Uno and Black Culture

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A little primer on AA culture: we like to put our own twists on mainstream US culture. What we like doesn’t have to have an African origin or come from our own history for it to be embraced as “a black thing”. And something being “a black thing” doesn’t mean that we’re saying we invented it. Only that we’ve embraced it and it’s a recognizable part of our cultural identity.

So if I grew up playing Uno with my grandparents, moved on to playing it with my white friends at college and now play it with my white kids, doesn’t that make it a “white thing” for me? Of course not. It’s a game meant for and played by people of all races. It doesn’t belong to a set culture. It can be your thing or my thing. It’s not a race thing.


We have all really gone over the edge of ridiculous race baiting issues.

Grits
Collards
Fried fish

All part of black culture but also white peoples ear it.

Do you not understand culture?

I think the point is that something ubiquitous is not uniquely cultural by definition. I would be like saying drinking water is a part of XX cultural identity.

It’s like saying eating pasta is part of Italian culture.

No it isn't. Some parts of Italy don't eat a lot of pasta, and every culture has some form of noodle dish. Italian pasta is a culinary stye from a particular area -- it isn't Uno.

However, is appears that adults gathering for the purpose of playing Uno is a special thing in some Black communities, like Bunco in Southern social circles, or Bridge in midwestern suburbs, so there you have it. Something ubiquitous also becomes cultural.

😂😂

You are arguing pasta is not Italian because they don’t eat it in every region.

You know if you talk to a black person from Georgia their experience and music sand traditions in a are different than a black person from Brooklyn. Doesn’t mean crunk is not part of black culture because it but a Brooklyn thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, who’s claiming Crazy Eights? If it’s still up for grabs, I’m bagging it for the Jews.

Nope you have Mahjong

Not a card game! And I think the Chinese would have something to say about it.

[Anonymous]

This is such a sad thread. Some things can be part of more than one American cultures the same time (eg, Mahjong). AND some ethnic groups in different part of the country or heck a different part of a city, may not do things people associate with AA culture (eg, just because you’re AA doesn’t mean you grew up on collards). Yeesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a sad thread. Some things can be part of more than one American cultures the same time (eg, Mahjong). AND some ethnic groups in different part of the country or heck a different part of a city, may not do things people associate with AA culture (eg, just because you’re AA doesn’t mean you grew up on collards). Yeesh.

It is sad. Not too long ago things were the “American culture” and now it’s all getting divided up. It’s the wrong direction and it’s such a bummer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, who’s claiming Crazy Eights? If it’s still up for grabs, I’m bagging it for the Jews.

Nope you have Mahjong

Not a card game! And I think the Chinese would have something to say about it.

Google it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a sad thread. Some things can be part of more than one American cultures the same time (eg, Mahjong). AND some ethnic groups in different part of the country or heck a different part of a city, may not do things people associate with AA culture (eg, just because you’re AA doesn’t mean you grew up on collards). Yeesh.

Good post!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are 470 variations of UNO.

I’m claiming the other 469.

Back off b$tchs

Better post!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is such a sad thread. Some things can be part of more than one American cultures the same time (eg, Mahjong). AND some ethnic groups in different part of the country or heck a different part of a city, may not do things people associate with AA culture (eg, just because you’re AA doesn’t mean you grew up on collards). Yeesh.

It is sad. Not too long ago things were the “American culture” and now it’s all getting divided up. It’s the wrong direction and it’s such a bummer

Not true at all.

All regions in the US have always had their own “culture”.

Texas vs. nc bbq
Chicago vs ny pizza
Southern food vs Midwestern food

On and on
It’s actually better we can share in all cultures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are 470 variations of UNO.

I’m claiming the other 469.

Back off b$tchs

Better post!

^^^ Fragile

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is such a sad thread. Some things can be part of more than one American cultures the same time (eg, Mahjong). AND some ethnic groups in different part of the country or heck a different part of a city, may not do things people associate with AA culture (eg, just because you’re AA doesn’t mean you grew up on collards). Yeesh.

It is sad. Not too long ago things were the “American culture” and now it’s all getting divided up. It’s the wrong direction and it’s such a bummer

Not true at all.

All regions in the US have always had their own “culture”.

Texas vs. nc bbq
Chicago vs ny pizza
Southern food vs Midwestern food

On and on
It’s actually better we can share in all cultures.

Exactly- share all cultures, the American culture being a blend of them all. And your examples are REGIONAL which is not anywhere near the same tho g as different races claiming things as “theirs”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's tied to cookouts and family gatherings during times of joy and sadness. Spades and dominoes are even worse, tables get flipped, people get cursed out or cry.

Please don’t say this—white people will take it as gospel that all black families are like this. We are black and nothing like this has ever happened at any gathering.

I will say that Scrabble got intense in our household growing up and my younger bro did flip the Scrabble board on one occasion. We were religious so no cursing, though.

I’m white and I took this as hyperbole to illustrate that spades and dominoes are serious business. I get it. When I was a teenager playing poker with relatives, my uncles would be very unhappy with me if I folded out of turn. This wasn’t exactly the high rollers’ table. We were playing for pennies that went back in an old coffee can when we were finished playing. 😂

[Anonymous]

This actually reminds me of when Kenyon Martin said this-
“Do I need to remind this ... boy that his last name (is) Lin? Like, come on, let’s stop this. These people. There is no way possible he would’ve made it on one of our teams with that (expletive) going on on his head,” Martin said in a now-deleted video that was posted on Instagram. “Come on. Somebody really needs to tell him, like (alright), we get it. We get it, you want to be black. We get it, but the last name is Lin.”
And Lin responded with this-
“Hey man, it’s all good. You definitely don’t have to like my hair and (are) definitely entitled to your opinion,” he wrote. “Actually I (am) legit grateful (for) you sharing it (to be honest). At the end of the day, I appreciate that I have dreads and you have Chinese tattoos (because) I think its a sign of respect. And I think as minorities, the more that we appreciate each other's cultures, the more we influence mainstream society. Thanks for everything you did for the Nets and hoops ... had your poster up on my wall growing up.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only card game association o have is that Euchre is for white midwestern people.

I’m one of a handful of white native Ohioans who never learned to play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A little primer on AA culture: we like to put our own twists on mainstream US culture. What we like doesn’t have to have an African origin or come from our own history for it to be embraced as “a black thing”. And something being “a black thing” doesn’t mean that we’re saying we invented it. Only that we’ve embraced it and it’s a recognizable part of our cultural identity.

So if I grew up playing Uno with my grandparents, moved on to playing it with my white friends at college and now play it with my white kids, doesn’t that make it a “white thing” for me? Of course not. It’s a game meant for and played by people of all races. It doesn’t belong to a set culture. It can be your thing or my thing. It’s not a race thing.


We have all really gone over the edge of ridiculous race baiting issues.

Grits
Collards
Fried fish

All part of black culture but also white peoples ear it.

Do you not understand culture?

I think the point is that something ubiquitous is not uniquely cultural by definition. I would be like saying drinking water is a part of XX cultural identity.

It’s like saying eating pasta is part of Italian culture.

No it isn't. Some parts of Italy don't eat a lot of pasta, and every culture has some form of noodle dish. Italian pasta is a culinary stye from a particular area -- it isn't Uno.

However, is appears that adults gathering for the purpose of playing Uno is a special thing in some Black communities, like Bunco in Southern social circles, or Bridge in midwestern suburbs, so there you have it. Something ubiquitous also becomes cultural.

😂😂

You are arguing pasta is not Italian because they don’t eat it in every region.

You know if you talk to a black person from Georgia their experience and music sand traditions in a are different than a black person from Brooklyn. Doesn’t mean crunk is not part of black culture because it but a Brooklyn thing.

whooosh (point going over your head)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is such a sad thread. Some things can be part of more than one American cultures the same time (eg, Mahjong). AND some ethnic groups in different part of the country or heck a different part of a city, may not do things people associate with AA culture (eg, just because you’re AA doesn’t mean you grew up on collards). Yeesh.

It is sad. Not too long ago things were the “American culture” and now it’s all getting divided up. It’s the wrong direction and it’s such a bummer

Not true at all.

All regions in the US have always had their own “culture”.

Texas vs. nc bbq
Chicago vs ny pizza
Southern food vs Midwestern food

On and on
It’s actually better we can share in all cultures.

Exactly- share all cultures, the American culture being a blend of them all. And your examples are REGIONAL which is not anywhere near the same tho g as different races claiming things as “theirs”

Again... even black people have regional cultures... just like America... and AA people are American so it’s literally the same.

Italians have a culture but Ny and Chicago are different
AA have culture but Ny and Chicago is not the same... music coming out of Chicago is very different than NY is very different than DC.

It’s the same.