LOOTER oF tHE NEW CHURCH said:
the majority of Nortenos who semi-regularly post on this board are either:
A) Half-Mexican half-white (or something else)
B) 100% White
C) "Latino/Hispanic" but not Mexican
D) "Other"
Most Nortenos I know are Mexican, except for one dude who is half-white. I even know a few paisa style fools that barely speak english. The internet brings out the half-claimers, those who"kick it", etc. The reality is even tho some sets might have whiteboys in them, the Norte is still mostly Mex/Chicano/Latino, at least 75-80 percent.
I sometimes wonder if there are any racial preferences for older dudes recruiting younger ones into their Norteno neighborhoods.
Of course there is, of course they would prefer Chicanos but some people have the mindset if you grew up wit a mothafucka dont exclude them.The thing about this is, though, in neighborhoods that tend to be filled with one ethnicity, you will see less of that mix.
Then there is the whole parallel claim of, "I grew up with black people so I say NIGGA and thats all I hang out with is black folks", which leads me to believe that all of this crossing over may be seen as "cool" for some white people to (seemingly) sell out their White roots by trying to "act black" or "dress Chicano" and suddenly start speaking Spanish even though they were not raised with it.
Beep beep wrong. Nigga as well as other slang has become the language of the streets in the bay. You're seeing it from the LA point of view where you're either full black culture or full mexican culture. There is no inbetween. Well, people who were never raised around black people say nigga out here. For example there are a few filipino crews in DC and SF who say nigga and dress down all fitted and shit but no one accuses them of acting black. It's a different environment. The bay has its own slang and culture, frisco specifically, where folks who live in the hood speak a language and know things that outsiders wouldn't. No one runs up on LN$ and accuses them of being wannabe blacks. No one runs up on TL crip and accuses them of being wannabe black. It's all the same out here. See in LA it's a thick white line. You either a "nigga" or a "cholo", so anyone who said "nigga" in LA must want to be associated with that side. Out here it ain't the same.
That's not saying that all Nortenos say nigga and speak only English. But alot of them do most of the time, and they wouldn't call it wannabe black, they just understand that's how we do in the bay. See you with your LA mindset see "wannabe black". But anyone who has out here sees a black kid a white kid and a chinese kid all saying "nigga" and "blood" to each other and that doesn't mean shit what it would in LA. Like Lil Los said "it's a bay mentality". It's not a "wannabe black mentality". No black person unless they a booty ass wannabe black panther is gonna check someone on saying that.
Then again maybe it is just necessity. It's not easy to draw that line. Either way, is it that impossible to maintain a respectful grasp on the roots of your own race when fully engulfed in the activities that are usually just associated with that of another?
Wrong again cause you can never forget your roots, even if you talk like you from the bay.
2-Any self-claiming "wigger" who would flat out clown on his own race and do anything and everything traditionally seen as "black" just to spite his own race, is basically a Caucasian Uncle Tom (we all know someone like this)...
I see this all day every day, whiteboys in dreds talkin bout fight the power handing out pamphlets for their organizations which are filled with you guessed it other whiteboys with dreds. Also wiggas who go out of their way to clown anything white.
3-Bryant Gumble (threw that in for laughs)...
Every black person has to speak full Ebonics, be below the poverty line, be rude, inconsiderate, simultaneously offensive and defensive, and be on the front lines, attacking and taking any pot shots at white people that they can get. Anyone who is not is basically dismissing the pity party that mainstream black america is having, and it's their party and they'll cry if they want to, so you know Bryant Gumbel is such a sellout.
4-Coast switching posers!!! I saw so many wannabe NYC "hip-hop" fools out here in LA back in 96. I think that shit swept the nation.
I hate these! Haha how many "hip-hoppers" out here in the Sco tryin to sound like mothafuckin Method Man with some big ass words and garbage exc beats, but still claim the West coast. I don't see how this is accomplished, but that's just me personally.