Controversial to say the least, the following words written on Black Voices have made their way through blogs, email inboxes, and other online forums within the last 24 hours. Read below and let us know…. is this an accurate assessment of what’s going on or completely wrong ?
“A honor roll black student is dead. His head opened up like a ripe watermelon on video for the world to see. Stomped, beaten with 2 x 4’s.
Derrion Albert. The death of Derrion Albert..more fruit from the tree of thug worship.
Jay Z, a professed former crack dealer was on Oprah last week. Snoop Dogg is a cultural icon. Tupac is an iconic figure. Need I mention, 50 Cent, the Game, and the whole plethora of drug dealers, rapists, burglars, and other felons that black America worships.
Young black boys want to be them…
Old black men want to reclaim their youth by sagging by them…
Young black women, educated and non educated, want to F them and have babies by them..
Older black women consider them to be “real men”
Thug worship.
Until black America quits worshipping thugs, this violence will not end….”
Things will change…because they have to change – even the blacks know deep down themselves how stupid we look. They know. All I know is I don’t need the world to worship me…I need me. Period.
I think the assessment is completely wrong. Derion Albert’s death had nothing to do with rappers rapping about nonsense, it had more to do with the lack of community resources available to keep kids off the streets and involved in more positive and affordable activities (particularly for teens). Sure people can blame whoever they want based on their own “opinions,” but facts are facts.
I don’t think any of our boys inspire to be thugs like rappers once USE TO BE, they inspire to be somebody and possibly WHERE THESE RAPPERS ARE TODAY financially. The problem is they don’t know how to go about it which has a lot to do with the fact that it’s not as “easy” as it once was to get into that game, but still they TRY.
I can agree that many rappers send wrong messages to our youth who still haven’t developed 100% mind wise, but I don’t feel that the violence on the streets stem from rappers. Not at all.
Violence on the streets in my opinion stems from bad economic times, it stems from racism and the fact that black people are disadvantaged, it stems from peer pressures in struggling black communities where once again there’s absolutely nothing for these kids to do besides hang out in the streets. Sure one can blame parents without looking at the picture as a whole, but the bottom line is the only way violence on the streets is going to stop is if we tackle ALL of our issues and come together as a people rather than pointing the finger at one another. When all the while we still have others working hard AGAINST our gains.
All the bashers and accusers would be surprised to learn than many of these kids are crying out for help. The question is what is the solution? WHERE are the answers? WHO has the answers? We all not crazy, but the first thing the white man wanna do is throw you in a mental facility…. or JAIL by thinking of all ways they can to make things worse instead of better.
In the photo we have what appears to be a grown man, however his style of dress proves to be something less than what he actually is… His pants are hanging so low he should’ve just come out of the house in his underwear and left the pants hanging in his closet…As human beings, especially if you’re african american, we should all try to portray ourselves in the best possible light. As a person with any common sense you should be able to see your faults and want to reinvent yourself as a person, because if not you will stay stagnant in life not being able to move forward as a human being.