Why are new rappers bugging their eyes?
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That's just one rapper.
Keenan Thompson does the nigga eyes every time.
It's of course based in minstrel performances from the past. Nothing new under the sun.
Are we looking too deep into this?
Yes and No.
Why? Because racist stereotypes sell, that's why.
BEING black can be complicated at times.
come on man, you know when it comes to black...one=all.
Ah Florida once again......cue in Bugs Bunny gif
this is how white people have portrayed black people for over 400 years.
the fact that some of you don't know this history is sickening. i had to check some clowns when obama first got elected and show them the history of shit like this and the evolution of the drawings etc.
black people need to be educated on how we have been fucked over from day one so we don't accept this bullshit anymore.
the fact that some of you don't know this history is sickening. i had to check some clowns when obama first got elected and show them the history of shit like this and the evolution of the drawings etc.
black people need to be educated on how we have been fucked over from day one so we don't accept this bullshit anymore.
don't pretend like that is the only black entertainer you have seen do this. be it a rapper, comedian, singer, athlete, actor, etc...
It is I don't even know who that rapper is never seen him in my life. So that is a thing now? I just haven't noticed.
it's been a thing. and it is sickening.
Thats kind of half the problem. It’s very possible that rapper is just being, but because of how white folks have portrayed us historically, then everything we do is put under a microscope by us.
Who gets to define what a negative stereotype is? For example, there are some black folks that see tap dancing as a negative stereotype, but we also know it’s an art form mastered by legends like Sammy Davis Jr, the Nicholas Brothers, and Gregory Hines.
White folk displayed us as loving chicken an watermelon. But if a black child is doing a happy dance simply because he or she loves fried chicken, then there will be those to point out why they shouldn’t be doing that, especially if it was in front of people.
Sometimes, I feel like we (black folk) see ourselves through a keyhole, the same way white folks do when they see “negative stereotypes” and generalize who we are.
I’m not excusing poor behavior or harmful imagery. However, I just want Black folks to be able to just be without the constant judgement and ‘microscoping’ every move. I want to be unapologetically black, but I don’t want nobody to define that but me.
I see what you did there
Its important that we all keep our eyes open in situations like this.
Whats the significance behind this?....Are executives at the labels telling them to do it or what?
Someone is telling them to do it!! These artist aint doing a damn thing they wanna do, they are told what to say, what to do and how to do it!! If you watch the video, Im sure its loaded with tons of hidden signals the average person never noticed!!
That ain't one ALL rappers and that one rapper probably just on some pills or some shit. Probably on that shit.
I am left wide eyed on how expertly this was stated
Your right!! Weve gotta keep our eyes and ears open and head on a swivel at all time and we cant forget to watch our backs!!
You dumbass lol
Gotta have eyes in the back of your head
Important to keep your eyes peeled for stuff like that
So your cool with these depictions that are clearly minstrel caricatures, that were explicitly meant to demean us from their ORIGINS? Those chicken and watermelon caricatures were also meant to demean us, not teach good health standards. Ain't no Black folks, I know ever ate either in the manner depicted in plantation propogranda.
Let me guess you call your kids little n..s, because its a term of endearment that we have commandeered and flipped positive. Of course not right?
This ain't white folks hurting us, we are doing it to ourselves, because we don't teach each other past last week.
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