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Old 11-16-2012, 09:09 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Those people are imbeciles. What the hell is black culture?

I would stop short of calling everyone else "imbeciles" when you don't know what black culture is referring to, LOL. It's a common term and can be applied to almost any ETHNIC group (languages, foods, etiquette, customs, etc). Does that mean you don't know what Asian culture is? German culture? So they're all the same to you then? Not really.....

 
Old 11-16-2012, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Houston, Tx
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I would stop short of calling everyone else "imbeciles" when you don't know what black culture is referring to, LOL. It's a common term and can be applied to almost any ETHNIC group (languages, foods, etiquette, customs, etc). Does that mean you don't know what Asian culture is? German culture? So they're all the same to you then? Not really.....
I'm black, but my parents are from Trinidad. Do I have "black" culture? Barrack Obama was raised by his white grandparents in Hawaii. Does he have "black" culture? And anybody who is white but says they are really "black" is a imbecile.
 
Old 11-16-2012, 09:24 AM
 
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Personally, I find Michelle Obama gorgeous. I'm white. Old. And short.
 
Old 11-16-2012, 09:41 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I'm black, but my parents are from Trinidad. Do I have "black" culture? Barrack Obama was raised by his white grandparents in Hawaii. Does he have "black" culture? And anybody who is white but says they are really "black" is a imbecile.
I don't know a lot about people from Trinidad. If you are considered of the black race, then yes, you would have black culture I would assume....My point is it can be applied to any ethnic group and if I came on here and made a thread about Asian culture I guarantee you it wouldn't be put in "quotes" and nobody would blink an eye for me having said it. People will compartmentalize it to death though if you say black culture or black anything. "Well if I'm from here" or "if barack obama's mother did XYZ" etc. etc. black culture has the same meaning as it would applied to any other ethnicity.

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Old 11-16-2012, 09:45 AM
 
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We aren't that pretty when it boils down to the basics.

Neanderthal Man



Neanderthal Woman
 
Old 11-16-2012, 09:52 AM
 
Location: La lune et les étoiles
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If you're talking about Obama, yes he's married to a black women. But she is NOT attractive.
...to you.

However, most people would disagree.
 
Old 11-16-2012, 09:58 AM
 
Location: La lune et les étoiles
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I'm black, but my parents are from Trinidad. Do I have "black" culture? Barrack Obama was raised by his white grandparents in Hawaii. Does he have "black" culture? And anybody who is white but says they are really "black" is a imbecile.
That would be a question that only you could answer and it would depend on how much you and/or your family have assimilated into Black American culture. Some Caribbeans (and/or Africans, Cape Verdeans, Afro Latinos, etc) do and others do not.
 
Old 11-16-2012, 10:13 AM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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^ Apparently all non-Africans are part-Neanderthals...
 
Old 11-16-2012, 10:19 AM
 
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^ Apparently all non-Africans are part-Neanderthals...

Bottom line, every race started off ugly as hell is really my point.

Not to turn this into a religious debate or topic, but I blame religion for the vanity we have. Look in the bible at all the pictures and all the people are beautiful and look like someone who would walk this earth today, when in reality, if you take those two beauties, Adam & Eve, they more than likely looked like the above photos I speak of.
 
Old 11-16-2012, 10:26 AM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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I'm black, but my parents are from Trinidad. Do I have "black" culture? Barrack Obama was raised by his white grandparents in Hawaii. Does he have "black" culture? And anybody who is white but says they are really "black" is a imbecile.
Yes, since Trinidad is part of the African diaspora. Your Trini culture won't be exactly the same as black americans who grew up in the rural south, or the inner city, in Jack and Jill, or black people who grew up in Lagos Nigeria, but it still counts. There is no one uniform black culture.

Obama on the other hand connected with "black" culture when he was a bit older, and started community organizing. But he definitely "felt" his blackness growing up for sure, and that probably led him to seeking out more experience with black american culture. Since he didn't really have an opportunity to connect as much with his Kenyan culture.

The important thing to note is that being black doesn't automatically mean you are exposed to "black" culture. And you don't have to be black to be interested in black culture. There is not a uniform black experience shaped by culture tradition, but lots of common threads.
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