I was talking with a twenty-something, Americanized woman yesterday; who originated from Ghana. She had a firm buttocks, but fairly large teeth. It was very interesting to hear how her parents raised her to think about all blacks in America.

Kunta, literally translated as "lazy black American", was considered one of the worst insults in her culure. She was raised to think of all blacks here that way, because in Ghana, that is all they see on television. having grown up in the suburbs here, around black doctors and lawyers, she told me that her view had changed over the years.... However, she still looks down on American blacks as lazy people who dont take advantage of education opportunities, and who complain about oppression from THE MAN.


I think there is some truth in what she told me in regards to SOME blacks in America. Then again, this describes SOME people of any race.

Then part of me thinks that the woman is ill informed about the oppression from THE MAN, because her family has only been here for like 10 years.




What do you european people, indians, chinese, japanese, , american, black, african, mexican, and middle eastern (sans saudis) people think about this?

12/12/2011 11:11:00 AM

OMFG RACIST

12/12/2011 11:15:04 AM

how is black person talking about black people racist?

12/12/2011 11:15:57 AM

Is this a conversation about a word most people only know from Lavar Burton, or a more deeply rooted struggle with your place as black man in America? Because while I've never heard anyone use the term in a pejorative manner, I also don't know anyone from Africa, save for my South African neighbor, who's whiter than anyone here.

Oh, and with some notable exceptions, I still look down on American blacks as lazy people who dont take advantage of education opportunities, and who complain about oppression from THE MAN.

12/12/2011 11:18:34 AM

Is this a conversation about a word most people only know from Lavar Burton, or a more deeply rooted struggle with your place as black man in America? Because while I've never heard anyone use the term in a pejorative manner, I also don't know anyone from Africa, save for my South African neighbor, who's whiter than anyone here.

Oh, and with some notable exceptions, I still look down on American blacks as lazy people who dont take advantage of education opportunities, and who complain about oppression from THE MAN.

12/12/2011 11:25:18 AM

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"What do you european people, indians, chinese, japanese, , american, black, african, mexican, and middle eastern (sans saudis) people think about this?"

What group did you choose to omit, racist?

12/12/2011 11:25:56 AM

12/12/2011 11:27:53 AM

regardless of color, i typically segregate humans into the ignorants and the smarts. us ignorants gotta stick together, you know

12/12/2011 11:37:22 AM

Clearly I missed my audience here.....














Could someone please move this thread to tech talk?

12/12/2011 11:39:58 AM

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"However, she still looks down on American blacks as lazy people who dont take advantage of education opportunities, and who complain about oppression from THE MAN."

I think this is true of Americans in general, not just black folks.

Immigrants and their first generation offspring tend to be hungry and do what it takes to succeed, but once you hit a certain level of affluence, they tend to get that American sense of entitlement.

12/12/2011 11:42:17 AM

maybe they only get the E! channel in Ghana

12/12/2011 11:44:50 AM

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"Immigrants and their first generation offspring tend to be hungry and do what it takes to succeed, but once you hit a certain level of affluence, they tend to get that American sense of entitlement."

QFMFT

12/12/2011 11:45:09 AM

As quasi-successful minorities, I'd like to think the two of you would have a more keen insight on the inner workings of the first generation/domesticated immigrant dynamic, but then I remember you don't.

12/12/2011 11:46:13 AM