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Posted by Flatbush41 on Fri Apr 22 16:20:48 2005, in response to Re: A honest cultural question..., posted by L Train on Thu Apr 21 18:20:42 2005. I agree with some of your points but I think some of it is just wrong and perhaps looks like a sense of insecurity [maybe], you'll see what I think by breaking the post down.It's a combination of racism and rap music. Well yes I agree but up to a certain point. There have been great strides in black America over the last few decades but there are still vestiges of racism. I'm not convinced that if a black and white person with the same qualifications applied for the same job then they'd have an equal shot at that job. I'm also convinced that there is still racism in some ways, its just not as blatant as before. Elimination of racism in our society would be a great achievement in our lifetime but the ignorant will still be around, unfortunately. As for rap music, it encourages blacks to act like gangsters, get women pregnant and not take care of their babies, and smoke weed. It frowns upon getting an education. 50 Cent is glorified because he got shot 9 times, not because he got a Ph D. Instead of realizing how close he came to dying and trying to change he glorified his near death experience. That only applies to blacks, encouragement of being gangstas through rap music? I don't think so. Hey I listen to rap music and its all a matter of the dipshits not knowing that the artists is using these gangsta images to sell records and I bet most of these guys aren't shit in terms of being tough and lack street cred I mean give me a break. As for the example using 50¢, well I will agree that he used his experience to being shot 9 times to get where he is now and it worked but in the real world it would be a different scenario. It is unfortunate that the black folks who do prosper like becoming a CEO, doctor, lawyer, etc are shunned BUT on the flipside...lets say 2/3 of those people would forget where they came from if they lived a rough life and would think they're too good to be black, and those are the people I can't stand and I feel they're the equivalent of shit in my view. Instead of emulating positive blacks like Colin Powell (you may not like his policies but you have to respect him) and Magic Johnson blacks want to be thugs just like in these rap videos. Again it all comes down to education. I respect Colin Powell as a black man for getting to where he was but I don't agree with much of his views but Magic Johnson is a good example. |
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