A serious question for my fellow Black DCUMers

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Anonymous wrote:White mom of privileged white sons that will never know 1% of the heartbreak and worry my friends raising black sons have. I think the premise of the question is wrong. The black youth you speculate are unredeemable are trying to exist and survive in a culture that is openly hostile to them and you ask why they aren’t thriving. What is the problem to fix? Everything. Safe, quality schools. Affordable and accessible healthcare. Affordable, safe housing and transportation. Reduced police bias and violence. Just to start. As a society we need to stop asking why people without boots can’t pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

This is stupid. Sorry, there is no other way to say it. This so-called woke and compassionate response is a big part of the problem, starting back in the 70s. It is not compassionate to people to blame their problems on society. They cannot control society. Society is not persecuting or holding them down. If anything, our culture glorifies the maladaptive behavior through music, film and imitation. [b]

+1000
I do think hip hop culture plays a huge part of the blame.

Ask yourself who promotes hip hop culture and perpetuates it because they're making BIG MONEY off it.
Consider this...U.S. listeners are spending more money on music than ever before: over $20 billion a year. Total music revenues — including from on-demand streams, CD sales, radio play, live events, advertising — have risen to about $43 billion a year. Of that, artists only take home $5 billion, or about 12 percent. So who's taking home the remaining 88 percent?

Hint:
[b]It ain't the folks with melanin.

Oh come on. Where did hip hop culture come from? Who created it?

A - Where did jazz and blues culture come from? Who created it? Why isn't it nearly as popular or prevalent now?
B - Where did doo-wop and R&B culture come from? Who created it? Why isn't it nearly as popular or prevalent now?
C - Where did funk and psychedelic culture come from? Who created it? Why isn't it nearly as popular or prevalent now?
The answer to the first two questions for A, B, and C are all the same.
Black people.
The answer to the last question for A, B, and C are also all the same
White people.
They are the ones who PUSH black music and culture and they are the ones who PROFIT from black music and culture.

[Anonymous]

Hip hop and anything negative for that matter, will perpetuate anything and anyone already in a negative environment. If there is no counter balance to that negativity, that is when the contribution is evident.

I still listen to stuff that will make some of you clutch your mom jeans and I am not violent, dont disrespect women, or whatever you think hip hop does to people.

Be a little more nuanced with your arguments folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After visiting the African American history museum and viewing years 1400 through now, it all makes sense. No one else answer what you think or give any stats. Just take the metro to DC and educate yourselves. Then give a thoughtful post.

I agree with this. Honestly when you read through all of the history it's crazy to think how many have overcome. It also shows the long road ahead.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:White mom of privileged white sons that will never know 1% of the heartbreak and worry my friends raising black sons have. I think the premise of the question is wrong. The black youth you speculate are unredeemable are trying to exist and survive in a culture that is openly hostile to them and you ask why they aren’t thriving. What is the problem to fix? Everything. Safe, quality schools. Affordable and accessible healthcare. Affordable, safe housing and transportation. Reduced police bias and violence. Just to start. As a society we need to stop asking why people without boots can’t pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

This is stupid. Sorry, there is no other way to say it. This so-called woke and compassionate response is a big part of the problem, starting back in the 70s. It is not compassionate to people to blame their problems on society. They cannot control society. Society is not persecuting or holding them down. If anything, our culture glorifies the maladaptive behavior through music, film and imitation. [b]

+1000
I do think hip hop culture plays a huge part of the blame.

Ask yourself who promotes hip hop culture and perpetuates it because they're making BIG MONEY off it.
Consider this...U.S. listeners are spending more money on music than ever before: over $20 billion a year. Total music revenues — including from on-demand streams, CD sales, radio play, live events, advertising — have risen to about $43 billion a year. Of that, artists only take home $5 billion, or about 12 percent. So who's taking home the remaining 88 percent?

Hint:
[b]It ain't the folks with melanin.

Oh come on. Where did hip hop culture come from? Who created it?

A - Where did jazz and blues culture come from? Who created it? Why isn't it nearly as popular or prevalent now?
B - Where did doo-wop and R&B culture come from? Who created it? Why isn't it nearly as popular or prevalent now?
C - Where did funk and psychedelic culture come from? Who created it? Why isn't it nearly as popular or prevalent now?
The answer to the first two questions for A, B, and C are all the same.
Black people.
The answer to the last question for A, B, and C are also all the same
White people.
They are the ones who PUSH black music and culture and they are the ones who PROFIT from black music and culture.

NP. It’s not 100% whites pushing hip hop. Anyway, there would be no money if there wasn’t a market. Who is *buying* hip hop?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White mom of privileged white sons that will never know 1% of the heartbreak and worry my friends raising black sons have. I think the premise of the question is wrong. The black youth you speculate are unredeemable are trying to exist and survive in a culture that is openly hostile to them and you ask why they aren’t thriving. What is the problem to fix? Everything. Safe, quality schools. Affordable and accessible healthcare. Affordable, safe housing and transportation. Reduced police bias and violence. Just to start. As a society we need to stop asking why people without boots can’t pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

This is stupid. Sorry, there is no other way to say it. This so-called woke and compassionate response is a big part of the problem, starting back in the 70s. It is not compassionate to people to blame their problems on society. They cannot control society. Society is not persecuting or holding them down. If anything, our culture glorifies the maladaptive behavior through music, film and imitation. [b]

+1000
I do think hip hop culture plays a huge part of the blame.

Ask yourself who promotes hip hop culture and perpetuates it because they're making BIG MONEY off it.
Consider this...U.S. listeners are spending more money on music than ever before: over $20 billion a year. Total music revenues — including from on-demand streams, CD sales, radio play, live events, advertising — have risen to about $43 billion a year. Of that, artists only take home $5 billion, or about 12 percent. So who's taking home the remaining 88 percent?

Hint:
[b]It ain't the folks with melanin.

Oh come on. Where did hip hop culture come from? Who created it?

A - Where did jazz and blues culture come from? Who created it? Why isn't it nearly as popular or prevalent now?
B - Where did doo-wop and R&B culture come from? Who created it? Why isn't it nearly as popular or prevalent now?
C - Where did funk and psychedelic culture come from? Who created it? Why isn't it nearly as popular or prevalent now?
The answer to the first two questions for A, B, and C are all the same.
Black people.
The answer to the last question for A, B, and C are also all the same
White people.
They are the ones who PUSH black music and culture and they are the ones who PROFIT from black music and culture.

NP. It’s not 100% whites pushing hip hop. Anyway, there would be no money if there wasn’t a market. Who is *buying* hip hop?

According to early 2017 studies...
The majority of hip hop listeners are white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. It’s not 100% whites pushing hip hop. Anyway, there would be no money if there wasn’t a market. Who is *buying* hip hop?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:White mom of privileged white sons that will never know 1% of the heartbreak and worry my friends raising black sons have. I think the premise of the question is wrong. The black youth you speculate are unredeemable are trying to exist and survive in a culture that is openly hostile to them and you ask why they aren’t thriving. What is the problem to fix? Everything. Safe, quality schools. Affordable and accessible healthcare. Affordable, safe housing and transportation. Reduced police bias and violence. Just to start. As a society we need to stop asking why people without boots can’t pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

This is stupid. Sorry, there is no other way to say it. This so-called woke and compassionate response is a big part of the problem, starting back in the 70s. It is not compassionate to people to blame their problems on society. They cannot control society. Society is not persecuting or holding them down. If anything, our culture glorifies the maladaptive behavior through music, film and imitation. [b]

+1000
I do think hip hop culture plays a huge part of the blame.

Ask yourself who promotes hip hop culture and perpetuates it because they're making BIG MONEY off it.
Consider this...U.S. listeners are spending more money on music than ever before: over $20 billion a year. Total music revenues — including from on-demand streams, CD sales, radio play, live events, advertising — have risen to about $43 billion a year. Of that, artists only take home $5 billion, or about 12 percent. So who's taking home the remaining 88 percent?

Hint:
[b]It ain't the folks with melanin.

Oh come on. Where did hip hop culture come from? Who created it?

Hip hop is not just one thing. There are various artists and types of music in hip hop.
Just like not all rock or pop is the same.
Hey the eff is this racist thread still alive??
Hip ho