SKILMATIC said:
And 128 shot has a valid point.
O and I have lived in several different places due to my parents being active duty in the navy.
I have lived in Queens, Philly, Chi town, Miami, and presently san diego. All of which I have lived in the slums or near them. In philly I lived in secane which is all full of projects. I used to live in Queens specifically queensbridge, NYC Home of Nasir Jones(aka Nas). In Chi town I lived off the 94 which is near the projects. In Miami was the only decent place I lived.
And in my present neighborhood I live in Skyline in san diego. Basically this is where the mecca of bloods started in san diego. So i think I am pretty knowledgeable as far as the black people situation is concerned since i GREW UP WITH IT . And let me tell you that a white boy in a black neighborhood you get constantly punked day in and day out. I know.
ALL THE RESPONSES TO MY ORIGINAL POST HAVE CONFIRMED CLAIMS MADE THEREIN, AND SUBSEQUENT POST THEREFROM, AND ALL THE RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN, ONE, IN DENIAL RACE WAS OR IS A FACTOR, TWO, HAVE BLAMED THE VICTIM, AND SUCH BEGS THE QUESTION OF IS THE ISSUE OF RACISM NON-EXISTENT.
ARE YOU SAYING THERE IS NO RACISM IN AMERICA, ARE YOU SAYING THE PLAYING FIELD IS LEVEL AND EQUAL FOR EVERYONE, ARE YOU SAYING AFRIMERICANS WANT TO BE POOR, SELL CRACK, SMOKE CRACK, ROB AND STEAL, AND ALL THE OTHER RACIST STEREOTYPES YOU USED IN AN ATTEMPT TO DENY YOUR OWN RACISM?, OR IS THAT BEHAVIOR A RESULT OF THE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS, AND LACK OF EDUCATION AND POSITIVE INCLUSION IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESSES OF GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE ENTITIES?
YOU HAVE PROVEN ANOTHER POINT, WHICH IS YOU HAVE ABSORBED ALL THE NEGATIVE STEREOTYPICAL MEDIA IMAGES AND BOXED THE WHOLE RACE IN SAME IN A WAY AS TO ASSUME IT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT, WHEN IN FACT, AND EVEN UNKNOWN TO THEM, IT'S THE RESULT OF A DESIGNED AGENDA THAT PLACES LIMITS MANY CAN'T SURPASS BECAUSE WHEN THEY DO AND ARE ABLE THE SYSTEM CHANGES THE RULES TO DISQUALIFY THEM, AND THAT CREATES A PSYCHOLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.
AFRIMERICANS DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY, PER RESOURCES AND NETWORKS TO BRING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF COCAINE INTO AMERICA, THAT END UP IN THE GHETTOS, IN THE MOVIES, EVERYONE BLACK KNOWS IF SOMEONE DIES, IT'S ALWAYS, OR NEARLY ALWAYS THE BLACK THAT DIES FIRST, WHEN WALKING DOWN THE STREET AN AFRIMERICAN MAN CAN BE FLOATING ON A CLOUD OF HAPPY THOUGHTS AND AS SOON AS HE GETS TO THE CORNER TO CROSS THE STREET WHITES START LOCKING THEIR CAR DOORS AND LOOKING AT HIM ACCUSINGLY.
BEYOND THAT, BEYOND WHAT I'VE WRITTEN, THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF NEWS REPORTS WORLDWIDE TAKING NOTE OF THE OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE OF THE REACTION, AND TREATMENT AFRIMERICANS GET IN A CRISIS SUCH AS THIS AS COMPARED TO THE HELP WHITES GET WHEN IT INVOLVES A MAJORITY OF THEM, AND THE ELEMENT OF RACISM IS NOT RESTRICTED TO THIS EVENT, OR THE PRESENT TIMES, IT'S BEEN AN HISTORICALLY NOTED CONTINUIM FOR AGES, AND CAN BE WELL DOCUMENTED BY THE SIMPLE FACT THAT NOT ONE FORTUNE FIVE HUNDRED COMPANY IS OWNED BY AFRIMERICANS, NOT ONE AFRIMERICAN SITS ON THE BOARD OF ANY MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE, NOT ONE NATIONAL TELEVISION STATION IS AFRIMERICAN OWNED, AND THE LIST GOES ON AD INFINITUM.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVER NIGHT OR BY ACCIDENT, IT WAS AND IS PART OF A WELL PLANNED AND ENGAGED SYSTEM OF FACTORS TO MAKE AND KEEP AFRIMERICANS EXCLUDED FROM BEING IN SUCH POSITIONS, AND IT DIDN'T JUST START.
BEING WHITE, EVEN IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AND GHETTO RAISED, YOU CAN GO OUT AND HAVE INSTANT ACCESS TO STUFF AND OPPORTUNITIES AFRIMERICANS HAVE TO BE OVER QUALIFIED TO EVEN GET AN INTERVIEW FOR, YOU DON'T SUFFER THE SUBTLE COVERT INSULTS BECAUSE YOU'RE WHITE, YOU ARE NOT MEASURED BY AN ASSUMPTION OF NEGATIVES ON SIGHT, AND I WOULD EVEN SAY THE TREATMENT YOU SPEAK OF PER GETTING PUNKED IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IS A RESULT OF THEM GETTING THAT IN SOCIETY EVERYWHERE THEY GO BE THEY GHETTO OR NOT, JUST BEING BLACK IS REASON ENOUGH, SO DO TO YOU WHAT'S BEING DONE TO THEM, AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHEN OR WHY THEY PUNK YOU, THAT'S HOW THEY FEEL EVERYDAY ALL DAY JUST BEING BLACK IN AMERICA, BECAUSE AFRIMERICANS ARE PUNKED IN EVERY AREA OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.
RACISM IS UGLY BECAUSE IT'S BASE OF REASONING IS FAULTY AND INHUMANE, AND NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST GUILTY OF IT BECAUSE IT IS SELF CONDEMING, AND EVEN THOSE LIKE MYSELF ARE HARD PRESSED TO DISCUSS IT BECAUSE ONE WHO POINTS IT OUT IS LABELED AS BEING IT, BUT FACTS ARE FACTS, AND IF ONE MADE A LIST OF ALL THE POSITIVES AND ALL THE NEGATIVES, AND COMPARED WHICH RACES ARE OF EITHER, MOST WOULD NOTE WHITES ALL GOOD, AFRIMERICANS ALL BAD, IT'S A CONDITIONING OF THE MIND AS WELL THE DAY TO DAY DYNAMICS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM IN AMERICA THAT IS AT THE HEART OF THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.
