I was gonna say that lmaoo.

Oh my god that's like saying he was going to macgyver the skittles into meth somehow

Jesus christ

not racist in the LEAST

I don't care what you think.

Get back on topic, because I've said this multiple times and I've attempted to change the subject multiple times. Try to turn away from the trial directly, and talk more about whether these artists are actually making a difference.

well of course im gonna respond to your wild and completely wrong assumptions when you falsely label me lol


but back to the artists

rhianna, jay z and rolling stones look like they arent boycotting. much respect to them. i wonder if these artists are gonna boycott the other 20+ states with this law..... i can answer that already and its no. its all a huge PR stunt for most of these ppl. i guess they are afraid of seeming racist or.....something if they dont join others in a boycott. im interested to see how long this fakeness lasts

you brought up two black people and really old men.

racist

Looks like the Stevie Wonder boycott is the only true part of this story:

Florida Boycott List That Included Kanye, Jay Z, Alicia Keys Discredited

lame!!!!!! Props 2 Stevie tho

:clap:

american urban radio networks White House correspondent April Ryan might be in a little but of trouble

One, I was directly the term white at 216 because of his nonchalant attitude towards this case not being about race when there is clearly a racial climate/tension related to it.

Two, the relation is that if you are black you feel like wtf? what happened to Trayvon Martin could happen to me as well if I live in Florida or it could happen to someone that I know and love. Even Obama came out and said that he felt it could have happened to him. He could have been Trayvon years ago.

People saying that race isn't an issue in this case makes me laugh just as much as Stephen Colbert saying that he sees no race. It is a bit ignorant to be completely believe that is had NOTHING at all to do with race.

Also back on topic, just like I expected those artists weren't going to stick to it but I guess on the other hand they weren't even involved with it in the first place so now you guys don't have to worry about people "hurting" for this boycott from celebrities.

I mean.
Stevie Wonder's cool too.

Everyone is black in Stevie Wonder's eyes.

:drummer:

Ba-dum tish

Stevie Wonder is a hell of a lot cooler and a thousand times more talented than any of the money grubbing pop asshats mentioned on that fake list.

Stevie wonder is from my hometown

:cool:

LMAO but he won't be performing in your state if the rumors are true! Ahahaha

fuuuck!

I thought he was half Hispanic and half white.
If he's white, does that make Obama white?

Obama is black because of the stupid one drop rule that people subscribe to.

There are white hispanics and black hispanics.

I will break it down into pictures for you.

Black hispanic IE she's from the Dominican Republic
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White Hispanic IE: a lady from Hundoras they generally tend to be fairer skin
http://hopeforwomenmag.com/wp-conten...2/Amanda-1.jpg

I just sorta figured that if someone was of mixed race, they should be considered whatever that person identifies as. So if Zimmerman identifies as Hispanic, why do we consider him white? If he was a "Black Hispanic" and identified as Hispanic, would people refer to him as Black, or Hispanic?

both, Hispanic = pertaining to countries connected to Spain. Black isn't country specific, really. Neither is white, but using Caucasian as a race is dumb because it's a bull**** term

Caucasus region=
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...egion_1994.jpg

Clearly these aren't totally white countries.

Yeah clearly they look beige, white and green.

sois yo dick

Penicillin its a hell of a drug.

You're injecting penicillin into yo dick?

What the **** bro

Somebodys gotta do it. I asked for oral but they said shes really busy.

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stahhhp

I guess I meant that the motion to not perform in these states it's still awesome even if it is just Stevie Wonder doing it!

It wasn't really the talent or the personalities that made the difference to me, just how widespread the fanbases are and the number of artists.

I really should not have started this thread, because it turned into something way more political than I intended it to turn. It's my fault, for assuming members here could try to keep the topic on music but if any of the mods are feeling lock-happy, feel free to lock this thread I started.

I just want to talk about music.

You want to talk about music? This is banterbanter, not musicbanter.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS COOKING CLASS.

o.o

I understand your intentions but the two subjects are closely related to one another. A musician is boycotting a political issue. Of course the political issue that is being mentioned would be brought up in a thread talking about it.

hey d00d I'm just the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher IDKKKKK

I hear the sale of Florida Oranges has plummeted. Way to go Stevie.

Which is why I'd prefer to end it altogether.

A lot of other people view the whole situation as nothing more than Race Merchants grabbing and clawing for every opportunity that arrives to coincide with the media and promote the significance of discrimination as an explanation for racial inequality. Its one thing to express an opinion, but its a different ballgame all together when the president of the united states does it. I will give you an example of why I believe Obama's statement was politically incorrect. His statement brings up the question as to why he is not addressing the fact that 75% of black mothers in this country have children out of wedlock. Family structure itself is what should be addressed more importantly than Whine Merchandising. This is something that the black leaders of this country should address themselves, because I don't think they even want any help by the whites at all. Im not trying to turn this into a racial argument DJ, Im just debating the subject with you in presenting different views from both sides, nothing more. :)

As far as Stevie Wonder participating in a boycott, well that is just the nature of the music industry. Its done mainly just for notoriety and sales for the artist themselves more so than benefiting society.

I disagree, the city we are both from is a cesspool of poverty & gun violence, I know he still had family here for a long time so I think it's more empathy than it is for show.

I'd have to agree with you on this. If anybody in the music industry were to be considered empathetic it would be Wonder. Hes got a hell of a alot of integrity.

You could very well be right concerning Stevie Wonder. One would think that he doesn't need such publicity. I was actually referring to other artist or bands in that particular situation, my bad.

^ exactly

I don't think a lot of the other people do either, especially Kanye

I've discussed this multiple times, but yeah, they're white countries. White refers to both Indigenous European groups and Indo-European groups. Most White people are of Indo-European descent, meaning they're mixed from both Northern Indian Subcontinent and Indigenous European groups. This is substantiated by both anthropological and linguistic fact. This is why the Shah of Iran called himself the Light of the Aryans, this is why there's no shortage of blue-eyed, blonde haired people in the Middle East or South Central Asia, and this is why the census in the USA points out that people from these regions are White while you're filling it out.