Yeah I know that,
but if black people now all come together and segregate themselves and cultivate an identity based around the fact that people who have very dark skin constitute a completely separate "sort of person", that this isn't really helping because that's precisely what white people did to them and what caused all the trouble in the first place.

I don't know what the solution is, to be honest, but I have a bad feeling about this particular approach.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:06, archived)

You've missed the point
It doesn't say anywhere that only black people can enter.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:07, archived)

see the rules page
"The Black Weblog Awards are for weblogs by Black people."
(Salvadore Peagrove needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:08, archived)

Ah, furry muff.
Even still, if they want to hold an awards to promote black culture I still don't understand what the problem is.

White culture hardly needs promotion. That's the aim of the Black Web Awards and I think it's a great idea.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:14, archived)

I agree
I have no problem with an awards to promote black culture, just the fact that non-blacks are excluded
(Salvadore Peagrove needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:26, archived)

It is called the "Black Weblog Awards",
and it's "fueled by Blackweb 2.0".
It makes me a tad uneasy.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:09, archived)

That's because you hate blacks innit.

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:10, archived)

no I'd feel equally uneasy
about a website fuelled by "whiteweb 2.0"
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:11, archived)

I met someone who lived in Edinburgh who was really racist once
I take this to mean that everyone in Edinburgh is incredibly racist
( Theoban What of it, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:11, archived)

nobody complained
when Amy Winehouse or Tim Westwood won MOBO awards
(Salvadore Peagrove needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:07, archived)

Except you, in impotent keyboard-mashing fury.

( ArthurTheRat, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:09, archived)