![]() ![]() I just want to reiterate that I didn’t mind not knowing how to play Spades. ![]() I’ma keep it strictly Switzerland with you cause I want zero problems Mam’.” Meanwhile, in the present… I can’t do that with you cause I know how you get. Mom tried to teach me Spit once and I said, “Look. My guy, that shit had me shook to play any card games. Whenever they got together, that book would come out and it was no-holds barred. We’d have to be holding cards in order to reach’em.” Mom kept a book of all of the win-loss records between her and Kece for years. Travis would say, “They can’t hear us, man. (hears what Kece said) *Gasp* That is your mother!”. We didn’t want to see how this was gonna turn out.Ĭracking the bedroom door open, we’d watch them go at it. Travis and I would look at each other, look at them, pick up the toys, and walk into the bedroom to keep playing. Gradually, voices would get a little higher, cards hit the table a little harder, and then that back-and-forth trash talk would come out. Listen, Travis and I had to make sure we were fed cause when Mom and Kece started playing cards, that loving mother-daughter relationship went out the window. You may be wondering why we’re having this anime flashback right now cause that seems like a nice family moment. Meanwhile, Travis (11) and I would play with our action figures (TMNT all day). When my siblings would come to visit, the eldest, Kece (15), would play cards with Mom. When I was in first grade, my mother and I use to live in Maryland. One of you negros talkin’ bout you feel seen or attacked run and get me two wings, a little bit of mac and cheese and a cold pop. What part of the “Come-to-Jesus” moment is thissss? Why Card Games Aren’t For Me: A Flashback Sequence Instead, I see my friends - Tasha, Bri, and Elvis - sitting at the living room table with a deck of cards dead center, giving me the intervention look. I come out my bathroom thinking we’re goin’ talk. Perhaps the Black Planets aligned ’cause we were in Brooklyn and had just attended Curlfest 2018. I’m okay with that, but apparently my friends weren’t. I’ll never achieve that hidden level, because I don’t how to play Spades. ![]() Legend says, if you’re able to master all three of these elements then the experience points on your Black card unlock a hidden level that only those who’ve achieved it can see. That’s a scientific law all Black folk understand. This is the trifecta of games (honorable mention for Uno) in Black culture. The choices will either be Monopoly, Taboo, or Spades. When it’s time for the games to come out in a Black household, function, or wherever that atmosphere be so Black I guarantee you it ain’t going be Apples 2 Apples, Parcheesi, or anything from Milton Bradley. ![]()
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