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Blacks must also look inward, at our culture

Written by Peter Bell, African-American.

What often gets lost in this narrative is how we in the black community often contribute to our own destruction. The Martin case, tragic as it is, pales in comparison to the epidemic of black-on-black murders, which is the leading cause of death for young black men in this country. In Chicago, the murder rate is so high that it is affecting the city’s credit rating. It is broadly accepted that crime in Detroit is a major reason the city is bankrupt.

Where is the outrage, the indignation, the marches for victims of black-on-black crime? The simple fact is that black thugs pose a much greater threat to me and my family than racial profiling ever will.

What other culture in the history of the world has routinely referred to its women as “hoes,” while pimps and hustlers are celebrated and education is devalued? How can we in the African-American community ever demand respect from others when we show so little of it for ourselves?

Indeed and AMEN.

Discuss......

"As my parents used to say: 'If you don’t respect yourself, no one else will.'"

He was lucky to have parents with this kind of wisdom. Children having children are rarely possessed of such wisdom.

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Good article, and spot on. Seems that too many black youth believe that their ticket out of a bad predicament is through becoming a great athlete or a rapper/hip hop artist. That's all well and good if you have the talent, but the problem is that everybody else wants the same thing. Education is no guarantee of a better life, but if I were a betting man I'd wager on the side of getting my diploma vs. becoming the next 50 cent or Lebron.

What a great article. Sadly, he'll be labeled as a sell out or an Uncle Tom by the black community.

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Ibanez wrote:What a great article. Sadly, he'll be labeled as a sell out or an Uncle Tom by the black community.

It's always sad when that happens. It's easier it seems to support foolishness than it is to actually hold one's self accountable for their own lives.

"It's the Man's fault!"

No, dumbass, its YOUR OWN fault!

"The Man is flooding the black community with drugs to keep us down!"

Then why is your dumbass using and/or selling them then? Why aren't you taking a stand and driving it OUT of the community?

I'll tell you why. Because its easier to blame the police and the media.



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DSUrocks07 wrote:

Ibanez wrote:What a great article. Sadly, he'll be labeled as a sell out or an Uncle Tom by the black community.

It's always sad when that happens. It's easier it seems to support foolishness than it is to actually hold one's self accountable for their own lives.

"It's the Man's fault!"

No, dumbass, its YOUR OWN fault!

"The Man is flooding the black community with drugs to keep us down!"

Then why is your dumbass using and/or selling them then? Why aren't you taking a stand and driving it OUT of the community?

I'll tell you why. Because its easier to blame the police and the media.



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So you're an Uncle Tom?


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Ibanez wrote:

DSUrocks07 wrote:
It's always sad when that happens. It's easier it seems to support foolishness than it is to actually hold one's self accountable for their own lives.

"It's the Man's fault!"

No, dumbass, its YOUR OWN fault!

"The Man is flooding the black community with drugs to keep us down!"

Then why is your dumbass using and/or selling them then? Why aren't you taking a stand and driving it OUT of the community?

I'll tell you why. Because its easier to blame the police and the media.



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So you're an Uncle Tom?


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My sister has no kids.

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He left out one big driver of the dysfunction, which is the illegitimate birth rate in the black community.

The lack of role models he speaks about directly correlates to the lack of fatherhood.

Sounds good to me!

Ibanez wrote:What a great article. Sadly, he'll be labeled as a sell out or an Uncle Tom by the black community.

I guess I'm an Uncle Tom as well. But GZ is Guilty as Fuck!!!!!

Ibanez wrote:

DSUrocks07 wrote:
It's always sad when that happens. It's easier it seems to support foolishness than it is to actually hold one's self accountable for their own lives.

"It's the Man's fault!"

No, dumbass, its YOUR OWN fault!

"The Man is flooding the black community with drugs to keep us down!"

Then why is your dumbass using and/or selling them then? Why aren't you taking a stand and driving it OUT of the community?

I'll tell you why. Because its easier to blame the police and the media.



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So you're an Uncle Tom?


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I'm one as well.

mrklean wrote:

Ibanez wrote: So you're an Uncle Tom?


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I'm one as well.

No, you're a in step with everything Sharpton and Jesse tell you. I guess an Uncle Tom= a black man that can think for himself.

mrklean wrote:

Ibanez wrote:What a great article. Sadly, he'll be labeled as a sell out or an Uncle Tom by the black community.

I guess I'm an Uncle Tom as well. But GZ is Guilty as Fuck!!!!!

You're just an idiot.

AZGrizFan wrote:

mrklean wrote:
I guess I'm an Uncle Tom as well. But GZ is Guilty as ****!!!!!

You're just an idiot.

And I'm still three steps higher than you................

Ibanez wrote:

mrklean wrote:
I'm one as well.

No, you're a in step with everything Sharpton and Jesse tell you. I guess an Uncle Tom= a black man that can think for himself.

This shows you're a Kool Aid Drinking Repuke. I agree with him 100%. Show when I have ever said that the THUG LIFE ever healped anyone????

Can't wait to see what the Wannabe Marine will come up with.

mrklean wrote:

Ibanez wrote:
No, you're a in step with everything Sharpton and Jesse tell you. I guess an Uncle Tom= a black man that can think for himself.

This shows you're a Kool Aid Drinking Repuke. I agree with him 100%. Show when I have ever said that the THUG LIFE ever healped anyone????

Can't wait to see what the Wannabe Marine will come up with.

How am I a republican? And how am I a "wannabe Marine?" Because I disagree with you? You need to find Jesus. You may agree with this author but your statements have sided with all the blacks that saw a black boy shot and nothing more. You ignore the lack of facts and made a judgement that because he was black he must've been profiled and the person that killed him was a racists.


I'm neither Republican or Democrat. Both parties are full of crap.

mrklean wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:

You're just an idiot.

And I'm still three steps higher than you................

AZ retired as an officer, Commander if I recall correctly. I doubt you retired and if you did, you were higher than that.

"wannabe Marine" made me laugh.

andy7171 wrote:"wannabe Marine" made me laugh.

I'm not a grammar Nazi, but "healped" mad me laugh too.