Our daughters aren't safe either: RIP Kaylyn Pryor
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We have not seriously addressed the violence that goes on in our communities
We have always had a small number of people that try but they don't get far because they don't have the numbers Like they should
saw a white dude arguing with a brother online once, and he brought up the fact that we don't shut down traffic to protest our own bullshyt.
i mean....
where's the lie?
Box Cutta
Bumbling Sidekick
Yes it's a horrible situation, but one thing I know that doesn't help is adapting white-conservative narratives.
Their finger point is *never*, *ever*, for our benefit, and they don't give a flying shyt about this girl, or any other individual killed by "black-on-black violence". These stories get play because they push an ideology. Case in point : I saw someone saying that Rudy Giuliani could be the answer. Yes, the anti-black dago architect of stop-and-frisk, and his bullshyt black-pathology narrative, is the answer to our problems....
And this isn't me downplaying violence, placing blame, or calling concerned posters a c00n (Honestly, the victimization surrounding being called c00n on this forum...very similar to the white-victimization of being called a racist. Like, it pops up before the conversation even begins, is usually placed to defend all henceforth accusations regardless of whether such accusations are warranted, etc. But that's a matter for a different thread.) But one of my main concerns with our people right now is our incapability to keep our eyes on the prize and stop being distracted by what outsiders are shouting at us.
On a national scale. On an historical scale. Winners don't self-critique and they don't concede They don't apologize. They don't admit guilt. We need to learn this...
If that means that I, or others, come off as though we are just shoulder-shrugging, that's unfortunate, because I want to create a society where these types of behaviors are less likely to come from young black boys. But I am weary when I see so many of us seem to be essentially dispensers of fox-news jargon. Because I see people saying "WELP, CAN'T BLAME POVERTY FOR THIS ONE". And then I see polls showing that black people consider themselves more racist than white people. And then I see surveys showing that black people think racism is a thing of that past. The narrative struggle is tied to the mental struggle. Whites already control our education. And they control most of the outlets of propaganda as well. I'd just like us to be more tactical.
I've felt for some time now that two things that would instantly better our situation : 1) Our own political party & 2) Our own, national media company.
These entities work with one another, and our race as a whole works from there....we could really see some movement towards tangible goals. This ties into what I was saying above about blacks nearly always losing the narrative.
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I_Got_Da_Burna
Superstar
coli only cares when it's white people, black on black is perfectly fine
that's just stupid
WTF are people on a message board going to do about chicago's crime? that city has been a hotbed of criminal activity since the 30's and 40's. you think a bunch of non-chicago people have any effect on that city?
FOH with this flawed logic
same can be said about police brutality. If blacks cannot handle crime ridden black concentrated hoods like chicago then they can't go head to head with white supremacy.
I_Got_Da_Burna
Superstar
The_King_of_Everything
Yeah.
I'm tired of this dumb ass "hood" culture holding our community back.
I'm with @PhonZhi, @kevm3 and @Emperor_ReinScarf . fukk hip hop. fukk swag. fukk the cool pose.
@No_bammer_weed , @bcrusaderw , @LadySimone , @Yup and others troll, but in many instances they are speaking the truth about Black men.
We have failed as men. We've failed to provide for and protect our communities.
You fakkit nikkas can neg me all you want. But, the shyt is the truth.
Breh.
fukk the hood.
Rightc00ns from the suburbs giving their useless ass opinions on Chicago gang violence.
The_King_of_Everything
Yeah.
what are these plenty things? And why is is still a problem? Blacks have been bruatlized by police for decades if not centuries.
I think you need to log off cause you sound like an idiot. You have a solution for how to stop police brutality which has been going on for along time and is still a problem but cant propose a solution for violence in hoods like chicago? I'd love to know the mental gymnastics you will go through if one of these hoodlums killed one of your own. Let me guess blame some whiemte boogeyman that is comfortably live behind his gated community because they know how to separate their wretches from them.
Elle Driver
Veteran
@Yup is in Canada and doesn't experience shyt going on here nor would she know. She goes off media narratives.
saw a white dude arguing with a brother online once, and he brought up the fact that we don't shut down traffic to protest our own bullshyt.
i mean....
How would shutting down traffic effect gang members?