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2006-08-19 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Uleresh Cheater1151 2006-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The civil rights activist faulted Hollywood and the record industry for making "gangsterism" seem cool and acceptable.

Right: always someone else's fault.

If "gangterism" wasn't already cool and acceptable to a certain market Hollywood and the record companies wouldn't touch it. Now, I do believe that this kind of media overload creates a feedback loop, but the media didn't invent the original product - that was home-grown in the 'hood.

"I think we've allowed a whole generation of young people to feel that if they're focused, they're not black enough. If they speak well and act well, they're acting white, and there's nothing more racist than that."

I'll give him credit for that. He's starting to sound like The Cos.

Posted by xbalanke 2006-08-19 00:47|| 2006-08-19 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Gangsterism is merely thuggery, while race-hustling has a certain piratical panache.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-08-19 01:33|| 2006-08-19 01:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Many black youths fall under a spell of "gangster mentality," preventing them from becoming leaders and making a positive impact in politics, the Rev. Al Sharpton said

Working fine in Zim and South Africa Al, it's all in the number mate, it's all in the numbers.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-19 05:01|| 2006-08-19 05:01|| Front Page Top

#4 damn interlopers

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-08-19 09:20|| 2006-08-19 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Damn straight. Ask Tawana Brawley...

Posted by tu3031 2006-08-19 09:24|| 2006-08-19 09:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Posted by Korora">Korora 2006-08-19 10:00|| 2006-08-19 10:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Lottie Shackelford, vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said during the same panel discussion that the time is ripe for getting more young black people involved. "So many young folks are waiting to be asked, or they say they want others to move so they can gain a slot, and I say, there's room for everybody. Let's work together," she said.

Unless, of course, you support Lieberman. We don't have room in our tent for the likes of him or anyone who supports him.

:)

Posted by Crush Spaising9877 2006-08-19 10:25|| 2006-08-19 10:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Or you are a black republican. No room for those "uncle Toms" according to the NAACP.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-08-19 14:15|| 2006-08-19 14:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Ya know that snot-nosed no-talent kid in Band practice who was always screaming for others to play in tune?

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-19 15:34|| 2006-08-19 15:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Sharpton: 'Gangsterism' Harming Blacks

This from the cappo di tutti cappo of pseudo-legitimate black gangsterism. Sharpton is the master of fraud and shakedowns. Remember Tawana Brawley?

http://www.slate.com/id/2087557

The case fizzled when a security guard for Brawley's lawyers testified that the lawyers and Sharpton knew Brawley was lying. A grand jury investigation concluded in late 1988 that Brawley "was not the victim of forcible sexual assault" and that the whole thing was a hoax. The report specifically exonerated Pagones, and in 1998 Pagones won a defamation lawsuit against Sharpton, Brawley, and Brawley's lawyers. Sharpton was ordered to pay Pagones $65,000. Johnnie Cochran and other Sharpton benefactors subsidized the payment.

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-19 16:21|| 2006-08-19 16:21|| Front Page Top

#11 I've seen Sharpton at the gates in Hartsfield - Jackson Airport in Atlanta. You think he doesn't have a following? He draws a crowd everywhere he goes, photos, signatures, hand shakes, the works.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-19 18:01|| 2006-08-19 18:01|| Front Page Top

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