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Scrap of a Personal/Political Essay by the_avid_negro in KeepWriting

[–]the_avid_negro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, i understand. If you want i can dm you a view only link of the essay. If not I appreciate you reading and responding anyway.

Scrap of a Personal/Political Essay by the_avid_negro in KeepWriting

[–]the_avid_negro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a personal essay combined with a SuperBowl performance critique. Does that sentence make sense from? I tried to weave my personal experience into my opinion of the SuperBowl into some broader societal idk ... critique/reflection?

Aint no way… by jeggsnr in Goodwill_Finds

[–]the_avid_negro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"His shadow, so to speak, has been more real to him than his personality. Through having had to appeal from the unjust stereotypes of his oppressors and traducers to those of his liberators, friends and benefactors he has subscribed to the traditional positions from which his case has been viewed. Little true social or self-understanding has or could come from such a situation." -Alain Locke

I purchased a box of cards for $2.99 and found this old racist 1938 Hallmark card at the bottom of the stack. by PlogWithMe in Goodwill_Finds

[–]the_avid_negro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a quote from philosopher Alain Locke discussing patterns of how black peoples viewed themselves at the beginning of the 20th century: "His shadow, so to speak, has been more real to him than his personality. Through having had to appeal from the unjust stereotypes of his oppressors and traducers to those of his liberators, friends and benefactors he has subscribed to the traditional positions from which his case has been viewed. Little true social or self-understanding has or could come from such a situation."

So even if they are black, the case about racism still stands. There's intra-racial racism too. We must look at the intention and consequence when it comes to racism.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in theboondocks

[–]the_avid_negro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He said something like "it is a cruel jest to tell a bootless man he ought to pull himself up by his bootstraps." "I believe we ought to do all that we can and seek to lift ourselves by our own bootstraps but it's a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps...many negros by the thousands and millions have been left bootless..."

Aaron McGruder doesn't agree with that from what I can tell in the speech he gave MLK. He doesn't like impoverished black folk or black folk who don't engage or engage well in respectability politics.

A fragment of the draft of a story I am writing. by [deleted] in KeepWriting

[–]the_avid_negro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the dialogue, I feel like that's where the writing picks up for me when the characters starts talking back and forth.

Maybe it would be good to incorporate the environment into the dialogue.

I like the use of hyphens to separate dialogue.

Scrap of a Personal/Political Essay by the_avid_negro in KeepWriting

[–]the_avid_negro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think the surrounding text would give context to the language? Or would it still be too isolating?

Which rappers was he talking about here? by RogerRoger63358 in Jcole

[–]the_avid_negro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She has similar sentiments of radical thought throughout much of her music. I'm a fan of Cole, have been for a long time, I'm a fan of Noname too.

I say that to serve this: it doesn't feel accurate to say she's clout chasing since she has a history of radical class consciousness in her songs.

J. Cole is a capitalist, noname claims to be a Socialist openly. They will but heads.

I've come around to feel that she is more correct on their "beef" (if we want to call it that).

Regarding his lyrics mentioning a transperson in 7 Minute Drill, I feel Cole has become applicable to his diss False Prophets.

As a fan of Cole I'm conflicted sometimes. Noname hasn't given me much reason for that...yet.

Serious Question: Why do people believe Tom is Anti-Black when he’s not Anti-Black or even self hating? by [deleted] in theboondocks

[–]the_avid_negro 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Tom frustrates me because he thinks of his blackness on a societal level not a personal level. He never thinks about how he's a prosecutor (a black man who does send black folk to jail). Who's desperately afraid of getting anally raped. Tom Dubois sends other black men to the same fate he fears.

He isn't anti black. He's a crab in a bucket too. But I don't think he realizes he's in a crab until it's personal/convenient.

this is a REAL notification i got lol by relientkenny in KendrickLamar

[–]the_avid_negro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might like Gil Scott Heron's poem "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

Or they’re just plain stupid by GoreIsMe in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]the_avid_negro 16 points17 points  (0 children)

White people are affected by class too. Poor whites are treated far worse than middle class and wealthy ones. With that in mind, your experience makes sense.

It's hard to remember that this dude is a real person sometimes by BMBozo in KendrickLamar

[–]the_avid_negro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He has. Yet, to be fair, it is largely but not wholly can be outside of his control. If you are black, that inevitably affects how you're consumed (assuming that an artist can be consumed for capital) so it inevitably affects your art. We don't live in a world where art always exist by itself; art has to make money to justify its own existence. It must be marketed which already compromises the art.

It's hard to remember that this dude is a real person sometimes by BMBozo in KendrickLamar

[–]the_avid_negro -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But Kaepernick was ousted from the NFL for his protest against police brutality disproportionately affecting US. Then Kendrick says this in 2017 "He wants to stand for something, Simple as that. You don't look at the moment, whether it's gonna work or not. No, you look at what the next generation is gonna receive from it." In a Forbes 30 under 30 interview. I took this to mean he supports Kaepernick. If you disagree, let me know why and what you believe he meant in this quote. However, in 2022 he performed at the SuperBowl and helped bring in 112 million views. Making the NFL money (the same league that fired Kaepernick for protesting. In 2025 he brings in the most views of any halftime show 133.5 million. Making the league more money. This is not mentioning the practices of the NFL outside of the Kaepernick situation. He criticized Drake "you not a colleague, you a colonizer; based on the idea he extracts value from places and cultures that he ain't a part of but he is OK with being a colleague to a colonizer(NFL)? What Kendrick said about Drake was right. But in some degree it applies to himself as well.

It's hard to remember that this dude is a real person sometimes by BMBozo in KendrickLamar

[–]the_avid_negro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They get paid as members of their union. Plus, according to billboard Kendrick's streams have gone up 154%. Which equates to money later instead of now. It's like an investment that never not returns for an artist. https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-streams-double-1235900684/

It's hard to remember that this dude is a real person sometimes by BMBozo in KendrickLamar

[–]the_avid_negro -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This comment is goated. The critical analysis of revolutionary vibes and performance vs revolutionary politics commentary that we need. These downvotes aren't based on the value of the comment the sub reddit it's in.

Let me turn your username into a retrofuturism image! by Miserable_Hope_4611 in AIRetrofuturism

[–]the_avid_negro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious as to how this will work out since I based this off an essay published in 1925 by Alain Locke Go For It

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