If color plays no part, why isn’t it just called “stuff that hipsters like”? It could just as easily be called “stuff that black people think is dumb”.

I get this stuff, and it truly is making me laugh. This reply is towards the people telling others its not about color, because it is… and it is hilarious.

now, where is my moleskin notebook? I gotta write this down for later, when my gay black friend comes over. We need something to do in our christmas sweaters, listening to mos def’s new classic jazz album, while playing connect four, and drinking organic coffee. Why, because we don’t own a t.v……….;-)

If you run across an african american between the ages of 25 to 50. Chances are they’ve seen just about every well known gangster movie that’s ever been made from the 1970′s up. Some have seen films from the 30′s and such but they aren’t as common. It doesn’t matter if it’s a exploitation or A-list film a black person will devote at least a half an hour into giving the movie a chance. It one of the few film genres that blacks will actually tell YOU to shut up in a theater (at least until the action starts). Once they find one they will spend an excessive amount of time learning the dialogue of the film, so they can go to someone else who’s seen the film and reenact the key parts in the film. Don’t go and try quoting anything from a television series like The Wire, The Sopranos, Or Boardwalk Empire because they won’t know it. It must be from a motion picture. The most commonplace ones are Scarface, New Jack City, and Goodfellas.

If you’re involved in a conversation with a black person in this age range and the topic of gangters movies comes up, quote a famous phrase from one of the examples shown in the former paragraph and watch their eyes light right up. But don’t quote too many. This makes them quickly lose interest because you’ve used all of the quotes they wanted to say and more importantly, saying the last quote before the subject is changed.