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“By gemini10 on October 7, 2010 3:33 PM
To the black folks:
Why do some black folks talk at the movie at the movie theatre? it’s weird and annoying and I don’t know why some black people do it! – any thoughts – hopefully none of you do that…my husband doesn’t and he can’t seem to give me a good answer on it”
I was unaware this was an exclusively black phenomenon. In fact, I have been in theaters where I was the ONLY black person (which I was in New Hampshire) and I definitely heard people talking, and I was not one of them (“Apocalypse Now” comes to mind).
I have serious weekend fever. I’m making lists of the restaurants I want to eat at over the three day weekend, and the recipes I want to make, and a bunch of other stuff.
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Why do some black folks talk at the movie at the movie theatre? it’s weird and annoying and I don’t know why some black people do it! – any thoughts – hopefully none of you do that…my husband doesn’t and he can’t seem to give me a good answer on it
LOL that’s just trashy people. it is NOT a black thing. i got shushed like FIVE times at the pavilion on friday night!!!! im horrible at the movies if the movie is terrible. it’s something i dont like about myself
and Parkslope here is where i go to the dentist:
21 Spring Street
New York, New York 10012
The whole “other mind” experience frames so much of our daily social interactions, that I think it really adds to races not understanding each other. I think of the times I’ve been misunderstood/didn’t understand someone, and with race, what is one to naturally think when something unpleasant happens? “Must be because I’m X.”
>…or anyone else wants to respond that it’s not their job to educate me or other white folks, that’s perfectly understandable and I accept it
Parksloper, hanging out in CA too long? That and your acceptance of ‘look it up in wiki’ is way too understanding. I think you asked a perfectly reasonable question (and I was thinking of asking i myself) and basically got no response.
>would be an insult to the person’s credibility as a genuine black person
Which is what, exactly? Of course, I’ve never understood why ‘being anything’ (ethnic, race, identity or whatever) has such a high premium. All it does is isolate you from your fellow human beings if you’re stuffy about it. I don’t think about being a ‘genuine Indian’ and wouldn’t care at all if someone pointed out my shortcomings in that area.
gem, I don’t think a single black person with some sense can give you a good answer to that. I avoid certain theaters because they attract blacks (and latinos, we ain’t leavin y’all out!) that talk to each other, talk on the phone, bring their babies (even to R-rated flicks), and will bring in whole damn meals.
Not too many of those types at EV Cinema and The Angelika. I’m an indy lover anyway, so I’m even less likely to be caught at Court Street.
“people in their early 30’s, when they were in middle school it was taught to us, quite outright, that the term black was a negative term to call someone”
I was told that as well when I was a kid, can’t remember if it was at school.
The alternatives suggested (not African-American, b/c we weren’t in the US) are now thought of as offensive though so I don’t / won’t say them.
“By gemini10 on October 7, 2010 3:33 PM
To the black folks:
Why do some black folks talk at the movie at the movie theatre? it’s weird and annoying and I don’t know why some black people do it! – any thoughts – hopefully none of you do that…my husband doesn’t and he can’t seem to give me a good answer on it”
I was unaware this was an exclusively black phenomenon. In fact, I have been in theaters where I was the ONLY black person (which I was in New Hampshire) and I definitely heard people talking, and I was not one of them (“Apocalypse Now” comes to mind).
I have serious weekend fever. I’m making lists of the restaurants I want to eat at over the three day weekend, and the recipes I want to make, and a bunch of other stuff.
Santas are one step away from clowns on the creepy scale.
quote:
Why do some black folks talk at the movie at the movie theatre? it’s weird and annoying and I don’t know why some black people do it! – any thoughts – hopefully none of you do that…my husband doesn’t and he can’t seem to give me a good answer on it
LOL that’s just trashy people. it is NOT a black thing. i got shushed like FIVE times at the pavilion on friday night!!!! im horrible at the movies if the movie is terrible. it’s something i dont like about myself
and Parkslope here is where i go to the dentist:
21 Spring Street
New York, New York 10012
Telephone
212-226-1666
*rob*
The whole “other mind” experience frames so much of our daily social interactions, that I think it really adds to races not understanding each other. I think of the times I’ve been misunderstood/didn’t understand someone, and with race, what is one to naturally think when something unpleasant happens? “Must be because I’m X.”
>…or anyone else wants to respond that it’s not their job to educate me or other white folks, that’s perfectly understandable and I accept it
Parksloper, hanging out in CA too long? That and your acceptance of ‘look it up in wiki’ is way too understanding. I think you asked a perfectly reasonable question (and I was thinking of asking i myself) and basically got no response.
>would be an insult to the person’s credibility as a genuine black person
Which is what, exactly? Of course, I’ve never understood why ‘being anything’ (ethnic, race, identity or whatever) has such a high premium. All it does is isolate you from your fellow human beings if you’re stuffy about it. I don’t think about being a ‘genuine Indian’ and wouldn’t care at all if someone pointed out my shortcomings in that area.
gem, I don’t think a single black person with some sense can give you a good answer to that. I avoid certain theaters because they attract blacks (and latinos, we ain’t leavin y’all out!) that talk to each other, talk on the phone, bring their babies (even to R-rated flicks), and will bring in whole damn meals.
Not too many of those types at EV Cinema and The Angelika. I’m an indy lover anyway, so I’m even less likely to be caught at Court Street.
http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/
“people in their early 30’s, when they were in middle school it was taught to us, quite outright, that the term black was a negative term to call someone”
I was told that as well when I was a kid, can’t remember if it was at school.
The alternatives suggested (not African-American, b/c we weren’t in the US) are now thought of as offensive though so I don’t / won’t say them.