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originally posted by: fingerbang
I don't get it. Why do we put numbers like this into a race situation? There flubbin poor and live in the ghetto. Anybody in that situation is going to end up in a life not "normal" for society. Doesn't matter what color they are. We are creating a culture that fuels a fire (race) just by discussing crime rates with black men and women. How do we not see the bigger picture? Our poverty in this country is disgusting, our law enforcement are being taught how bully us " citizens ", the media wants us to believe it's because of the color of someone's skin, and we just eat it up?? Think with logic people.
It is not the majority of the Black people, nor is it part of Black culture.
originally posted by: Konduit
I can't help but think about this article that was posted on Hiphopisread.com a few years ago.
www.hiphopisread.com...
In a nutshell, the anonymous author claims to have been involved in the music industry during the late 80's/early 90's and that the people who were invested in their music labels were also invested in the private prison industry, and artists were told that it would be in there best interest to promote music with criminality.
Now look at the music that emerged in the rap industry around that time and the message it sent. Music that blatantly glorified drug use, womanizing, murder etc. The entertainment industry literally destroyed an entire generation.
"If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person" ~ Aristotle
Our problems are much bigger than a bunch of inner city ghetto Blacks, but they are a good distraction.
It is not the majority of the Black people, nor is it part of Black culture.
OR we can keep blaming it on other things and act like we're stupid and have no clue what is actually happening here.
originally posted by: rexsblues
...Just the simple fact that I can't even attempt to post facts like this without seeming racist, kind of gives me a headache and pisses me off. I mean I had to go over the title of the thread again and again asking myself, "I don't know about that, does that sound racist?" I mean jesus this institutionalized guilt is getting ridiculous. That being said, I'm not racist and I'm not trying to provoke any bias, but how is it this topic is never seriously discussed? Are we really that afraid to point it out?
originally posted by: christophoros
Are we going to talk about how the white race has the highest percent of drug users within a race. And how they spend the most money on drugs if we were to stop white people from buying drugs the Mexican cartels would be out of business tomorrow.
originally posted by: fingerbang
I don't get it. Why do we put numbers like this into a race situation? There flubbin poor and live in the ghetto. Anybody in that situation is going to end up in a life not "normal" for society. Doesn't matter what color they are. We are creating a culture that fuels a fire (race) just by discussing crime rates with black men and women. How do we not see the bigger picture? Our poverty in this country is disgusting, our law enforcement are being taught how bully us " citizens ", the media wants us to believe it's because of the color of someone's skin, and we just eat it up?? Think with logic people.
In 1986, O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson, born and raised in a two-parent, middle-class home in South Central—and always more interested in music and books than in gangs—met Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, who shared Cube's passion for writing rap songs. The two started writing for Eric "Eazy-E" Wright, a former drug dealer who started Ruthless Records with his profits.
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: WeAreAWAKE
I think I see where the majority of you are coming from. Most of you, while saying, you aren't speaking of all Black people, turn right around and lump them all into one community, one mind set and one political arena. As long as you view all Blacks as a single collective, nothing anyone says to the contrary, will make a bit of difference.
No, I don't live in a Black community. I do live in a community that includes Black people, along with a large variety of other people. I don't expect the Blacks in my community to be any more responsible for the actions or choices made by others, just because they have the same skin color, any more than I expect you to be responsible for the actions of those that share your skin color or even religion. Many people that live in the ghettos are not there by choice and many are struggling to make their way out.