Hey there Panama….I read this comment, which is kinda off the main subject. But I was just interested in hearing your theory on this….Curiosity has struck me. However, I bet I know what your theory may be. Nonetheless, I rather have you explain and see if I was on the right path. You can e-mail me personally, or post it here…

Thanks babe

The movie does not show an accurate version of our life.

Garbage!

Yeah, this clip? Had me DYING in my cubicle at work man. The bad acting, the unrealistic scenario…there’s no way that he could put his face in her face like that and not end up scratched up by an artificial nail or something. Especially the way they were getting upset in the house when he drove up. HILARIOUS!!!!

I live in Washington DC, and according to this site, ( http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=147 ) as of 2000, roughly the same amount of African immigrants were in DC as NY. Given that, I feel as if I have as much access to Africans. Further, I live near a largely African corridor of DC, specifically Ethiopian and Eritrean and maybe West Africans are more likely than East Africans to date white women, but as it stands, we have no proof on that. In fact, DC has a higher proportion of Africans.

Further, for those that live in the DC area, we know that northern VA, which has largely African and Arab enclaves ALSO has HUGE numbers of interracial couples. I’m not sure why, but in VA its just one of those normal things. Given that, and despite the large numbers of Africans, the most common mixed race black/white couples are African-American men and white women. I’ve seen very few Africans with white women. Granted, I have seen one here and there, but very few.

And to further that point, from Wikipedia’s search on interracial marriage (so take it with a grain of salt but until it can be proven otherwise, Im buying it, and assuming dating would naturally lead to marriage):

It is found that racial endogamy (marrying within one’s social group) is much stronger for immigrants as compared to natives; it is 4.9 times more likely for black immigrants than for African Americans. Additionally, black immigrants have the highest rates of endogamy of immigrants. Also, black immigrants are much more likely to marry other same-race immigrants and African Americans, than to out-marry racially. Native-born whites are also 1.6 times more likely to marry a native-born black than an immigrant counterpart. Immigrant black women are generally more likely to marry native-born whites than their male counterparts.

All that to say, black American men date white women more than African men do, and though I don’t have a problem with it in the film’s context, its still not a normal occurence, hence I chose to gripe about the unrealisticness of that part even further.

Tired Black Man was clearly made by and for corny black men and the white women who love them. I shudder at the thought of this being a full-length movie.

It’s actually safe to say that the Asian chick is the new White girl.

As far as Africans are concerned know of a few Africans that date white women. In fact in college (FDU) I knew a whole bunch of guys from Senegal and that was their specialty.

So that’s why I can see why they are more convincing because they do it more often and they aren’t as self conscious about it as we are.

@The Hostess: Yeah, I didnt comment on it but the one thing the clip did touch on that I don’t think gets enough airtime is the theory of the college educated hoodrat. THAT is something well worth discussing on a panel or at the next State of Black America conference.

@The Diggy Doc (clearly your new name): Maybe this is a regional thing or something, but errum, I don’t exactly see SO many white women dating actual Africans. I see them dating the niggas that celebrate Kwanzaa, not the niggas that Kwanzaa is SUPPOSED to be celebrating. And apparently I’m not the only one who was kind of surprised at that. I could be very wrong on this, but I’m gonna need a little more data on real Africans dating white women at a higher rate African Americans before I drink that Kool-Aid.

I also have a theory on why that isn’t the case that I might whip (it real hard, whip it whip it real hard) out at some point.

Everyday I’m hustlin.

After watching it, I was totally expecting this entry to be about interacial blah blah blah. But nygga, you caught the ESSENCE of what this clip was all about! This ain’t about tired black men, it’s about an unrealistic scenario between Baby Daddy, Baby Mamma, and her three friends! And to think them three bytches stayed SEATED the whole time??!!

This clip is such utter, obvious, clear, and present bullshyt…. yet the hilarity of its unrealness is funny as fukk.