tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post4483666129915167910..comments2023-11-05T07:37:47.920-05:00Comments on The Assimilated Negro: On Sale Forever: Chopper SuitsT.A.N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03386902584581113328noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-41937132434438464982011-10-30T18:42:38.123-04:002011-10-30T18:42:38.123-04:00There were over 6000 comments on that post. THey d...There were over 6000 comments on that post. THey deleted most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-57253687873084242522011-10-30T15:25:43.004-04:002011-10-30T15:25:43.004-04:00Diddy looks so young, how old is he in that pictur...Diddy looks so young, how old is he in that picture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-80705148452282910002011-10-29T16:39:38.351-04:002011-10-29T16:39:38.351-04:00Great article...But isn't part out the point o...Great article...But isn't part out the point of it that our-ish generation (How old are you? 40?) or mini-generation is distinct from Gen X but not atomized by the millennial generation? <br /><br />The dominant theory is that the Millenials don't have shared references - you don't think that differs across racial lines?<br /><br />Probably not...maybe it's just the acute awareness of the outsider perceiving those on the relative other side of the glass as more united than they are...but it sometimes seems to me there's still a certain set of black cultural fare that more Black people share knowledge of, just because some black cultural products (esp. movies and TV) are still more limited, casting still segregated, etc. <br /><br />These suits convos are definitely older references - so there's probably just as many white cultural references for *that* time. What I'm asking is, do you think there are any racial differences around the cultural atomization phenomenon?Julia Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423083856733862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-62385918815484832022011-10-29T13:35:29.544-04:002011-10-29T13:35:29.544-04:00i don't know if having reference is any differ...i don't know if having reference is any different black v white. writing thati thought about this <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2011/10/generation_catalano_the_generation_stuck_between_gen_x_and_the_m.2.html" rel="nofollow">catalano generation</a> piece on slate. and there's different ecosystems with, maybe, different rules. but they're both chock full of references<br /><br />i think internet age makes all that more accessible and tangible. an overton from living single gif is amazing workaround to the problem of maybe not getting that reference in anecdotal writing or conversationT.A.N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03386902584581113328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16210951.post-74126886978171837382011-10-29T13:18:44.472-04:002011-10-29T13:18:44.472-04:00"the cultural details in threads like this ar..."the cultural details in threads like this are ridiculous. Overton from Living Single, every Michael Clarke Duncan character, nuggets on OJ, sports commentary. it's a black pop culture seminar, basically." - it seems like Black culture has maintained a set of shared communal references longer than white culture has (era of 3,000 channels, etc.). Do you think this continues/will continue to be true in the the Internet Age?Julia Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423083856733862669noreply@blogger.com