|
Celeb News: Azealia come for Kendrick
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 23,368
|
Quote:
Originally posted by AnneBoleyn
Yes, how dares he have an opinion different than Banks
|
It is blasphemous to disobey ha online canticles
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 25,476
|
Quote:
Originally posted by AHemsworth
Kendrick's statement.
Rings true. This is what MLK use to preach. Violence isn't the answer. Looting isn't the answer.I don't know how anyone could take offense to that. If the people who disagree with his statements could actually give intellectual responses why they disagree instead of calling it stupid ****, then maybe a worth while dialogue could be had.
|
I agree with this
Quote:
Originally posted by 2stupid4you
and you can choke on my dick
|
sdjsdjsdsnsjdhs not me being the one choking on my cheesecake
Quote:
Originally posted by AHemsworth
So let me get this right, Kendrick can only discuss how he feels about the black community in general to only black publications, even though black people read ALL kinds of publications. The ignorance.
People are coming at him for saying the same thing a lot of our mothers, fathers, grandfathers, uncles, aunt, say every day. I can't tell you how often I've heard my grandfather yelling about how black people need to respect one another, stop fighting, killing, and shooting each other. There is NOTHING wrong with it, because it's TRUE. And if you've not come from a neighborhood or a place in life where you've have to deal with drive-by shootings, muggings, fighting, etc. rampant in your neighborhood then I wouldn't expect for you to understand.
What a disgrace to all the men and women who did march an enacted change. You honestly think that 2015 is exactly like the time frame that our grandparents and great grandparents had to endure? You know nothing. That's basically a spit in the face to MLK, Rosa, Malcome X, etc. because had they not did what they did you wouldn't have the freedoms you have today. It is SOOOO ignorant of you to insinuate that nothing has changed.
The fact of the matter is that a lot has change, BUT we still have more work to do. Don't dishonor the work of those who came before us because there's still shades of social and racial inequality. We are much better off now then our ancestors where then.
|
Quote:
Originally posted by NE.
Oh, and I'm just going to go ahead and throw this out there, but I'm really going to need these white members with Beyonce and Rihanna in their avis stop acting like you know anything about or pretending you even give a damn about issues that effect the Black community. You aren't fooling anyone.
|
Don't forget the one's with Nicki and Azealia avis. The whole "I dislike the whities too!!!!!!11111 and i'm just as knowledgable on black issues too!!!! " act so many of them try to carry out is so ****ing transparent. They don't want to acknowledge privileges and think pretending to care about our issues when it's trendy is going to keep us from clocking them
Quote:
Originally posted by TheDevilsAdvocate
Honestly I agree with Kendrick. Black people do need to respect ourselves more. We refer to our friends as n****, our females as bad b*****, teenage boys don't claim their child, females don't know who their baby daddy is, when a black person goes to college they're "going into the system", all these black people think they're a "REAL n****" of they're from the hood, look like a fool with their pants on the ground, hats turned side ways. And all these gangster rappers just personify it.
This is coming from a BLACK , COLLEGE kid. And I'm talking about MY people.
I'm sick and tired of people thinking because I'm a black female, I can't possible be a virgin at 19, I've got asked if I know my father, I got asked why I liked fried chicken and none of us were eating anything, I got asked if I was on medicare, I'm expected to fight when someone who doesn't like me instead of using words.
The girls who disliked me in high school will NEVER go up to the white girls pressing them to fight like they would do to me. Why? Because a black person they expect me to fight.
And yes I know stereotypes come from ignorant people who lack cultural understanding, however it is more hurting when I see my people do this.
When I walk down the street and constantly see my people perpetuate these stereotypes no holds barred. They do no care
Because I don't f*** around with boys, honor student, don't fight, and curse in all my sentences people say im acting white.
I didn't know only white people can act proper and educated
|
All the points in this
I get those stupid ass questions all the time and it literally makes me want to punch them all in their smug ass faces oh my ****ing god
Quote:
Originally posted by XIAN
she better gather all these shoe-shining ****s
|
Why is it that whenever this site learns a new phrase, they try to abuse it as much as possible? Kendrick is the FURTHEST thing from a "shoe shining coon" Being a level headed black person and not agreeing with her doesn't by default make her a shoe shining coon, boo. sit and learn new terms
Quote:
Originally posted by 2014
Bitch bye !! So you are basically calling me racist?!?
It's Azealia's own fault she isn't signed to a label. She can continue being pressed & keep seething on Twitter. I'll never support that racist !
|
you can't support a racist, but you can be one?
Quote:
Originally posted by GanjaSebert
Oh ok I made one comment about hair. GET OVER IT. I'm not racist, I just agree with Kendrick. Not my fault that you believe anything made against your race is considered racist. Stop being so radical and sensitive.
|
god, you're so ****ing annoying.
Quote:
Originally posted by seanoh
I just... I don't know how to explain my thoughts on this, and I feel that even if I do, I'll be patronized. But whatever. I don't think Kendrick was completely right in his statement. I don't think that the issue here is that "black people need to respect themselves" because I'm under the assumption that the majority of black people, if not everyone, respects themselves. I think the problem is media representation of black people (and obviously talking to a publication that is considered "white" doesn't help). I'm under the impression that most black individuals want to lead a "normal" life – have a job, a steady paycheck, a house, a family, etc., yet they are still stereotyped with the bad apples. When a situation like Michael Brown happens, and some people take that as an opportunity to loot and set buildings on fire, obviously that isn't a cute look. But the media turned that into a big deal, which in turn takes away from the real issue, thus leading to more prejudice. The fact of the matter is, every race has a group of people that makes them look bad. White Americans have the bible-thumping rednecks that want to keep American society in the 1800s, for example. It's just that the media doesn't spend as much time on these guys, but they put a lot of effort into making the bad apples of the Black community reflect the whole community. And it's not just Black Americans that suffer from this racism, a lot of other minorities do, too. Media is a powerful tool, and it can be (and has been) used to manipulate the opinions of the Average Joes across America. I can't say I agree with either Kendrick or Azealia, because I don't think any of them are completely "right."
I hope this post doesn't come across as ignorant or anything, I'm not trying to be purposely offensive like other posters in here. I do agree that this subject is one worth discussing!
|
I agree completely
Quote:
Originally posted by L/\DY G/\G/\
FIGHTING for black rights!?! As a history teacher this angers me so much considering how little Azealia seems to do off twitter WHAT has Ms. Banks done to FIGHT for black rights? Has she been purposefully incarcerated like the thousands of Birmingham Alabama students were in 1963 as a call to the government to protect them? Has she been lined up day after day in protests in Ferguson? Tell me what she has done.
What I see is some one who is a musician who is reactive, but not proactive. Change doesn't happen through people like Azealia Banks.
|
Quote:
Originally posted by AHemsworth
I wish he would have gone more in depth because it's so easy to take words out of context. I honestly believe he was saying that we can't expect people to respect us if we can't respect ourselves. And no matter how much this pisses black people off, it's the truth.
---MLK
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Weezy
She doesn't have enough of a résumé to constantly make these type of comments. She acts like Kanye while having a career on the level of Becky G.
|
WHO GIVES A **** ABOUT HOW 'RELEVANT" SHE IS. ALL OF YOU MEMBERS ON THIS ****ING SITE HAVE AS MUCH RELEVANCY AS A GUM ON SOMEONE'S SHOE, BUT THAT LITERALLY DOES NOT STOP ANY OF YOU FOR HAVING AN OPINION AND SHARING IT.
Seriously shut the **** up with this ****. Azealia can say whatever the **** she wants. Freedom of speech.
Quote:
Originally posted by ToLove
This useless **** needs to shut the **** up and actually DO something. Bitch, instead of sitting behind your computer screen 24/7 doing absolutely nothing about the issues you seem to care so much about and throwing immature temper tantrums at other celebrities much richer, happier, and overall better at life than you, get off your ass and start trying to do something. Anyone who has this much time to waste each and every single day must have enough time to attend a goddamn rally.
But will she? No, she'll continue her vile Twitter rants because she's "SO INSPIRING AND FIERCE!!!1111!!!!" even though she does absolutely nothing to help Black people move forward in society except perpetuate stereotypes through her poorly structured "shades" that look like they were typed by a cross-eyed crack baby, and make herself look like an even bigger moron than she already is. Stop taking jabs at people who want nothing to do with your miserable ass and have better things to do with their time than bother to respond to your comments, and actually make a change instead of acting like a pre-mature, misinformed Tumblr social justice warrior.
|
omg not too much
Quote:
Originally posted by 2014
And you are defending Azealia only cuz of black privilege. Black people were slaves hundreds years ago , we all know it ! But that doesn't give Azealia the right to be racist towards white people !
|
the only privilege we have is sitting in this thread and reading how stupid you are
Quote:
Originally posted by TheLuckyOnes
Either get out there and do something about it or get off the internet Azealia. Saying that black people dont want to be in america isnt helping, saying how much you hate white people isnt helping, brainwashing your fans into thinking everything youre saying is the new testament isnt helping. YOU are not helping. Azealia is only trying to widen the gap between races. She's nothing but poison when it comes to racial issues. Who in their right mind says they dont want races to get along and openly calls for segregation??? Why would anyone cosign what she's saying/doing when it makes race relations between whites and blacks worse.
Kendrick said nothing wrong. And Miss Banks, if you hate white people so much, there are other places in this world to go to. Like you said, no one is keeping you here. But you know what I'm not a politician nor do I aspire to be. And while I do agree that institutionalized racism should be stopped, the way this "movement" is going about is wrong.
|
Quote:
Originally posted by TurntUp
And she wonders why she has no career
|
I didn't agree with her when she said black people don't want to be here. In almost every racial discussion that Azealia starts, I'm with her 100%, but then I end up losing her halfway in because she just gets extreme and tit comes as a bit ignorant. One of the things that I love about her is that she's outspoken, but sometimes it sounds like she's just speaking to be speaking. I love her to death tho.
Quote:
Originally posted by TheDevilsAdvocate
Our privilege? It's not a privilege it's called experience! Of course we're going to advocate against racism because we live it EVERY DAY! !! And the reason WHY we live it everyday has to do with slavery.
Slavery existed because black people were seen as beneath white people.
we were baboons, unable to be educated, inhuman, disgusting creatures.
Emit Til was slaughter because he whistled to a white lady.
hundreds and thousands if black people were slaughtered by the KKK
And ALL of this was legal
Jim Crow laws stemmed from the ideology that surrounded the idea of enslaving Africans. Black people werent good enough to be educated, to drink from the same fountain as them or be with their holier-than-thou white woman.
White people in AMERICA have NOT experienced this. Lynching, beating, a shooting because they were BENEATH a race.
it is NOT A privilege to be able to talk about racism. We are ABLE to talk about racism because we EXPERIENCE it EVERY DAY. And to say it is a privilege is like saying we were privileged because we experience this.
|
A-****ING-MEN
Quote:
Originally posted by RomanNavy
Sis don't try it Kendrick is lyrically one of the most talented rappers in the history of man kind. He will destroy you in a diss track 10000x worse than Angel Haze
|
Let's look on the brightside:
We're finally getting a diss track after months of this online ********
|
|
|
Banned
Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 18,861
|
Yeah, I 100% agree with Azealia
I'm actually really disappointed in Kendrick, I hope he seriously he takes back his comments about this issue
|
|
|
Member Since: 2/14/2012
Posts: 9,793
|
Yeah, Kendrick was wrong for that.
|
|
|
Member Since: 4/4/2005
Posts: 5,423
|
Quote:
Originally posted by dussymob
This bitch really needs to hang the towel up, she's tired. And Kendrick makes a fair point. All black people do is embarrass themselves and the entire race.
|
This is my opinion and I get a warning point? I didn't target anyone in my post or said anything out of line. I'm black myself so I was not trying to be self righteous.
|
|
|
Member Since: 5/3/2010
Posts: 26,013
|
At the end of the day, people can praise Azealia all they want, talking about how many great points she has and that Iggy is such a trashy, untalented racist like she says... But it won't change the fact that Azealia feels no harm in flinging gay slurs around, saying all white men should be institutionalized, and have a long past of culturally insensitive twitter remarks just like Iggy does.
People can act like Iggy is a terrible person all they want, but Azealia Banks is CERTAINLY no better.
|
|
|
Member Since: 11/18/2008
Posts: 60,607
|
Hahahha at the bish that said if you don't agree with her or say she's an angry person then you're a racist. lol so now if you don't agree with her crazy **** you're a racist lol. Only in atrl is not that her beliefs are wrong is the way she presents her views always sounding so ratchet and cursing and putting other people down. You can have your opinion about anything but be respectful how do you want people to listen to you and respect your opinion when all you go is act crazy and curse all the time? The only reason people call her a crazy angry B is because she always acts like one. Like I said her views/beliefs are her beliefs nothing wrong with that but act like an adult. She just tweeted hope your father molests you... I guess I'm a racist for thinking that tweet was disgusting.
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/15/2013
Posts: 15,700
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Rigalo
At the end of the day, people can praise Azealia all they want, talking about how many great points she has and that Iggy is such a trashy, untalented racist like she says... But it won't change the fact that Azealia feels no harm in flinging gay slurs around, saying all white men should be institutionalized, and have a long past of culturally insensitive twitter remarks just like Iggy does.
People can act like Iggy is a terrible person all they want, but Azealia Banks is CERTAINLY no better.
|
I agree!
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 30,225
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Rigalo
At the end of the day, people can praise Azealia all they want, talking about how many great points she has and that Iggy is such a trashy, untalented racist like she says... But it won't change the fact that Azealia feels no harm in flinging gay slurs around, saying all white men should be institutionalized, and have a long past of culturally insensitive twitter remarks just like Iggy does.
People can act like Iggy is a terrible person all they want, but Azealia Banks is CERTAINLY no better.
|
Azealia has proven to be MUCH worse than Iggy. Iggy has made some ignorant, immature racist comments in the past...like 6 total, and they're all from several years ago. She's apologized and proven that she's grown up. Azealia says something new, hypocritical, and offensive every day.
|
|
|
Member Since: 4/27/2011
Posts: 2,243
|
Quote:
There are things in society that benefit a select few of us. fine.... But don't put down the rest by saying they don't respect themselves
Quote:
HOW DARE YOU open ur face to a white publication and tell them that we don't respect ourselves.... Speak for your ****ing self.
|
I absolutely agree with her actually.
|
|
|
Member Since: 5/3/2010
Posts: 26,013
|
Quote:
Originally posted by MissedTheTrain
Azealia has proven to be MUCH worse than Iggy. Iggy has made some ignorant, immature racist comments in the past...like 6 total, and they're all from several years ago. She's apologized and proven that she's grown up. Azealia says something new, hypocritical, and offensive every day.
|
Oh I agree 100%, I was just trying to play devils advocate there.
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/2/2014
Posts: 987
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Rigalo
At the end of the day, people can praise Azealia all they want, talking about how many great points she has and that Iggy is such a trashy, untalented racist like she says... But it won't change the fact that Azealia feels no harm in flinging gay slurs around, saying all white men should be institutionalized, and have a long past of culturally insensitive twitter remarks just like Iggy does.
People can act like Iggy is a terrible person all they want, but Azealia Banks is CERTAINLY no better.
|
!!!
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/2/2014
Posts: 987
|
Quote:
Originally posted by humbz
Yeah, Kendrick was wrong for that.
|
Not in the least bit.
Since when is having an opinion wrong?
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/22/2009
Posts: 23,538
|
Why is anyone on Azealia's side?
She is doing the opposite of what the greats like MLK wanted.
Atrl...some of Atrl is ignorant all because of two girls who at the wnd of the day will have no impact within any culture.
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/14/2009
Posts: 15,174
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Rigalo
At the end of the day, people can praise Azealia all they want, talking about how many great points she has and that Iggy is such a trashy, untalented racist like she says... But it won't change the fact that Azealia feels no harm in flinging gay slurs around, saying all white men should be institutionalized, and have a long past of culturally insensitive twitter remarks just like Iggy does.
People can act like Iggy is a terrible person all they want, but Azealia Banks is CERTAINLY no better.
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/12/2004
Posts: 17,160
|
Quote:
Originally posted by MissedTheTrain
Azealia has proven to be MUCH worse than Iggy. Iggy has made some ignorant, immature racist comments in the past...like 6 total, and they're all from several years ago. She's apologized and proven that she's grown up. Azealia says something new, hypocritical, and offensive every day.
|
This.
|
|
|
Member Since: 4/4/2005
Posts: 5,423
|
Quote:
Originally posted by .KUNTana
Not in the least bit.
Since when is having an opinion wrong?
|
Exactly I'm still feeling some type of way because I saw greed with Kendrick's statement. If Blacks stop being ignorant like Azealia Banks is doing right now then maybe a change can happen. If we really want equality we need to educate ourselves. People blame the schools but being a black kid who grew up in the urban parts of New Orleans I know that the schools are bad because of the damn students. They drive them teachers away and its only getting worst. That's where the problem starts.
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/3/2014
Posts: 15,909
|
Quote:
Originally posted by BlueTimberwolf
What is the difference between protesting at a rally and protesting on twitter?
|
Spending time on twitter calling people a shoe shining c***<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Demonstrating at a rally.
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/10/2010
Posts: 14,634
|
This thread isn't even about Iggy yet her stans always make sure to include her name in every post.
|
|
|
Member Since: 9/1/2013
Posts: 13,357
|
Quote:
Originally posted by AHemsworth
Kendrick's statement.
Rings true. This is what MLK use to preach. Violence isn't the answer. Looting isn't the answer.I don't know how anyone could take offense to that. If the people who disagree with his statements could actually give intellectual responses why they disagree instead of calling it stupid ****, then maybe a worth while dialogue could be had.
|
|
|
|
|
|