Comments on: Recognition Or Racism? You Be The Judge… http://www.mysincerethoughts.com/2009/01/17/recognition-or-racism-you-be-the-judge/ I'm Just Sayin' Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:25:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Sincere http://www.mysincerethoughts.com/2009/01/17/recognition-or-racism-you-be-the-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Sincere Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://www.mysincerethoughts.com/?p=242#comment-602 hey Amusedone;<br/>I see your point about the hennessy. I am aware of it's origin and I know we can't be the only ones to drink it but I just found it somewhat racist seeing as it is so prevalent in black communities or 'urban' areas. but like you said I may be being short sighted on this, or maybe I'm oversensitive and think that everything is somehow racist. You make a good argument, and actually after letting it simmer for a while, I agree with you on the recognition but I had already hit publish. lol hey Amusedone;
I see your point about the hennessy. I am aware of it’s origin and I know we can’t be the only ones to drink it but I just found it somewhat racist seeing as it is so prevalent in black communities or ‘urban’ areas. but like you said I may be being short sighted on this, or maybe I’m oversensitive and think that everything is somehow racist. You make a good argument, and actually after letting it simmer for a while, I agree with you on the recognition but I had already hit publish. lol

]]> By: amusedone http://www.mysincerethoughts.com/2009/01/17/recognition-or-racism-you-be-the-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-601 amusedone Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:08:00 +0000 http://www.mysincerethoughts.com/?p=242#comment-601 yo sin, what's crackin'?! alrighty, here's my thoughts... (i hope this ain't too long!)<br/>with hennessy, i'll go recognition. here's why, admittedly alcohol can be seen as a major player in the lessening of our communities, granted. but that's to our own choosing. case and point, we don't have to service (hence keep in business) the liquor stores that (not run by us) are major negative players in our community. HOWEVER, getting to the recognition part; we (people in general) all drink, for different reasons and occasions...Hennessy didn't have to recognize such a historical occasion by specially creating a bottle ('cause i don't think they changed the actual cognac) for the occasion. Peep it from another perspective; Diddy is tryna pimp tha hell out of our people in the name of Ciroc and his pockets (not necessarily in that order). Do you see a Limited Edition Vodka running around here?! Lastly, black folk get so short sighted, thinking all the negative in the world revolves around them. remember we drink hennessy just like everyone else. so if there's a negative connotation about hennessy and blak folk, it exists because we allow it to and perpetuate it when isht like this happens. in truth, it was created by an irish man and is backed by the french! if you want to grab a connotation about hennessy and blak folk and run with it....<br/>let it be that, "Jas Hennessy & Co., or more simply Hennessy, is a prominent French winery and co-leader of the prestigious luxury goods company, LVMH. Hennessy specializes in the manufacture of cognac. The company is rich in history and has served many a prominent figure" (wikipedia)<br/><br/>now that afro shirt pic sh!t...nah, i ain't gone be able to do it! <br/>and you KNOW i can't hate on the AF1's...nike been pimpin' us since Jordan made them realize we're a viable demographic...(and they're kinda hot!) so i can't hate! sorry! yo sin, what's crackin'?! alrighty, here's my thoughts… (i hope this ain't too long!)
with hennessy, i'll go recognition. here's why, admittedly alcohol can be seen as a major player in the lessening of our communities, granted. but that's to our own choosing. case and point, we don't have to service (hence keep in business) the liquor stores that (not run by us) are major negative players in our community. HOWEVER, getting to the recognition part; we (people in general) all drink, for different reasons and occasions…Hennessy didn't have to recognize such a historical occasion by specially creating a bottle ('cause i don't think they changed the actual cognac) for the occasion. Peep it from another perspective; Diddy is tryna pimp tha hell out of our people in the name of Ciroc and his pockets (not necessarily in that order). Do you see a Limited Edition Vodka running around here?! Lastly, black folk get so short sighted, thinking all the negative in the world revolves around them. remember we drink hennessy just like everyone else. so if there's a negative connotation about hennessy and blak folk, it exists because we allow it to and perpetuate it when isht like this happens. in truth, it was created by an irish man and is backed by the french! if you want to grab a connotation about hennessy and blak folk and run with it….
let it be that, "Jas Hennessy & Co., or more simply Hennessy, is a prominent French winery and co-leader of the prestigious luxury goods company, LVMH. Hennessy specializes in the manufacture of cognac. The company is rich in history and has served many a prominent figure" (wikipedia)

now that afro shirt pic sh!t…nah, i ain't gone be able to do it!
and you KNOW i can't hate on the AF1's…nike been pimpin' us since Jordan made them realize we're a viable demographic…(and they're kinda hot!) so i can't hate! sorry!

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