Black people: NEPOTISM is NOT BAD. Stop hating on it, and start doing it for YOUR kids.

[Skrilla]

They have negative views because how many black people have ever been in a possession to hand anything down to their children?

I'm not talking about our parents, or blaming anyone for their parents not putting them on etc. I know nobody in here had control over that. I'm talking about my generation's current views towards nepotism and how it needs to change, for the sake of their kids. I'm in my 20s. What i see is a lot of brehs my age who had to start fom scratch, declaring that their KIDS will too, because "Ain't nobody give me nothin! So my kids gotta start from scratch like i did!" They don't want to break that cycle, they want to repeat it.

I know a lot of our parents weren't in the position to pass down much to us. I know my situation was generally the exception etc. But I'm not talking about our parents, i'm talking about my generation. And how we need to shift this mindset of hating on others who practice nepotism, and telling our kids they gotta get it their self etc. There's nothing wrong with putting your kids onto a good job, or even just passing them down a decent amount of money etc. That's not "weak". Some of the brehs on here don't have kids yet and they can start building now. Especially since we have more access to technology and other things than our parents did etc. But when this topic comes up, they rush in the thread to state that since nobody helped them, they aren't helping their future kids either etc. There is a general selfish attitude toward their kids, that i notice among a lot of brehs my age. Even among the brehs who don't even have kids yet. They're proud of it too.

We don't need to repeat this cycle. Most of us view nepotism as a bad thing and that's what i'm addressing. It's NOT bad. And even if brehs on here refuse to put their kids on, they still don't hate to hate on those who do as if they're doing something wrong. "He wouldn't have that if it weren't for his parents"

 

[Tom Foolery]

Nepotism - the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. It usually takes the form of employing relatives or appointing them to high office. It is based on favor granted in various fields, including business, politics, entertainment, sports, religion and other activities.

That being said, Black people need to get rid of this mentality that "starting from the bottom" and struggling every generation makes you "realer" and noble. Stop glamorizing it. "They ain't start from the bottom...their PARENTS put them on!" That's GOOD...if being a real nikka is about starting from the bottom, pressing the RESET button every generation, then i don't want to be a real nikka then

How many black people got this type of power though?

And only crusty bum nikkas embrace the bottom.

 

[Thegospel]

So you gonna give your fam a position over a more qualified black person? B b but black excellence

 

[Henri Christophe]

So you gonna give your fam a position over a more qualified black person?

people dont build businesses to empower "qualified workers"

they build business for financial freedom and to empower their family.

why choose the expensive "qualified person" who graduated college when you could just throw your son in the trenches to learn the business starting at 16 for CHEAP and he'll be waaaaaay past the level of the "qualified person" before they even turn 21

family > strangers

all day.

Thats how life works.

 

[Henri Christophe]

I was making $7 an hour working for my pops


nikka had me under that Birdman contract doing big boy work


but at the same time, I know the pharmaceutical industry like the back of my hand

 

[Skrilla]

How many black people got this type of power though?

Breh, you don't have to be Bill Gates or Donald Trump status to put your fam on

Non black ppl in our communities do this all the time if you need an example.

That Arab store or Asian takeout we go to, that owner has hired some of his relatives or friends to work in there. Often you will see his daughter or son or cousin in there somewhere, even if you don't know that's who they are.

You don't have to be some billionaire or multimillionaire to put your fam on.

I even mentioned that i know not everyone can do what my father did. But we can start doing things on a smaller scale. I mentioned if you can't give your kids a job, then at least try to pass them some money and teach them financial literacy etc. A lot of brehs are failing to even do that.

I'm mostly talking to the brehs my age though...mid 20s.....we have access to more things than our parents did, and if you don't have kids yet, you can start building now. I'm just spreading the message.

And even if you don't want to do any of that i named...you STILL don't have to hate on nepotism. Most of the time, we hate when others do it because we are too afraid to try to do it ourselves.

 

[010101]

nah fukk that it should be only the fittest most capable make it

nepotism got a gang of ducks in positions they shouldn't be in

plant your seeds in the right soil and arm them to conquer the world no need for the sneaky bs

now of course if given a choice between equally capable individuals you choose blood but i won't risk the whole kingdom just to make sure one duck doesn't get stuck out in the cold

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[philmonroe]

Nepotism is bad, but we should do it for our families anyway because everyone else is doing it for their families.

Idgaf what other people are doing but who doesn't look out for their friends/family first when they can? It's like I come on here and too many cats be on stuff I swear I don't see living life offline

 

[Skrilla]

Look how mad some brehs in here got. Like i said in my first post, we do still generally view nepotism as bad and hate when others do it. Instead of trying to do it for our own kids. If you're a breh in your 20s or even 30s, in here offended by my post, get this through your head, i'm not talking about your parents or your upbringing, i'm not attacking it either, because i know our parents did have less access to technology and others things than we do. I'm talking about how we can do better, or at least try. If you don't have kids yet, now is the time to start building, if you aren't already doing it. Instead of saying stuff like "well my parents ain't give me nothin, so my kids gotta start from the bottom like i did!"

But this is the problem, brehs my age don't think about your kids or building for them, that's why you keep focusing on your parents vs my parents, as if you are still a child. Out of everything i said, you chose to focus on the part about my dad/upbringing, and take it personal, instead of what we can do for our future kids. I'm talking about our generation and how we should try to break this cycle, but you're too busy being offended over something i didn't even say. If your parents did not pass you anything, it is what it is, i'm not clowning you for that, because you had no control over that. But right now as a grown man, you DO have control over what you pass to YOUR kids. Just because you parents didn't help you does not mean you have to repeat the cycle with your own kids.

 

[PhonZhi]

A massive mental brainwashing amongst blacks must happen first to reverse our current way of thinking.

Common sense spit by the OP but most won't see it that way.

I hope the views of alot of you aren't the average black persons way of thinking

 

[Tom Foolery]

Breh, you don't have to be Donald Trump level to put your fam on

Ppl in our communities do this all the time if you need an example.

That Asian restaurant or Arab corner store you go to, that owner has hired some of his relatives or friends to work in there. Often you will see his daughter or son or cousin in there somewhere, even if you don't know that's who they are.

You don't have to be some billionaire or multimillionaire to put your fam on.

I even mentioned that i know not everyone can do what my father did. But we can start doing things on a smaller scale. I mentioned if you can't give your kids a job, then at least try to pass them some money and teach them financial literacy etc

I'm mostly talking to the brehs my age though...mid/late 20s.....we have access to more things than our parents did, and if you don't have kids yet, you can start building now. I'm just spreading the message.

And even if you don't want to do any of that i named...you STILL don't have to hate on nepotism. Hating on nepotism and acting like it's bad is something we choose to do. "He/she wouldn't have that if it weren't for his parents!"

I love what you're saying. It sounds great, people will love it, but you're not saying anything.

I think Black people would love to be in a position were they are employed by family and I think this happens more often then you are making it seem.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

Man old nikkas won't even let u use them as a reference if they got a good job, meanwhile brad got his whole extended family on.

One poster said he'd rather hire someone who can "do the job", how much u wanna bet his qualification of who can "do the job" is the same one lost nikkas use to determine "the good walmart", or "the good part of town"

Well we're talking in hypothetical for starters.

don't act like you know me breh. Don't show out in front of company.

 

[Skrilla]

Nepotism is trash.

Smh I hope you nikkas don't have young kids, or are planning on having kids saying this shyt. If you're not having kids that's different, but i know most in here are.

The selfish mentality you nikkas on here have is the reason why your kids aren't going to get shyt passed down to them. You're happily continuing this cycle.

Your reasoning is that since your parents didn't pass you anything, you shouldn't pass your kids anything either. "Ain't nobody give ME no handouts! So why should my KIDS get a handout from ME?"

Generation Y nikkas need to build, you don't have as much as an excuse as our parents did because we have access to more technology and opportunities than they did. Instead of bashing nepotism and calling it a "handout", why not try to build something for your (future) kids and put them on

 

[Cacs R Us]

Not enough gray here.

Small family business is not the bad nepotism folks are talking about.

Bad nepotism is families and friends all up and down the government, state departments, banks and corporations who answer to each other or blackmail rather than the people, laws or rules of business.

 

[Amor fati]

There's nothing wrong with nepotism indeed, I'd rather groom my sons in my business with one of them becoming my successor rather than employing some cac that see's his role as just a 'Job'