Xzibit Rains On These N*ggas Parade About This "Planking" Craze

[bkkbully]

i'm not saying it's linked to slavery... it's a sick ass co-inky-dink but who cares anyway..

my thing is this... it's stoopid... it aint funny... it's lame... gandy,wack,bootsy whatever you wanna call it...

i feel you. i'll never do it but some of the photos are funny as hell

 

[young_reezy]

i feel you. i'll never do it but some of the photos are funny as hell

true i did laugh at a few especially the stripper one... if you had mad people postin pics of themselves gettin slapped it would be funny too, but at the end of the day it's dumb...

 

[Who Cares???]

Nah its not aligned with racism. Even though it can be traced back to non blacks in a country where a "former" KKK member says "is starting to resemble early times in the deep south". Its just one big ol coincidence.

 

[Miles HIGH]

Nah its not aligned with racism. Even though it can be traced back to non blacks in a country where a "former" KKK member says "is starting to resemble early times in the deep south". Its just one big ol coincidence.

You talmbout England? Or South Africa?

 

[JDSTAYWITIT]

If he makes something making in known or blatantly obvious its not intended for us then yea I find it very counter productive.

Now does planking fall in that category...likely not I was probably reaching.

and there you have it..... and remember after TH said that shit niggas stopped fucking with him

 

[JDSTAYWITIT]

true i did laugh at a few especially the stripper one... if you had mad people postin pics of themselves gettin slapped it would be funny too, but at the end of the day it's dumb...

slapstick comedy at its truest form ...obviusly its dumb ..but funny as hell at the same time

 

[Pond Scum]

so where's this mysterious list of things intended for black people?

somehow i don't think lumberjack shirts, goatees and disease bracelets are on that list.

 

[DoUwant2go2Heaven]

nothing wrong with being the one who goes left when everybody else is going right... just think about how remote controlled people are these days.. we are drawing our influences off what is being fed to us... now they telling you whats funny? what kinda shit is that... they got you believing some dirty ass a-rab shook our country to the core with one attack who is now dead himself.. a white bitch beat a case for killin her seed which was all a media circus nothing about justice just attention... if you don't wanna wake up then stay sleep... and us niggaz is just the comic relief for these muthafuckaz...

Yeah definitely nothing wrong with staying on that straight and narrow!

 

[DoUwant2go2Heaven]

Nah its not aligned with racism. Even though it can be traced back to non blacks in a country where a "former" KKK member says "is starting to resemble early times in the deep south". Its just one big ol coincidence.

That's what the enemy wants you to believe. All things continue as they were. Nothing shall happen to us. Yeah, the enemy definitely is putting the masses to sleep. He got the grand finale coming up. No wonder Jesus Christ said that He was going to come like a thief in the night. The world sleep!

 

[a.mann]

Ab exercise my ass!!!

I can't see the benefit of posing like you are in the bowels of a slave-ship...

this is just not related slavery, someone reached and over-reacted on this one.

the fact is to plank you have to be laying FACEDOWN,

the transportion of our slave ancestors were laying FACE UP(so they can breath) .

May not same like a huge different but it is the "deal breaker" here.

Which is why it is not a coincidence in every pic you see of people planking they are facing the ground, the not sky.

As the point of planking is to mimic a wooden plank.

It maybe senseless and ridiculous but I honestly feel this had nothing to do with slavery or racism.

 

[redclay]

Nah its not aligned with racism. Even though it can be traced back to non blacks in a country where a "former" KKK member says "is starting to resemble early times in the deep south". Its just one big ol coincidence.

That former KKK member is talking complete lying bullshit. Australia is the second least racist country in the world.

Here's the link to prove it

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/28/15/47570353.pdf

 

[redclay]

It's called planking as in lying down flat like a plank of wood. Seriously as if young Australian kids know anything of what happened on slave ships hundreds of years ago and decided to make fun of it. I can't believe some dickhead black people think it has anything to do with racism. I shouldn't be surprised, some of you aren't happy unless you find any ol' bullshit reason to cry racism.

 

[Ishi]

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r.e.a.c.h - ing

 

[lordhonka2]

first of all who ever is following xhibit on twitter= lauce

second if the slaves lied face up wouldnt it be differnt than laying face down

3rd slaves wore cotton i dare you to wear polyester in this heat

4th slaves wore chains what do you call gold round ya neck a necklace ewwww thats gay

5th i have never heard the term planking in reference to putting slaves on ships (degree in history concentration in african american history)

please give me a link to to a primary source that uses the word planking in reference to slavery at all.

this whole argument is crazy its that whole you shouldnt argue with fools thing

 

[Cabana_Da_Don]

I guess we'll never know the truth about planking.ALL I KNOW IS THAT NIGGAS ARE DOING IT FOR ATTENTION.

 

[lamontbdc]

never heard of the shit til today who the fuck cares

 

[dmv_use2thewait]

"Planking" is an ab exercise...People started doin it in random places to be funny...And the shit just caught on...

C/S

So where do you think they got the exercise from???

 

[Miles HIGH]

So where do you think they got the exercise from???

Not from slaves, nigga....

 

[H-Rap 180]

dont worry im sure there's plenty of uneducated uncle toms right here on this board who will gladly deny and/or elaborate

Most of these so-called Uncle-Toms are really pink-faced white boys, that's why they are so quick to co-sign coonery

http://www.courtneyluv.com/planking-is-related-to-slavery/

The educated segment of our populous has already done some thorough research and come to the conclusion that "planking" is not something us AA's should take up as a casual pastime......I posted a link to one of the more informative articles.

 

[Miles HIGH]

Everything has a hidden meaning. (NO IT DOESN'T, STRIKE 2) Cultural sensitivity is real. Yes, it maybe fun for now but it is an insult to some. Although “planking” wasn’t the official terminology used by slave masters it is still seen as an insult to some African Americans. (SO IT WASN'T OFFICIAL, YET YOU'RE STILL TRYNA FIND A REASON TO BE MAD ABOUT IT, STRIKE 3) I don’t know why and don’t have the answer! At the same token, it is seen as a core strengthening exercise to others. This is for you to decide. I can’t decide whether it is related to slavery or not. (YOU CAN'T EVEN DECIDE YOURSELF, YET YOU'RE PERPETUATING THIS STUPID IDEA, STRIKE 4) I can say that I am not jumping on a bandwagon because I saw someone else do it. But what I can say is since people are doing what everyone else is doing …can you mentor a child and donate to cancer research? (SO, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOURSELF PLANKING, AND THEN GO MENTOR A CHILD IN THE SAME DAY, STRIKE 5)

Sidenote: You can’t find everything on Google. It is not the only method to conduct research. Furthermore, there are so many other things that evolved from slavery but are not talked about. (BITCH, THIS ISN'T ONE OF THEM, AND YOU PROLLY DID YOUR RESEARCH ON GOOGLE, STRIKE 6) It is a self charge to engage in conscious thinking.

I reached out to Mr. M.D., my former history teacher and he stated,

It’s the 2011 version of stuffing 20 people into a Volkswagen bug or a phone booth (crazy stuff kids in the 50s and 60s did). BUT…while ‘planking’ might be OK if you are Irish or German descent, it does take on an entirely different meaning if you are African-American AND if you saw ROOTS!… (THIS IS JUST STUPID AS FUCK. 1. AS IF BLACK PEOPLE WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WERE EVER SLAVES. 2. SO WHITE PEOPLE SHOULDN'T FEEL BAD ABOUT DOIN THIS "RACIST" ACTIVITY, BUT BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD? 3. SO YOU HAD TO WATCH ROOTS TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO MAKE A MOCKERY OF SLAVES? STRIKE 7, 8, 9)and if you saw Alfie Woodard narrate “The Middle Passage”

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