Dissapointing behavior being displayed by family members UNAPPRECIATION

[How Sway?]

Black on black crime is a big issue, but id say like 4/5 times its between people who know each other.

The way it is now a days you gotta watch out for everybody! A cac could easily run up on you and claim it was self defense and get acquitted.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Yeah I know...

I just think it's sad. They're the type to just completely not associate with other black people...especially AAs.

I don't think you'd understand...you latino b? No offense, but this is a discussion about intraracial tensions/attitudes between africans/west indians and AAs.

So Im Not Allowed To Read The Thread? lol

I Don't Think It Was About Race To Your Mom, I Think It Was Just About Looking Out For You, Im Guessing In Her Area She Has Seen/Heard Enough Of The Behavior In Whatever Particular Area You Were Going

 

[Just like bruddas]

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So, I just came back from helping my mom out with some errands today at the mall. For those of you that don't know, I've been staying in Pittsburgh with the family (they stay in a lily white suburb) for the time being until I head back to NYC in January.

My mom was talking to me about there being a recent string of shootings in Pittsburgh and telling me that I need to be careful where I go (since I just got my driver's license renewed today). And I was asking her "is it about cops shooting unarmed people" and she goes..."no it's about black men shooting other black men"...

I just had to hit her with the as soon as I heard that especially from being on here discussing this recent string of police incited violence against black people in the wake of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and numerous other victims (RIP) and then we got into an argument. I told her how the whole "what about black on black crime" BS has decreased in years past (thanks to graphs and info provided on here) and I'm asked her "so you're saying I should be afraid of my own people when cops are lighting up black men and getting away with it?" and I'm basically saying to her without saying to her said "I'm not afraid of other black people like you".

I told her "I've had more problems with police than I've had with other black people" and that I felt "less safe where they are (in the burbs) then in the city" and that I'd rather be around other black people instead of getting dirty looks being one of the few black men in their whole neighborhood.

She kept on deflecting by saying "calm down" "why are you talking like this? you never used to talk like this?"

(what she meant by that was talking like AAs and "ghetto" and "street" and hood and not like whitewashed brand new Africans/West Indians trying to separate themselves from other black americans)

It was sad to say the least

That's what happens when you're one of the few black families in a predominantly white neighborhood and are happy being tokens...you get a false sense of "belonging" when after living on my own for 12 years, living in NYC for 2 of those years and separating myself from that mentality they had I knew better.

My mom and older sister are sadly on thatbullshyt.

Youre not the only one, i had this convo with my parents a couple of times. My sister gets it and listens but everyone is

 

[Just like bruddas]

Black on black crime is a big issue, but id say like 4/5 times its between people who know eachother. The way it is now a days you gotta watch out for everybody! A cac could easily run up on you and claim it was self defense and get acquitted.

problem is dont have blacks beating murder cases and shyt. They throw us under the jail, Cacs on the other hand have a whole system behind them to grantee a win.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

So Im Not Allowed To Read The Thread? lol

I Don't Think It Was About Race To Your Mom, I Think It Was Just About Looking Out For You, Im Guessing In Her Area She Has Seen/Heard Enough Of The Behavior In Whatever Particular Area You Were Going

Nah...man...nah...not at all.

Yeah, I think you're right though...I haven't been in the area for the past two years other than short visits but apparently crime has gone up..lots of shootings and assaults. I guess the argument stemmed from the fact I've never had a problem in Pittsburgh mainly because I know how to carry myself.

I just go my license renewed though and I'm kind of afraid to drive now. Especially after these recent events with police.

 

[Larry Lobster]

Thank the lawd my grandma, dad, and younger sister ain't on that bullshyt.

How's your father not on that same bullshyt if he lives in the same neighborhood?

 

[Fart Knocker]

I just go my license renewed though and I'm kind of afraid to drive now. Especially after these recent events with police.

"Get a white friend." -Chris Rock


In all seriousness though, at least in NYC, a black guy and a white guy together makes the police mad suspicious. they assume the black guy is selling the white guy drugs (cant lie though, in Kensington part of philly, this is usually the case)

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

How's your father not on that same bullshyt if he lives in the same neighborhood?

He was born and raised and spent the majority of his life in Lagos, Nigeria before moving here here in the late 70s.

He has some stories to tell...and he was/is always real political and opinionated. He's not fond of white people TBH.

 

[Larry Lobster]

He was born and raised and spent the majority of his life in Lagos, Nigeria before moving here here in the late 70s.

He has some stories to tell...and he was/is always real political and opinionated. He's not fond of white people TBH.

I see. but why he chose to move to that area? Isn't there any black suburbs in Pittsburgh?

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

I see. but why he chose to move to that area? Isn't there any black suburbs in Pittsburgh?

There aren't any black suburbs in Pittsburgh at all. It's a very white city. The only black neighborhoods are in the city and they're very ridden with crime compared to the rest of the area and just downtrodden/deprived/desolate/falling apart. Not to mention they're being increasingly gentrified so the black population has actually decreased.

I guess since my dad was/is "ballin" to an extent he moved to that neighborhood just to showcase it. Bought mad cars (benz', lexus', porsche's, etc), and put me and my siblings in private schools. When we moved to the neighborhood in 1993, four of the neighbors around us actually moved out...I guess they thought more black people would move in and the property value would decrease. LOL. That never happened.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

"Get a white friend." -Chris Rock


In all seriousness though, at least in NYC, a black guy and a white guy together makes the police mad suspicious. they assume the black guy is selling the white guy drugs (cant lie though, in Kensington part of philly, this is usually the case)

Man...when I was driving with my white friends and got pulled over we always got a warning and were let go...LOL.

I've been pulled over many times in this neighborhood on some "what are you doing round these parts" type shyt. They aren't used to seeing black people here unless they play for the Steelers.

 

[Larry Lobster]

There aren't any black suburbs in Pittsburgh at all. It's a very white city. The only black neighborhoods are in the city and they're very ridden with crime compared to the rest of the area and just downtrodden/deprived/desolate/falling apart. Not to mention they're being increasingly gentrified so the black population has actually decreased.

I guess since my dad was/is "ballin" to an extent he moved to that neighborhood just to showcase it. Bought mad cars (benz', lexus', porsche's, etc), and put me and my siblings in private schools. When we moved to the neighborhood in 1993, four of the neighbors around us actually moved out...I guess they thought more black people would move in and the property value would decrease. LOL. That never happened.

 

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[GunRanger]

You blew it completely out of proportion. You acting like bad neighborhoods don't exist. She even said there were recent shootings, so it's not something out of thin air. Stray bullets and robberies are real.

 

[Arishok]

I can't relate. Both my mom and dad grew up where they were called "******s" to their face and even spat on . My mom said when she was a cheerleader, the white people would turn their backs when they started cheering. Both my parents always try to warn me against racism and how to fight it especially in the work place. Thank god for having non-c00ning parents