the thing is these suburban kids with some resources are being bombarded with content of how black men (and women now with the ratchet thot shyt) are suppose to act if they're really black. and when i see stats like mid to upper middle class black kids doing worse in school than lower class white kids i get pissed off because it's self-sabotage. channeling saban: IT'S RAT POISON.That’s why the parents need to check that goofy nonsense but many don’t because they themselves want to keep their own hood (not necessarily street) cred. Almost ashamed in some ways of their own success and even moderate climb up the socioeconomic ladder. Just ass backwards shyt.
I grew up pretty much lower middle class in a black neighborhood in the city. Not in the PJs/Ghetto or anything but definitely not well to do. We were aite. Had many friends and fam who didn’t even grow up as I did but lower. Thankfully I don’t have to have a conversation with my sons about tryin too hard to be something you aren’t. In my mind I’m like both y’all nikkaz are growing up upper middle class so I DARE one of y’all to even dream of tryin to be on some goofy thug shyt. Y’all nikkaz don’t have a clue about growing up struggling at all. I realize they live in a bubble where kids around them are growing up the same way, black kids at that where we live. But wife and I make sure to expose them and keep them well rounded as well and talk to them to ensure they know that the way they’re growing up is not the norm for not just black folk but even the majority of white folk.
Tee needs to do his damn job. Shame him if he doesn’t listen