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Celeb News: Justin T apologizes; feels misunderstood
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He's the worst
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Originally posted by Tutankhamun
It's still mind boggling to me that his career soared after Nipplegate while Janet was treated like dirt.
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Right? Like HE ripped HER top off, planned or not.
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These race threads are always so messy, I can't
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He's so tone-deaf.
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Y'all need to stop with this Janet apology thing. You don't know the story behind it and you acting like it was his fault while it was probably Janet's idea (that's only my supposition). He apologized for that and let it be and if it was Janets idea then she should be the one to apologize.
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Originally posted by Toudi
Y'all need to stop with this Janet apology thing. You don't know the story behind it and you acting like it was his fault while it was probably Janet's idea (that's only my supposition). He apologized for that and let it be and if it was Janets idea then she should be the one to apologize.
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Even if it was really JT's fault, he didnt need to apologize. That was how the industry worked. They needed controversy. It was not JT's fault that Janet couldnt benefit from the incodent and started to flop hard. It was her own fault who was not strong. Look at Britney. Britney could remain relevant after her breakup with JT and after what JT has done to her.
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britney was never blacklisted by viacom
get your facts together. maybe start with a google search and see how many stations viacom owns.
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Originally posted by Mr Martinez
Black people are pressedT..... what's wrong with them today? You can keep your culture and go back to the Africa if you don't like how the world is.... for every little thing they'll blame white people, the world is not spinning around you.... keep in mind that also Asians & Latinos are minority too
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Because all black people are from Africa isn't it? Go **** yourself and pick up a flipping history book while you're at it.
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Originally posted by Bey Admired
I clearly said we're not the same in experience, culture, or race. With each entails different shortcomings and sometimes advantages. However, no one is going to tell me that a black person and a white person are fundamentally different beings. We're all human, and we all come from the same source. What the world needs right now is love, not more division. We can have that whilst simultaneously embracing our experiences, cultures, and races.
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Why are people like so overdramatic over race I don't get it
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Originally posted by Kamren
Apologize for Janet and Britney
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Girl it would be a triumph if he ever apologized to Janet. He certainly isn't going to apologize to Britney.
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Originally posted by Eargasm
Finally somebody who is speaking the truth. Black people come across as so needy and full of self importance. Get over your history and culture ffs. You live in a world full of other coloured humans who have been through their own tribulations in their time. Don't hear us attacking anyone and everyone
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Originally posted by Mr Martinez
Black people are pressedT..... what's wrong with them today? You can keep your culture and go back to the Africa if you don't like how the world is.... for every little thing they'll blame white people, the world is not spinning around you.... keep in mind that also Asians & Latinos are minority too
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ok.
Black people did not ask to be brought to the United States. They were brought here against their will - they were used to build a nation with their blood, sweat and tears. Asking them to go back to where they came from is not only insulting and disgusting, but it's also highly ignorant of the black history in this country.
Black people do not actually have a record of where in Africa they came from. There are many different nations and tribes, and when they were brought to the United States, their families were broken up. There are very few African-Americans who can say where their people came from in Africa because their families were so broken up, they do not know where they originated from.
Black people continue to be angry because they helped to build this nation just as much as any white person did. Y'all conveniently forget that when white people got to the United States, there were people here before they were - and when they needed work to be done, they brought black people to do it for them. Much of this empire was built on the backs of African slaves - why should their descendants not prosper from this country as much as the descendants of their tormentors?
As for the notion that black people have achieved true freedom since then, that notion is false. It was only fifty years ago, that black people were supposedly given the "privilege" of even being in the same room as white people and access to the same services white people received freely. In the face of all that, we still have a nation where the murder of black people by their public servants is permitted without consequence. Black people are also still targeted and given harsher sentences when it comes to jail.
And all of this because some people have this perception that black people are lesser because they have a darker complexion - something that is only the cause of having some more melanin, some more protection against the sun.
Why do people continue to whine about black people standing up for themselves in a nation where black people are never given the help afforded to white people? As for other races, they may feel free to stand up and speak for themselves. You would not demand a person with cancer advocate for people with HIV - why demand black people to stop speaking for themselves and give their voice to other races? I would also point out that this nation did not utilize Asian and Latino slaves the way they did black slaves. That doesn't change anything with regards to how they should be treated, but I would just point out that this nation white people think they built on their own? Yeah, they had an idea of what they wanted it to be - but they used black hands and black tears and black sweat and the blood of black people to get the job done. Now white people don't wanna give black people the dues they deserve. And still y'all call this a land of the free, a home of the brave and promise liberty and justice for all? You only promise those things to white people and everyone else gets left in the dust.
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Poor Justin, he feels misunderstood.
Let me wipe that single tear on his cheek.
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26 pages? what's happening?
The essays
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I always feel conflicted even though I'm black. Like I know It's always good to stand up for your rights but the fact that other minority groups aren't as vocal as we are can make it seem like we're the whiny bunch of the minorities. just wish that other minorities could also be this vocal and assertive in their demeanour when it comes to standing for their rights and then maybe we wouldn't stick out so much.
Having said that, I think that people really need to watch how they convey their frustration. I know it's frustrating that white artists are attaining more success for doing R&B and Hip Hop nowadays and black R&B artists are declining and getting snubbed left and right but just outright attacking an artist out of the blue can really make you look spiteful and divisive and can hurt the movement and make us look like some whiny to the privileged as well as other minorities and they'll just take it the wrong way and not even want anything to do with us. I know it sucks but sometimes you got to break your message down in itty bitty pieces for the ones who tend to be ignorant but in a way where you're not kissing their ass or anything.
Like if this Ernest guy could have just said that "JT, you can make R&B influenced tracks if you want, however you should take the initiative and use your privilege to speak out more on issues affecting the people whose culture you heavily borrow from." I know for a fact that JT would have got the message right then and there and not resort to the whole "All lives matter" bs
You know what, to make it short and sweet, the thing that should be emphasized is that any artist out there who borrows from a culture must speak out on certain relevant issues that are affecting the people whose culture they borrow from. Nice and simple.
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Originally posted by Obsession
ok.
Black people did not ask to be brought to the United States. They were brought here against their will - they were used to build a nation with their blood, sweat and tears. Asking them to go back to where they came from is not only insulting and disgusting, but it's also highly ignorant of the black history in this country.
Black people do not actually have a record of where in Africa they came from. There are many different nations and tribes, and when they were brought to the United States, their families were broken up. There are very few African-Americans who can say where their people came from in Africa because their families were so broken up, they do not know where they originated from.
Black people continue to be angry because they helped to build this nation just as much as any white person did. Y'all conveniently forget that when white people got to the United States, there were people here before they were - and when they needed work to be done, they brought black people to do it for them. Much of this empire was built on the backs of African slaves - why should their descendants not prosper from this country as much as the descendants of their tormentors?
As for the notion that black people have achieved true freedom since then, that notion is false. It was only fifty years ago, that black people were supposedly given the "privilege" of even being in the same room as white people and access to the same services white people received freely. In the face of all that, we still have a nation where the murder of black people by their public servants is permitted without consequence. Black people are also still targeted and given harsher sentences when it comes to jail.
And all of this because some people have this perception that black people are lesser because they have a darker complexion - something that is only the cause of having some more melanin, some more protection against the sun.
Why do people continue to whine about black people standing up for themselves in a nation where black people are never given the help afforded to white people? As for other races, they may feel free to stand up and speak for themselves. You would not demand a person with cancer advocate for people with HIV - why demand black people to stop speaking for themselves and give their voice to other races? I would also point out that this nation did not utilize Asian and Latino slaves the way they did black slaves. That doesn't change anything with regards to how they should be treated, but I would just point out that this nation white people think they built on their own? Yeah, they had an idea of what they wanted it to be - but they used black hands and black tears and black sweat and the blood of black people to get the job done. Now white people don't wanna give black people the dues they deserve. And still y'all call this a land of the free, a home of the brave and promise liberty and justice for all? You only promise those things to white people and everyone else gets left in the dust.
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Originally posted by Dark XXX
Because all black people are from Africa isn't it? Go **** yourself and pick up a flipping history book while you're at it.
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Who reported this? out of all nasty unreported comments in this thread, you choose this one.
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Originally posted by obsession
ok.
Black people did not ask to be brought to the united states. They were brought here against their will - they were used to build a nation with their blood, sweat and tears. Asking them to go back to where they came from is not only insulting and disgusting, but it's also highly ignorant of the black history in this country.
Black people do not actually have a record of where in africa they came from. There are many different nations and tribes, and when they were brought to the united states, their families were broken up. There are very few african-americans who can say where their people came from in africa because their families were so broken up, they do not know where they originated from.
Black people continue to be angry because they helped to build this nation just as much as any white person did. Y'all conveniently forget that when white people got to the united states, there were people here before they were - and when they needed work to be done, they brought black people to do it for them. Much of this empire was built on the backs of african slaves - why should their descendants not prosper from this country as much as the descendants of their tormentors?
As for the notion that black people have achieved true freedom since then, that notion is false. It was only fifty years ago, that black people were supposedly given the "privilege" of even being in the same room as white people and access to the same services white people received freely. In the face of all that, we still have a nation where the murder of black people by their public servants is permitted without consequence. Black people are also still targeted and given harsher sentences when it comes to jail.
And all of this because some people have this perception that black people are lesser because they have a darker complexion - something that is only the cause of having some more melanin, some more protection against the sun.
Why do people continue to whine about black people standing up for themselves in a nation where black people are never given the help afforded to white people? As for other races, they may feel free to stand up and speak for themselves. You would not demand a person with cancer advocate for people with hiv - why demand black people to stop speaking for themselves and give their voice to other races? I would also point out that this nation did not utilize asian and latino slaves the way they did black slaves. That doesn't change anything with regards to how they should be treated, but i would just point out that this nation white people think they built on their own? Yeah, they had an idea of what they wanted it to be - but they used black hands and black tears and black sweat and the blood of black people to get the job done. Now white people don't wanna give black people the dues they deserve. And still y'all call this a land of the free, a home of the brave and promise liberty and justice for all? You only promise those things to white people and everyone else gets left in the dust.
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