Comments on: What’s Beef? http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html Pontifications, coonery, quips, blasphemy, miscegenation, freshness, concern for celebrity life, the beauty of blackness, the sorrow of work-life, the curse of brilliance, and sassy stories. [Pop culture criticism, entertainment reviews, and humor writing by Thembi Ford.] Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:35:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jazzfan360 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html/comment-page-1#comment-3008 jazzfan360 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:37:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html#comment-3008 LOL all the white people I know pretty much seem to think the same thing about black hair, unless they grew up knowing black folks all along. If I leave the house and get mad 'cause I forgot to brush, they're like, "What? You don't have any hair. You look fine," and it could be I haven't had a cut in two weeks and have a centimeter mini-fro, which is a LOT for me, and they actually don't notice any difference from then to the day I get it cut again, and think it always looks fine, even if I got BBs on the back on my neck. ::Shrug:: LOL all the white people I know pretty much seem to think the same thing about black hair, unless they grew up knowing black folks all along. If I leave the house and get mad ’cause I forgot to brush, they’re like, “What? You don’t have any hair. You look fine,” and it could be I haven’t had a cut in two weeks and have a centimeter mini-fro, which is a LOT for me, and they actually don’t notice any difference from then to the day I get it cut again, and think it always looks fine, even if I got BBs on the back on my neck. ::Shrug::

]]> By: Reginald Dorsey http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html/comment-page-1#comment-3007 Reginald Dorsey Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html#comment-3007 Not quite a fair one, but something that annoyed me during my time in Africa. The white kids on my trip (they really were cool, just not about this) asked me "so what does it feel like for you, being in the majority here?" I was like "um, I'm basically *almost* as much in the minority here as y'all are. I don't look Ghanaian, and they still call me (behind my back) 'obruni' - Westerner/white even if you're of African descent, regardless of skin tone - just like they call y'all." I guess the fact that even these types of liberal minded YTs still see negroes worldwide as a massive, indistinguishable monolith annoyed me. Not quite a fair one, but something that annoyed me during my time in Africa. The white kids on my trip (they really were cool, just not about this) asked me “so what does it feel like for you, being in the majority here?” I was like “um, I’m basically *almost* as much in the minority here as y’all are. I don’t look Ghanaian, and they still call me (behind my back) ‘obruni’ – Westerner/white even if you’re of African descent, regardless of skin tone – just like they call y’all.” I guess the fact that even these types of liberal minded YTs still see negroes worldwide as a massive, indistinguishable monolith annoyed me.

]]> By: Reginald Dorsey http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html/comment-page-1#comment-3006 Reginald Dorsey Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html#comment-3006 When I was at camp in Lancaster, PA from 1989 - 1994, even as a guy I'd get dumb hair-related comments. You go to camp with a super low cut, because you'll be there at least 2 weeks. When it would get long enough that I needed to start brushing it, after 4 or 5 days, the white kids would always be like "what are you brushing? Why do you even need to brush?" I got that from the white kids from my school who were in Ghana with me, as well. <br/><br/>It's like in their minds black hair is just moss that grows on our heads and requires no brushing, stroking, frying, dying, coiffing, picking, sheening, or tlc. When I was at camp in Lancaster, PA from 1989 – 1994, even as a guy I’d get dumb hair-related comments. You go to camp with a super low cut, because you’ll be there at least 2 weeks. When it would get long enough that I needed to start brushing it, after 4 or 5 days, the white kids would always be like “what are you brushing? Why do you even need to brush?” I got that from the white kids from my school who were in Ghana with me, as well.

It’s like in their minds black hair is just moss that grows on our heads and requires no brushing, stroking, frying, dying, coiffing, picking, sheening, or tlc.

]]> By: Blazingnickel http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html/comment-page-1#comment-3003 Blazingnickel Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:37:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html#comment-3003 My all-time favorite, from personal experience . . .<br/>being called an African Booty-Scratcher. <br/>I've bloodied a few lips for hurling that insult at me.<br/><br/>A more localized version, a friend from New York told me, was to say -You're Haitian, son! My all-time favorite, from personal experience . . .
being called an African Booty-Scratcher.
I’ve bloodied a few lips for hurling that insult at me.

A more localized version, a friend from New York told me, was to say -You’re Haitian, son!

]]> By: boris http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html/comment-page-1#comment-3002 boris Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html#comment-3002 Thembi, you forgot one of the big ones. calling someone dark is a big no-no.<br/><br/>oh, and u forgot wearing red instead of blue, and blue instead of red(...oh god we have pretend crips n bloods in england too *side eye*<br/><br/>....and saying 2Pac and BIG arent the best rappers of all time is taboo in negro culture Thembi, you forgot one of the big ones. calling someone dark is a big no-no.

oh, and u forgot wearing red instead of blue, and blue instead of red(…oh god we have pretend crips n bloods in england too *side eye*

….and saying 2Pac and BIG arent the best rappers of all time is taboo in negro culture

]]> By: Woe http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html/comment-page-1#comment-3000 Woe Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:34:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html#comment-3000 See there, Bush finally found them Weapons of Mass Destruction huh? You laid it down Thembi, and I truly know bout #6, I've had some hot grits flung in my face before, and it wasn't nu-thin nice... See there, Bush finally found them Weapons of Mass Destruction huh? You laid it down Thembi, and I truly know bout #6, I’ve had some hot grits flung in my face before, and it wasn’t nu-thin nice…

]]> By: blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html/comment-page-1#comment-2999 blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html#comment-2999 Hey there Thembi!<br/><br/>See...I can tell that I am a bit older than you are...sistas MY age know that you have NOT passed through the rites of passage of black womanhood until you have slashed a cheating man's tires or smashed his stereo!<br/><br/>The other thing sistas would do is to unplug the box....see, if a man is on house arrest and has an electronic ankle band and he happens to make you mad, and you want to be really foul...you can unplug the box when he's not looking before you storm out of his house. The police will show up on his doorstep and and arrest him within three hours.<br/><br/>Ummmm....not me...but ummm....the other sistas I know did stuff like that. *smirk*<br/><br/>Peace, blessings and DUNAMIS!<br/>Lisa<br/><br/>P.S. I just joined the AfroSpear! Holla! Hey there Thembi!

See…I can tell that I am a bit older than you are…sistas MY age know that you have NOT passed through the rites of passage of black womanhood until you have slashed a cheating man’s tires or smashed his stereo!

The other thing sistas would do is to unplug the box….see, if a man is on house arrest and has an electronic ankle band and he happens to make you mad, and you want to be really foul…you can unplug the box when he’s not looking before you storm out of his house. The police will show up on his doorstep and and arrest him within three hours.

Ummmm….not me…but ummm….the other sistas I know did stuff like that. *smirk*

Peace, blessings and DUNAMIS!
Lisa

P.S. I just joined the AfroSpear! Holla!

]]> By: Kristin http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html/comment-page-1#comment-2997 Kristin Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/whats-beef.html#comment-2997 Thembi I love your analysis. I still believe the Secret Service needs their asses kicked. After the first shoe they should have had Bush on the ground. I truly dislike the man and I am not looking forward to him moving back to Dallas but, I actually felt bad for him yesterday. <br/><br/>Now talk about wilin' out just thinking about someone spitting in my face is enough to get me looking at my coworkers with the side-eye this morning.<br/><br/>I dropped the Jazzy alias btw. Thembi I love your analysis. I still believe the Secret Service needs their asses kicked. After the first shoe they should have had Bush on the ground. I truly dislike the man and I am not looking forward to him moving back to Dallas but, I actually felt bad for him yesterday.

Now talk about wilin’ out just thinking about someone spitting in my face is enough to get me looking at my coworkers with the side-eye this morning.

I dropped the Jazzy alias btw.

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