Y'all some simple black and white niccaz..You can be pro black and still have black enemies.
You can hang around gangs and still be pro black.
Growing up in the 90's, a bunch of gang members was on the NOI/5% pro black tip.
The children of the revolution(Pac's generation) are actually the ones who started the gangs.
It was nothing but an offshoot of the Panthers....but then crack came and fukked it up.That's when niccaz really started fighting & dying over territory.
So that whole generation was like a broken fraternity.Splintered in 2...Some caught up in actual gangbanging, some hustling down other avenues....But even then, there was always a sort of fellowship/affinity amongst each other.Even throughout the madness, people were more conscious/principled back then.
It's more complex than some "Menace II Society" shyt.....If you're just looking at movies, reading message boards, and magazine articles/blogs...You'll just end up with a sensationalized perspective.....Becoming a negative nancy/Monday morning QB/finger pointing goofball.
You had to have been there and grew up in it.Niccaz get a few nuggets of info off the internet and think they know everything
Be mad