(06-23-2016 03:32 PM)DjembaDjemba Wrote: Dimebait...
Anabasis' banning has some folks people spooked, I can see why there's a desire to jump ship to a more black centred forum, but I don't agree with it (even though I would potentially still check it out).
For one Anabasis' was a solid poster, one of the best on the forum, but flirting with the alt-right doesn't mean they'll like or respect you, they still consider blacks 'dumb niggers' (quite frankly, that's more or less the coded words by another member that Anabasis replied to that got him banned). Calling out white nationalists on a forum with ample number of sympathizers is always tricky business (yet, 3 clicks away from the anti black/immigrant dog whistling that exists in the Everything Else and Politics section, this thread exists, only on the RVF!).
There's the desire to find safe spaces, an old SJW trick that actually isn't an SJW trick (America's past laws proved that). That's not the way to do it - although I admit, we all revel in occasional conflict. I have WNs at work, and I take the occasional guilty pleasure in using their own tactics against them if the conversation comes up, without ever explicitly mentioning race, victim hood, and all the other good stuff that comes with the loaded topic. It's game, but on a different level. How quickly can you dance without stepping on each other's shoes?
You have to work with these guys at the office or at the shop, you probably visit similar restaurants, cross paths at the same expos, theme parks, movie theaters, and all kinds of events. You might as well converse on line because you're already doing it in real life, sometimes you're not even realizing it.
We have lots of resources for men of colour on this very forum. And we have resources for all men all around. If the RVF ever became explicitly racist, and started closing threads like these, then a migration to something else may not be a bad idea, but a black only forum is a step backwards - it will become an echo chamber. Just as many other game sites have turned into.
In the early 2000s, blacks weren't really let into Edmonton and Calgary's clubs in significant numbers - black face control was the order of the day regardless of the way one dressed. As the years passed more black and ethnic clubs have opened. What's intriguing is I can find just as many white girls in these clubs as I can find in a country bar in this town. The club promoters created an atmosphere that essentially has a welcoming vibe for all people. They face control riff-raff. Now these clubs are large, multi-ethnic, the women are smoke-shows, and are down with both brothers and others. I'm sure American cities have plenty of these clubs (maybe not Kentucky or Mississippi). Unfortunately there is also clubs that resemble something out of WSHH.
This is how I view race centric forums. I doubt a large black forum will attract the best men, on the contrary. Forums that are heavily skewered towards one race over another tend to bring some of the lowest, least adventurous, least enterprising people. In my life, those people I've come across who cling onto their ethnic identity as the end all be all, tend to bring little else to the table. This is true for all people of all races.
Something to consider thinking about going to a black guy only travel forum.
Great post!
I would not be interested in a black only forum, Moma and I want to evolve our podcast. It is looking like a newsletter would work best for us, Moma has insights which I feel he has expert knowledge on and I have some areas that I have good knowledge on as well.
We are not trying to emulate RVF or take away from it, we are not trying to be another Mcqueen or a MikeCF.
It is funny you mentioned about Edmonton/Calgary back in the day and how they prohibited black guys from entering clubs. This is a common complaint that we face all over the world, Germany, Russia, England to name a few.
My good friend's older brother spent a lot of time out in Calgary back in the day, he was turning out girls. His stories are simply incredible, some of them involve a former mayor's daughter. The mayor had to pay off a few brothas to leave town and leave his daughter alone. This is the sort of stuff Archie would have a good breakdown for.
It always amazes me how some brothas get around certain obstacles, I have a tremendous respect for African guys. I have met them and see them in every corner of the globe, yet they always find girls who are down.
I have a good friend from Senegal who lives in Europe, he has mad game. I mentioned how he does well with German chicks in Ibiza, I have no doubt he would duplicate the same success in Germany.
Last year he even met two young girls in Milan, they followed him to Ibiza and he had the time of his life with both of them.
This would be the type of information that would be on a newsletter, with pictures of course.
We can talk about Fashion, Travel, Health, Politics, Location independent lifestyle, Game, Career options, best tools for learning a foreign language, Gym or anything you wish to discuss.
We tend to avoid topics like Religion and Politics.
Some people don't realize that ALL politicians are controlled and to get to the level of a party leader, you have signed your name in blood.
When you have been around as long as me, you realize these things never change. The little man always loses.