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What exactly did Banks say about Christianity and black people?

By MorisWhat exactly did Banks say about Christianity and black people?

basically that when people came on those boats, they worshiped something different than christianity - which is all fair and insightful and whatnot

then she literally said that we used to be wizards

By dy_nasty

By MorisWhat exactly did Banks say about Christianity and black people?

basically that when people came on those boats, they worshiped something different than christianity - which is all fair and insightful and whatnot

then she literally said that we used to be wizards

This brings a new meaning to the phrase "A wizard did it"

..........
I'm so sorry.

Got rid of my facebook and twitter bros. I'm banned from that other place. Will only be posting here once and awhile.

By dy_nastybasically that when people came on those boats, they worshiped something different than christianity - which is all fair and insightful and whatnot

then she literally said that we used to be wizards

Is that even coon train material??

By Le Silk

By dy_nastybasically that when people came on those boats, they worshiped something different than christianity - which is all fair and insightful and whatnot

then she literally said that we used to be wizards

Is that even coon train material??

I wanna say it is, but I don't think it meets the criteria. Don't you have to say something sell-out/nu-black-ish?

By MagusKen

By Le Silk

By dy_nastybasically that when people came on those boats, they worshiped something different than christianity - which is all fair and insightful and whatnot

then she literally said that we used to be wizards

Is that even coon train material??

I wanna say it is, but I don't think it meets the criteria. Don't you have to say something sell-out/nu-black-ish?

banks is crazy - not a sell out

common saying that "i am those two murdered cops" shit at the award ceremony was some hardcore tapdancing fukkery if i've ever seen it though

By dy_nasty

By MagusKen

By Le Silk

By dy_nastybasically that when people came on those boats, they worshiped something different than christianity - which is all fair and insightful and whatnot

then she literally said that we used to be wizards

Is that even coon train material??

I wanna say it is, but I don't think it meets the criteria. Don't you have to say something sell-out/nu-black-ish?

banks is crazy - not a sell out

common saying that "i am those two murdered cops" shit at the award ceremony was some hardcore tapdancing fukkery if i've ever seen it though

wat

And what banks said is hardly insightful. "Africans used to worship other things/beings/people before they were converted/indoctrinated into another religion" is hardly insightful and is applicable to a great number of civilizations/nations/tribes, etc. in the history of the world.

If she went on to suggest that the nature of faith is arbitrary, fleeting, amorphous, or something similar, I'd give her a pass as an entertainer trying to be a pseudo-intellectual. But her inference that black people should go back to worship the Signifying Monkey (facetious) good for the lols.

By dy_nasty

By MagusKen

By Le Silk

By dy_nastybasically that when people came on those boats, they worshiped something different than christianity - which is all fair and insightful and whatnot

then she literally said that we used to be wizards

Is that even coon train material??

I wanna say it is, but I don't think it meets the criteria. Don't you have to say something sell-out/nu-black-ish?

banks is crazy - not a sell out

common saying that "i am those two murdered cops" shit at the award ceremony was some hardcore tapdancing fukkery if i've ever seen it though

Jeez common said that? All these rappers really aint shit.....smh

While I dont agree (or disagree) with the stuff banks is saying (because some of it is valid). It's clear to me she is becoming the female Tariq Nasheed.... aka somebody who read a bunch of African studies book and is using their moderate fame from entertainment to become a quasi expert on race relations by repeating what she read.

It's a old blueprint used by guys like Al "FBI Snitch" Sharpton. If a label offered her enough money to shut up on these topics and make her next album.... she would delete her twitter account that night with the quickness.

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By dy_nasty

By MagusKen

By Le Silk

By dy_nastybasically that when people came on those boats, they worshiped something different than christianity - which is all fair and insightful and whatnot

then she literally said that we used to be wizards

Is that even coon train material??

I wanna say it is, but I don't think it meets the criteria. Don't you have to say something sell-out/nu-black-ish?

banks is crazy - not a sell out

common saying that "i am those two murdered cops" shit at the award ceremony was some hardcore tapdancing fukkery if i've ever seen it though

wat

And what banks said is hardly insightful. "Africans used to worship other things/beings/people before they were converted/indoctrinated into another religion" is hardly insightful and is applicable to a great number of civilizations/nations/tribes, etc. in the history of the world.

If she went on to suggest that the nature of faith is arbitrary, fleeting, amorphous, or something similar, I'd give her a pass as an entertainer trying to be a pseudo-intellectual. But her inference that black people should go back to worship the Signifying Monkey (facetious) good for the lols.

The conversion/indoctrination isn't the sticking point I think, it's the how, why and overall context and relation that understandably makes some people feel some type of way about Christianity.

That same kind of (initial reasoning) is what sort of pushed me out of the church for a while.

I mean, its a natural thought tbh. She just went off the deep end with it at the end like the kush started taking over mid-rant.

By dy_nastyi can't stand banks… i really can't

royalan had it right in saying that old girl really is talented as fuck. she just hates being taken seriously so fucking much

it honestly seems like she fears success. and when she gets close she has to fuck herself over to maintain some pity party status quo

By Moris

By Zero Tolerance

By dy_nasty

By MagusKen

By Le Silk

By dy_nastybasically that when people came on those boats, they worshiped something different than christianity - which is all fair and insightful and whatnot

then she literally said that we used to be wizards

Is that even coon train material??

I wanna say it is, but I don't think it meets the criteria. Don't you have to say something sell-out/nu-black-ish?

banks is crazy - not a sell out

common saying that "i am those two murdered cops" shit at the award ceremony was some hardcore tapdancing fukkery if i've ever seen it though

wat

And what banks said is hardly insightful. "Africans used to worship other things/beings/people before they were converted/indoctrinated into another religion" is hardly insightful and is applicable to a great number of civilizations/nations/tribes, etc. in the history of the world.

If she went on to suggest that the nature of faith is arbitrary, fleeting, amorphous, or something similar, I'd give her a pass as an entertainer trying to be a pseudo-intellectual. But her inference that black people should go back to worship the Signifying Monkey (facetious) good for the lols.

The conversion/indoctrination isn't the sticking point I think, it's the how, why and overall context and relation that understandably makes some people feel some type of way about Christianity.

I understand that. However, following that train of thought, one must eventually arrive at the conclusion that perhaps the most important cornerstone of African American culture is little more than a grandiloquent Uncle Tom spectacle that has been perpetuated up through modernity.

To that I'd say read less Peniel E. Joseph and more (specifically for her,) Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham.

By Zero Tolerance

By Moris

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By dy_nasty

By MagusKen

By Le Silk

By dy_nastybasically that when people came on those boats, they worshiped something different than christianity - which is all fair and insightful and whatnot

then she literally said that we used to be wizards

Is that even coon train material??

I wanna say it is, but I don't think it meets the criteria. Don't you have to say something sell-out/nu-black-ish?

banks is crazy - not a sell out

common saying that "i am those two murdered cops" shit at the award ceremony was some hardcore tapdancing fukkery if i've ever seen it though

wat

And what banks said is hardly insightful. "Africans used to worship other things/beings/people before they were converted/indoctrinated into another religion" is hardly insightful and is applicable to a great number of civilizations/nations/tribes, etc. in the history of the world.

If she went on to suggest that the nature of faith is arbitrary, fleeting, amorphous, or something similar, I'd give her a pass as an entertainer trying to be a pseudo-intellectual. But her inference that black people should go back to worship the Signifying Monkey (facetious) good for the lols.

The conversion/indoctrination isn't the sticking point I think, it's the how, why and overall context and relation that understandably makes some people feel some type of way about Christianity.

I understand that. However, following that train of thought, one must eventually arrive at the conclusion that perhaps the most important cornerstone of African American culture is little more than a grandiloquent Uncle Tom spectacle that has been perpetuated up through modernity.

I'd strongly disagree. Even if you disregard parts of black culture that have murky and complex ties to slavery that conclusion is pretty whacky since it overlooks a considerably large contribution to the arts.

Christianity's roots and role is a bit darker than other facets that have beginnings in slavery. Not that people of faith should be shit on or anything but the history should be acknowledged/recognized.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtGXelsiFuI

1:45 in is where you can start to see the fukkery and coon-isms from common here. dude is smarter than this.

By dy_nastyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtGXelsiFuI

1:45 in is where you can start to see the fukkery and coon-isms from common here. dude is smarter than this.

I saw this live and it came off to me like he was just pumping the breaks like "oh I gotta soften this Trayvon reference with something" and so he mentioned the two police officers even though they have fuck all to do with the themes of Selma or what he was just talking about.

Unrelated but I want to know why at 2:46 the camera cuts to JLaw? (or someone) making this weird as fuck face, for no apparent reason. I had to rewind that part on my TV just to see it again, I was laughing my ass off.

By Jackben

By dy_nastyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtGXelsiFuI

1:45 in is where you can start to see the fukkery and coon-isms from common here. dude is smarter than this.

I saw this live and it came off to me like he was just pumping the breaks like "oh I gotta soften this Trayvon reference with something" and so he mentioned the two police officers even though they have fuck all to do with the themes of Selma or what he was just talking about.

Unrelated but I want to know why at 2:46 the camera cuts to JLaw? (or someone) making this weird as fuck face, for no apparent reason. I had to rewind that part on my TV just to see it again, I was laughing my ass off.

That's John Legend's wife.

By Jackben

By dy_nastyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtGXelsiFuI

1:45 in is where you can start to see the fukkery and coon-isms from common here. dude is smarter than this.

I saw this live and it came off to me like he was just pumping the breaks like "oh I gotta soften this Trayvon reference with something" and so he mentioned the two police officers even though they have fuck all to do with the themes of Selma or what he was just talking about.

Unrelated but I want to know why at 2:46 the camera cuts to JLaw? (or someone) making this weird as fuck face, for no apparent reason. I had to rewind that part on my TV just to see it again, I was laughing my ass off.

thats that gas face

By Jackben

By dy_nastyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtGXelsiFuI

1:45 in is where you can start to see the fukkery and coon-isms from common here. dude is smarter than this.

I saw this live and it came off to me like he was just pumping the breaks like "oh I gotta soften this Trayvon reference with something" and so he mentioned the two police officers even though they have fuck all to do with the themes of Selma or what he was just talking about.

Unrelated but I want to know why at 2:46 the camera cuts to JLaw? (or someone) making this weird as fuck face, for no apparent reason. I had to rewind that part on my TV just to see it again, I was laughing my ass off.

It's that "shhhhhiiiiiiiiiittttttt I forgot to do something" face

Annoyed by how people on my FB feed are using MLK Day to advance their polemics that have little to do with Civil Rights.

MLK day was weird out here....

Saw Selma and it was just kinda surreal. A couple of oldheads in the theater with me. They looked like they were watching a different movie than I was. Jarring.

How did you like Selma?

Junior high classes everywhere are going to be watching it in a few years, gonna be apart of walmart doublefeature packages with Glory.

By MorisHow did you like Selma?

Junior high classes everywhere are going to be watching it in a few years, gonna be apart of walmart doublefeature packages with Glory.

Its not a bad movie by any means

and then its definitely no Rosewood either

Its floating a little bit higher than X imo. Still a good watch - and I generally can't stomach a lot of movies like this.

Since I never actually did this last time:

- Where you're from: Virginia
- Where you live: Va for now.
- Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy: I actually intend to get a geneologist to find out where exactly my family is from.
- Do you know your roots? I'm learning.
- Your Age: 29 going on 15
- Favorite musical genre: electropop with hiphop influences and a dance beat
- Your profession/major/career interest: web designer, insurance agent, office temp.
- Your religious affiliation: southern baptist.
- Hobbies: learning as much as I can about everything, specifically anything in the entertainment medium. Making music. Making games. Writing. Anime. Games. Blogging. Making art. dreaming big. Chasing happiness. Showing everyone I can all the neat stuff I find.

Like this:
That kid? Alfonso Ribeiro, AKA Carlton from Fresh Prince

welcome aboard

and my mind is blown... i never knew that was carlton. i was aware that he had a legit background in dancing (and it was unfair to let him style on people like that in dancing with the stars)

Hey. G25 from that otherplace


Since it's been a while since I did any intro:
- Where you're from - Queens, NY
- Where you live - West of Philly, PA
- Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy - African-Trinidadian on my mom's side, Irish/German on my dad's
- Do you know your roots? - See above. Mom is 1st generation immigrant, Dad is 2nd. Family ties go back at least 3 generations in each country
- Your Age - 32 ಠ_ಠ
- Favorite musical genre - Hip Hop, Classic Rock, Reggae, EDM
- Your profession/major/career interest - Supervisor
- Your religious affiliation - Nonpracticing Christian (Northern Baptist)
- Hobbies - reading, video games, guitar, drawing, writing short-form fiction though haven't written anything in a while

^^sup - also, i had a ton of invites set to be sent to people dating back to the people w/ color OT from way back. gonna take me a while to get all that set up again

also

coming from me this is gonna sound crazy but i'm actually thinking of going to church again

...yeah

By DY_nastycoming from me this is gonna sound crazy but i'm actually thinking of going to church again

…yeah

who hurt you?

By DY_nasty^^sup - also, i had a ton of invites set to be sent to people dating back to the people w/ color OT from way back. gonna take me a while to get all that set up again

also

coming from me this is gonna sound crazy but i'm actually thinking of going to church again

…yeah

I mean, even setting aside faith, it's a community like no other.

By makohi

By DY_nasty^^sup - also, i had a ton of invites set to be sent to people dating back to the people w/ color OT from way back. gonna take me a while to get all that set up again

also

coming from me this is gonna sound crazy but i'm actually thinking of going to church again

…yeah

I mean, even setting aside faith, it's a community like no other.

I moved an hour 30 minutes away from my church for a 2x raise, and I am still wondering if it was one of the worse decisions of my life. I cannot understate the importance of community. I do not know how people do things like move to different countries where they know nobody, because that's what it feels like now, and it effing sucks. I wanna go back so bad I almost want to cry.

It's so bad, I'm actually sending my wife back over there for a three-day weekend for her birthday. Like, that is her present-go back to Lansing for a weekend away (from the kids; me). All her friends have agreed to house/feed/transport her.

1st post. I made it. Glad to be here!

in my opinion - growing up as a preacher's kid gives you a very different prospective on church. extremely different. i can't think of any other pk's that I knew growing up or through college that didn't take an extended 'break' from it all or just leave the building for good

there were 4 big things that really just fucked up the church for me. (my churches. the one that my grandmother and mother went two is an actual landmark in NC and my dad's church... some people may know it, mt. cavalry out by NCCU. my dad preached there for 8 years or so).

motherfuckers have no idea what they're talking - how you gonna be in church every sunday, wednesday, and friday and can't find psalms? and you want to tell some kids what god wants? shut THEE fuck up old man. I was helping out with vocation bible school at my grandmother's church. this new deacon and want to be pimp/preacher was misquoting, misreading, and just talking out of his ass and something just compelled me to go off on him for. pulled out the book and made him try and find what the fuck he was referencing. i can't even remember what he said anymore. just his face. i embarrassed him in front of a room full of pre-teens and it was apparently the worst thing that could ever happen to him. 55 year old man made it his job to attempt to give me shit at church every sunday. he's a deacon and has a growing fanbase. all idiots.

its a business - mt cavalry used to be a relatively small church back in early 90s. this church was smart enough to put the building fund to use and had enough financially aware people in the organization to lay foundation for a new, bigass building. the pastor was one of the best men i ever knew. he was one of the best men anyone ever knew. this group quietly turned him into a mascot and figurehead while they started up all kinds of shit in the church's name. still a good church, but that good man deserved better.

general debauchery - first time i saw a blowjob in progress was during the funeral of one of the women in the choir at my dad's church. a preacher's daughter that i had come to know pretty well after meeting her DOZENS of times at the MAY AS WELL BE MANDATORY post-service mini-banquets at Briggs, Golden Corral, Picadilly, or whatever mom and pop spot with enough space to house and feed diabetes to 60+. i was never into her, and i knew what head was (i was 11 or so i think) but it just kinda blew my mind that she'd top someone off while dressed in all black. maybe it was bad luck, but after that i started noticing how many, many more were getting it in either at church, through church, or doing some dirt behind someone's back that they met at church

this was just everywhere... but seeing a youth director bang out the deaconess right after she testified about how great god is for helping her husband out with a new job opportunity out west... yeah.

mom's funeral still not entirely over this. at my grandmother's church. the pastor there really went hype man - tear jerker. i wanted to knock him right the fuck out of his robes for bringing that hurt out of my aunts again. when i stood up, that was actually the plan. someone, no clue who, asked if i wanted to speak - so i did. people say i gave a nice word but i couldn't tell you what i said. kinda blanked out from that crazy mix of emotion (didn't get to mourn on my own til years after the fact because of all the bullshit that went down after my mom died). all i know is i couldn't take anyone in that particular building seriously after that. i knew i had to go eventually. one day, years later when i was visiting from college, just got up and walked out. i thought my grandmother was gonna filet me for it but, being the amazing woman that she is, she told me she understood and told me to try and come back when i was ready

been about 6 years. i'm not beyond giving shit a shot again. besides, i'm willing to try anything to get texas out of my system. more happened out there than i spoke about

Sounds like you lucked into some bad congregations. I've heard some similar horror stories about some local churches (really homophobic/taught masturbation was sex addiction/ applied tons of pressure for young kids to wed/ talked more trash than WWE promo vids) but I have to believe there are some good/great churches out there that you could join. The biggest obstacle seems to be to find a church that isn't being dragged kicking and screaming into modernity.

By MorisSounds like you lucked into some bad congregations. I've heard some similar horror stories about some local churches (really homophobic/taught masturbation was sex addiction/ applied tons of pressure for young kids to wed/ talked more trash than WWE promo vids) but I have to believe there are some good/great churches out there that you could join. The biggest obstacle seems to be to find a church that isn't being dragged kicking and screaming into modernity.

If you want modern and accepting your best bet is probably a Unitarian church of some kind.

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By MorisSounds like you lucked into some bad congregations. I've heard some similar horror stories about some local churches (really homophobic/taught masturbation was sex addiction/ applied tons of pressure for young kids to wed/ talked more trash than WWE promo vids) but I have to believe there are some good/great churches out there that you could join. The biggest obstacle seems to be to find a church that isn't being dragged kicking and screaming into modernity.

If you want modern and accepting your best bet is probably a Unitarian church of some kind.

If I were looking to join a church, that'd be the first place I'd look. Seems like a cool place to learn about other customs/faiths.

I think I'm missing out on volunteering too. :/

Anyways - Sister had her first "yal bitches trippin" moment regarding college. She apparently showed up to a coffee shop on campus with some of her friends during her visit and one of the students there approached her group. The student went on to tell them that her sorority was looking for "driven, 'diverse' individuals interested in 'breaking the mold'"

apparently my sister checked the fuck out of her AND left a tip


I think she's gonna make it brehs

Guess I'll be here a lot more often.

By Le SilkGuess I'll be here a lot more often.

The fuck happened?

By makohi

By Le SilkGuess I'll be here a lot more often.

The fuck happened?

Same thing that always happens, a shitty moderation policy in action.

'Bad posting'

Doesn't give me the link that got me banned

Perm'd

...ok ☕️🐸

thats it? the fuck?

Welcome to full time Slaent posting Silk lol

By Le Silk'Bad posting'

Doesn't give me the link that got me banned

Perm'd

…ok ☕️🐸

Moderation on that damn site is so inconsistent...

There's also another later but I don't wanna clog up this thread with ban whining. If you want to know, I can Message you.

Don't trust them mod niggas.

By Le Silk'Bad posting'

Doesn't give me the link that got me banned

Perm'd

…ok ☕️🐸

That's awful.

All I got was another 3 months for the moderation sucked in like 3-4 posts

By Storm Chamber

By Le Silk'Bad posting'

Doesn't give me the link that got me banned

Perm'd

…ok ☕️🐸

That's awful.

All I got was another 3 months for the moderation sucked in like 3-4 posts

… three months?

LOL 3 MONTHS.

Storm will be back after shitting on the entire white race and yet silk is in the ether forever lol

Where the white women at?

Had to join all my brothers, too many gone.

NUmber of posts a day are about to triple now that Slay is here, where's Dreamdrop at?