Let me ask you a question.
I'm white. I do not consider myself to be racist.
However, when I see young black men wearing their hats sideways, and their pants hanging off, covered in jewelry, swaggering around using filthy language, they frighten me.
I do not think it is a black/white thing. It is a perception of good vs. bad when these young men walk, talk and dress like gang members. Of course I am not saying that all of them are. But the way a person chooses to present themselves goes a long way in other people's perceptions.
If I were walking down the street, and on one side there was a group of young black men dressed like college students, and on the other side was a similar group only they were dressed like thugs because that is "in style", I would certainly stay on the side of the mainstream kids.
Personally, I think the current pop culture that exists in the black community has done a lot of damage.
I am certainly not trying to offend. I just want your opinion on the current culture, and whether you think my perception of why some people on these threads might have said some of the things they said.
Maybe it depends on where a person lives. I live around a lot of black guys who dress like gangsta thugs but aren't. I've lived around a lot of different black people and some people never have. There's a lot to be said for the negative aspect of gangsta rapper culture. That's a whole other discussion and not what was at work in many of these threads (in my opinion).
However, when I see young black men wearing their hats sideways, and their pants hanging off, covered in jewelry, swaggering around using filthy language, they frighten me.
I do not think it is a black/white thing. It is a perception of good vs. bad when these young men walk, talk and dress like gang members. Your defense mechanism is alerted when you are confronted with a situation like the one you described. That's natural, and it is wise to think twice on that one. When standing, I'm a 6' 6", 275 lb. man. My defense mechanism automatically arises when I come into contact with younger black men dressed as you described.
Personally, I think the current pop culture that exists in the black community has done a lot of damage.
Yes, it has done irreparable damage. It was planned to do that damage precisely. The young black men's actions and how they carry themselves was provoked purposefully to retrieve precisely those young black men's reactions and attitudes, as it was to conjure up images in you and other mainstream Americans about what every young black man is supposed to be about.
I've said before and I'll say again and again that black America is a Marxist Laboratory. This is NOT! NOT! NOT! an indictment on white people. It is an indictment of the Democrat machine.
I am certainly not trying to offend. I just want your opinion on the current culture, and whether you think my perception of why some people on these threads might have said some of the things they said.
I won't go into that. It serves no purpose, really. If a black man doesn't want to get along with a white man, he won't. If a white man doesn't want to get along with a black man, he won't.
I'll leave it at that.
