How Black Middle-Class Kids Become Poor Adults

[Lord Brehlinger]

Well, I guess those people have to wait on their messiah then. I love the hood. Look at Richard Sherman's family, they interacted and was positive to gang members and people in general and no one messed with them. They didn't coward away from their people. You'll be surprised how much love you'll get by buying some weed off or just being genuinely caring for a few kids. Being in the mix, living good and modest can inspire people going a different way on how to get it. Trust, I thought the same way.

Negged. at the hood

 

[Lord Brehlinger]

Behold, the mind of a CaC.

Fixed

 

[151_Pr00f]

1: Black folks need to stop buying shyt that they dont need. Kill that materialistic consumerist mentality.

2: Just because you dont have kids or much of responsibility is not a license to live recklessly.


I was at a party this weekend that was half black on one side of the venue and half white on the other. Spent time watching the football game on one side, had six or seven drinks and was charged 40 bucks. They were trying to get people to buy tables and bottles and every single young white person negged the waitress. I go over to the black side to meet with my people after the game was over and every table had six bottles of overpriced alcohol. In addition, there was an upcharge on drinks on the black side vs the white side.

Lastly, almost everyone on the black side was 30 and up while on the white side, noone inside the bar was over the age of 30. No sense in doing age appropriate things. Everyone out there trying to stunt for the same IG captions and hashtags.

This is a problem of widespread corporate propaganda. Spend, stunt, buy over priced items you don't really need. The rich multinational media conglomerates have driven this idea into the minds of most American people it's just that most popular urban culture (particularly hip hop) push the consumer mindset to the extreme. Black people as a whole need to disconnect from all popular forms of media which is mostly government sponsored brainwashing.

In regards to the article as bad as we have it even CAC's are starting feeling the pressure. I think half the population is making under 25k and 1/3 of all Americans are poor are close to poverty. America has been on a steady nosedive to 3rd world status as workers wages haven't risen relative to inflation since the 70's. The wages for unskilled laborers with just a high school diploma have actually declined by 20 %.Even if black kids today are able to land a job that hasn't been shipped overseas it doesn't offer the same financial security it did for our parents. The only reason CAC's aren't in as dire straights is because of that nice 400 year advantage of wealth at our expense.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Negged. at the hood

You cannot even neg someone yet.

Being amongst my people versus others is looked down upon.

 

[Art Barr]

This is just stupid.

so, where are these good ole boi's,...
with the yay ******, get'em cowboy special order pom pom's at, then.


Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

the system purposefully made it so, blacks from the civil rights era next gems were normalized and purposefully downgraded.
are we going to act like affirmative action.
Is what it used to be,.....


Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

Because even middle class black parents kiccc their kids out when they turn 18

that is from project mentality they grafted onto us purposefully.
THE MOVIE CLAUDINE, SHOWED THIS AND WHAT THE WELFARE/PROJECT MENTALITY THEY GRAFTED ONTO US DID.


Art Barr

 

[Lord Brehlinger]

You cannot even neg someone yet.

Being amongst my people versus others is looked down upon.

Congrats, your post got my first neg.

What kind of bumfukk city are you in where there aren't any nice middle class majority black neighborhoods?

Another for Atlanta.

 

[Lord Brehlinger]

This sounds good in theory, but the fact is the hood is a beast. If you have the means to move, you do. This goes back to us taking responsibility for ourselves and treating each other better. If I got a stable fam and me and my husband are bringing home 70- 90k collectively, why would I stay in the hood where nikkas break in your car, your home, disrespect your property, want to get your son caught up, trying to approach your 12 year old daughter? Why would you subject yourself to needless violence, drugs, food deserts, etc? Why would you keep your kids in these schools where the students actively try not to learn and parents are disengaged? Staying in the hood is not a good thing, now going back to help, donating time and resources, that helps, but living amongst poverty and struggle and continued residential isolation does not help create an upwardly mobile family.

THIS
at (completely smart-dumb and misguided) militants voluntarily choosing to live a quality of life when they can afford better.
Even brehs and brehettes who grew up in the hood and worked their way out go at what they left behind.

 

[Lord Brehlinger]

You're not even black. @egobiggs

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Its possible
http://www.fastcompany.com/3037933/the-visible-man
http://www.fastcompany.com/3037940/a-different-kind-of-valley-life

I am not saying make it a black only business... In fact I would want it as diverse as possible. But a Startup with majority black intellect as the foundation is possible even if they have a white guy involved.

I think you kinda missed the point he's making. Why does a cac have to be involved at all? Why is it that a team of African Americans who are smart and talented unable to stand on the merits of their skills?

And another note, never heard of this product. I don't use razors but if I did I'd definitely cop.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

This sounds good in theory, but the fact is the hood is a beast. If you have the means to move, you do. This goes back to us taking responsibility for ourselves and treating each other better. If I got a stable fam and me and my husband are bringing home 70- 90k collectively, why would I stay in the hood where nikkas break in your car, your home, disrespect your property, want to get your son caught up, trying to approach your 12 year old daughter? Why would you subject yourself to needless violence, drugs, food deserts, etc? Why would you keep your kids in these schools where the students actively try not to learn and parents are disengaged? Staying in the hood is not a good thing, now going back to help, donating time and resources, that helps, but living amongst poverty and struggle and continued residential isolation does not help create an upwardly mobile family.

Here's the problem though? How many people do you personally know that left and actually came back to help? I grew up in the hood and I don't know a single person who did. nikkas leave, go on to live a better life, and essentially says fukk you to everyone else. I joined a mentoring program in Atlanta and in a city of so many successful black men, the guy running the program told me that there's still a waiting list for the boys who actually want to be mentored by someone.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Here's the problem though? How many people do you personally know that left and actually came back to help? I grew up in the hood and I don't know a single person who did. nikkas leave, go on to live a better life, and essentially says fukk you to everyone else. I joined a mentoring program in Atlanta and in a city of so many successful black men, the guy running the program told me that there's still a waiting list for the boys who actually want to be mentored by someone.

That doesn't change if a successful person lives in the hood either, the person who wants to help will help regardless of where they live.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

That doesn't change if a successful person lives in the hood either, the person who wants to help will help regardless of where they live.

Firstly, I'm not advocating anyone live in the hood, people can live wherever they decide to live. But it absolutely does make a difference. @Dlee954 says you should take the money you make and invest it back in the hood. It's way easier to do that if you're investing right where you live because you have a direct incentive to do so. On top of that, because you're in the hood you're more than likely to run into someone who you could take under your wing and steer them in a positive direction.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Firstly, I'm not advocating anyone live in the hood, people can live wherever they decide to live. But it absolutely does make a difference. @Dlee954 says you should take the money you make and invest it back in the hood. It's way easier to do that if you're investing right where you live because you have a direct incentive to do so. On top of that, because you're in the hood you're more than likely to run into someone who you could take under your wing and steer them in a positive direction.

Yall are honestly in full coli militant mode and being very idealistic. When LeBron rolls thru a hood, his impact is felt even tho he lives in a 10 acre mansion, same with locals, you spend the time/money, you'll have an impact. To act like people in the hood are going to be appreciative of your effort to stay down is laughable - some folks trying to do better might holler at you, but it's a whole bunch who won't give a fukk about you/plot on you. Lastly, this may even be feasible when it's just you, or you and your s/o, but no way you raise your kids in that when you have the option of giving them a better life. Where you live does not impact your giving back, your desire does