More Black Men Now in Prison System than Were Enslaved
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^^So black people can make a song called "Crackers" and shit is oh so funny, but if a white guy decides to make a song called "Niggers", it's racist and i guarantee yall would go apeshit over it (no pun). Shit like this is setting you peeps back lightyears....
The most influental black person ever (whose greatest dream in life was to become white) said it best :
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a change.
- Michael "Magic" Jackson
The most influental black person ever (whose greatest dream in life was to become white) said it best :
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a change.
- Michael "Magic" Jackson
^^How could racism ever end when this "White man = devil" paradigm is sill intrinsically tied to the African American consciousness. People like Dhadnot are pretty much the reason racism still exists in the US. He prolly gon tell his kids bout the white boogy oogy man coming to feast on his soul if he doesn't eat his collard greens and shit.
Patti Smith made a song called rock n roll nigger Marilyn Manson remade it. Howard stern has shit with nigger (nigger claus) in it... shut the fuck up, white people do and say racist shit all the time. German devil. Stay your ass in Germany and worry about the Arabs or whoever the fuck yall oppressing over there.
It's all about self-responsibility? So institutional deviance and white privilege don't contribute to instances where self-responsibility is not reality?
What opportunity is that? What change can blacks make RIGHT NOW that will change the playing field and lead to social mobility for the group? What you call "self-responsibility?"
I've said it before on this site and I'll say it again; a lot of folks from the south still think slavery is going on. However, the south doesn't generate as much money as the other states. In fact, I believe Mississippi is the poorest state in the country. So coupled with poverty, institutional deviance, and broken education systems, what can they do with their lives? What opportunities are there?
Booker T and DuBois were two sides of the same coin. Both served their white masters, just in different capacities. From a logical perspective, that quote is not true, it is easy to hold a man down and not stay down with him. From a spiritual or moral perspective it may hold merit, so how exactly are you looking at it, and how do you expect for a crack baby to look at it?
Actually they are. The specific group they are trying to hold down are those who are not part of the in-group. You're either "in" or you're "out."
This is highly illogical. Empires are built at the expense of other people, people that have been targeted and held down so one group can have the advantage. What happened to the Natives?
In some cases yes, however, you seem to imply that only back of the wood rednecks are the ones who have tormented blacks and this is far from reality. Let’s focus on members of congress, senators, judges, prosecutors, police officers, teachers, doctors, etc.
Now let's look at that again but let’s change it from wrestling to a black woman in a poverty stricken area to holding down a job.
It's like a black woman holding down a job. While she's holding it down, she can't focus on anything else except keeping it. She won't be able to do anything -- no healthy lunch, no extended breaks like her white counterparts, no time with her kids & family, etc. -- all because she has to focus on keeping the job.
Do you see how that contributes to the problem?
The same "logic", if we can even call it that, does not apply to "the white man holding us down." Rich whites are where they are because they had resources, ascribed status, operate in the world of white privilege and see no problem with taking advantage of others. Rednecks and upward social mobility is a pipe dream because they lack ascribed status and resources to take advantage of a group and have influence when it comes to major policy.
How does one start taking full responsibility?
Praising ignorance and stupidity is not exclusive to the black community. However, when it comes to such things, what separates the black community from other communities is that other communities are more open to ostracizing those who do so. In regards to telling someone to commit crimes, the system and the lack of opportunities force many people to do it. All? No. A lot? Yes.
Because the younger black kid, in the hood has access to the guy spending his life running the streets and doing jail time. You grew up in the hood? What did you see?
We don't praise him because we don't have access to him. Is he in the hood? If you go to his office and drop off an application, chances are you'll be escorted out of the building. As far as labeling him an Uncle Tom? No, and people who usually use the term do so in an incorrect context. Sambo would be more appropriate, and if it's a Boule ass nigga, yes, he is a sellout, fuck him and all that ride with him. But not all blacks who are in the corporate world are like that, but if your ass is Boule, FUCK YOU.
Are his actions due to circumstance or not? Ask yourself that question.
One of my nephews is in college in Spain right now. His younger brother was just accepted to Cornell. Both are pursuing their dreams and guess who it was that was shooting their dreams down? NON-BLACKS. The entire family, even the ones who are involved in things they need to leave alone, were supportive and encouraging. I have a niece in Idaho, she was in the paper not too long ago for designing weaves and hair for chemo patients because her aunt (my sister) died of cancer and she wanted to contribute. Guess who was hating? NON-BLACKS.
So don't walk away from this thread thinking that only blacks try to shoot blacks down, hell no.
In essence, your premise boils down to who black youth look to as role models and leaders.
Think about that for a bit.
What opportunity is that? What change can blacks make RIGHT NOW that will change the playing field and lead to social mobility for the group? What you call "self-responsibility?"
I've said it before on this site and I'll say it again; a lot of folks from the south still think slavery is going on. However, the south doesn't generate as much money as the other states. In fact, I believe Mississippi is the poorest state in the country. So coupled with poverty, institutional deviance, and broken education systems, what can they do with their lives? What opportunities are there?
Booker T and DuBois were two sides of the same coin. Both served their white masters, just in different capacities. From a logical perspective, that quote is not true, it is easy to hold a man down and not stay down with him. From a spiritual or moral perspective it may hold merit, so how exactly are you looking at it, and how do you expect for a crack baby to look at it?
Actually they are. The specific group they are trying to hold down are those who are not part of the in-group. You're either "in" or you're "out."
This is highly illogical. Empires are built at the expense of other people, people that have been targeted and held down so one group can have the advantage. What happened to the Natives?
In some cases yes, however, you seem to imply that only back of the wood rednecks are the ones who have tormented blacks and this is far from reality. Let’s focus on members of congress, senators, judges, prosecutors, police officers, teachers, doctors, etc.
Now let's look at that again but let’s change it from wrestling to a black woman in a poverty stricken area to holding down a job.
It's like a black woman holding down a job. While she's holding it down, she can't focus on anything else except keeping it. She won't be able to do anything -- no healthy lunch, no extended breaks like her white counterparts, no time with her kids & family, etc. -- all because she has to focus on keeping the job.
Do you see how that contributes to the problem?
The same "logic", if we can even call it that, does not apply to "the white man holding us down." Rich whites are where they are because they had resources, ascribed status, operate in the world of white privilege and see no problem with taking advantage of others. Rednecks and upward social mobility is a pipe dream because they lack ascribed status and resources to take advantage of a group and have influence when it comes to major policy.
How does one start taking full responsibility?
Praising ignorance and stupidity is not exclusive to the black community. However, when it comes to such things, what separates the black community from other communities is that other communities are more open to ostracizing those who do so. In regards to telling someone to commit crimes, the system and the lack of opportunities force many people to do it. All? No. A lot? Yes.
Because the younger black kid, in the hood has access to the guy spending his life running the streets and doing jail time. You grew up in the hood? What did you see?
We don't praise him because we don't have access to him. Is he in the hood? If you go to his office and drop off an application, chances are you'll be escorted out of the building. As far as labeling him an Uncle Tom? No, and people who usually use the term do so in an incorrect context. Sambo would be more appropriate, and if it's a Boule ass nigga, yes, he is a sellout, fuck him and all that ride with him. But not all blacks who are in the corporate world are like that, but if your ass is Boule, FUCK YOU.
Are his actions due to circumstance or not? Ask yourself that question.
One of my nephews is in college in Spain right now. His younger brother was just accepted to Cornell. Both are pursuing their dreams and guess who it was that was shooting their dreams down? NON-BLACKS. The entire family, even the ones who are involved in things they need to leave alone, were supportive and encouraging. I have a niece in Idaho, she was in the paper not too long ago for designing weaves and hair for chemo patients because her aunt (my sister) died of cancer and she wanted to contribute. Guess who was hating? NON-BLACKS.
So don't walk away from this thread thinking that only blacks try to shoot blacks down, hell no.
In essence, your premise boils down to who black youth look to as role models and leaders.
Think about that for a bit.
