DO U THINK THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE OR FALSE?IF U DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS I WILL TELL U:IT MEANS THAT BLACK PEOPLE AGE GRACEFULLY!
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Yes it is true.  Melanin is a wonderful thing when it comes to aging.  That an the fact that black people don't subject their skin to the harshness of the sunlight in the way that some do.
586509
It's part of a song I think Tom T. Hall sang years ago.  It probably means what you think it means. Isn't this the ideal for a man?  For me, I prefer a slow horse, my slightly older man, iced tea and more money too! LOL  (I am a granny, ya know)
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they are funny about that. that's why they wear all that make-up to look younger. they think OLD is not sexy I think!
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I am a 37 year old black American female who was raised in an area of many races and cultures. Even though my former generation constantly complained about "the white man" appearance never mattered. The only thing that I can say about the difference is the language and even American dialect varies. As a matter of fact when I was 19 and was making a Valentine's Day card for my now late mother I asked co-workers, merchants, even strangers on the street to write I LOVE YOU in their languages script and to phonetically spell I LOVE YOU.  And in conclusion the card said "I LOVE YOU means the same in any language."  :)PEACE:)
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It means they r growning
538776
I don't see how, it's a Latin root which simply means ' black '. What's offensive about that? Confusing, maybe, for me. I'm an artist. I work with color. Having a conversation with someone who's ' black ' but really what I see is Burnt or Raw Umber! Really throws me for a loop. Then, can you see explaining; " No, you're not really black. I see a lot of Iron Oxide Red, with a tad of Ivory Black or, in your case - Burnt Sienna, definitely, maybe a tad Caput Mortuum. " So, for expedience sake I say, yes. You're black ", and relegate it to Academia!
508994
The speaker is lamenting having done something or considering something that will rob him/her of the joys of old age. These joys include honor, love, obedience, multitudes of friends. Instead, he/she will receive silent curses from people for a long time, honor spoken falsely from others, and another day of living, which many people would be pleased to have in itself. At the same time, people feeling so depressed, such as the speaker, might be happy and simultaneously unhappy for living another day.
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To me, it signifies racism. It signifies ongoing support of the Southern Confederacy and the way of life for which they chose to fight, that of plantations living off the backs of slaves. It feels to me like the person flying it is sending the message that they still support the south (in reference to the Civil War, not just fond feelings of home...)and wish that the south would have won the war so that slavery could continue.  It signifies a smoldering resentment that AfroAmericans are now free to mingle in society. I'm sure plenty others will disagree, but that's what it signifies to me. By the way, I am white, if that affects how you interpret my response.
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no..\nit just means u have a different taste in guys!\nits alright girl..\nif anyone says ur racist then they're wrong fo sho!!\nim black and fo me its all bout dem lationos~!~!~!~!~!
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Don't worry that is the human body chemistry. How many old people have you seen with black hair and they are ninety yyears old. Very few ma' boy. What you ask you find the answer in the Bible. No man lives to be ninety and has all hisd body chem intact. Something goes wrong with time and this is how your body goesa on breaking down and down till it can't bear anymore. This time then it keeps it's cool and goes to a sleep that no man can dream of ever retiurning to after they are into.
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I couldn't agree more. Black people realize this too. But most will simply say you are ignorant for noticing what needs to be noticed, so that blacks have some motivation not to slip into the "N" category.
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The thing is that black people started the hip hop/urban culture you are talking about, so that's why people say they act black.  The term I hear a lot is "wigger", that term has been around for years and years.  I know it sounds offensive to some, I am just stating the term and I don't mean anything derogatory by it.
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I think people that think like that are being narrow minded. I see at least some beauty in every woman of every adult age regardless of color or race or hair color.
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I think blacks(African Americans) feel comfortable in using the word,because they have adapted an separate meaning from the word's original intent, but get mad when other races use it because it was used as an insult to our race for so long! But to be honest, some black people are offended when they word is used so carelessly and freely by other blacks, because it was a word to express the ultimate disgust and disrespect for a race that whites did not even consider human...we were considered 3/5 of a person!!! So actually, NONE of us should use "their" (not their meaning white people, but their meaning RACIST people) term of disrespect for us as a term of "brotherhood"...but it happens.  I don't know why its so comfortable for it to just slip out of our mouths!!! But when I think about how painful it must have been for our ancestors to be disrespected in such a way, it always makes me think more conciously about what come out of my mouth and not use the word freely as a slang term.\n\nBTW...I like your question because you were not a smart azz in asking it!!! And its something that Black people definitely should think about!!!
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Strange but my one black friend also said that to me
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probably just started one day when one guy was really excited about something in his life and gave a cheerful hello. So the next guy remembered and responded to him in the same way each time he saw him, because he liked the way it made him feel. Then maybe others saw this and decided to join in. Then their friends saw it, and their friends saw it and so forth. (way over simplified, I know)I guess the bottom line is that its a cultural thing, and cultural not refering to black people, but just a certain group of people who live near each other. Whether or not its an OVERLY excited greeting is just the perspective.  It may be just normal to those who part-take in it. And also,it may or may not be associated somehow with black history.  you never can tell. It would be interesting though if every social routine or expectation could be traced back to its VERY VERY root.  We would all know a lot huh? :)
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The blacker the girl/he the better they look.\n\nBasically black skin is beautiful...that's the point of this quote.