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Quote from: Urtripping on December 03, 2022, 08:10:17 PMExpand QuoteQuote from: Atiba Applebum on December 03, 2022, 06:42:25 PMExpand QuoteQuote from: switchfakie on December 03, 2022, 06:19:55 PMExpand QuoteWhy the fuck does any of this matter[close]I think a criticism/perception that tyshawn has a surface-level grasp of hotep/black power symbols and graphics[close]A criticism which is pretty off base in my opinion. The board depicts a ruler who oversaw the peak of an intellectual empire in West Africa where the idea of racial inferiority had nothing to do with slavery. It's celebrating the idea of an African culture untouched and unaltered by European colonialism, as well as the hope/fight for the prosperity of a group of people whose humanity has been so brutally attacked since then. Yes, slavery existed there, as it had in almost every other culture in the history of humankind before it reached extreme levels of racist brutality in the American South.Edit: also, it doesn't seem like Tyshawn is one to shy away from responding to dm's. Anybody who holds this criticism of his decision to put out this board should ask him about it, like a man.[close]Step back, brah, the extreme levels of racist brutality in the American South.? That was genteel compared to my people in Africa and the black on black crime that still exists in your America cities.
Quote from: Atiba Applebum on December 03, 2022, 06:42:25 PMExpand QuoteQuote from: switchfakie on December 03, 2022, 06:19:55 PMExpand QuoteWhy the fuck does any of this matter[close]I think a criticism/perception that tyshawn has a surface-level grasp of hotep/black power symbols and graphics[close]A criticism which is pretty off base in my opinion. The board depicts a ruler who oversaw the peak of an intellectual empire in West Africa where the idea of racial inferiority had nothing to do with slavery. It's celebrating the idea of an African culture untouched and unaltered by European colonialism, as well as the hope/fight for the prosperity of a group of people whose humanity has been so brutally attacked since then. Yes, slavery existed there, as it had in almost every other culture in the history of humankind before it reached extreme levels of racist brutality in the American South.Edit: also, it doesn't seem like Tyshawn is one to shy away from responding to dm's. Anybody who holds this criticism of his decision to put out this board should ask him about it, like a man.[close]
Quote from: switchfakie on December 03, 2022, 06:19:55 PMExpand QuoteWhy the fuck does any of this matter[close]I think a criticism/perception that tyshawn has a surface-level grasp of hotep/black power symbols and graphics[close]
Why the fuck does any of this matter[close]
Quote from: sluggers on December 03, 2022, 08:18:46 PMExpand QuoteQuote from: Urtripping on December 03, 2022, 08:10:17 PMExpand QuoteQuote from: Atiba Applebum on December 03, 2022, 06:42:25 PMExpand QuoteQuote from: switchfakie on December 03, 2022, 06:19:55 PMExpand QuoteWhy the fuck does any of this matter[close]I think a criticism/perception that tyshawn has a surface-level grasp of hotep/black power symbols and graphics[close]A criticism which is pretty off base in my opinion. The board depicts a ruler who oversaw the peak of an intellectual empire in West Africa where the idea of racial inferiority had nothing to do with slavery. It's celebrating the idea of an African culture untouched and unaltered by European colonialism, as well as the hope/fight for the prosperity of a group of people whose humanity has been so brutally attacked since then. Yes, slavery existed there, as it had in almost every other culture in the history of humankind before it reached extreme levels of racist brutality in the American South.Edit: also, it doesn't seem like Tyshawn is one to shy away from responding to dm's. Anybody who holds this criticism of his decision to put out this board should ask him about it, like a man.[close]Step back, brah, the extreme levels of racist brutality in the American South.? That was genteel compared to my people in Africa and the black on black crime that still exists in your America cities.[close]Oh here we go, now the true racism comes out of hiding. Get bent kook.
Quote from: Urtripping on December 03, 2022, 08:10:17 PMExpand QuoteQuote from: Atiba Applebum on December 03, 2022, 06:42:25 PMExpand QuoteQuote from: switchfakie on December 03, 2022, 06:19:55 PMExpand QuoteWhy the fuck does any of this matter[close]I think a criticism/perception that tyshawn has a surface-level grasp of hotep/black power symbols and graphics[close]A criticism which is pretty off base in my opinion. The board depicts a ruler who oversaw the peak of an intellectual empire in West Africa where the idea of racial inferiority had nothing to do with slavery. It's celebrating the idea of an African culture untouched and unaltered by European colonialism, as well as the hope/fight for the prosperity of a group of people whose humanity has been so brutally attacked since then. Yes, slavery existed there, as it had in almost every other culture in the history of humankind before it reached extreme levels of racist brutality in the American South.Edit: also, it doesn't seem like Tyshawn is one to shy away from responding to dm's. Anybody who holds this criticism of his decision to put out this board should ask him about it, like a man.[close]Step back, brah, the extreme levels of racist brutality in the American South.? That was genteel compared to my people in Africa and the black on black crime that still exists in your America cities.[close]
One week post surgery after breaking my hip on a gnarly slam riding down a hill. I guess I turned in too tightly, pinched, and got pitched immediately. 45 years old,
Quote from: sluggers on December 03, 2022, 08:18:46 PMExpand Quoteblack on black crime[close]Oh here we go, now the true racism comes out of hiding. Get bent kook.
black on black crime[close]
Quote from: sluggers on June 28, 2022, 10:21:41 AMExpand QuoteOne week post surgery after breaking my hip on a gnarly slam riding down a hill. I guess I turned in too tightly, pinched, and got pitched immediately. 45 years old,[close]please rethink your life u fucken weirdo
One week post surgery after breaking my hip on a gnarly slam riding down a hill. I guess I turned in too tightly, pinched, and got pitched immediately. 45 years old,[close]
You downplayed the treatment of slaves in America. You might want to read up on those atrocities before calling them genteel in comparison. There's also the matter of "black on black crime" being a very common dog whistle. That's almost like saying "what about Chicago?" A person that says such things raises red flags.
The very concept of a King is wack, and an unfortunate name for what is in every other way a sick company. I back TJ and Nak heavy, and I'm sure they'll build something cool and interesting in spite of it, but I can think of 100 names off the top of my head that would be better:NYCLA LA/NYLA Bronx Los BronxBoogie MonsterBronx AngelesBlack Black Power Black OwnedHardies Any Means Necessary XAll CityAllahProphetDreamOn GodConspiracyRumorsCultureBlack Power would be my choice. How sick would it be to see that all across a board wall? Also follows Dill's winning formula of stealing shit from World Industries. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Quote from: therealnod on December 04, 2022, 04:58:38 PMExpand QuoteYou downplayed the treatment of slaves in America. You might want to read up on those atrocities before calling them genteel in comparison. There's also the matter of "black on black crime" being a very common dog whistle. That's almost like saying "what about Chicago?" A person that says such things raises red flags.[close]Well, I lived in Chicago so what about Chicago.?And, what about Mali today.?
You downplayed the treatment of slaves in America. You might want to read up on those atrocities before calling them genteel in comparison. There's also the matter of "black on black crime" being a very common dog whistle. That's almost like saying "what about Chicago?" A person that says such things raises red flags.[close]
lol, all the people defending that shitty ass Tyshawn graphic of slave-owning MM are the same that were completely melting down about Jason Jessee using nazi imagery....
They've had months and months to do design work. I remember people saying I was only criticizing Black skaters when I said that just because he is TJ it doesn't mean he knows shit about graphic design or building a board brand. And that he's always talking about money and being rich.So here we are at launch and one graphic is a crown that seems to have been lifted straight from 1998 and a poor attempt at trying to leverage African history to seem deeply learned. And he picked the individual in the graphic based on said individual's wealth.
make your own meat spin!
ugh 14th century monarchs are so problematic