UncleTomFord15
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nikkas love reminiscing about these gangsters from the 70s to 90s despite the fact these dumb nikkas are one of the main reason a large portion of black communities all across the country are so shyt.
Should black people in the hood
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nikkas love reminiscing about these gangsters from the 70s to 90s despite the fact these dumb nikkas are one of the main reason a large portion of black communities all across the country are so shyt.
Brolic
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It is more complex than that.
There's a NYT article about the "numbers" in Harlem. Something like 60-70% of Harlem residents were involved directly or indirectly in the numbers game, "an estimated $800 million to $1.5 billion a year."
The Daily Lottery Was Originally a Harlem Game. Then Albany Wanted In.
Think about that for a second. An essentially illegal game was generating a massive chunk of a Black community's wealth.
How much do you think crack cocaine and heroin were making for the Black communities, when there weren't any White or Grey Market jobs available for hundreds of thousands of African-Americans?
Any person with more than a Freshman's understanding of economics and finance would understand that when there are prime money-generating opportunities, they will be filled by those in need of money.
The United States failure to continue to support the development of communities of people it subjugated for centuries is the reason why drug dealing was such a big part of the economy.
I don't excuse the violence as much, but there weren't any trauma services available.
There's a NYT article about the "numbers" in Harlem. Something like 60-70% of Harlem residents were involved directly or indirectly in the numbers game, "an estimated $800 million to $1.5 billion a year."
The Daily Lottery Was Originally a Harlem Game. Then Albany Wanted In.
Think about that for a second. An essentially illegal game was generating a massive chunk of a Black community's wealth.
How much do you think crack cocaine and heroin were making for the Black communities, when there weren't any White or Grey Market jobs available for hundreds of thousands of African-Americans?
Any person with more than a Freshman's understanding of economics and finance would understand that when there are prime money-generating opportunities, they will be filled by those in need of money.
The United States failure to continue to support the development of communities of people it subjugated for centuries is the reason why drug dealing was such a big part of the economy.
I don't excuse the violence as much, but there weren't any trauma services available.
Hell yeah they should be held accountable...I came up in the 90's like a lot of dudes on here
i watched cats go from high top fades and doing the roger rabbit to wanting to be Caine from menace 2 society
they knew what they were doing and got caught up - most of them (that are alive) are on social media now trying to tell people not to do what they did blah blah blah..
They fell for the trap and didn't listen to the old heads who saw what was coming...survival of the fittest
i watched cats go from high top fades and doing the roger rabbit to wanting to be Caine from menace 2 society
they knew what they were doing and got caught up - most of them (that are alive) are on social media now trying to tell people not to do what they did blah blah blah..
They fell for the trap and didn't listen to the old heads who saw what was coming...survival of the fittest
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Wear My Dawg's Hat
Superstar
By 1988, many folks began to realize that our once-proud "neighborhoods" were transforming
into volatile "'hoods."
The headwinds from the Crack Trade Culture going into the 1990s became too hard to overcome.
In 2019, we have dudes reminiscing about Rich Porter and Alpo the way our great-grandfathers talked about seeing Willie Mays and Hank Aaron in the Polo Grounds in the 1950s.
"In 1988, during a concert by Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy, a young fan was killed in a fight. The killing occurred shortly after Scott La Rock, a founding member of Boogie Down Productions, was killed in a shooting. KRS-One responded to these deaths by forming the Stop the Violence Movement to advance a vision of Hip Hop that would restore what he called Hip Hop’s original principles to the music industry. Composed of some of the biggest stars in contemporary East Coast Hip Hop, the movement released a single, “Self Destruction”, in 1989, with all proceeds going to the National Urban League. A music video was created, and a VHS cassette entitled Overcoming Self-Destruction—the Making of the Self-Destruction Video was also released."
http://hiphopgoldenage.com/stop-the-violence-movement-self-destruction-1989/
into volatile "'hoods."
The headwinds from the Crack Trade Culture going into the 1990s became too hard to overcome.
In 2019, we have dudes reminiscing about Rich Porter and Alpo the way our great-grandfathers talked about seeing Willie Mays and Hank Aaron in the Polo Grounds in the 1950s.
"In 1988, during a concert by Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy, a young fan was killed in a fight. The killing occurred shortly after Scott La Rock, a founding member of Boogie Down Productions, was killed in a shooting. KRS-One responded to these deaths by forming the Stop the Violence Movement to advance a vision of Hip Hop that would restore what he called Hip Hop’s original principles to the music industry. Composed of some of the biggest stars in contemporary East Coast Hip Hop, the movement released a single, “Self Destruction”, in 1989, with all proceeds going to the National Urban League. A music video was created, and a VHS cassette entitled Overcoming Self-Destruction—the Making of the Self-Destruction Video was also released."
http://hiphopgoldenage.com/stop-the-violence-movement-self-destruction-1989/
Here Comes the Pain
Superstar
White supremacy is real, but not everybody in the hood sold drugs.
Some of these people were chasing a lifestyle that wasn't sustainable in the long term.
Just like everybody in the hood wasn't dope fiends.
Some of these people were chasing a lifestyle that wasn't sustainable in the long term.
Just like everybody in the hood wasn't dope fiends.
How do you combat hundreds of years of racism? The same way you combat thousands of dollars of debt--with sacrifice and patience.
thelonious21
I like my women tall
It’s always somebody fault. Nikkas went from blaming the white man to blaming immigration. AGREED
shyts crazy....as a man no matter what happened to me I know that I am at majority fault. AGREED
I see a million threads condemning the white man and illegal immigrants but I rarely see any threads condemning us as a group and our failures.incorrect
These people really do believe in white supremacy.You dont?!?
I don’t believe in white supremacy,
I think in 2019 black people have all the tools to succeed in America. It may be harder for some but then again life hard for the majority of people on Earth.
You sir.. are OFFICIALLY from the Caucasus Mountains
Creflo ½ Dollar
Superstar
I know y’all nikkas don’t like to read but here is a good long article about how black people up North wasn’t allowed to climb the “crooked ladder” to gain footing in America like other minorities (Irish and Italians). The Irish and Italians had a massive advantage by their white complexion and wasn’t as hated as black people.
The Crooked Ladder
I did zero research lol but I think the increased police presence and over policing was caused by the drug trade and racism no doubt. The mob rarely was into drugs they was into more white collar crimes they still committed murders tho. Most of our top criminals dealed in drugs and there was a major war on drugs. shyt ripped out communities apart. Honestly it seem that we just caught a bad break wrong time frime and wrong product to be pushing. When the black gangsters ran the numbers back in the day they was extremely successful and it actually helped the black economy but the drug game had the opposite effect.
The Crooked Ladder
I did zero research lol but I think the increased police presence and over policing was caused by the drug trade and racism no doubt. The mob rarely was into drugs they was into more white collar crimes they still committed murders tho. Most of our top criminals dealed in drugs and there was a major war on drugs. shyt ripped out communities apart. Honestly it seem that we just caught a bad break wrong time frime and wrong product to be pushing. When the black gangsters ran the numbers back in the day they was extremely successful and it actually helped the black economy but the drug game had the opposite effect.
Creflo ½ Dollar
Superstar
You sir.. are OFFICIALLY from the Caucasus Mountains
White supremacy or white supremacism is the racist belief that white people are superior to people of other races and therefore should be dominant over them.
Your reading comprehension just a little off.
I don’t have the belief that white people are superior to people of color.
The only people that believe in white supremacy are white people and c00ns.
Nikka you just dumb
thelonious21
I like my women tall
get these nets
Veteran
The answers in this thread should reveal who really grew up in these environments.
Majority of the people who did, have no love for the criminal element who helped destroy these communities.
I know I don't.