The hardest job in America. vol. I'm a black man in America

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[brettthejett]

Stop listening to Rap/hip-hop/etc

Real talk... you've got America's most successful black men STILL rapping about gangster %%@$. What do you think kids are gonna do? The root of the entire problem is that lifestyle in the hood is almost idolized. Being "about that life" etc.


You really think the next generation of black American's would have it so hard if instead of listening to Birdman you were listening to Arcade Fire.

I'm also going to acknowledge the fact I'm way off... but I have a point

 

[brettthejett]

Stop listening to Rap/hip-hop/etc

Real talk... you've got America's most successful black men STILL rapping about gangster %%@$. What do you think kids are gonna do? The root of the entire problem is that lifestyle in the hood is almost idolized. Being "about that life" etc.


You really think the next generation of black American's would have it so hard if instead of listening to Birdman you were listening to Arcade Fire.

I'm also going to acknowledge the fact I'm way off... but I have a point

 

[kix4kix]

Originally Posted by Mark Antony

Most scrutinized, even black men hate black men.

Truth. The deep truth.

 

[kix4kix]

Originally Posted by Mark Antony

Most scrutinized, even black men hate black men.

Truth. The deep truth.

 

[supersaiyan415]

Black women have it harder.

 

[supersaiyan415]

Black women have it harder.

 

[nom de guerre]

Originally Posted by brettTHEjett

Stop listening to ignorant Rap/hip-hop/etc

Real talk... you've got America's most successful black men STILL rapping about gangster %%@$. What do you think kids are gonna do? The root of the entire problem is that lifestyle in the hood is almost idolized. Being "about that life" etc.


You really think the next generation of black American's would have it so hard if instead of listening to Birdman you were listening to Arcade Fire.

I'm also going to acknowledge the fact I'm way off... but I have a point

fixed'

 

[nom de guerre]

Originally Posted by brettTHEjett

Stop listening to ignorant Rap/hip-hop/etc

Real talk... you've got America's most successful black men STILL rapping about gangster %%@$. What do you think kids are gonna do? The root of the entire problem is that lifestyle in the hood is almost idolized. Being "about that life" etc.


You really think the next generation of black American's would have it so hard if instead of listening to Birdman you were listening to Arcade Fire.

I'm also going to acknowledge the fact I'm way off... but I have a point

fixed'

 

[ooiron manoo]

Originally Posted by Lalph Rauren

Spanish people have it worse

Did something happen in Spain?

 

[ooiron manoo]

Originally Posted by Lalph Rauren

Spanish people have it worse

Did something happen in Spain?

 

[luong1209]

You've had experience being another ethnicity?

 

[b smooth 202]

Its hard because we've been playing by their rules....It's time for us to secure our own real LAND. Right now there is no collective and thats why there is no progress.  

 

[luong1209]

You've had experience being another ethnicity?

 

[b smooth 202]

Its hard because we've been playing by their rules....It's time for us to secure our own real LAND. Right now there is no collective and thats why there is no progress.  

 

[kix4kix]

Originally Posted by TruthGetsBusy

Is being a black man the hardest job in America? I honestly think so.  And before anybody gets all riled up I know that every other race and gender has problems too.  Not every white person was born rich and not every black person is from the hood.  I know that but I'm talking on average. 

And let me get all the basic, simple minded responses out the way.

Great you "didn't read"
Yes this is another race thread. 
Yes slavery happened and no I'm not going to get over it. 
Yes WSHH and BET suck.

I feel like we are led to worry about all the wrong things in life.  Its not even our fault half the time its just how we get raised.  Then once we hit the real world we're not prepared AND we have to overcome and battle other obstacles.  You can say we are at fault for aspiring to be athletes and entertainers right?  But why aren't the parents leading the kids in the direction of actual careers? Because the damn parents are just happy to have a job and support a family.  They can't tell a kid to start building a resume and prepare them for college when they never went through that experience.  They just want their kid to be happy and if football or singing makes them happy so be it. 

The problem is that cycle is killing us.  We really need more professionals to get out here and show us how its done at a young age.  We are at a real disadvantage when it comes to networking.  And lets just say we do get a good job right.  Can we recommend our friends to get hired too? Naw you can't be the black guy that brings the other black guys to the party.  You just gotta be happy you got invited.  It's really crazy out here.  

I could go on for days about different problems but I'd like to hear from ya'll. 

Chris Rock said it best in his last stand up. In a nutshell he gave the example of where he lived and how he lived next to a dentist. Chris Rock...Arguably one of the most recognizable black men in the planet, lives next to a (white) dentist.
More professionals is such a vague term though. I urge NT, to seperate from perscribing the source of the problem, and focus more on the solution aspect. All too often these threads are filled with arguments of semantics and how something REALLY happened ect......Who cares? Am I the only one out here who seems more motivated by finding rational answers, than the actual reason the problems exist in the first place?

I doubt the answer to the problem is as simple as more professionals, and the source as simple as parenthood.

 

[truthgetsbusy]

Originally Posted by nom de guerre

Originally Posted by brettTHEjett

Stop listening to ignorant Rap/hip-hop/etc

Real talk... you've got America's most successful black men STILL rapping about gangster %%@$. What do you think kids are gonna do? The root of the entire problem is that lifestyle in the hood is almost idolized. Being "about that life" etc.


You really think the next generation of black American's would have it so hard if instead of listening to Birdman you were listening to Arcade Fire.

I'm also going to acknowledge the fact I'm way off... but I have a point

fixed'

It's not the listening of rap music.  That's our culture and we can relate to it.  The problem is not knowing the difference between reality and entertainment.  That's the problem. 

 

[kix4kix]

Originally Posted by TruthGetsBusy

Is being a black man the hardest job in America? I honestly think so.  And before anybody gets all riled up I know that every other race and gender has problems too.  Not every white person was born rich and not every black person is from the hood.  I know that but I'm talking on average. 

And let me get all the basic, simple minded responses out the way.

Great you "didn't read"
Yes this is another race thread. 
Yes slavery happened and no I'm not going to get over it. 
Yes WSHH and BET suck.

I feel like we are led to worry about all the wrong things in life.  Its not even our fault half the time its just how we get raised.  Then once we hit the real world we're not prepared AND we have to overcome and battle other obstacles.  You can say we are at fault for aspiring to be athletes and entertainers right?  But why aren't the parents leading the kids in the direction of actual careers? Because the damn parents are just happy to have a job and support a family.  They can't tell a kid to start building a resume and prepare them for college when they never went through that experience.  They just want their kid to be happy and if football or singing makes them happy so be it. 

The problem is that cycle is killing us.  We really need more professionals to get out here and show us how its done at a young age.  We are at a real disadvantage when it comes to networking.  And lets just say we do get a good job right.  Can we recommend our friends to get hired too? Naw you can't be the black guy that brings the other black guys to the party.  You just gotta be happy you got invited.  It's really crazy out here.  

I could go on for days about different problems but I'd like to hear from ya'll. 

Chris Rock said it best in his last stand up. In a nutshell he gave the example of where he lived and how he lived next to a dentist. Chris Rock...Arguably one of the most recognizable black men in the planet, lives next to a (white) dentist.
More professionals is such a vague term though. I urge NT, to seperate from perscribing the source of the problem, and focus more on the solution aspect. All too often these threads are filled with arguments of semantics and how something REALLY happened ect......Who cares? Am I the only one out here who seems more motivated by finding rational answers, than the actual reason the problems exist in the first place?

I doubt the answer to the problem is as simple as more professionals, and the source as simple as parenthood.

 

[truthgetsbusy]

Originally Posted by nom de guerre

Originally Posted by brettTHEjett

Stop listening to ignorant Rap/hip-hop/etc

Real talk... you've got America's most successful black men STILL rapping about gangster %%@$. What do you think kids are gonna do? The root of the entire problem is that lifestyle in the hood is almost idolized. Being "about that life" etc.


You really think the next generation of black American's would have it so hard if instead of listening to Birdman you were listening to Arcade Fire.

I'm also going to acknowledge the fact I'm way off... but I have a point

fixed'

It's not the listening of rap music.  That's our culture and we can relate to it.  The problem is not knowing the difference between reality and entertainment.  That's the problem. 

 

[keithsweatsjordans]

Originally Posted by brettTHEjett

Stop listening to Rap/hip-hop/etc

Real talk... you've got America's most successful black men STILL rapping about gangster %%@$. What do you think kids are gonna do? The root of the entire problem is that lifestyle in the hood is almost idolized. Being "about that life" etc.


You really think the next generation of black American's would have it so hard if instead of listening to Birdman you were listening to Arcade Fire.

I'm also going to acknowledge the fact I'm way off... but I have a point

I listen to both. Does that mean I have it moderately hard?

jk but I get your point. I see "our" music as a product of our underlying problems, though. Not the source of it.

 

[keithsweatsjordans]

Originally Posted by brettTHEjett

Stop listening to Rap/hip-hop/etc

Real talk... you've got America's most successful black men STILL rapping about gangster %%@$. What do you think kids are gonna do? The root of the entire problem is that lifestyle in the hood is almost idolized. Being "about that life" etc.


You really think the next generation of black American's would have it so hard if instead of listening to Birdman you were listening to Arcade Fire.

I'm also going to acknowledge the fact I'm way off... but I have a point

I listen to both. Does that mean I have it moderately hard?

jk but I get your point. I see "our" music as a product of our underlying problems, though. Not the source of it.

 

[dip]

If it makes you feel any better OP I'm a 16 year old African American youth working towards a career in the medical field.

 

[dip]

If it makes you feel any better OP I'm a 16 year old African American youth working towards a career in the medical field.

 

[trent ferris]

The Black Community needs to become a community again.

People like Lil' Wayne need to start talking about a need for Blacks to get together and form some sort of self sustaining structure/network of businesses and schools.

And we need to get rid of the Black church. Especially in the South. I honestly feel like it's played out.

I'm not Muslim or anything like that, but Blacks are WAY too into Christianity, or even religion in general.

My family has managed to do pretty well for itself, and my grandfather and uncles will tell you that the Black church is just BS that ramped up the rhetoric in the '70s and '80s out of a general lack of direction in the Black Community, and things in the Church are the way they are now b/c alot of the hustlers who made it out in the 60's and 70's got old and started buying and investing in churches.

 

[tawdae804]

Originally Posted by TruthGetsBusy

Is being a black man the hardest job in America? I honestly think so.  And before anybody gets all riled up I know that every other race and gender has problems too.  Not every white person was born rich and not every black person is from the hood.  I know that but I'm talking on average. 

And let me get all the basic, simple minded responses out the way.

Great you "didn't read"
Yes this is another race thread. 
Yes slavery happened and no I'm not going to get over it. 
Yes WSHH and BET suck.

I feel like we are led to worry about all the wrong things in life.  Its not even our fault half the time its just how we get raised.  Then once we hit the real world we're not prepared AND we have to overcome and battle other obstacles.  You can say we are at fault for aspiring to be athletes and entertainers right?  But why aren't the parents leading the kids in the direction of actual careers? Because the damn parents are just happy to have a job and support a family.  They can't tell a kid to start building a resume and prepare them for college when they never went through that experience.  They just want their kid to be happy and if football or singing makes them happy so be it. 

The problem is that cycle is killing us.  We really need more professionals to get out here and show us how its done at a young age.  We are at a real disadvantage when it comes to networking.  And lets just say we do get a good job right.  Can we recommend our friends to get hired too? Naw you can't be the black guy that brings the other black guys to the party.  You just gotta be happy you got invited.  It's really crazy out here.  

I could go on for days about different problems but I'd like to hear from ya'll. 

I enjoy WSHH so I stopped reading there