Black People Don't Ski

OK - it's melanin and it's just one defining characteristic of race. One race may have a higher incidence of sickle cell anemia, for example, or differences in hair texture and physiognomy.

However,most of the time when people say 'race' they actually mean 'culture'

Take blacks - a race in conflict with whites in the US. There are blacks in 55 countries in Africa and through the Caribbean as well as sprinkled around South and East Asia. They don't all share a culture with blacks from the NY projects or the Chicago streets. Caribbean blacks, for example, used to get a good British education which was streets and streets ahead of Pubic School #324,671. Blacks round the world have a wide range of accents. They don't all speak Ebonics. Some black cultures, internationally, are less attractive (the ones were lots of people carry machetes and use them and ones where lots of people break stuff)

Just saying black isn't much of a descriptor - black lawyer? black plumber? black ghetto dawg. It's ironic though that often when a black person pursues the American Dream they are pulled down by the neighbours accusing them of acting white. However, same thing happens in many white, working class cultures. Try telling your neighbour on an English or Scottish council estate that you want to be Prime Minister some day

Culture is always the hero or villain of the piece

 

I like hanging out at Berlin Zoo (which obviously is not just a zoo)

 

Irminsul said:

"And with the black people hating on white people for wearing black things, that's just rubbish. I see every black personal wearing jeans and button shirts etc. I don't see them prancing around the streets with just a towel on and war paints. They totally pretend to be white in almost every aspect of their lives except when it's convenient to be black again.

That's very profound and underlines the nonsensicality of so-called 'cultural appropriation' claptrap - the kind that seeks to shut down St. Patrick's Day festivities for all those not born n Ireland, or which seeks to outlaw the performance of Shakespeare's plays because acting could involve dressing up in Roman costume.

People accusing us of cultural appropriation should be forced to wear signs saying "I haven't thought clearly about the 'law of unintended consequences'

 

Are you having a dig at me or.... ??

 

Wow, some pretty angry people on this thread. Uh, I tried to take up snow skiing along time ago and I sucked at it horribly. But at least I tried, huh? Falling down those slopes and holding "yard sales" on the way down, was embarrassing (especially when little kids skiied up to me to hand me my stuff), very painful, and pretty much broke me the fuck off!

 

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Well if its any consolation, Eric: I'm white as fuck and probably not any better at it than you

 

Seems to me like he's acknowledging your point. When black people wear supposedly white peoples'/cultural stuff it is perceived as he's acting normal. When white people wear stuff that's commonly perceived as (coming from) typical black culture they're often regarded as 'whiggers' or some kind of poser

 

Don't like this thread. And I think we're all big enough to be using the term "African Americans" as it is more PC than "Black People". Sorry to be a wet blanket.

 

Uhm, this thread is about black people in general. Not only american ones.

 

"The problem with Africa..."

 

I've never been skiing. Am I black?

 

No, but one does have to admire your logic.

 

You're definitely a traitor of white culture!

edit: that you're from South Carolina is no excuse!

 

black people don't post on hipforums.

 

are they part of the bungee jump demograph

 

*insert really awful and inappropriate hanging joke*

 

I have seen many shows catering to blacks at the lodge of ski resorts. I would find it hard to believe that none of them that showed up for the show didn't try the bunny slope at least once.

 

"catering to blacks" and "catering to white suburban teenagers with money to spend on skiing" can often describe the same things.

 

Yup

 

In High School we took a trip up to Cannon Mountain Ski resort in Franconia Notch State Park and while most of the students skied
I felt more comfortable snowboarding, so I can at least confirm BLACK PEOPLE SNOWBOARD



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