When Did Stealing Black Culture Become Like the Wire?

[title type=”h2″]Omar Holmon[/title] So I was talking about the movie Creed on Flaming Hot Takes, a sports comedy podcast with CB Rucker and Jordan Calhoun, and we were getting into our likes and dislikes about the movie. CB pointed out a scene when Bianca – a supporting character and Philly native – explains to LA-native Adonis what “jawn” means. CB was livid about this: [quote_simple]”I hate that they explained that. I hate it. We don’t need an explanation for that. That just gives the mainstream media easy access to take it and ruin it like they do with so many things that Black culture comes out with.” [/quote_simple] I completely understand where CB was coming from, but believe it would happen anyway as we’ve seen time and time again. We started reminiscing about slang and phrases that came and went before we even had time to enjoy. I’m still furious about when “WHAT ARE THOSE?!” became a thing, because by the time I found out about it on Twitter at like 6PM it was already dead the same day. That was the fastest fucking turn around I ever saw. I ain’t even get to join in – it felt like your family or roommates left some food in the fridge for you with your name on it at home, then you get there and see some stranger in your kitchen woofing it down while looking at you like, “This was good as hell. Got any more?” As we delved deeper into the issue Jordan chimed in with a ray of optimism, saying: [quote_simple]”What the Black community and culture creates is going to …