"If you not from the hood you didnt have it hard, even if you black"-Lil Boosie

[DaChampIsHere]

He is telling the truth. As someone from the suburbs, I can agree.

To deny it is the equivalent of a light skinned girl saying she has it just as hard as or harder than a darker skinned girl. Yes we all go through struggles, but some of us are going through something more and that can't be ignored because it means something too and has to be taken into account when we consider each other.

Acknowledging that, in love, is not an issue. Stating your own privilege is not an issue and is actually the start of solving the problem.

So yeah. I agree with him and take that into account with my beliefs and purpose, because that's the role of the middle class, and especially middle class blacks. To see evaluate our position in society and use that to help others.

Yeah, we are all here to help each other, which is why middle class blacks have to knowledge their privilege as well.

And just as it pertains to whites and men, privilege does not necessarily mean you will be successful, but it def helps.

Not going to fool myself into thinking my family's money, friendships, networks, educational background, free time vs. work, etc. didn't help out there.

 

[kav45]

It's not a pity contest, or struggle Olympics. If you're black in a Western society, you have it harder than if you weren't. That's a problem. Degrees of worse only matter to a point.


And Boosie can only talk about his experience as a hood ninja.

And this is coming from a dude from the hood and a decent family.

what country are u from?

 

[GoldTeef]

Hood culture as I see it goes like this , a unwavering support for the clown that get locked up for doing dumb shyt. Rampant promotion of drugs and selling drugs to friends and neighbors . Glorification of violence and being a "real one" .Hyping up clownish behavior . Consumerism of corporate brands like Nike and Addias that will shyt on Black people the first chance they get. Blaming everybody else but ever looking at themselves . Gaudy and flashy jewelry .

"a unwavering support for the clown that get locked up for doing dumb shyt"
You should read this
https://books.google.com/books?id=O...ce=gbs_ge_summary_r&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

Donald Braman spent four years conducting interviews with prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families in the Washington, DC, area, and found that black families regarded incarceration with anything but pride.

Instead, he found a pervasive sense of shame. Families of those in prison hid the truth from even their extended family, and went to great lengths to conceal the fact from their social circles. In interviewing close to fifty families, Braman reported that not one was “out” as having a member in prison to their entire extended family. Reading the stories he collects, one gets a sense of a suffocating stigma, a desperation not to be associated with the prison system in any way.

In light of Braman’s work, the claim that young black men are happy to be locked up is perverse. There is no culture of criminality in black communities. Convenient as it may be to ascribe one to the victims of state violence, all of the evidence suggests that black families work incredibly hard to keep their members out of prison, and feel a profound sense of failure when they are unable to. In fact, compared with white families, black families place an even greater emphasis on following the rules and obeying authority. Given the disproportionate consequences black youth face for their transgressions, this differential is hardly surprising.

"Rampant promotion of drugs and selling drugs to friends and neighbors."
And why do they sell drugs?

"Glorification of violence and being a 'real one'"
Alright

"Hyping up clownish behavior"
Elaborate

"Consumerism of corporate brands like Nike and Addias that will shyt on Black people the first chance they get"
Not at all exclusive to black people or "hood culture".

"Blaming everybody else but ever looking at themselves"
Again, it's not at all exclusive to black people or "hood culture", if anything it's more of an american thing, but I do understand what you're saying here.

"Gaudy and flashy jewelry."
Fair enough.

 

[King Sun]

This is the most simplistic way to look at the world. Can't say I'm surprised though based by his music and the way he moves

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

co sign tho. Technically most struggles that african americans deal with is hood related. if u live in the burbs what are you really going thru? Its true for white people too. White ppl in trailer parks and shyt have it harder than blaccs from da burbs

growing up in the burbs, going to an all white school isn't tough? you try getting called nygga everyday, and get into fights every other day.

 

[BrothaZay]

growing up in the burbs, going to an all white school isn't tough? you try getting called nygga everyday, and get into fights every other day.

Actually no they're not. I know plently of black people who went to white schools and live in white hoods. They seem to be loving it

The funny thing about your post is that its kids in the hood getting called nikka and getting into fights every other day

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

Actually no they're not. I know plently of black people who went to white schools and live in white hoods. They seem to be loving it

The funny thing about your post is that its kids in the hood getting called nikka and getting into fights every other day

yup and everyone I know that did including myself hated it.

kids in the hood getting called nikka? by whooo? other black people? if that's what you're saying then black people really are there worst enemy which is sad

 

[BrothaZay]

yup and everyone I know that did including myself hated it.

kids in the hood getting called nikka? by whooo? other black people? if that's what you're saying then black people really are there worst enemy which is sad

Fam your comparing kids in the burbs maybe being called a n word in 5th grade to 14, 15 year olds getting shot/shot at on their way to school. stop

 

[Lavish]

Did he really say this? What's the time stamp @BrothaZay

 

[BrothaZay]

Did he really say this? What's the time stamp @BrothaZay

27:11

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

Fam your comparing kids in the burbs maybe being called a n word in 5th grade to 14, 15 year olds getting shot/shot at on their way to school. stop

shot by who? other black people?

 

[BrothaZay]

shot by who? other black people?

Or mexicans or police

 

[Deluuxe]

Lil Boosie type of characters is the reason the hood is "tough", but never will these men be put in a position to be responsible for their behaviour.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

It's not a pity contest, or struggle Olympics. If you're black in a Western society, you have it harder than if you weren't. That's a problem. Degrees of worse only matter to a point.


And Boosie can only talk about his experience as a hood ninja.

And this is coming from a dude from the hood and a decent family.

I really wish you understood what "western" means

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

Or mexicans or police

lmao no black person is immune to racist police, rich poor, or broke. the same pretty much goes for Mexicans. but I can assure you white people hate black people even more if they're successful.