Uno and Black Culture

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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.

No, adding Uno to an ever growing list of “black culture” items is not the same as what you are arguing.

[Anonymous]

God forbid we all have something in common, like freaking playing games with our cousins at holidays and barbecues and stuff. God forbid we have similar stories about hyper-competitive uncles or brothers who notoriously cheat.mgod forbid we all just say hey yeah, I loved playing Spades in college, or Uno at my aunt's house. Let's make this a thing. Let's make everything A Thing.

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Anonymous wrote:God forbid we all have something in common, like freaking playing games with our cousins at holidays and barbecues and stuff. God forbid we have similar stories about hyper-competitive uncles or brothers who notoriously cheat.mgod forbid we all just say hey yeah, I loved playing Spades in college, or Uno at my aunt's house. Let's make this a thing. Let's make everything A Thing.

If you are white in America you clearly stole all your culture from someone else, didn’t you know?

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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.

Pasta is literally an Italian word. Uno is Spanish. Stupid argument.

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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.

Pasta is literally an Italian word. Uno is Spanish. Stupid argument.

Uno is Spanish 😂
I can’t believe this hadn’t been pointed out yet

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm White and we played it a ton growing up, especially when cousins got together at my grandparents' house. We also played Hearts a lot. Thank you for bringing up good memories!

I didn't know this was considered to be connected especially to Black culture. Looking forward to hearing more.

Oh! We also played Rummikub. Anyone else?

Love rummikub so much. Anyone else play skip bo?

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you need to unclench. No one is saying non-black people can’t play Uno. Just that it’s very common for black people to do so, so common that it’s a cultural touchstone.

And that's great. Some of us didn't know that yet; including a Black person.

Funny how only the white people got told how "that's like saying you didn't know pasta is an important part of Italian culture," and literally nothing was said to the Black poster who was unaware of the Black cultural importance.

I am the first Black poster. My comment was about nit having heard that it was black-owned or invented by a black personality (turns out it is neither). But I absolutely would identify adults playing Uno frequently and passionately as a Black thing.

I believe you,and that's interesting, and I'm glad to know that now.

What I want to know why this poster was not told "that's like not knowing pasta is part of Italian culture," in a rude tone, as I was:

"I’m Black and I seriously did not know this. We play it often but it never occurred to me, I guess because White people play it too? Unlike spades; I can’t think of anyone I know White that plays spades.

My family will probably “pull my Black card” for not knowing this! 😫😂"

My white family played spades too.

I know lots of white people who plays spades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God forbid we all have something in common, like freaking playing games with our cousins at holidays and barbecues and stuff. God forbid we have similar stories about hyper-competitive uncles or brothers who notoriously cheat.mgod forbid we all just say hey yeah, I loved playing Spades in college, or Uno at my aunt's house. Let's make this a thing. Let's make everything A Thing.

+1. I grew up in a highly majority white area. My extended family and many other families we socialized with played Uno, spades, dominos. I never assumed these were white games. Not sure why anyone would assume they are a "Black" thing. Maybe these games are an "American" thing.

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I honestly didn’t know adults played Uno. There’s no strategy to it! It’s a children’s game.

[Anonymous]

I (a white person) enjoy eating mac and cheese but I can still recognize that it's a significant food for pepole the AA community. It's not that hard to understand.

[Anonymous]

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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

No, before there was WASP culture that everyone else was told was the right way to do things and you’d better get in line with the program. Even as late as the 1960s, my Cuban-American side of the family was given a pamphlet that explained the “American way” to do things. It was all WASP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly didn’t know adults played Uno. There’s no strategy to it! It’s a children’s game.

When cookouts resume, I need to invite you. Bring cash. There are definitely strategies. There are also additional unofficial rules that many AA people play by.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqCuKr6yDGA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I (a white person) enjoy eating mac and cheese but I can still recognize that it's a significant food for pepole the AA community. It's not that hard to understand.

Lol

No. Mac and cheese is a significant food for you American people. It so happens that AA are American. So are non-AA.

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Anonymous wrote:I (a white person) enjoy eating mac and cheese but I can still recognize that it's a significant food for pepole the AA community. It's not that hard to understand.

Lol

No. Mac and cheese is a significant food for you American people. It so happens that AA are American. So are non-AA.

Foods can be part of Black culture but not exclusively. Same way anyone can make hash browns but latkes are Jewish. Anyone can make latkes too, but the special Jewish part is having them with apple sauce around Hannukah.

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Anonymous wrote:I (a white person) enjoy eating mac and cheese but I can still recognize that it's a significant food for pepole the AA community. It's not that hard to understand.

That doesn’t make Mac-n-cheese a “black thing.” Nobody’s denying that Uno is a part of black culture. But it’s also a part of white culture. Same with Mac-n-cheese, bbq’s, drunk uncles, and big Sunday dinners.