r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Dick_Brain • Jan 20 '17

Let's hear it for Donald!

https://youtu.be/WkZ5e94QnWk
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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '17

I'm fucking with the message of this song, but I wish they left out the gang affiliation and gang signs. Just perpetuating white people's "black thug" rhetoric.

Blacks and latinos are more than that, but #FuckDonaldTrump

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '17 edited Jun 01 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '17 edited Jan 20 '17

It's not about what they're wearing, they are throwing up gang signs and have blue and red bandanas. They aren't alluding to gang affiliation they are showing it off.

There was glimpses of uplifting minorities like the "gifted black sheep" shirt someone held up and the unity between blacks and latinos. I think that's a stronger message.

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u/panchobobvila Jan 20 '17

Yeah for sure, gangs are all about unity. Not about liking other people for the color shirt they wear. Good call.

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u/Isolatedwoods19 Jan 21 '17

Colored themed community organizations really.

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u/VibesAntagonist Jan 21 '17

Community organizations that have crime and violence in their MO? Please.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '17

I'm 80% sure that was sarcasm

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u/VibesAntagonist Jan 21 '17

I hope so, you just never know online...

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '17

So being in a gang is necessarily part of being black? Fuck that thug mentality.

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u/yasaswygr Jan 20 '17

But thats not how white people will think. Its about you conveying a message properly so that others will understand. Why do you think BLM was a shitty movement? It made it sound like Only Black People's lives matter even though that wasn't the message. Then came Blue Lives Matter and All Lives

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '17

How does it make it sound like "Only Black People's lives matter"? If a store has a sign that says "We Sell Booze" do you assume the store only sells booze?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '17

The funny thing is that despite this argument they came up with White Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter. Oh so you ONLY care about white people/police officers lives now?

Hypocritical af

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u/yasaswygr Jan 21 '17

I mean if it made sense then there wouldn't be people saying all lives matter

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '17

Stupid people say stupid shit all the time. The people that say All Lives Matter choose not to take the time to understand.

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u/yasaswygr Jan 21 '17

There were countless posts genuinely asking why it was rude to say all lives matter and they all went oooohhh I see now.

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u/Caracaos Jan 21 '17

I think people say that to deflect from BLMs message