On Mar 28, 12:12 am, * US * wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:13:53 -0700 (PDT), "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"
>
> <
comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Mar 27, 8:33 pm, * US * wrote:
> >> He knows what he did was wrong.
>
> >Someone may be dead wrong and wrong alive.
>
> >In the jungle you pick the latter.
>
> Until he shoots you or your kid ...
The rap culture --prison culture brought to the street-- celebrates
the jungle where we live and we are all paying a price for it. I for
one get depressed by it more than intimidated. I'm talking about
LATINOS who also share the gangster culture. They are the reality in
my community, not blacks. But there are powerful voices out there
reflecting this and they are black:
'Bill Cosby was strongly criticized by many African Americans for his
call for Black introspection and the need to restore certain values in
the "Black Community" such as Black pride, putting a high value on
Education, Parenting and restoring the family, particularly regarding
the need for Fathers to return to their role. Yet, evidence before and
since suggests that Cosby was right. I think most Black folks know
full well that Cosby was right, but felt uncomfortable with being
slapped with reality. His arguments against the anti-intellectualism,
thuggery, and the degenerate values embraced by the Rap culture just
hit too close to home for a lot of people, and they were not ready to
hear it, not even from Cosby.'
http://mirroronamerica.blogspot.com/2007/05/rap-on-culture-why-cosby-was-right.html
***
I don't think this incident is the best example of racism out there.
Zimmerman is half Latin and they fare no better than blacks. The issue
of POOR VS. RICH is seldom reflected in this discussion. That would be
a wake-up call. The poor kids are given a "negative role model" and
they assume it. Why don't they turn to riding bikes --a better way to
feel good-- instead of trying looking to look tough? Sure, cycling
puts you at the bottom of the food chain, and that may be part of the
problem. Everybody is trying to be at the top and those without
education take to crime.
But that's only my humble opinion.
---------------------------------------------
http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION