Charles Barkley's Interview With The New Republic: "Black people are fucked up."

[KingTaharqa]

We live in a country where the very foundation was built on "tearing down" black people.....so its alot easier to throw stones at the Black man than to build him up.

There's several Sgt Waters ass negroes on BGOL who fall in line with this thinking.

 

[nogatco]

thanks to the person that posted the entire article

one quote or two taken out of context creates the ruckus...this was actually a good article, and i agree with the majority (not all) of the points...

bottom line, the real battle is economics

would've done the same at the beginning but i didn't want someone bringing colin powell in here.

and yeah, that's the real battle and one of the interview's overall themes.

 

[Ashy Larry]

ehhhh he has a point but then again he likes white women so he is kinda acting white and sometimes he sambo's it up on tv but that quote is truth....

 

[nittie]

The problem with what Chuck is doing is the concept that he has to explain himself and black people to the media. If the shoe was on the other foot would they do the same for Chuck. Of course not they would be like "Fuck You Chuck, We don't explain ourselves to fat ass has-been niggas''. And that's just the media, do Racist explain themselves to Blacks? Hell no, they might tell us how they feel about about a particular subject but they would never try and explain themselves to Blacks. It's beneath them. When Chuck and the rest of that crowd get to the point where they don't feel like there's anything to explain about being Black then they can say to the powers that be "Fuck You Massa, I ain't telling you a gotdamn thang...BIOTCH".

 

[Young Berg]

There's several Sgt Waters ass negroes on BGOL who fall in line with this thinking.

Sgt. Waters from the movie A Soldiers Story......yeah that character makes Clarence Thomas look like Malcolm X.




Young Berg

 

[respiration]

The problem with what Chuck is doing is the concept that he has to explain himself and black people to the media. If the shoe was on the other foot would they do the same for Chuck. Of course not they would be like "Fuck You Chuck, We don't explain ourselves to fat ass has-been niggas''. And that's just the media, do Racist explain themselves to Blacks? Hell no, they might tell us how they feel about about a particular subject but they would never try and explain themselves to Blacks. It's beneath them. When Chuck and the rest of that crowd get to the point where they don't feel like there's anything to explain about being Black then they can say to the powers that be "Fuck You Massa, I ain't telling you a gotdamn thang...BIOTCH".

You're exactly right. And what you said pretty much exposes the worthlessness of discussing any of Barkley's comments. Back in the early 90s Spike Lee used to call out journalists for doing that shit- asking him about everything Black instead of asking him questions about directing movies. It is rare outside of our own publications to see an interview with someone Black where race is not made to be the theme. Yet white celebrities are never interviewed with the expectation that they be the "voice of whiteness."

 

[dzlkdd]

chris rock is a buffooning coon,nuff said.

Yeah, bitch, who aint?

 

[dzlkdd]

Charles Barkley is dead ass wrong.

Who are the black people Charles was around that said Barack isn't black enough?

As a matter of fact, how many black folks were around the gambling table Charles loses what amounts to some of our yearly salaries?

How in touch is Charles with the black community?

I had an email exchange with a black journalist who bought into that garbage and had to point this shyt out to her:



Once again, we're c/s out of touch comedians and athletes who happen to be black.

Absolutely no doubt, right wingers are trying to sell us this shit. But that's what they do. They collect money and power for the wealthy as their main thing, but they have to find hot-button issues to divide or sell to the poor. what they've been doing for years is selling them anti-abortion, then gay-bashing. Now, for the blacks, they're selling them the "Barack ain't really black" mentality. Don't get me wrong, some of us have been buying into it, and maybe we creating it, but yes, the right wing is trying to put us of Obama because of it.

But I think Charles is right mostly... this time. True, he's no great social philosopher, he's a basketball player, but who cares? Look at all those well-educated assholes in DC who use that education and money to do nothing but accumulate more power for themselves and their kindred? Fuck the messenger, his message is on point. Don't care who he's married to, that's about personal taste and it makes him no less black. It'd be different if he married a white woman trying to fit in somehow, but he married one, most likely, because he likes snowflakes. No big deal. Having biracial kids probably puts him closer to that fault line to know where the racism is.

And as for Bill Cosby, I ain't criticizing him either. Cosby has earned the right to say that shit in the media, we just don't have to agree with him. Without Cosby, we'd still be damn sidekicks butlers and huggy bears on TV and in the movies.

 

[nittie]

The power to label is the power to oppress. You cannot be oppressed unless you cooperate with your oppressors. If the question is what's right or what's wrong with Blacks we are fucked. The real questions are why should I explain myself to you and what right do you have to tell me who I am.

 

[blackIpod]

Charles tells a lot of truths.
But to some, that shit will just pass them by and they will point to bull shit like.
"HE LOVES WHITE WOMEN"
Loving black women and having 10 kids and no job is just as bad as loving white women and having 10 kids and no fucking job.
When something is broken people love to pass on the blame.
Black American culture is more than broken. And we love to blame every
motherfucking thing under the sun but ourselves.

 

[Big Chee]

Absolutely no doubt, right wingers are trying to sell us this shit. But that's what they do. They collect money and power for the wealthy as their main thing, but they have to find hot-button issues to divide or sell to the poor. what they've been doing for years is selling them anti-abortion, then gay-bashing. Now, for the blacks, they're selling them the "Barack ain't really black" mentality. Don't get me wrong, some of us have been buying into it, and maybe we creating it, but yes, the right wing is trying to put us of Obama because of it.

But I think Charles is right mostly... this time. True, he's no great social philosopher, he's a basketball player, but who cares? Look at all those well-educated assholes in DC who use that education and money to do nothing but accumulate more power for themselves and their kindred? Fuck the messenger, his message is on point. Don't care who he's married to, that's about personal taste and it makes him no less black. It'd be different if he married a white woman trying to fit in somehow, but he married one, most likely, because he likes snowflakes. No big deal. Having biracial kids probably puts him closer to that fault line to know where the racism is.

And as for Bill Cosby, I ain't criticizing him either. Cosby has earned the right to say that shit in the media, we just don't have to agree with him. Without Cosby, we'd still be damn sidekicks butlers and huggy bears on TV and in the movies.

Bottomline, we do not have a say on any discourse mentioned in broadcast and print media.

The media is a white male dominated industry with callous minded men that cherry pick our opinions with no regard to ethical standards.

The same media that heralds Stanley Crouch's incidiary article about Barack yet is the same person that was resoundly booed at the State of the Black Union several years ago. Yet he represents a body of blacks in the African American community that spurs a question by the New Republic.

They have zero idea over whats our eyes and ears in the streets.

 

[Nzinga]

The Charles I know is the one who elbowed an Angolan basketball player for no reason and was all over the Australian players showing them love a few games later. If you factor that mindset into his comments, you will understand why Charles says what he says; if you choose not to do that Charles Bakley will confuse you.

 

[Professor]

I agree with the negro. Blacks need to look in the mirror more often so to speak and stop blaming white people for their problems. I ain't saying racism does not exist especially when america was built on it. But everything seems like it's a race issue with black people where I just feel that racism is probably 60% mind over matter where some blacks choose to make it an issue when it sometimes doesn't exist.

The world is what is, white people aren't gonna change...u the black individual or collectively as a group/minority will have to change....cause like I said the world(whites in general) isn't gonna change for u, it has to be the other way around.

There comes a point where it's redundant to spend the rest of your life blaming racism or white people for u'r problems. If u act like a victim of u'r circumstance all the time which most black people do especially on BGOL, u'r gonna get treated like one regardless of who u are. No one said life was fair, deal with the cards u have been dealt with & stop bishing 'bout the black struggle in america. Why does it have to be struggle, who says?

Yours Truly.....Professor

 

[Big Chee]

I agree with the negro. Blacks need to look in the mirror more often so to speak and stop blaming white people for their problems. I ain't saying racism does not exist especially when america was built on it. But everything seems like it's a race issue with black people where I just feel that racism is probably 60% mind over matter where some blacks choose to make it an issue when it sometimes doesn't exist.

The world is what is, white people aren't gonna change...u the black individual or collectively as a group/minority will have to change....cause like I said the world(whites in general) isn't gonna change for u, it has to be the other way around.

There comes a point where it's redundant to spend the rest of your life blaming racism or white people for u'r problems. If u act like a victim of u'r circumstance all the time which most black people do especially on BGOL, u'r gonna get treated like one regardless of who u are. No one said life was fair, deal with the cards u have been dealt with & stop bishing 'bout the black struggle in america. Why does it have to be struggle, who says?

Yours Truly.....Professor

When are we going to stop blurring the lines of our fragmented individual success from the overt racism that effects the black collective?

I may not have a problem personally and could very well be successful. Does that make me immune from speaking of racism that presently effects us as a collective, or does only those effected personally have that disease?

I'm tired of you types who automatically typecast someone as a victim when voicing their umbridge over the volume of victims held back by institutionalized racist practices.

Ol' quelling dialogue ass niqqas.

 

[gogolplex12]

Honestly, why the fuck do I care about what a dummy ex-basketball player has to say if he ain't talkin about hoop? This is Charles Barkley man, not Cornell West or some shyt..

If black people are fucked up, his ass is a shining example of it.

You sir are part of the problem! Its attitudes like yours that drag people back. I feel nothing but pity!

 

[gogolplex12]

Charles tells a lot of truths.
But to some, that shit will just pass them by and they will point to bull shit like.
"HE LOVES WHITE WOMEN"
Loving black women and having 10 kids and no job is just as bad as loving white women and having 10 kids and no fucking job.
When something is broken people love to pass on the blame.
Black American culture is more than broken. And we love to blame every
motherfucking thing under the sun but ourselves.

I should have read through the entire thread before posting earlier. However this thread is a microcosm of what I believe is part of the problem with Black America. Passing the buck. I may not agree with all he said but he for the most part spoke the truth. It saddens me that we denigrate and do not accept the truth. We all suffer for it in the end.

 

[Legacyns]

Thank you for this post,too many FAKE activist.. wannabe pro-black fuckers think that they are building something everytime they TEAR DOWN black people.

And that's all it is. Stand up & say some obvious shyt about the conditions of some black folx as if we haven't heard that shyt a million times from every fuckin person on planet earth.

He @ss sure isn't "pro-black" when it comes to who he shares a fuckin bed with everynight.

When are we going to stop blurring the lines of our fragmented individual success from the overt racism that effects the black collective?

I may not have a problem personally and could very well be successful. Does that make me immune from speaking of racism that presently effects us as a collective, or does only those effected personally have that disease?

I'm tired of you types who automatically typecast someone as a victim when voicing their umbridge over the volume of victims held back by institutionalized racist practices.

Ol' quelling dialogue ass niqqas.

Real fuckin talk. Oprah is rich so everyone who isn't as rich as her is obviously fucked up.

You sir are part of the problem! Its attitudes like yours that drag people back. I feel nothing but pity!

Why, because I have enuff common sense to know that Charles Barkley, a fuckin dummy ex-hoop star, isn't an intellectual but rather a barely literate athlete who is parroting the same moronic, depthless, biased view of the community based on the comments of a few imbeciles??

I'll tell you what. You can start a campaign to elect Barkley for president. In the meantime, I'd rather do something better with my time than having long drawn out arguments over former athletes & comedians unwarranted & thoughtless rants & talking points.

You're part for of the problem because you seem to think athletes like Barkley should be taken seriously which shows you have no respect for the true intellectuals in the black community. This is precisely the reason mofos w/o any legitimacy can get in front of black folx & speak as if they got something so important to say that we should listen. If it's important for black folx who aren't winning in this country to raise their standards to become more accomplished then CERTAINLY we should also raise our standards when we decide who, thru study & academic pursuit, we listen to & respect vs. who's opinion is worth about as much as a steaming pile of camel shit.

 

[KingTaharqa]

You're part for of the problem because you seem to think athletes like Barkley should be taken seriously which shows you have no respect for the true intellectuals in the black community. This is precisely the reason mofos w/o any legitimacy can get in front of black folx & speak as if they got something so important to say that we should listen. If it's important for black folx who aren't winning in this country to raise their standards to become more accomplished then CERTAINLY we should also raise our standards when we decide who, thru study & academic pursuit, we listen to & respect vs. who's opinion is worth about as much as a steaming pile of camel shit.

 

[HighTech]

We live in a country where the very foundation was built on "tearing down" black people.....so its alot easier to throw stones at the Black man than to build him up.

Understanding what has happened here in America to Black people takes alot of tedious study, and many of us are not willing to put in the time and effort to try to figure out what has gone on to affect the way that Black people act in this country, and around the world for that matter. Its much easier to just go along with the flow.....hate and lash out at who the larger society hates and lashes out at. Some of us are no different than the police in our commentary on the Black man's condition in this country......lashing out in rage at the "savage" Black man. Hating the Black man.........using words in the same way that the police use weapons and dogs. Because you hate yourself and your people due to the image that whites put before you in the mass media, and through their very real distain for people of African descent.

I've known for along time that alot of us are "fucked up". But as a young man I put in the work to understand why that is the case. So when I speak on Black issues I can speak from a position of knowledge and understanding.....and my words build rather than destroy a people who so many have already tried to destroy before me.



Young Berg

CLOSE THREAD!!

 

[temple]

Nerds of all races get picked on. People make everything about race.

 

[Legacyns]

We live in a country where the very foundation was built on "tearing down" black people.....so its alot easier to throw stones at the Black man than to build him up.

Understanding what has happened here in America to Black people takes alot of tedious study, and many of us are not willing to put in the time and effort to try to figure out what has gone on to affect the way that Black people act in this country, and around the world for that matter. Its much easier to just go along with the flow.....hate and lash out at who the larger society hates and lashes out at. Some of us are no different than the police in our commentary on the Black man's condition in this country......lashing out in rage at the "savage" Black man. Hating the Black man.........using words in the same way that the police use weapons and dogs. Because you hate yourself and your people due to the image that whites put before you in the mass media, and through their very real distain for people of African descent.

I've known for along time that alot of us are "fucked up". But as a young man I put in the work to understand why that is the case. So when I speak on Black issues I can speak from a position of knowledge and understanding.....and my words build rather than destroy a people who so many have already tried to destroy before me.



Young Berg

Co-signage...

Like we need Charles Barkley to chime in on the shyt. WTF was that shyt he said, profound or some shyt?

How about we read some books from scholars & intellectuals on socio-political-cultural dynamics, racism, capitalism, etc & then have this discussion as opposed to playing the role of drum major in the "doom & gloom platoon".

 

[Legacyns]

Hard to believe this is the same guy who told the Philly media..."Im a 90s nigga. I told you white boys you've never heard of a 90's nigga. We do what we want to." I prefer Chuck's basketball commentary to his social.

Now THAT'S where Chuck adds value!!!! He's funny than a mofo on TNT but don't get outside ya box Chuck. You're a basketball player son. You went to Auburn on an athletic scholarship, not academic!!!

 

[Young Berg]

The Charles I know is the one who elbowed an Angolan basketball player for no reason and was all over the Australian players showing them love a few games later. If you factor that mindset into his comments, you will understand why Charles says what he says; if you choose not to do that Charles Bakley will confuse you.

This is the truth. But it takes a wide awake man to understand this. Look at the interview. Look at his answers to the questions. He said everything that white people want to hear. Imus, immigration, Black people, Al & Jesse....he towed the line on white conservative thought and beliefs.

Why the f**k does Charles care if Imus got fired or not. He didn't say nothing when they fired that brother for making the comments about Jews being good lawyers or whatever (I can't remember his name), since he feels like being "fired" is too harsh. But he's worried about a cracker who got on the radio everyday talking about his own people and others like dogs.

No, he cares because his master cares......he dislikes that cracka being fired because his master didn't want him to be fired. This is a silly negro. I'm surprised brothers can't see through this sh*t. Talking about there's going to be a "backlash"......Ni**a what the f**k can crackas do to Black people that they ain't been doing for over 400 years?

Charles is a idiot.......but since it seems like he's for the "poor" he confuses people like Nzinga said. He ain't for Black people, he ain't for Africa, he ain't for nothing thats too black. He takes the safe route by saying that he's "for the poor" and that poor blacks and whites have alot in common. Poor whites ain't nothing but wanna be rich and racist crackas. Thats why they vote against their own political self interests time and time again.

I've seen this fool get on TV time and time again berating and talking greasy about our people. You won't ever see an Asian, Hispanic, or Arab do or say what Charles Barkley has said about Black people. Arabs could blow up half of America, but their leaders will come up with 1,000 excuses before they admit that there is something "wrong" with them. Because its human nature to protect you people and your culture. If there is a problem in the community, you deal with it internally.....but you don't go to your enemies or the children of your oppressor and talk about how your people are "f**ked up". Especially when they're fathers are the ones who "f**ked up" your people to begin with.

Brothers say.....don't talk about his white wife......but thats where his loyalties lie. The white wife bears witness to the mindset of the man. See some people marry for love, but many marry for love of a color. People like Barkley and Clarence Thomas married white because they love white people. He loves white more than anything, because he's as "f**ked up" in the head as the Black folks he so vehemently goes after in these little interviews.




Young Berg

 

[Young Berg]

Why, because I have enuff common sense to know that Charles Barkley, a fuckin dummy ex-hoop star, isn't an intellectual but rather a barely literate athlete who is parroting the same moronic, depthless, biased view of the community based on the comments of a few imbeciles??

I'll tell you what. You can start a campaign to elect Barkley for president. In the meantime, I'd rather do something better with my time than having long drawn out arguments over former athletes & comedians unwarranted & thoughtless rants & talking points.

You're part for of the problem because you seem to think athletes like Barkley should be taken seriously which shows you have no respect for the true intellectuals in the black community. This is precisely the reason mofos w/o any legitimacy can get in front of black folx & speak as if they got something so important to say that we should listen. If it's important for black folx who aren't winning in this country to raise their standards to become more accomplished then CERTAINLY we should also raise our standards when we decide who, thru study & academic pursuit, we listen to & respect vs. who's opinion is worth about as much as a steaming pile of camel shit.

Thats it in a nutshell. Charles Barkley does not have the educational nor intellectural background to speak on Black issues.



Young Berg

 

[DJCandle]

Thats it in a nutshell. Charles Barkley does not have the educational nor intellectural background to speak on Black issues.



Young Berg

I'm curious to know how much education and intellect is necessary in order to see something for what it is.

It doesn't take a genius or a scholar to understand what he means, and where he's coming from. He pointed out the obvious and that was it.

Why does he not have the right to speak on black issues?

Maybe you are what Sir Charles is talking about.

 

[Legacyns]

I'm curious to know how much education and intellect is necessary in order to see something for what it is.

It doesn't take a genius or a scholar to understand what he means, and where he's coming from. He pointed out the obvious and that was it.

Why does he not have the right to speak on black issues?

Maybe you are what Sir Charles is talking about.

He has the right to speak on whatever he wants. And based on his intellectual capacity & academic research on that which he speaks, we have the right to call his opinion what it is, short-sighted & uninformed.

And, clearly he can't see things for what they are. Black people as a whole didn't make that comment about Barack Obama. A few clowns did. How about he address those individuals w/o going on a rant against the black community? Iono, maybe it's because HE'S NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE THAT SHYT OUT??

"All of our kids want to be athletes & rappers?" Wow, that's accurate & informed. More stereotypical bullshyt.

"Well tell the kids if they make good grades, their acting white?" I don't know ONE BLACK PARENT OR TEACHER WHO SAYS THAT BULLSHYT. Again, more stereotypical bullshyt. Do kids say it? I'm sure they do but they're dummy kids so who cares what they say? They're the ones who need to be educated in the first place right?


I mean seriously, what about Charles Barkley's incredible aptitude & intellectually capacity means that we should have some great respect for his opinions on anything other than the NBA playoffs?

This is Charles Barkley people, not Cornell West..

PLUS, IF IT DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS TO UNDERSTAND IT THEN WHY IN THE HELL DOESN'T HE THINK FOLX DON'T ALREADY UNDERSTAND IT OR UNDERSTOOD IT WHEN THEY HEARD IT THE OTHER 1 TRILLION TIMES SOME FLY BY NIGHT "BLACK ADVOCATE" SAID IT??

 

[DJCandle]

He has the right to speak on whatever he wants. And based on his intellectual capacity & academic research on that which he speaks, we have the right to call his opinion what it is, short-sighted & uninformed.

I mean seriously, what about Charles Barkley's incredible aptitude & intellectually capacity means that we should have some great respect for his opinions on anything other than the NBA playoffs?

This is Charles Barkley people, not Cornell West..

Not asking for great respect. Just curious as to why he doesn't have the right to speak his mind.

As for short sighted and uninformed, could you explain that a little further?

If 3 guys were in a room, one was a Harvard scholar, one was a middle class working guy, and the other was a panhandler, and there was an apple on the table and all 3 of them were to tell you that there was 1 apple on the table, is that short sighted and uninformed? is the Harvard scholar more informed than the panhandler?

I dont see the difference in that, and to what Charles Barkely said.

 

[Legacyns]

Not asking for great respect. Just curious as to why he doesn't have the right to speak his mind.

As for short sighted and uninformed, could you explain that a little further?

If 3 guys were in a room, one was a Harvard scholar, one was a middle class working guy, and the other was a panhandler, and there was an apple on the table and all 3 of them were to tell you that there was 1 apple on the table, is that short sighted and uninformed? is the Harvard scholar more informed than the panhandler?

I dont see the difference in that, and to what Charles Barkely said.

Brah,

If you think trying to talk intelligently about socio-political-cultural dynamics, racism, oppression, capitalism, poverty, education, etc all work to create the realities we see is as simple as identifying an apple on a table then it's no wonder you think Charles can speak intelligently about the matter.

We all have opinions but we don't all have informed opinions on ever subject we speak on.

Barkley is an expert on one thing that I know of, basketball. He should stick to that.

 

[gogolplex12]

I'm curious to know how much education and intellect is necessary in order to see something for what it is.

It doesn't take a genius or a scholar to understand what he means, and where he's coming from. He pointed out the obvious and that was it.

Why does he not have the right to speak on black issues?

Maybe you are what Sir Charles is talking about.

Damn, I've posted today more than I've ever posted in 8 years of lurking on BGOL. To Young Berg, what sir gives you the right to judge that Mr. Barkley does not have the educational or intellectual capacity to comment?

Legacycns, the opinions you have expressed expose in my view; the paucity of intellect that many psuedo internet experts display. You are free of course to disagree with the man's opinions. I am of course free to think you an idiot based on the arguements you have put forth for disagreeing....

Knowing not what you do and going by your arguement that since "chuck" only plays/ed basketball he can only be respected as an authority on basketball I can only say that since we are all posting on BGOL we can only comment on Porn.......






But that is patently not true!



Young Berg, step out of your skin and stop blaming the white man! Please tell us. What specifically did Barkley say that was not true and your reasons for disagreeing with it. Maybe then I will be able to see and respect your view point!

 

[Legacyns]

Damn, I've posted today more than I've ever posted in 8 years of lurking on BGOL. To Young Berg, what sir gives you the right to judge that Mr. Barkley does not have the educational or intellectual capacity to comment?

Have you ever heard the man speak? - LOL

Legacycns, the opinions you have expressed expose in my view; the paucity of intellect that many psuedo internet experts display. You are free of course to disagree with the man's opinions. I am of course free to think you an idiot based on the arguements you have put forth for disagreeing....

And I am free to think that you're a glowing idiot for using the transparent diversionary tactic of attempting to insult me w/o trying to counter my argument (probably a good move on your part) but misspelling "shyt" in the process.

Knowing not what you do and going by your arguement that since "chuck" only plays/ed basketball he can only be respected as an authority on basketball I can only say that since we are all posting on BGOL we can only comment on Porn.......

So surely you can cite Barkley's academic work, published research, intellectual debates, etc that prove him worthy of speaking on this subject to the point where I should be compelled to consider his opinion correct? I'm not saying those things just because he's a former athlete, I'm saying it because he's fuckin Charles Barkley. When he's done the work to garner my respect on issues other than basketball, no prob...

Log off Noob...

 

[Big Chee]

Brah,

If you think trying to talk intelligently about socio-political-cultural dynamics, racism, oppression, capitalism, poverty, education, etc all work to create the realities we see is as simple as identifying an apple on a table then it's no wonder you think Charles can speak intelligently about the matter.

We all have opinions but we don't all have informed opinions on ever subject we speak on.

Barkley is an expert on one thing that I know of, basketball. He should stick to that.

Exactly.

Do you know what came out of the mouth of the beloved Jason Whitlock on a site we both frequent?

"I don't follow politics."

And this is the future voice of black america. We should adhere to the musings of lazy journalists, comedians and athletes.

Incredible.

And to gogoplex, I think you need to re-read my statements:

When are we going to stop blurring the lines of our fragmented individual success from the overt racism that effects the black collective?

I may not have a problem personally and could very well be successful. Does that make me immune from speaking of racism that presently effects us as a collective, or does only those effected personally have that disease?

I'm tired of you types who automatically typecast someone as a victim when voicing their umbridge over the volume of victims held back by institutionalized racist practices.

 

[DJCandle]

We all have opinions but we don't all have informed opinions on ever subject we speak on.

How informed do you have to be in order to see something for what it is? What are you trying to say here??

 

[Big Chee]

How informed do you have to be in order to see something for what it is? What are you trying to say here??

Where did Charles see African Americans questioning Barack Obama's "authenticity?"

What circles have you been around that have done this?

He took the bait of a loaded question.

 

[Legacyns]

Where did Charles see African Americans questioning Barack Obama's "authenticity?"

What circles have you been around that have done this?

He took the bait of a loaded question.

We don't even have to go that far. This is fuckin Charles Barkley. Mofos dun hear his half-illiterate @ss talkin shyt on TNT!!! C'mon now!!! All of sudden Charles Barkley is this great bastion of knowledge?

This is the reason why preacher still rule in the black community. We still think because someone is speaking on a serious issue that we should somehow give it credence or defer to their opinion.

Listen, when that mofo comes on the next game talking about the Pistons/Bulls or Spurs/Suns series, I am all ears!!! Outside of that, I don't care about Charles Barkley's opinion....

 

[gogolplex12]

Have you ever heard the man speak? - LOL






And I am free to think that you're a glowing idiot for using the transparent diversionary tactic of attempting to insult me w/o trying to counter my argument (probably a good move on your part) but misspelling "shyt" in the process.

Log off Noob...

I apologize sir, for calling you an idiot. I also apologize for not spell checking my post before submitting.

According to you, you have judged "chuck" based on hearing him speak. I have judged you based on reading what you write. I am sorry, what exactly is your argument?

I was not trying to insult you sir. I was only stating my case that your opinions and lack of critical thought appear to me to be that shared by an idiot. You may not be an idiot. But from your posts on this subject you appear to be.......



"It is true of idiots, that the more absurd and foolish they are, and the more their opinions diverge from those universally held, the more likely are they to utter no word which they will wish to recall" - St. Augustine in Letter 143 to Marcellinus (A.D. 412)