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The hardest job in America. vol. I'm a black man in America
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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.
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.
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"you know what a black dentist would have to do in order to live in my neighborhood............he'd have to invent teeth"
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"you know what a black dentist would have to do in order to live in my neighborhood............he'd have to invent teeth"
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No I agree the problem is deeper and just a simple answer. But my point was we need more "real" role models. If a kid meets a real estate agent, dentist, graphic designer then he can relate and actually understand what it takes. How many kids go into college undecided and then drop out? Too many. How many of us even know a dentist, doctor, lawyer? That really makes a difference. The same way kids in Coney Island dream of making it to the league because they actually seen Marbury, Bassy, and Lance Stephenson.
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Sit your dumb +$+ down. /Martin
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No I agree the problem is deeper and just a simple answer. But my point was we need more "real" role models. If a kid meets a real estate agent, dentist, graphic designer then he can relate and actually understand what it takes. How many kids go into college undecided and then drop out? Too many. How many of us even know a dentist, doctor, lawyer? That really makes a difference. The same way kids in Coney Island dream of making it to the league because they actually seen Marbury, Bassy, and Lance Stephenson.
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Sit your dumb +$+ down. /Martin
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Mos Def Truth, and I agree that the family must be a core component, but there is something less tangible that seems to be the problem. A kind of lingering slave mentality if you will. During reconstruction following the end of slavery, slaves were literally looking at the masters like, what you mean I'm free?
While the new age dilemma might not be so visual as it once was, there still is a lot of that. Blacks are brought into the world, and kept in secluded areas (ghettos) rarely leave the city they grew up in (Plantation) and when asked to deal with reality (Job, family, raising kids ect...) Are just ill equipped. And when we do make it through college, we still gotta ask the white man for a job (Masta)
I have said it once, I will say it again, we need an economic model like the jews employed in the last century. Lets not forget that 60 years ago it was Jews in the ghettos, not blacks.
While the new age dilemma might not be so visual as it once was, there still is a lot of that. Blacks are brought into the world, and kept in secluded areas (ghettos) rarely leave the city they grew up in (Plantation) and when asked to deal with reality (Job, family, raising kids ect...) Are just ill equipped. And when we do make it through college, we still gotta ask the white man for a job (Masta)
I have said it once, I will say it again, we need an economic model like the jews employed in the last century. Lets not forget that 60 years ago it was Jews in the ghettos, not blacks.
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Mos Def Truth, and I agree that the family must be a core component, but there is something less tangible that seems to be the problem. A kind of lingering slave mentality if you will. During reconstruction following the end of slavery, slaves were literally looking at the masters like, what you mean I'm free?
While the new age dilemma might not be so visual as it once was, there still is a lot of that. Blacks are brought into the world, and kept in secluded areas (ghettos) rarely leave the city they grew up in (Plantation) and when asked to deal with reality (Job, family, raising kids ect...) Are just ill equipped. And when we do make it through college, we still gotta ask the white man for a job (Masta)
I have said it once, I will say it again, we need an economic model like the jews employed in the last century. Lets not forget that 60 years ago it was Jews in the ghettos, not blacks.
While the new age dilemma might not be so visual as it once was, there still is a lot of that. Blacks are brought into the world, and kept in secluded areas (ghettos) rarely leave the city they grew up in (Plantation) and when asked to deal with reality (Job, family, raising kids ect...) Are just ill equipped. And when we do make it through college, we still gotta ask the white man for a job (Masta)
I have said it once, I will say it again, we need an economic model like the jews employed in the last century. Lets not forget that 60 years ago it was Jews in the ghettos, not blacks.
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At least you can go back to your country/continent....point me in the direction of Caucasia. Therefore white people have it the worst /thread
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At least you can go back to your country/continent....point me in the direction of Caucasia. Therefore white people have it the worst /thread
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Hm. well unpopular opinion coming up.
The black church isn't a problem.
Parenting is the problem.
You don't really need black "role models" the model should be in your home.
AA Parents should be more involved in their children's education and school system.
Notice how I said parents, single parent households can't raise children like 2 parents can.
A strong family and a strong work ethic would definitely start the reform in the AA community.
The black church isn't a problem.
Parenting is the problem.
You don't really need black "role models" the model should be in your home.
AA Parents should be more involved in their children's education and school system.
Notice how I said parents, single parent households can't raise children like 2 parents can.
A strong family and a strong work ethic would definitely start the reform in the AA community.
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Hm. well unpopular opinion coming up.
The black church isn't a problem.
Parenting is the problem.
You don't really need black "role models" the model should be in your home.
AA Parents should be more involved in their children's education and school system.
Notice how I said parents, single parent households can't raise children like 2 parents can.
A strong family and a strong work ethic would definitely start the reform in the AA community.
The black church isn't a problem.
Parenting is the problem.
You don't really need black "role models" the model should be in your home.
AA Parents should be more involved in their children's education and school system.
Notice how I said parents, single parent households can't raise children like 2 parents can.
A strong family and a strong work ethic would definitely start the reform in the AA community.
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We all from Africa fam. /Thread
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We all from Africa fam. /Thread
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I feel where your coming from OP. someone has to break this never ending cycle
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I feel where your coming from OP. someone has to break this never ending cycle
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Read OPs post and then watch any currently popular music video by a hiphop superstar ON SILENT.
Observe.
Then read the lyrics separately...
This is what kids are striving for. Cadillacs, %%%+, popping bottles, degrading females in general, obtaining superficial items like brand label fashion or sportcars so that they will feel accepted.
Striving for material goods isn't abnormal. The methods at which these figures are flaunting around IS.
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Read OPs post and then watch any currently popular music video by a hiphop superstar ON SILENT.
Observe.
Then read the lyrics separately...
This is what kids are striving for. Cadillacs, %%%+, popping bottles, degrading females in general, obtaining superficial items like brand label fashion or sportcars so that they will feel accepted.
Striving for material goods isn't abnormal. The methods at which these figures are flaunting around IS.
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The thing is how can you except people who don't know any better to know better.
You got 40 year old grandmothers raising kids. You got 3-4 generations that never left the same block. Then what about the 2 parent home that really does the right things but they live in an area where the kids are exposed to the crime, drugs, and ignorance anyways. Of course the parents are responsible but its more than that. Alot of good parents can't be as involved as they would like to be. Remember time is a luxury.
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The thing is how can you except people who don't know any better to know better.
You got 40 year old grandmothers raising kids. You got 3-4 generations that never left the same block. Then what about the 2 parent home that really does the right things but they live in an area where the kids are exposed to the crime, drugs, and ignorance anyways. Of course the parents are responsible but its more than that. Alot of good parents can't be as involved as they would like to be. Remember time is a luxury.
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It is hard, try being the ONLY Black Man at your job its even worse when some ignant **%* happens in the world involving a black man and everyone looks at you for insight.
I just hate when we are all grouped together, when one person does something dumb, white men have down just as many crimes as the black man, but I dont see anyone clutching their purses when a white person walks by them or riding in your neighborhood
I just hate when we are all grouped together, when one person does something dumb, white men have down just as many crimes as the black man, but I dont see anyone clutching their purses when a white person walks by them or riding in your neighborhood
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