Y'all remember that thread something like "Which city had the worst influence on AAs?"
All a y'all were talking about L.A. L.A. introduced the world to gangs and the n-word and violence. Sure L.A. had a terrible influence on black people, youth especially...
but how much longer exactly does this have to go on for everybody to accept that Chicago is the absolute worst city for AAs to live, and I mean those in the category innocent bystander, black person just trying to do their thing not involved with gangs. But.. with Social Media the reach of someone like Chief Keef (and all them young ass super popular dudes with straight up gang/murder music from Chi Town) is HUGE. Kids all over the US want to be like them, all over the world want to be like them.. They didn't start the gang shyt, they didn't start the 'Chiraq' Chicago is a war zone.. but they promoting the muthafukk out of it and perpetuating that shyt through they music.
I thought Trump said he was gon' do something about this and c00ns were clapping.. now nikkaz is still clapping and it ain't applause.
We numb at this point because we went from equating Chicago to MJ and Oprah.. now we equate it to murder and gang banging (and yes they were gang banging for years.. but shyt is completely out of control now brehs...) RIP to all victims.
Let me be clear on where the blame lays: white supremacy is the root of all of this. Without ghettos stacked with dope to sell, liquor stores on every corner and environments without opportunities and terrible schooling systems.. the 'crabs in a barrel' do what I gotta do to eat to survive situation doesn't happen as fast. One gang shoots one person, retaliation is next and the cycle starts and it never ends. HUGE changes in those communities, genuine clean up of the drug issue, genuine clean up of the school system, genuine opportunities and jobs and alternatives to crime wouldn't solve everything but it would solve a lot - but the fear of a black planet is there.. so the government will say all the right shyt but they are not giving young black men and women promising futures.