Should successful black role models live in and serve the community in the hood?

[Midrash]

Do you think poor communities would be best served with successful black role models coming back to the community to help uplift the area? Should successful blacks just focus on leaving the hood permanently. Should they habe a vacationer mindset, come to visit but live their life somewhere else?

Would this be a good idea? Would this be a complete waste of talent? Shoot off what you think. This is a discussion, dont hold your tongue and lets brainstorm.

NOTHING is off limits in this discussion, just be able to back up what you say if its out there.

 

[Crakface]

Men do what they want. Should people inthe hood serve their own communities and people that are homeless. I bet they'd say, no.

 

[Thoughts]

Yes

 

[zerozero]

Keep in mind that where they live can affect whether they remain "successful" in terms of quality of life, commute, social circles...

 

[69 others]

if you're young and have the time and luxury why not but if you have a family hell no. who wants their kids going to school with sharkeshia or quashian.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Nah. Security costs would be too high.

 

[thekingsmen]

They did in the past...why not now? Live out in the hills and claim to still rep your hood, brehs.

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

I wanna say YES, but I feel like I'll just be a hypocrite if I do by no means am I some major success, but I have made farther than most of my peers, and for the longest I was all about community because of that... and I still am, but at the same time, I've grown to a larger, global kind of level. Thats where I want to be now... Idk how/if the black american community can truly fit into that picture

 

[thekingsmen]

You are a creation of your community. If you enrich yourself, you can enrich the community. Each one teach one.

 

[88m3]

Yes. I live in the hood.

 

[emoney]

it depends what your goal is

 

[Black Hans]

Sure. if they want to get robbed and potentially killed by envious negroes.

 

[emoney]

If your not living and working among the people you want to help uplift then I don't see much getting accomplished.

 

[emoney]

Wealthy Blacks who have left their "community" and have to return have already failed.

 

[emoney]

Wealthy Blacks who have left their "community" and have to return have already failed. STRIKE ONE