Society & Culture - 7 June 2006

why is it that throughout american history black people have created a certain pop culture (music, style, fashion, lingo dance...etc..) in our society and were hated and banned at first for their creativity but when white people finally find out, they exploit it and try to copy and market it?

since the days of elvis (who, by the way stole his singing and dancing styles from poor, old black blues singers who created it and never got paid or respect)...and now elvis is considered the king of rock & roll.

now it's a hip hop world.

back in the 70's when hip hop started, white people were saying "turn off that disco". or that "ni**er" music...just like back in the 50's

now you get little white kids dressing, walking, dancing, and talking like so called "ni**ers.

....some even calling themselves "ni**a" but not knowing one single black person.....lol



by the way...im not racist...i just think it's interesting.

2006-06-07 06:51:45 · 8 answers · asked by mikey 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Hello, i've been learning a language since college. after graduation i still study it from time to time.. im forgetting some i haven't seriously studied in some time now but i still have it. And i plan to review it again and learn more vocabs. But i ask myself , if i never meet the people of that country, never see them, never run into them, so what's the point? Like in highschool i studied french, but there is no french people anywhere so if i was still good, i could never use it. the language now is japanese, and i neeeeever meet these people. in fact ESL students meet more japanese than i would ever, cause they are with them in classes,. . so, is there benefits for me to keep studying if i'm never using it with other people, and i'm never going plan on traveling to countries where it is used? Perhaps at least something in my brain would improve? to be smarter in general? idon't know. help

2006-06-07 06:51:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I am! I don't know why! Are you??

2006-06-07 06:50:38 · 23 answers · asked by Dan =] 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I don't think it's right but I mean to the point where you are too drunk to even be on the road. Cuz I have lost people I really care about in my life due to people drinking & driving and was just curious as to what you guys thought.

2006-06-07 06:49:55 · 17 answers · asked by Girly♥ 7 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-07 06:48:53 · 26 answers · asked by immu z 1 in Religion & Spirituality

If they call it civil unions for the gays, then can we heteros all be content?

Or is this about more than marriage?

2006-06-07 06:46:41 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My friend called me and asked if i would go with him to a mans home and pray. This man was dying of cancer. He was on an oxygen tank, very thin and gasping for breath but fully conscious. I asked him if he would like to pray and accept the Lord Jesus into his heart and he very willingly said yes. He prayed and as he invited the Lord into his heart, the Presence of Jesus appeared on him from head to toe in a visible golden cloud and a great peace filled the room. It looked like a thick golden mist. He is our Lord and He didnt just write the Bible and leave town. He is real and shows Himself to those who seek Him passionatly. Sooo,,,you do that.,,,and why do I post these things ? To give glory to Jesus and hope to those in similar problems. Shira 19 f usa

2006-06-07 06:46:22 · 7 answers · asked by princess_shira99 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-07 06:46:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If I go over someone's house and invoke Saiten, will he stay in the house or follow me home?

2006-06-07 06:45:50 · 20 answers · asked by Dan V 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Example people that believe in Christianity that would look at someone as insane if they believed in other acient European religions - Greek and Roman mythology.
I respect all religions and have no religious beliefs but do believe in spirituality and connection with nature.
My lack of religions is not a lack of morals I have never raped, murdered, or dishonored my mother

2006-06-07 06:45:39 · 32 answers · asked by marleyjane420 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-07 06:44:31 · 49 answers · asked by smilesfromred 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Are people of Islamic beliefs converting to Christianity?

Additional Details
A Muslim's Search for God
His parents' dreams of seeing him become a future Islamic leader seemed to be coming true until a miracle took place and their world came crashing down.
by Abraham Sarker


Until God opened my eyes to see the truth, I was one of the 1.2 billion Muslims blinded by Islam. I was born in a devout Sunni Muslim home in the green, fertile nation of Bangladesh. My father, an Islamic leader with a prominent Islamic political party, and my mother, an Islamic school teacher, together reared me to be a model Muslim boy and future Islamic leader. Their dreams for me seemed to be coming true until a miracle took place, and their world came crashing down.

… if we wanted Allah to accept our fasting, we could take no food or water from sunrise to sunset.
To read more..http://www.christianity.ca/seekinggod/go...

2006-06-07 06:44:09 · 11 answers · asked by i1vebeenblessed 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Males that dress and live as women are trans. But are females that dress ans live as men

2006-06-07 06:43:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-06-07 06:43:30 · 16 answers · asked by ♥WestlifeForLife♥ 3 in Other - Society & Culture

What do you do for a living? How old are you?

2006-06-07 06:42:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Writing poetry is something I really like doing......but what kind of poetry do you write? Dark.......light.......sad.........preppy..........???

2006-06-07 06:41:53 · 22 answers · asked by Josie S. 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

If the stories portrayed in the Bible truly happened, why only then, so there's no one around now to visually testify? Why aren't vegetables randomly sprouting around the starving in africa? Why doesn't the Pope find Osama Bin Laden instead of taking money and touring around like a rock star? The only "miracles" we have revolve around science, with the occasional sighting of satan in a stained glass church window. I don't know if that would be classified as a miracle or an abomination, but nevertheless, when a child with leukemia is suddenly cured, "Oh its a miracle!". No one suggests that hey, maybe the child's body is responsible for fighting it, or here's a theory; medicine actually works! Doctors really know what they're doing and didn't go to med school so "God" could heal....Doctors heal. I get so tired of people giving credit to their "God" rather than the doctor who has been fighting and searching for the answer, and because of their perserverance, find it! Religion is selfish!

2006-06-07 06:41:11 · 7 answers · asked by carolinagrl 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-07 06:39:31 · 22 answers · asked by Lotte T 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-07 06:39:09 · 3 answers · asked by Dan V 1 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-06-07 06:38:57 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

you know the words like b***h or sl*t . I never hear guys talk about each other like that (atleast not behind each others backs anyway) So why do woman do it? Why is it easier for guys to get along than for women to get along?

Just wanna hear some theories.

2006-06-07 06:38:21 · 16 answers · asked by Rika F 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-07 06:35:48 · 20 answers · asked by drugsandgrapes 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-07 06:35:34 · 29 answers · asked by Gimli 1 in Other - Society & Culture

They say Americans just don't get the British sense of humor. I myself spent a few months in England and I have to say I still don't really get it either. Why is it that when my British friends say something they think is funny I don't find it funny at all? Is it because I just don't get it or it's not really funny? When we were watching "Friends" I was the only one who laughed so hard but my friends just sat there.

2006-06-07 06:35:29 · 6 answers · asked by Coco 4 in Other - Society & Culture

Everyone has ther own mind. why can't we all just live and let live? Let people believe what they want. Life is hard enough as it is any beleifs people have that makes there life easier or a little bit more worthwhile surely thats not a bad thing

Im not religious btw i don't beleive in god i just don't feel a need to attack people who are and don't think i should be because i don't believe what someone else does

2006-06-07 06:35:16 · 27 answers · asked by tweetypie88888 4 in Religion & Spirituality

My mom told me she was worried I may not be happy living with a man. I asked her if she was happy with her man (my dad) and she replied: That's why I am worried about you! Do you people think that living with a man is difficult?

2006-06-07 06:34:02 · 20 answers · asked by Randy Q 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

The meek are to inheret the earth, as God's gift to them ... which is now poluted and many species of plants and aninals are extinct or getting close to extinction. Humanity's race for technology and simplicity has made the earth somewhat of a less than perfect gift, in my opinion.

2006-06-07 06:33:41 · 16 answers · asked by pickle head 6 in Religion & Spirituality

would you be willing to adapt to their culture?

2006-06-07 06:32:50 · 19 answers · asked by RICARDO M 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

why is it so hard for guys to hit the toilet seat??? and when they miss they don't have the courtesy to wipe it up...

2006-06-07 06:30:54 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Genesis 1:29-30
Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

2006-06-07 06:30:20 · 13 answers · asked by juan70ahr 3 in Religion & Spirituality