Is social media encouraging black girl-on-girl violence?

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[ameribbean expat]

"We have had so many girls that literally had to leave school, because of Snapchat," Tracie Berry-McGhee, a licensed therapist and founder of the nonprofit "SistaKeeper" — a mentoring wellness program that works with black girls — told the Daily Dot. "Whatever is written on there is gone in 24 hours, so it is impossible to monitor. So girls will say, 'I wish you would die' or 'Go kill yourself,' and then it is gone; there is no proof. They know nothing can be done."

[ameribbean expat]

Good thing the govt is handing out free Obamaphones. /s

[Chode]

worldstar... WORLDSTAR!!!

[sassy steel magnolia]

Yes, social media including tv shows, movies and even music are encouraging terrible behavior in ALL youth, not just one gender or race. A majority of TV shows are not uplifting or positive; same goes for radio stations, the movies shown everywhere, the music played, the entertainment provided. Lowest common denominator is now the standard by all the networks and other providers. Good is bad, bad is good. I know I’m turning into a curmudgeon as I get closer to mid-60s, but it is so disheartening. Perhaps that EMP thing that some preppers rant about might actually get rid of a lot of this stuff, but at a terrible cost to us otherwise...

[Cowboy Bob]

So girls will say, 'I wish you would die' or 'Go kill yourself,' and then it is gone; there is no proof. They know nothing can be done."

Damn! Dat be like... Shit!

[gigster]

Teenage girls can be the most vicious animals on the planet, from what I’ve seen.In Detroit, where I grew up, if there was a fight after school, it was invariably two girls doing the fighting.

[rockrr]

Snapchat does bring out the best in our youth...;’}

[Fred911]

If female hood rats get into a brawl and nobody posts it on youtube.....did it really happen?

[Trillian]

Just look at one wrong in person and tell me they won’t do the same thing.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Snapchat images can be saved with the built in screen grab function. I use it to save cute pics of the kids’ dogs.

So the “gone in 24 hours” thing is only partially true.

[Pining_4_TX]

Funny how this seems to be affecting black girls the most. Could it be that they are more violent? No, that would be racist to say that.

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[fella]

Go to LiveLeak and search for ‘ratchet’ or ‘chimp out’, the videos go on and on and on.

[Captainpaintball]

BLACK GIRLS are encouraging black girl on girl violence

[ameribbean expat]

Always nice when circumstances permit one to further underscore the intellectual bankruptcy of Rousseau’s Noble Savage theory.