21,000 Black Men have been shot dead in the past two years in America

[get these nets]

Avoid the pitfalls, do what you can to uplift those around you

Those seem to be the types of things that the brothers you're arguing against are saying.

 

[Neuromancer]

We ever gonna discuss this or just forever speak out only when it's a cop shooting. 21,000 is obscene. The unemployment levels among black men, at a time when jobs are virtually everywhere, is also obscene. The amount of black men simply disappearing from the work force due to incarceration/death/not looking for jobs is obscene. We're witnessing a near complete failure and no one has anything to say, there is no urgency, all we're doing is speeding up the timeline with more death and senseless violence.

I'm open to having a discussion about it.

 

[Gritsngravy]

Those seem to be the types of things that the brothers you're arguing against are saying.

The dudes you co-signing want to give up on the community, they are not talking about uplifting one another they only care about talking about how people ain’t shyt

 

[Gritsngravy]

Those seem to be the types of things that the brothers you're arguing against are saying.

You and them dudes u co-signing on some fake shyt, just say u don’t give a fukk about the community and stop playing games

 

[EndGame]

In the words of Jeru the Damaja, "animalistic, cannibalistic behavior".

 

[get these nets]

You and them dudes u co-signing on some fake shyt, just say u don’t give a fukk about the community and stop playing games

Thanks, seen all I need to see.
+1 to ignore list

 

[Gritsngravy]

Thanks, seen all I need to see.
+1 to ignore list

You said them dudes arguing for uplifting, that means you didn’t read the thread
U need to re-evaluate yourself, because u the main hoe ass nikka I’m talking about wit that fake pro black shyt

 

[ISO]

Honestly, these are all much more pressing than death by cop, imo.

This is by far the biggest issue facing black communities.

 

[Dave24]

We ever gonna discuss this or just forever speak out only when it's a cop shooting. 21,000 is obscene. The unemployment levels among black men, at a time when jobs are virtually everywhere, is also obscene. The amount of black men simply disappearing from the work force due to incarceration/death/not looking for jobs is obscene. We're witnessing a near complete failure and no one has anything to say, there is no urgency, all we're doing is speeding up the timeline with more death and senseless violence.

I agree with all this except you mentioning jobs being virtually everywhere. What specific jobs that are good paying full time jobs with benefits are you seeing? In my area it is mostly part time jobs that don't really pay much. @Piff Perkins

 

[Piff Perkins]

I agree with all this except you mentioning jobs being virtually everywhere. What specific jobs that are good paying full time jobs with benefits are you seeing? In my area it is mostly part time jobs that don't really pay much. @Piff Perkins

I'm just referring to the flurry of openings. Many are lower wage but in the midwest and especially the south, where the unemployment rates are higher for black men, those are still jobs that can pay the rent due to lower cost of living compared to the west or east coast.

 

[Concerned Citizen]

We gotta stop worshipping violence, elevating fukkkery, and valuing shyt that in the long run doesn’t improve us on a personal or community level. Yes racism and disparate treatment has us in a chokehold but sometimes you still have to bail water in the short term while waiting for the holes in the boat to get fixed.

 

[murksiderock]

Black boomers already had the family stuff figured out. Gen X parents on the other hand…

Did they, how long did that last?

The family dynamic of people of the diaspora was shattered thru the Transatlantic Slave Trade. We've never been whole here...

Where we are today is just a continuance of the legacy we were introduced into...

This is by far the biggest issue facing black communities.

Death by cop?

 

[Micky Mikey]

How do you go about changing a culture and how long does it take

Culture is shaped by environment and takes generations to transform. It would have to be a multi-generational project but we have to start somewhere. First thing we need to do is reject all the negativity and toxicity in our culture. And that has to be done via young people. Old people cannot make this happen. We can follow their lead but thats it. Almost every significant movement we've had involved the engagement of young people. Whether it was from the Black Panther Party, NOI or even the Civil Rights movement.

Young people are going to have to get to a point where enough is enough and realized none of this is normal and that this toxic culture stops with them. Then we must explore ways to redefine ourselves and who we are as a people. Fresh new ideas must be formulated. New codes of conduct. This is why we need young scholars and philsophers. We need desparately need deep thinkers who are equipped with being able to make sense of our modern world and our place in it. This isn't the 50s, 60s, or even 90s anymore. We're in a new world and we'll need to adapt our ways of thinking to survive.

 

[ISO]

Death by cop?

Nah. Tens of thousands of black men dying in the last 50 years to homicide.

 

[Lexington Steele]

Reminds me of one of my favorite Patrice O'Neal bits.

"They don't manufacture the guns in the hood."

"Is that why you shot me?"