Idris Elba: Black Men Not Considered “Sexy” By America

[z]

I'm going to take the unpopular stance and say that college education is WAY overrated. I went to Northwestern for 1 semester and it just wasn't for me so I left. I don't think I'm TOO dumb.

I agree with jaisee, college education is WAY overrated. I have said that shit plenty of times on this board and to the HS students that I mentor. You don’t have to go to college to make a good living nor to have a great future. Also college is not really the measure of intelligence either. But if you get a scholarship be it athletics or academics or your folks are willing to fork for it, then I say go for it, especially if you don’t have any definitive future plans.
There are tons of successful ppl who never went to college or dropped out of one and became successful; Bill Gates & Mark Zuckerberg come to mind.

 

[The Dark King]

I was planning to go back to school to do Law a couple months ago. I think it has more to do with my previous employer, but not in the mood for it at the moment. I have a very blessed job with great schedules so I think will ride it for a little. If I am going back for more schooling, got to be for MBA or JD and not accepting anywhere except what mofo Petty mentioned, lol. You got to look at your investments, i.e time, money & energy and the RTN value.
Anyhoo, good luck in your grad school, bruh.

Thanks kid. I need it and I'm lucky I'm getting help.

 

[The Dark King]

I agree with jaisee, college education is WAY overrated. I have said that shit plenty of times on this board and to the HS students that I mentor. You don’t have to go to college to make a good living nor to have a great future. Also college is not really the measure of intelligence either. But if you get a scholarship be it athletics or academics or your folks are willing to fork for it, then I say go for it, especially if you don’t have any definitive future plans.
There are tons of successful ppl who never went to college or dropped out of one and became successful; Bill Gates & Mark Zuckerberg come to mind.

Negro those are the exception not the rule, bm need to go to college and thats the truth period.

 

[z]

Negro those are the exception not the rule, bm need to go to college and thats the truth period.

True, but there are brothers who make a decent living with out college Edumacation.

 

[pettyofficerj]

i thought TD Jakes was homeless?

now you got a job, lol

in all seriousness tho, having a job with a good schedule or taking advantage of online options helps tremendously

obviously not everyone needs or is even suited for college, but if you play it right it will help you. There's a reason why statistics say college grads on average make more money over the course of their lives than non-grads. If that doesn't tell you to do something, I don't know what else to say.

 

[satyr]

A ton is 2,000 pounds. I doubt that Gates and Zuckerberg together equal half that. I also doubt that two guys, figuratively, equal a "ton" either.

I won't get into the college debate because it's a well-worn topic on this board, and for whatever reason so many black men are aggressively in favor of less education. Where is that blackguyatprinceton dude? Only twenty and more capable intellectually than guys old enough to be his father.

There are tons of successful ppl who never went to college or dropped out of one and became successful; Bill Gates & Mark Zuckerberg come to mind.

 

[jaisee]

A ton is 2,000 pounds. I doubt that Gates and Zuckerberg together equal half that. I also doubt that two guys, figuratively, equal a "ton" either.

I won't get into the college debate because it's a well-worn topic on this board, and for whatever reason so many black men are aggressively in favor of less education. Where is that blackguyatprinceton dude? Only twenty and more capable intellectually than guys old enough to be his father.

I'm not against it, not one bit. I just think it's overrated. I'd never tell anyone NOT to get an education.,. especially a black person who already has the odds against them.

I was just fortunate enough to have a really good opportunity at a very young age. Now I make considerably more than a lot of my counterparts and I'm not over 50k in debt.

 

[z]

A ton is 2,000 pounds. I doubt that Gates and Zuckerberg together equal half that. I also doubt that two guys, figuratively, equal a "ton" either.

I won't get into the college debate because it's a well-worn topic on this board, and for whatever reason so many black men are aggressively in favor of less education. Where is that blackguyatprinceton dude? Only twenty and more capable intellectually than guys old enough to be his father.

You’re right this topic has been discussed many times on this board. And I would like to point out that I am not knocking college down. The issue I have is when someone takes out serious loan and goes to college and major in something not very marketable. That person ends up going back to live with mommy & daddy and unemployed, that is my concern. Other than that I got NO beef with higher education, Christ knows it has been more than good to me.

Anyhoo, I am out of this thread, this is about Idris Alba and WW…….not about college.

 

[pettyofficerj]

You’re right this topic has been discussed many times on this board. And I would like to point out that I am not knocking college down. The issue I have is when someone takes out serious loan and goes to college and major in something not very marketable. That person ends up going back to live with mommy & daddy and unemployed, that is my concern. Other than that I got NO beef with higher education, Christ knows it has been more than good to me.

Anyhoo, I am out of this thread, this is about Idris Alba and WW…….not about college.

lmao...PhD in thread derailing, yes sir

look on the bright side tho...we gave the OP a thread with like 30 pages in 1 day

i know he's getting his rocks off knowing he started something garnering this much attention

 

[jaisee]

I forgot who OP was by now.... was it assherpes?

 

[Frederick]

yeah basically a good portion of us should have stopped reading right there

Idris is race-baiting

Race baiting? Dude is telling the truth.

Man, I was wrong before. Most of ya'll don't just have your heads stuck in the sand. Motherfuckers up in this bitch got their whole bodies buried in it.

You actually got dudes up in here reveling the big dick mandingo stereotypes like that's a positive for black men as if it means that brothers are genuinely desired in American culture.

 

[pettyofficerj]

lmao

now you're taking potshots at black men blessed with cocks of great proportion

is there no stopping you

 

[xoxo]

Race baiting? Dude is telling the truth.

Man, I was wrong before. Most of ya'll don't just have your heads stuck in the sand. Motherfuckers up in this bitch got their whole bodies buried in it.

lol

 

[AlmostThere]

This is why so many wealthy black men date white women. Once they make it big they can finally afford to buy their trophy white women who otherwise would never go near a black man.

You and Quanto are trolls but I this should be addressed:

From http://www.empowernewsmag.com/listings.php?article=2051

When we use the census to compare household economic status between black and interracial couples, we find that 8 percent of black males who are living at or near poverty have a white wife, and 9 percent of black males who are middle class or better have a white wife. Among married black men with a personal income of more than $100,000, 12 percent have a white wife, 83 percent have a black wife, and 5 percent have a wife who is neither black nor white.

So much for the "only ones with money" BS.

 

[pettyofficerj]

i dont need statistics to remind me of what I see on the daily, but damn if he can't understand that..it's no use

the margin between the three groups is not big enough to reinforce a claim that ww are gold diggers

 

[GQ Brotha]

my hat goes off to you

although it's worked both ways for me

sometimes i approach them, sometimes they come to me

either way, sitting behind a computer living life vicariously through others, is not the way

like jaisee said, you gotta go out and do shit and have confidence. you can't be turned off because you got turned down either. As men, we're supposed to be able to take it and keep trying.

:smt023

This right here bro. Sac up and get on with it.

I've never had a problem approaching white women.

I see them as women, I know what I'm attracted to and I pursue that as a man. What's the worse that can happen, they don't like you. That happens with any woman anywhere.

 

[pettyofficerj]

:smt023

This right here bro. Sac up and get on with it.

I've never had a problem approaching white women.

I see them as women, I know what I'm attracted to and I pursue that as a man. What's the worse that can happen, they don't like you. That happens with any woman anywhere.

pretty much

it's not a racial thing...it's a dating thing

it's as if people don't think white men get turned down by ww..what kind of delirium is that?

 

[GQ Brotha]

I only read the first and last page of this thread and guess that it decidedly took a turn at some point.

Whoever thinks that handsome and well-educated black men are in demand, well fucking D-U-H.

And I wish that GQ Brotha's parents had immigrated elsewhere as well.

That is all.

Look clown, I thought there was a very clear and present understanding between us that I find you to be a repulsive, recalcitrant and dimwitted jackass. From the very first day I ever responded to you a mighty good while ago.

With your fruity, lame ass, reject one line posts, that only you seem to think are actually humorous. Learn to avoid speaking to people that have no desire to speak to you.

Typical bitch ass character to throw someone's name into your funky mouth that put you on full blast a good while ago.

Still smarting from that after all this time, get over it. What a first rate douche with your corny, humorless one line retorts that are fit for dry humor.

You should heed the advice given to you before that if you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all. What is hard to grasp about that, Satyricoon, the veritable clown of this forum.

Stick to referencing the people that enjoy your shtick on here.

Keep my name out of your mouth and we will have nothing to say to each other, you have nothing noteworthy to discuss at any rate with your usual imbecilic laced responses, and I use the term responses very lightly.

 

[pettyofficerj]

I thought there was a very clear and present understanding between us that I find you to be a repulsive, recalcitrant and dimwitted jackass.

From the very first day I ever responded to you a good while ago.

With your fruity, lame ass, reject one line posts, that only you seem to think are actually humorous. Learn to avoid speaking to people that have no desire to speak to you.

Typical bitch ass character to throw someone's name into your funky mouth that put you on full blast a good while ago.

Still smarting from that after all this time, get over it. What a first rate douche with your corny, humorless one line retorts that are fit for dry humor.

recalcitrant

there's a word i have never seen used in a forum

 

[GQ Brotha]

recalcitrant

there's a word i have never seen used in a forum

LOL, I just don't like that guy. One of those annoying twits that seemingly thinks being a smart aleck is becoming of a man.

Well it isn't. There were 22 pages of posts and he shows up to make that comment he did, interesting, pulling my name out of nowhere when he fully well knows what I think of him.

That was clearly established pretty long ago. http://www.whitewomenblackmen.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16238&page=3

Can't believe he is still smarting from that shit. That was 7 months ago, damn.

Muthafuckas need to take a hint. I don't even speak to this clown in any capacity on here. Irrelevant nigga.

I have 1 negative rep ever being on here, because I usually approach people respectfully in discussions, even if I disagree with them.Well guess who the 1 negative rep was from this jackass minstrel show character, anonymously sent of course. Where he simply stated, oops, you spoke too soon, in regards to me saying I have never had a negative rep on here. That was his negative rep to me. W.T.F.

Clearly he can't help himself with his daft one liners. Its like a repetitive circus act from him.

I saw his behavior a good while ago. You all can deal with him and his three ring circus performances. That is one goofy ass character. This is probably just what he looks like in real life judging by his successful attempts at being the Grade A board idiot.