Comments on: Love and Consequences: It’s Not about the Lie, It’s about the Subject Matter

By: Marcelle Manhattan

Marcelle Manhattan — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:52:36 +0000

FBC, Thanks! I run a lot. :) And you probably just don’t remember me, or didn’t get my name … I’m the brunette gal you met at Vivane’s, who asked you how you made it in New York and how you juggle your day job with freelancing. Love your blog!

By: draman

draman — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:34:15 +0000

What do you think of people who have a little African ancestry but look totally white but then claim to “understand” the experience of being black. I saw a girl recently on a talk show who looked whiter than white, had blonde hair and blue eyes but discovered she had a great great grandad who was black, she sat up there acting like she was the biggest victim of racism there ever was. Can you really understand what it is to be a minority if you don’t look like one? I have non-white ancestry but look white and would feel like a pretentious ass if I claimed I wasn’t white. I don’t understand those people that do. If I was dark skinned I think I would feel a little insulted when I see that attitude. I guess there’s the 1% rule thing, which was a racist creation designed to disenfranchise people, but now (mostly white) people wave it around like a flag to legitimize themselves as victims. The whole thing seems kind of ridiculous to me.

By: funkybrownchick

funkybrownchick — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:45:16 +0000

Good point. But damn it I didn’t love the afterschool specials!

By: dkzone

dkzone — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:45:24 +0000

too many channels on cable TV, Myspace, and video games.

the only real reason anybody watched after school specials was because there was nothing else on the other 7 available channels.

how can some well meaning kids caught up in the hype of smoking….compete with TRL?

By: funkybrownchick

funkybrownchick — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:24:13 +0000

@ dkzone: Heavy comment. By the way, random sidenote … Whatever happened to after school specials?

@ AkA “Paul” / dkzone interaction: Boys, boys. :) You’re funny!

@ Marcelle Manhattan: Not sure why, but I thought you were a man when I read your comment. Just checked out your blog. Man, was I wrong. Nice legs. ;)

By: Marcelle Manhattan

Marcelle Manhattan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:29:51 +0000

Fuck this shit. I’m not one to police “truth” in memoirs, either, but … semi-rich white chicks appropriating the stories of minorities as if they were theirs? Personally, I’ve had enough of white people speaking for everyone else in America. (And yes, I’m mostly white.)

By: dkzone

dkzone — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:37:13 +0000

hey Paul,

that’s cool. just so long as you don’t write a sitcom for black and latino people.

By: AkA "Paul"

AkA "Paul" — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:19:47 +0000

I recently read an excellent book that delves deeply into the reality behind this farce. It’s titled “Picture Me Livin’” by Black Artemis, and it should be required reading for Seltzer.

Oh and dk, us white-boys say “hood” allll the time. =)

By: dkzone

dkzone — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:01:11 +0000

This thing pisses me off on a few levels.

1. It reads like a bad afterschool special,complete with outdated slang….foshizzle

2.While it may be easy to dismiss as some rogue “author”. The scary part is that someone is reading this and formulating an opinion on “south central”. This person is influencing people in a negative manner. If someone walks up to you in jeans and a t-shirt and says “hi ” i’m from LA south central, people will, even on a subconcious level, become aprehensive.
I was at a party once and we were talking about where we’ were from. One chick says north manhattan. I was like, ” what?….you mean Harlem?!” It was just sad to me that she was trying to distance herself from where she came from. but to have someone who has no clue about harlem formulate a negative opinion of it , probably without ever stepping foot in Harlem, was sad. Even sadder was the fact that she probably experienced that reaction soo much that it clouds peoples vision of who she was as a person. really sweet girl btw.

3. The idea that this liar gets a book deal, when there are people out there writing about their own experiences that can’t get into the door, because they are black. The only thing , in my opinion, that allowed this book to go forward was the fact that this huckster could pass for white….why is that?….because she is white. So some white editor somewhere, was able to feel comfortable talking to this chick about stuff that they wouldn’t dare talk to a dark skinned black person about…let alone let into thier office.

then to top it all off…..

They do zero checks to make sure the story is authentic, because they are drooling over the possibility of putting out this stereotypical crap, that justifies their own preconcieved notion of the ” barbarians” that live in the “hood”

BTW

black and latino’s do not say “hood” anymore

By: funkybrownchick

funkybrownchick — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:21:29 +0000

@ consa: My shit’s already together! :) Already working on a memoir. I’ll add you to my quarterly e-update list to give you the scoop. Or, on second thought, if enough folks here on the FBC are interested, I’ll post the updates here on the blog, too.

@ brown eyes: Hmmm, I think “Lying Memoirs” has a more catchy ring to it than “Fictional Non-Fiction.”