The Outlaw *BANNED*
PREMIER
They are not promoting gang life, they are expressing their reality as descendants of former slaves. Gangs were around prior to Rap. Regan and Hoover put the drugs in the community-COINTELPRO
I think sometimes white folks don’t realize how recent slavery was. So let me give you some perspective...My daughter born in 2007 is the first person in my family that hasn’t been born into servitude and having to work in the fields or clean people’s houses. To take it a step further, I looked at the slave roles for my grandparents when slavery was abolished and 85% of the slaves were 12-14 years old. Sick shit. And relatively recent.
It must be nice to have to have so much privilege that you only have to concern yourself with what’s going on in your bubble. It must be nice to tell your kid to do their best instead of having to tell them that their best isn’t good enough because they have to be better.
I envy your privilege.
Sorry... that's bullshit. They know nothing about slavery because they weren't slaves, their parents weren't slaves and their grandparents weren't slaves. That's an excuse. A black man and woman can be as successful as anyone today if they value education and hard work. Not in every environment, but nobody has that. Stop with the "Hoover put the drugs in" bullshit, too. At some point you have to look in the mirror and accept responsibility for your actions. You don't get to blame Hoover for rap music glorifying violence, guns, drugs, etc. All that does is perpetuate the stereotype that you can't get out of the hood any other way and THIS is how you make it. Fucking Nipsey Hussle calling himself a Messiah was a complete joke. "He gave back to the community by being a role model." Really? Rolling into the hood wearing 5 gold chains and a Mercedes, saying "don't do what I did" is supposed to be a good thing? LMAO! Who is stupid enough to buy that? You don't get to promote violence and the thug life and then cry that you're profiled. Two black on black shootings at that fucking guy's funeral. Seriously?
What's wrong with cleaning people's houses? I'm white and got a part time job when I was 15. That's not servitude. That's called "if you want a car and spending money, you help pay for it." What the fuck? I'm not condoning slavery... but that "I'm a descendant" has run its course.