FreakNik Documentary Exposes The Political Realities of Black Capitalism
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
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I think the question Geechee was trying to ask was how do we include the presence of sex trafficking - or what would’ve still been called “pimping” back then - in any conversation about Freaknik? There was a woman from South Carolina who went on TBC and spoke about how she got trafficked at Freaknik, only to then become a trafficker herself.
What’s TBC?
@@LiveLoveSour The breakfast club
Yes for the most part I just wanted to raise the topic to see how folks think about or related to black events like a freaknik..
But I do think however it is brought up the conversation seems to be missed…
I thought the doc. was fine, but seemed like one big ad for the city of Atlanta. It could have put Freaknik in the context of other black events around college life like Daytona Beach or Bayou Classic. I agree that they acknowledged that D.C. gave Freaknik its start. Some of my best memories of living in D.C. are the street carnivals and homecoming at Howard.
But the biggest problem I had with this documentary were the number of black elites who the repeatedly needed to distinguish _students_ having fun at public gatherings and that everything was fine until non-students started coming. It seemed like a dig at people who were just as young and curious but undeserving of a good time with other black folks because they weren’t in college. I saw this as a student at Howard, where local black Washingtonians were seen as outsiders anytime they attempted to attend homecoming-related activities.
One more thing, and I’ll stop. For anyone who hasn’t seen it yet, most of the people in it were not painting a picture of Freaknik as something more revolutionary than it was. Rasheeda who is an independent rap artist from Atlanta and has been a staple cast member of _Love & Hip Hop Atlanta_ was the best and most-straightforward about what was actually going on:They just wanted to have a good time.
Appreciate Diallo breaking down what defines "fun" around here.
The roots of it in my opinion go back to the hippies and free love movement of a previous generation of college age youth who rebelled against societal norms in the 60s. And by the 80s which was the era of a surge in black college enrollment and college related culture across the country, these people were emulating and imitating what they saw as college life. And that meant going on spring break, having fun, partying and somewhat celebrating "black excellence" and "black pride" at various locations around the country. The problem from the very beginning was that most cities and towns barely tolerated mass congregations of young black students and businesses rejected any efforts to organize any meaningful events. That pattern of closing down organized events and activities led to a situation where these young people had no choice but to congregate in the streets leading to chaos as time and years went on. And that "revolution" they are talking about is the youth responding to the obvious effort to turn these events into a police action.
The sex work question fits right in here. It was the booty shaking era in the 90s, I saw pimps and strippers introducing the sex industry to squares in a general sense. I personally knew guys who saved up for Freaknik to go there with their best clothes, in a rented car, and some cash to buy sex. It was a buffet of debauchery for people who wanted to live the fantasy, even if for a weekend. It turned into a playground retreat for the ballers of that era. When the college experience was drowned out by the general populace showing up, the venue got violet, rapey, and male dominated. The fun was gone, so the long arm of the law had to shut down everything.
Again this was the direction I wanted to go with the conversation… but I know it’s not a popular conversation and could be harder to have
@GeecheeYaw I think people need to he honest, this is the trajectory of mass black gatherings. It goes from organic enthusiasm, to fun, more fun more people, to crowded and uncomfortable, to discomfort and debauchery, to death by saturation of law enforcement. This happened to freaknik, BCR in Daytona, Black Spring Break in Biloxi, and Essence Festival in New Orleans. I hope you go in on this at another time.
He said it, FUN IS SUBJECTIVE
Once I heard that none of experienced freaknik or even wanted to, I had pause the video there 😆
Now I had "interest" but I was too broke and too young at the time when it was dying.
MTV did a documentary of this in the early 2000s. It was the last one to my knowledge.
I'm at Livingston college. I'm in the pep band, so I'm sure there's a clip of me playing at CIAA this year.
What you think about the move from Charlotte to Baltimore?
perfect ending lol
Bro. Kenyatta is spot on! THE END!
If someone asked you fellas for directions, you would take 15 minutes saying,' "go straight, make the first right, then the next left". Any, I mean any, pearls of wisdom that might be shared is wrapped too tightly in rambling word salad. Helluva class you must teach Dr. Ball.
And that was just 10 minutes in.
Chris Webber is in the hall of fame in no way a bust lol
Disappointed in Dr. Ball’s response that prostitution should be legalized and unionized. That’s like saying slavery should be unionized and legalized. Prostitution is the most glaring indicator that women, especially black, brown, indigenous, and transgender women, are third class citizens. Only we have to sell our bodies and genitalia to such a degree. Please reevaluate this.
When people say ( that's like saying ) thats them flipping the whole interpretation of the argument..
Naw it should be legal and regulated just like drugs
No one cares about someone moral code based on Abrahamic religions
Most people know prohibition will never stop “crime “
Im a trans woman and ex-hooker. To be clear, i had no pimp/manager/trafficker, i was just desperate and got clients from Backpage. Im a lesbian too so i hated every minute of time with all cishet male chasers. That being said:
Legalized means the pigs not kidnapping us, r-ping us, etc. it means no getting kidnapped for “walking while trans” when we arent even doing sex work.
Unionized means girls organizing around safety, arming eachother, and making sure they get paid
@@sapphicmoonwitch your comment is very necessary here to capture the totality of legalizing sex work. On the left, people try to paint it as this liberating, almost noble thing for someone to be able to directly monetize their body. On the right, they view it as a sin, an abomination that people would sell their own flesh, and as you elucidate, the truth is more complicated.
Sex work is not liberating or revolutionary; it is just work. I'm not sure I'd call it mundane, but it is an age old feature of society, which is why it needs to be legalized to cut out some of the exploitation, violence, scamming and general barbarism that is common in its current illegal status.
@@ogskullomania3119💯I been saying the same thing just leave the children alone. Relations between two consenting adults is their business and religious lunatics would run the world run the as a theocracy if they could.