As black men we have to bare some responsibility for what happened to Trayvon.

[BLAZO da GAWD]

Strong thread topic to OP avatar ratio...

 

[Born2BKing]

It's not the hoodies, it's the whole criminal thug "element" culture. That shyt is not a good look. You see white, asian, other kids in hoodies all the time but it doesn't stick because they have control over what they put out. We got stop making excuses for our failures. They're going to be on their nonsense, we got to fix our own house before we fix someone elses.

Yeah ummm so what were we doing wrong when we were getting hosed down in the streets of Birmingham when MLK was marching? What were we doing wrong when we were brought here as slaves and whipped, raped, murdered and set back years? What are the qualified brothers and sisters doing wrong who have good degrees and are upstanding citizens but get turned down for jobs they are 3 times more qualified for than their white counterpart?

 

[DerrtySouthpaw]

bytch please we're threats no matter what we do. i couldnt tell who the defendant was at some points..

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

i didnt know walking home with some skittles and iced tea with a hoody on in the rain is a sterotype for black men

He was killed because people associate black skin with criminality. That's the truth of the matter, if black people had control over the way we market ourselves to the world , things would be different. This applies to so many things it's not even funny. Dark skin womens beauty insecurities stems from this too. Not to throw sistas under the bus or anything, I'm just stating.

 

[Surreal]

He would've done the same to a Black man dressed like Bentley Fonzworth

Maybe not shot him but would've followed him and profiled him. He's Black and that's all
that matter to racist

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

Yeah ummm so what were we doing wrong when we were getting hosed down in the streets of Birmingham when MLK was marching? What were we doing wrong when we were brought here as slaves and whipped, raped, murdered and set back years? What are the qualified brothers and sisters doing wrong who have good degrees and are upstanding citizens but get turned down for jobs they are 3 times more qualified for than their white counterpart?

Emotional post. Only logic here. What should have happened is that we should have been focusing on building our own communities from the start. Inclusion is a poor mans empowerment.

 

[OG_StankBrefs]

If you don't get thee entire fukk outta here wit dat retarded bullshyt.

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

Nothing will change until we attack the people that have the power. we spend so much time fighting each other and letting the racist get off

Attack them with what? Rhetoric? Marching? Nah, I'm cool.

 

[King Poetic]

only responsibility we have is to read the laws in our state and other states period..

i'm telling u these folks read them laws and pray on black men cause they know we have no idea about the entire law book

 

[the next guy]

be careful you are going to have a handful of coli "pro black power movement" dudes calling your uncle tom/c00nery etc because you are speaking the truth..and they dont want to own up to it, just point fingers and make excuses

SMH these dudes are a joke

Yeah we shouldn't wear hoodies. That'll solve the problem in our community.

battle time

 

[Whogivesafuck]

What happened today in the courts is a travesty, but all this would have never went down if it wasn't for some bullshyt stereotype that we can't keep in check. We need to take responsibility for our own image, it's far too dangerous not too. We got to stop letting these clowns dictate the culture.

Sit your dumb ass down!

 

[marcuz]

It's not the hoodies, it's the whole criminal thug "element" culture. That shyt is not a good look. You see white, asian, other kids in hoodies all the time but it doesn't stick because they have control over what they put out as a community. We got stop making excuses for our failures. They're going to be on their nonsense, we got to fix our own house before we fix someone elses.

what i'm hearing is nikkas gotta walk around looking and acting like urkel to avoid being stereotyped.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

be careful you are going to have a handful of coli "pro black power movement" dudes calling your uncle tom/c00nery etc because you are speaking the truth..and they dont want to own up to it, just point fingers and make excuses

SMH these dudes are a joke

Only joke is you. Only poster I'd like to see you on is....

 

[Dre Space Age]

Read this my nikka "The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation" | Hip Hop Is Read

 

[DrX]

white ppl see us as savages....if we get get a non aggressive image instead for feeling threatened, they'll feel the power to bully us