Went to a house party in the hood tonight.

[FrontoBama]

There is no one black culture/experience.

No but there is one broad cultural grouping under which we all identify. African American culture is the defining paradigm under which virtually all Blacks in America identify.

you can't try to make "the hood" out to be this kind of black cultural source while, at the same time, divorcing it from the very real crime patterns that exist in a lot of these poverty stricken neighborhoods.

This is social commentary outside the realm of what we discussing. I agree that crime is really high in Black neighborhoods for a fukk-ton of reasons but that doesn’t cross into culture. Unless you’re one of those “ culture of crime” dudes.

Its not sad being who you are, and, if who you are is a person who feels more comfortable around people of a similar background then there is nothing sad about that. Its actually very normal. You must allow black people to simply exist both inside, and outside, of your preconceived notions of who we all should be. Again, there is no one black experience. If you are black, and you are experiencing life...that is the black experience. Accept that reality and embrace it.

Then “why do black girls think I smell bad and don’t cut my hair” threads wouldn’t appear daily.

. You can't take the good without the bad. Whatever "culture" is being created in these "hoods" is probably the result of both

Again logically impossible because our culture predates American crime..and THAT is where the disconnect lies. Because you vehemently hate yourself, it’s very easy to convince you that something as wide and far-reaching as a city of thousands of people can somehow become something as insular as a den. Crime has NOTHING to do with Black culture..It didn’t spur Blues, it didn’t spur ragtime or influence Fredrick Douglass. This guy went to a party in ‘the hood’ wherein the culture was manifesting and NO CRIME took palce…This is a 1+0=2 situation. You are missing what you just tried to say is inseparable from the subset.

Again, there is no one black experience. If you are black, and you are experiencing life...that is the black experience. Accept that reality and embrace it.

That is YOUR experience.. Millions of Black men have been to prison and I have not, I don’t feel seperated and lonely from my brothers on that basis..According to what you just said I should long for the jail cell to prove how Black I am.

 

[Ghost Utmost]

Well at least we know if "raps" about burners and gun talk that he is all the way cappin'.....

Good thing I'm not a gangsta rapper. That'd be awkward.

 

[Rn.]

Went to a house party in the hood tonight

 

[Knuckles Red]

That is YOUR experience.. Millions of Black men have been to prison and I have not, I don’t feel seperated and lonely from my brothers on that basis..According to what you just said I should long for the jail cell to prove how Black I am.

My point is that operating in a system of white supremacy, as a black person, will always be the driving force for how we, as black people, identify. Our thoughts, our feelings, the way in which we must navigate this system. This is what lays the basis for what it is to have a "black experience." It doesn't matter if you are a doctor, or a felon, your experiences will always be shaped and molded by your blackness in relation to this system we are born into. It doesn't have anything to do with a dance, or growing up in the "hood." These are byproducts. What I'm describing is something much more essential. There isn't anything to feel separated from because, in spite of all of our differences, we are black, but it is because of our blackness is what creates a black experience. In a system of white supremacy.

 

[FrontoBama]

My point is that operating in a system of white supremacy, as a black person, will always be the driving force for how we, as black people, identify. Our thoughts, our feelings, the way in which we must navigate this system. This is what lays the basis for what it is to have a "black experience." It doesn't matter if you are a doctor, or a felon, your experiences will always be shaped and molded by your blackness in relation to this system we are born into. It doesn't have anything to do with a dance, or growing up in the "hood." These are byproducts. What I'm describing is something much more essential. There isn't anything to feel separated from because, in spite of all of our differences, we are black, but it is because of our blackness is what creates a black experience. In a system of white supremacy.

Such is true of any of oppressive system, ‘we all black‘, your experience is your own- these are all platitudes.

The fact is, culture is a real, measurable thing and pretending that it’s some kind of nebulous concept is just a coping mech to further separate you from your own people, that’s why you keep deflecting to this ’hood’ when I’ve pointed out mad times that it’s just a term( Cultural term) used by Black ppl and has nothing to do with crime.

But it’s whatever man we not getting to eachother so ima wish you a happy Sunday.

 

[NoirDynosaur]

Last October I went to a hood party in East New York Brooklyn

East New York is known to be the most dangerous area of NYC along with Brownsville. Back in the 90's it was brutal...now it's decent

Party was mostly 18-24 yrs old college kids. My circle is mostly 19's to 30's yrs old that's how I get connections

Gen Z girls are easy af to bag