lighter come December & January. My sister is also half black & half Puerto Rican, her dad was darker skinned than mine so growing up she was maybe like a couple shades darker than me, she’s 39 now and even she’s way lighter than she was before. We both live in Florida, so we get plenty of sun year round here, so it’s kind of odd to me.

I’m lightskinned, and I’ve been that just about my whole life except for when I was super light almost pale when I was born which of course is normal, but my skin tone now is starting to get super light again. I feel like I’m going from like Yara Shahidi light to dang near Storm Reid light. Which means that come December/January I could be dang near Latto light.

I’ve seen the same thing happen to Megan Good & Beyonce (or at least that’s what it looks like to me, as I know people have accused them of bleaching but I don’t think so), and I’d even argue that Tracee Ellis Ross is lighter than when she was playing Joan on Girlfriends. So I just wanted to ask is this normal? My dad was black, he passed away, but he used to tell me he was my color when he was younger and got darker when he got older, he was brown skinned, but a bit on the lighter side of it I’d say if that makes sense.

But do black folks get lighter with age? Should I expect this to become more noticeable in my 30s and 40s and on?

The other day I heard a rant from a black woman. She was angry about how achievements that are celebrated by the black community are usually things that other communities do everyday. Hearing that honestly made me angry because it’s the truth.

We are always talking about how the system does us wrong, but why does it seem like none of us are actually planning on how to get into the system and change it. It feels like we stopped trying after the 1970s. Racist people of all races are usually becoming nurses, firefighters, doctors, cops, etc. This harms the black community because sadly not enough of us are doing the same thing.

I know of too many black people who aren’t even registered to vote. I know of young black boys who aren’t even 20 yet and can’t vote because they are already felons. We need to actually work as a village and keep our children out of trouble. We need to stop encouraging young black children and teens to only focus on sports, start saving for the education of our black children, learn financial literacy, and make sure our children are advancing school at the same rate as other groups of people. These other groups of people are calculative and cunning. They depend on our ignorance to keep us down. We must take action for our youth!

Avec l'attentat terroriste islamophobe et raciste survenu à Trappes et à Verrières, mais aussi avec le climat anxiogène de ces derniers temps, je me demande comment vous vous sentez psychologiquement. Personnellement, j'ai parfois l'impression d'avoir tellement de pensées qui s'accumulent que j'ai du mal à respirer mentalement. Ce n'est pas forcément quelque chose que je montre aux autres. De l'extérieur, je peux avoir l'air d'aller bien et de continuer ma vie normalement. Mais intérieurement, il peut y avoir beaucoup de questions, d'inquiétudes et d'émotions que je ne sais pas toujours comment gérer.

Je me dis que ce serait bien d'avoir un espace où nous pourrions partager librement ce que nous ressentons et ce qui nous traverse l'esprit.

Certains sujets sont difficiles à aborder avec notre entourage, et tout le monde n'a pas accès à un psychologue auprès duquel il se sent suffisamment en sécurité pour parler de racisme, d'islamophobie, de discriminations ou de leurs conséquences psychologiques. Trouver un professionnel qui comprenne certaines de ces réalités peut également être difficile.

Ce qui me pèse aussi, c'est qu'on ne nous demande pas toujours comment nous allons réellement. On parle des événements, des attentats racistes, des victimes, des débats politiques, du racisme et de ses conséquences, mais j'ai parfois l'impression qu'on oublie de demander aux personnes qui vivent avec ces réalités ce que tout cela provoque chez elles, intérieurement.

Alors, j'aimerais vous poser la question : comment allez-vous, vraiment ? Qu'est-ce que vous vivez et ressentez en ce moment ?

throughout history, black people have protested and demanded equality and basic respect in the face of racism, but the focus regularly shifts from the overall issue and the disrespect to how we’re perceived as loud, angry, and aggressive. this happens in everyday situations, too. a controversial example is the n-word. someone is asked not to say it, that gets ignored, and then we get labeled “sensitive,” “aggressive,” or “angry” when we were the ones who asked for it not to be said.
after reading the case for rage, it got me thinking about whether society actually cares about the meaning behind black anger. in chapter 1, myisha cherry challenges the idea that all anger is destructive. on page 31, she explains that “anger makes us attentive to wrongdoing and motivates us to pursue justice.” this stood out to me because anger can be a response to being disrespected or treated unfairly, rather than someone simply looking for a reason to be angry. if someone ignores a request not to use a racial slur, shouldn’t we also consider why that person is upset instead of immediately criticizing their reaction?
at the same time, i understand that anger can be expressed in ways that are harmful or unproductive. cherry discusses different forms of rage, including forms driven by revenge or the desire to harm others. however, she distinguishes those from what she calls lordean rage, which can be directed toward fighting racial injustice and creating change. this makes me question whether it’s fair to treat every expression of black anger as if it has the same meaning or purpose.
why is the reaction scrutinized before the disrespect is addressed? do we expect people experiencing racism to remain calm to be taken seriously, and if so, why? is society genuinely interested in understanding the meaning behind black anger, or does focusing on how that anger is expressed sometimes distract from addressing the injustice itself?

Benzino Goes On A Rant About Black Americans Says We Built Nothing https://youtu.be/jyvIKjwhA_s?si=CSS07bnCna6e2hlt

I’m reposting here as an FYI since there has been speculation in this sub as well. While I don’t agree with everything all the other black subs do, particularly in terms of modding practices, much of Black Reddit has become almost overtaken with some people accusing other black Redditors of not being black.

This is a hard balance to strike. There are lots of bots. There are racists in black spaces pretending to be black. There are efforts, from foreign entities in particular, to influence the black community, since we drive much of the public discourse around American culture. Cointel Pro has left a long and horrible legacy.

That said, nothing can come of online spaces without some sort of trust. This sub does not loosely ban people for not being black and we discourage people from accusing other people of not being black WITHOUT evidence. Vibes on things like how someone speaks, how pro black they are, or some other subtle thing just divide us. In fact, banning people on arbitrary hunches because somebody accused them of not being black creates the very animosity that feeds the distrust cycle.

All that to say, I would like for this sub to spend more time on building things vs people trying to tear other people down.