Black People - Stop Blaming Racism, Take Responsibility

[Napoléon]

I'm pretty sure many in the black community DO see those people as heroes. And there are plenty of whites who think Kid Rock is a real American Cowboy as well. The black community has people on both sides - they're not all united under glorifying rappers any more than all of us atheists unite under PZ Myers' turkey gobbling.

Missing the point though Summer. Seemingly, it's the majority who glorify the 'gangster' culture, it's the majority who say "fuck the police", it's the majority that revel in a culture that does nothing but keep them down. Seemingly.

We've already established multiple times throughout the thread that there are people who buck the trend. Ofcourse every person is different. But I honestly think you've got your head in the sand if you don't see the problems that their apparent culture poses.

Take this for an example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ7dc07WxJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLepQQNQCU

In the videos, you see black people on both sides. You see a black police officer. Ofcourse not every black dude is united in glorifying rappers. Does this shit really need to be said?

But look at the attitudes that seem most prevalent. For most of these people on this street corner, instead of seeing the police as people there to help, they see them as the enemy. "Don't snitch". C'mon, let's be real, you really saying to me that the attitudes displayed here don't represent a significant proportion of people in black communities? Even if it's 0.00000000001% of the population of black people in America that think this way, that's not the point. The point is that these attitudes seem to be representative of the whole, and they're certainly affecting people's ability to better themselves.

Nobody's saying everyone has these bad attitudes, but it's enough people to influence the fact that their communities end up going nowhere instead of somewhere IMHO.