Black People - Stop Blaming Racism, Take Responsibility

[Napoléon]

Stunningly ignorant.

Boru

Interesting. Care to elaborate on why?

I was watching a Ross Kemp documentary recently in the deep south. Among other places. Pretty sure Louis Theroux has done a similar one too but I may be confusing them.

What he revealed was pretty much what the guy in the video is expressing. People talk about this 'oppression' that many black people have looming over them. They talk about the judiciary system being corrupt. They talk about the white man or the police being the root of all their problems. They're born in the ghetto and have no hope of getting out. 

But even if some of these things are true, and some of them absolutely are, what you rarely hear is the 'black community' (for lack of a better term), talking about taking responsibility. There's the entire, "don't snitch" mentality. Who does that help? There's communities that are kept in poverty because the people living in them flat out don't want to escape it. Many youths today wear "coming from the ghetto" as some kind of badge of honour. There's people who treat their communities like shitholes instead of communities.

Just found a clip from one of the docs I'm referring to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yQTEcOpjbY

I recommend watching them, they're pretty insightful. They cover a lot of shit though, even gun laws. 

Found a full doc on St Louis, again, covers some issues like black people being oppressed.

---

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQJnlJJDuDg

---

*edit* Just realised the documentary that specifically talks about the issues I'm referring to is Ross Kemp: Extreme World Memphis. I think it's available on Sky Go, not sure how Americans would watch it though. But he interviews a range of different people. I specifically remember several black people talking about how black communities need to take more responsibility. I just find it interesting.

*edit 2* Another clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMItcbCHUw