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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« on: June 05, 2020, 09:58:44 AM »
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho sits down to have an “uncomfortable conversation” with white America, in order to educate and inform on racism, system racism, social injustice, rioting & the hurt African Americans are feeling today.

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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2020, 08:46:42 PM »
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man - Episode 2
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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2020, 06:01:24 AM »
...  Emmanuel Acho continues to give us some understanding and context for the racial history that we have endured.

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man - Episode 3 with Chip & Joanna Gaines + kids
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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2020, 03:07:04 AM »
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man - Episode 4
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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2020, 03:44:14 AM »
Behind the Scenes: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man - Episode 2 with Matthew McConaughey
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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2020, 03:01:23 PM »
Something I've meant to post since the first video...

The only thing I don't like is him saying that's OK for US to say the N-word. It is NOT nor has it been ever OK!!! The word with the "A" on the end and drops the "R" is because of Southerners who spoke that way. It is/was their "Southern Draw"/accent, how they spoke, but meant the same thing. I.E., "We gonna git us a...", etc. There's no difference when we OR they use it and is WORSE when we use it! When we use it, we demean/belittle our selves, our families, and our race! We should NEVER use it!!!

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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2020, 04:28:31 PM »
I agree with that 100%.

When I was a child that word was not used in our home (that I can recall) but it was used in various settings, like school by some of my fellow students and so I had a fair idea of some of the various meanings behind the word. But the one such use that first got me to thinking about race and how it directly affected me was from my grandpa (on my dad's side of the family). He would use the term sometimes and mostly in an offhand kind of way, but then have two local Black brothers sit with us at the dinner (lunch) table and treat them as equals. These dinner table exchanges would occur whenever grandpa would hire these two brothers to bring their tractors and help with the plowing of his farmland.   

All my life I've made it a point to never use the word in any context or setting and you might reasonably expect me to say that because at the age of 19 I married a Black woman and we have four mixed children, but actually, I suspect that the word would not have ever been in my vocabulary even if my first wife had been some other race.

Now that I'm old and have a little better understanding of what the word and all of its variations mean I don't think that anyone should ever use it, except maybe in Black history studies.
I'm not going to critize my Black brothers and sisters who do use it, but I wish that they would not.
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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2020, 04:47:10 PM »
I don't and have never used it and do critize others in hopes that they will change. ;) I've posted the same on his youtube page for that video? Most don't know where that exactly comes from and need to be taught.

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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2020, 05:03:49 PM »
It's rooted in the actual slavery years and over time have been filtered through all of our social artifacts, like the KKK, Jim Crow, and everything else that had been erected through the years that has been designed to keep Black people subjected and setup as second class citizens.
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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2020, 05:08:19 PM »
Yes, but to solve the problem we must educate the young to stop trying to change things just because they think it's cool or a trend or "in fashion".  Change needs to be for the betterment of ALL.

EDIT: I call it out wherever and whenever I see it...on the streets, the net, everywhere! ;)
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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2020, 05:15:20 PM »
It would require an epic effort by all of the leaders in Black society and a major change in the music industry in order for a change in our younger generations to take place.
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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2020, 05:19:46 PM »
It takes a LOT more than that. We as the older generation need to step up and call them on it wherever and whenever we see it like I do. ;) They do listen, whether they decide to follow or not is another story... Either way they can't say they haven't heard nor know about it. ;)

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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2020, 05:26:55 PM »
I have called out people who use the word or use the various other terms or tell jokes... but the truth is that I have never really done enough, or as much as I could have.

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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2020, 05:43:17 PM »
Oh dear...get some rest...

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Re: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2020, 06:09:31 PM »
I'm kind of in and out now... just when I think that it's OK it hits me again.
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