PartIcipating in a gang is some of the most c00n shyt you could do

[BmoreGorilla]

Lmao, my Africana studies courses told me more about our social circumstances than a whitewashed sociology course ever could

You have to look at how black gangs in this country first came to exist in the first place. The first black gangs were protecting their neighborhoods from white supremacy. Due to certain factors they went from fighting white supremacy to fighting each other. Theres sociological reasons for that. Too may young black men don't see living past 25 as an option

 

[BmoreGorilla]

OP nikkas gon come at you for making this thread just wait and see
For some reason we got Black ppl who defend the dudes who terrorize and destroy our communities

for gangbangers that would you at the drop of a dime brehs

Nobody is defending gangbangers tho

 

[Kenny West]

That's not a good look but there's socioeconomic reason for why most kids join gangs. Usually its due to poverty and lack of structure not becuz theyre c00ns

Most kids don't join gangs, tho you probably didn't intent for it to come out like that. The majority of poor kids aren't gangbanging can't just blame it on that. They didn't join gangs because they're "c00ns" but doing so should be considered "c00n" shyt. What group of non whites do more damage to the black community as a whole than gang bangers?

You have to ask yourself why a 13 year old can consider being a gangbanger but can't fathom being a black fratboy or something other than a criminal/rapper/athlete. You would think the world of sex, drugs and murder would be further away from the mind of a child than college but...

Crazy tho, denoucing one in favor of the other sounds like it would be doing the kids of the present and future a favor. Instead nikkas throwing on capes for lowlifes and destructive behavior. It's one thing if you're a kid doing this but grown folks who know better SMFH

I'm not disagreeing with that. But my brother wasn't thinking about c00ning, he was thinking about protecting his 5 younger siblings cuz no one else was going to.

Have you ever had a bunch of young men run up in your house while you're having breakfast and rob you?

If the dudes who robbed you were white they wouldn't have done shyt, keep it a buck

You have to look at how black gangs in this country first came to exist in the first place. The first black gangs were protecting their neighborhoods from white supremacy. Due to certain factors they went from fighting white supremacy to fighting each other. Theres sociological reasons for that. Too may young black men don't see living past 25 as an option

Translation: Drugs and money.

What a fukkin spin, trying to make this shyt seem honorable

 

[RAX 010]

What kind of out of touch with the socioeconomic reality of black people in the United States Cornball Koon sh!t is this OP?

 

[Gold]

If the dudes who robbed you were white they wouldn't have done shyt, keep it a buck

I'm not sure what logic you are using to get to this conclusion...

If white dudes were living in the same impovershed, violent, all black neighborhood that I was living in at the time, are you suggesting that they would have been able to rob black people no one would have done shyt to them???


Is that seriously what you are saying?

 

[agpxknt]

i agree OP
Bu bu but its all they know
The They They They born into it
fukk all that shyt

 

[charmander]

@charmander

op must not know how fun and invigorating it is to gangbang

we Die L'z for the opps

 

[b_low_brown]

You have to look at how black gangs in this country first came to exist in the first place. The first black gangs were protecting their neighborhoods from white supremacy. Due to certain factors they went from fighting white supremacy to fighting each other. Theres sociological reasons for that. Too may young black men don't see living past 25 as an option

I feel that. We've lost our way & that's all on pointing out here

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Most kids don't join gangs, tho you probably didn't intent for it to come out like that. The majority of poor kids aren't gangbanging can't just blame it on that. They didn't join gangs because they're "c00ns" but doing so should be considered "c00n" shyt. What group of non whites do more damage to the black community as a whole than gang bangers?

You have to ask yourself why a 13 year old can consider being a gangbanger but can't fathom being a black fratboy or something other than a criminal/rapper/athlete. You would think the world of sex, drugs and murder would be further away from the mind of a child than college but...

Crazy tho, denoucing one in favor of the other sounds like it would be doing the kids of the present and future a favor. Instead nikkas throwing on capes for lowlifes and destructive behavior. It's one thing if you're a kid doing this but grown folks who know better SMFH



If the dudes who robbed you were white they wouldn't have done shyt, keep it a buck



Translation: Drugs and money.

What a fukkin spin, trying to make this shyt seem honorable

Im not defending it or honoring it. Im just saying that I understand. I live in one of the most dangerous cities in the country and we dont even have a gang problem. Why do gangs exist in places like Chicago and LA in the first place? Why are disadvantaged kids who lack guidance joining gangs?

 

[GreenGrass]

I guess some people really want to be cool but they end up joining a gang not knowing the consequences.

for some, they are just followers. they lack leadership skills so they join a gang.

 

[Woman of god]

Ur working with a different definition of c00n than most. From what I see, a c00n is a black person who is derogatory /detrimental to black people primarily for white approval. There are other black people who are certainly detrimental to our community, but their reason for being that way is rooted in other issues. So I don't think gang members qualify as c00ns

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I feel that. We've lost our way & that's all on pointing out here

We the community needs more strong able bodied black men to step and guide these kids. Dismissing them as c00ns is just as bad as white folks dismissing them as thugs

 

[LuckyLibra619]

My hood is probably different from a lot of the other posters on here. It was mixed. Asians, Latinos, and Blacks all lived in the same area. It wasn't majority black, and the neighborhood gang mirrored that...it was diverse af. The people in my generation (I'm 22) didn't start this shyt. That gang started back in the 80s, it's been around for 30+ years. A lot of people just got sucked into it. A lot of people had family members who were in that gang and naturally you're gunna be influenced by your surroundings. It's not as black and white as "oh you're just a c00n". When you're living in that environment where you're constantly around that shyt it's going to have an influence on you.


OP talks about college, frats, and etc but a lot of nikkas never got the chance to see any of that. I'm fortunate to come from a background where my family is pretty well educated but my nikkas and the people around me weren't. Most nikkas aren't even leaving their block regularly. College aspirations weren't real because they never got the chance to see it. But they did see gangs on a daily basis. Who the ones looking fly? gang members. Who are the ones getting money? gang members. Who are the ones with respect? gang members. You see that regularly growing up and you will want to emulate it. On top of that these are probably people you've grown up with and known your whole life. Frat nikkas are really just some random mfers and you gotta pay on top of that.

I agree 100% Fam, one of my best friends turned Blood when we was like 16 I remember dude coming to my crib with his face all swollen (Breh got jumped in) I was like when he told me he was now officially Blood
My boy always used to be with me playing ball and macking wit shawties and shyt, all of a sudden breh was ALWAYS fighting someone
It's like he inherited MAD beef simply by turning Blood

I grew up seeing shyts like this

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Thinking damn that gang life must be lit, it wasn't till my boy turned Blood and started going through mad shyt that I realized how dangerous that lifestyle is

Luckily my boy is good, breh don't rep none of that shyt no more. But a bunch of youngins don't end up so lucky. Mad nikkas end up somewhere getting stomped to death or getting shot over this shyt

 

[AlainLocke]

Gangs were originally about protection from other races.

Then they became about splitting up drug territory and getting money. You can't sell on this block if you ain't Blood. You can't sell on this block if you ain't Crip. Can't sell on this block of you not a King.

Of course gangs are also social clubs.

Gangs provide economic and social benefit to an underclass that is ignored.

Give people jobs and a sense of belonging in mainstream society....won't be any gangs

 

[b_low_brown]

We the community needs more strong able bodied black men to step and guide these kids. Dismissing them as c00ns is just as bad as white folks dismissing them as thugs

So is calling each other nikka.. if we gonna have this discussion let's not half step

I'm not talking to literally everyone in a gang when I say it's c00ning, just the ones who glamorize the lifestyle, think killing makes them
Hard & think guns drugs and hoes is all there is to life. They are exactly where the white supremacists want them & that falls under c00n in my book.