G-Burgs most wanted
Ive been getting so much feedback on the talking "white" blog that it opened up another can of worms. Not only do I apperantly talk "white" but since I grew up in the "burbs" I dont have the authority to speak on the state of Hip Hop or the plight of the blackman or wear Timboes or even bump my music at loud decibels....all of which I do on a regular.
I used to get sucked in that trap of trying to justify my blackness, but I guess being older and wiser now I realize that my life was so good growing up because ma-dukes wasnt havin it. I grew up in the burbs because mom made sure I grew up in the burbs.
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Preach, Chile!
*Raises hands in the air and tilts head...shaking it back and forth, with mouth pursed together*
What I'm telling people is to not get upset because my mother made sure I slept on a nice bed in a nice part of town.
If it were up to some folks, I should have been raised on a mattress thrown across the floor, no heat, sheets, or food to eat. That doesn't define blackness... Or maybe when the electricity goes out that is the definition of BLACKNESS! LOL
- Ask Trew Life
Well, I guess my parents are just as guilty as yours.
It is a shame that we have to justify our blackness by our zip code.
**holding head down**
what is this world coming to...
where all my hood niggas at? representin the slums of chestnut hill. hollaaaaaaaa
I wasnt born with no silverspoon in my mouth Ms. Hawkins
- Nino Brown (New Jack City)
Do these rules apply today? Because I'm one of these moms proudly...and I dare somebody to say something about it...my son hasn't had to deal with it yet, and the way society is now, hopefully he won't have to...later to the haters...
I was raised in an upper middle-class household, but in Sierra Leone. I also speak English correctly. Was top of my class in that particular subject. How not Black does that make me then?
I don't think one needs to be poor to be Black, or to sympathize with the plight of poor people.
But what do I know about all this. I lived in the suburbs too.
i was in the same situation as. my mother worked hard as hell to keep us in a good neighborhood therefore that made everyone tougher than me. wtf? thats why i'm so confused when rappers brag about staying in the hood when they get succesful. why?!? i thought everyones goal was to get out.
nice blog you have here man.
We have the same crimes in the suburbs that they do in the hood. the only different is that someone in the hood might steal a 1987 buick, but around my way we steal 2009 porches....LOL
Holla
I guess I'll join the club. I've been accused of 'talking white' for years. Although white people don't agree, many black people think I do. I'm tired of people asking me on the phone, "Are you black??" Um... yeah, last time I checked. I guess they're expecting me to say, "Yess'um suh I sho's is!" (This is where you roll your eyes as hard as you can...) *sigh*
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