O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
I have a reason to be paranoid!! I live in both Louisiana cities
I think the problem we have here is the culture of African Americans. While poverty and socioeconomic positions are an issue this is a much bigger issue in my opinion. African American culture in general very much associates with the Hip Hop culture which has promoted images of hypermasculinity and violence. This culture is very influential amongst the black community which is why you can go to places like PG county in Maryland where the are many wealthy blacks and still have the large prevalence of violence. Unlike white people, black people lost every trace of our culture, language and history when we were brought here so we are still struggling to find who we are. Throw in that crabs in the barrel mentality that is very prevalent in the black community and you got a real problem.
This ain't on no blame hip hop shyt but let's be real other than the crack epidemic it was one of the worst things to happen to our community. Alot of it promotes violence and ignorant nikka shyt. It degrades and devalues our women and it's the only form of music where the artist disrespects it's listeners by talking about how much shyt they got and how little everybody else got. This might sound a little c00nish but it's the facts. Hip-Hop culture was bad for the black community
nikka, have you ever been to a trailer park? Not only is it massive, its filled with guns. Rednecks DO kill each other, make no mistake, white people are more likely to kill white people, but it's not nearly on the same scale. Percentage speaks volume.
that's the keyword. now, we have gentrification and over night the same space is super peaceful. in the 40s, during Capone, whites had a gang culture, hell even the streets of NY with the Irish. How come people can admit to it being cultural for them then, but as soon as you say PRESENT DAY, it's a part of black culture, people get defensive as if the numbers are lying? I say this time and time again, in order to fix a problem, you must first realize there is a problem......otherwise you wont fix shyt, you'll sweep it under the rug like its okie doke. that's dangerous....because in that instance the problem will not get fixed.
What about West Virginia though? Predominantly white, extreme poverty, and a very low crime rate.