I've been reading a lot about the way Tavis Smiley is praising Prince and how much he has voiced his admiration for him. I just wanna say that the bond between successful, intelligent Black men that have overcome they're stuggles and acquired the success that these men have cannot be felt or understood by anyone that has not walked miles in their shoes, you will NEVER understand, so stop the critism. For those that are still living at home with momma, and wiping your ass with the toilet paper your parents buy. You are out of order!

lol.....nice.

Dayclear said:

There ya go!
Stop hatin and celebrate!

Dayclear said:

They just hatin because Prince is clearly more relaxed and intimate with Tavis which lends to a much more genuine interview. As a black man who is in the process of "making it do what it do" on many fronts i appreciate watching two positive brotha's just rappin.
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Dayclear said:

Shouldn't have included that inane comment.

Dayclear said:

The correct spelling is "their" and "criticism" . . . and the last line completely negates the validity of your message.

As for the Tavis show, I think people were hoping to get more Q&A in the "interview", and less on-air adoration for adoration's sake.

I think you are right and I also think all the little spelling bee champs need to relax

sweetkarmel said:

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They need to relax and shut the hell up!!! Your always going to have some people who do not want to hear the truth. Both Tavis and Prince had it hard coming up but they made it. Brothers need to get off of their butts and make it happen.
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That's right!
We were just a fly on the wall observing two intelligent black men speaking as freely as possible on public television. Consider this much more thought provoking viewing than most of the junk on t.v. now. Tavis doesn't know the answers to the worlds problems and neither does Prince but it's wonderful they both show a great interest.

laurarichardson said:

I was mainly critiquing this line: "For those that are still living at home with momma, and wiping your ass with the toilet paper your parents buy. You are out of order!"

One: it really has nothing to do with your "message". Using profanities and crude language while presenting your argument is unnecessary.

Two: a paragraph about intelligent Black men that contains 2 typos? There's something contradictory there.

Your main message is very strong though. You're proud of both Prince and Tavis for overcoming adversities and becoming strong, successful Black men. So am I.

Se7en said:

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It's always so interesting how a statement on the org causes so much emotion and sometimes anger from posters It's really quite sad at the same time. Everybody has a right to their own opinion. We don't have to agree, but we should at least be courteous.

nurseV said:

Prince fans are a very emotional bunch of purple ppl I tell ya

Dayclear said:

spell check

inane comment check

intelligence check

oh, wait a minute.....this is the org.....nevermind

you are the one who is out of order.....please do not pm me unless you have something relevant to contribute here because nobody is criticizing their struggle.....what do u know about struggle anyway? pleeeze.....
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laurarichardson said:

Should be "you're".

squirrelgrease said:

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So that's it, is it?

We can't critique the Tavis brown-nosing, sorry interview, on the basis that they are two black guys that have overcome hardships.

...mmmmm, OK.

JayJai said:

Excuse me

squirrelgrease said:

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Stop wasting time ripping people over grammer. Most of us have jobs we are doing this on the slay mistakes are going to be. Get over it. Try spending less time correcting people and more time discussing ideas.
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TyphoonTip said:

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japanrocks said:

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Baltimore, MD. Your from Baltimore you do not have right to discuss intelligence

laurarichardson said:

Hahahahaha laurarichardson is the best. Her posts have always been vaguely racist. And PLEASE. I'm blacker than Tavis Smiley.

what i saw was an intellectual conversation between two intelligent men.

Holloman said:

Agreed

Holloman said:

Most of it was intelligent, and it was a very interesting interview:

• Soundscan
• Record label/no airplay
• Jack Johnson
• Chemtrails
• 8 US Presidents before Washington
• How he learned to play piano
• Talk of epilepsy/childhood teasing

nurseV said:

sarcasm nurseV...sarcasm...but...
Prince is a very deep, emotional, sensitive person.
One has to be at least very emotional to be feelin him as much as we do.

This thread is deep.

Gohi said:

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I have never said anything racist and this thread is about positive brothers being featured in the media not two ignorant no-count brothers which is what you usually see.

Please explain how pointing this out is racist.
Maybe you need to look up the word and learn the definition.
Mentioning the topic of race is not being racist.
but you run and hide back in whatever world your living in.