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warrrreagl · 08-11-2003, 09:32 PM

I agree with a lot of his commentary on black culture, but I disagree that the music is to blame.

Since the author spoke in generalities, then so will I. In white society, people cannot get ahead unless they behave. People who refuse to behave understand this principle and accept their lot. There is constant pressure placed on whites from within their own society to behave.

Black society does not enforce the same limits on its own people. On the contrary, young black men who do not behave seem to be the richest, most respected members of black society. There is no pressure (or reward) in black society to behave. Blacks who choose to behave and advance their lives are ridiculed from within their own community and must face the dilemma of being either downtrodden and accepted or being successful and homeless.

Whites expect blacks to act like they do and respect the value of behaving. Blacks expect whites to act like they do and respect the value of thuggery.

Whites are able to listen to revolutionary popular music without breaking down society because they understand the folly of misbehaving in white society.

Blacks who listen to hip hop and display similar thug behavior are using the music to reinforce the image, not the other way around. If you take away the boom boxes at the KFC, those kids would still have been assholes.

There are a lot of things holding back black society, but hip hop ain't one of them.

08-11-2003, 09:32 PM	#48 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	I agree with a lot of his commentary on black culture, but I disagree that the music is to blame. Since the author spoke in generalities, then so will I. In white society, people cannot get ahead unless they behave. People who refuse to behave understand this principle and accept their lot. There is constant pressure placed on whites from within their own society to behave. Black society does not enforce the same limits on its own people. On the contrary, young black men who do not behave seem to be the richest, most respected members of black society. There is no pressure (or reward) in black society to behave. Blacks who choose to behave and advance their lives are ridiculed from within their own community and must face the dilemma of being either downtrodden and accepted or being successful and homeless. Whites expect blacks to act like they do and respect the value of behaving. Blacks expect whites to act like they do and respect the value of thuggery. Whites are able to listen to revolutionary popular music without breaking down society because they understand the folly of misbehaving in white society. Blacks who listen to hip hop and display similar thug behavior are using the music to reinforce the image, not the other way around. If you take away the boom boxes at the KFC, those kids would still have been assholes. There are a lot of things holding back black society, but hip hop ain't one of them. __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed.