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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't know what you don't know.

Come into my environment and see the two white faces among the brown ones.  Of the 120 kids sent to us as a last resort, TWO are white.  And the white boy is not wearing his pants under his rear.

In a comprehensive school where there is equal representation of races/ethnic groups, you STILL don't see as MANY white boys who have adopted that style.  I've had YEARS of experience in those settings, too.

It's amazing to me how defensive people get when the truth is spoken.  And it's that attitude that keeps groups down.  Acknowledge the ugly, attempt to fix it through education, and move forward.

sorry if you can't face the truth - But is is INDEED the truth.

I'm not the one living in a bubble. I'm one of the few whites trying to open up their world.  But with that much push back and denial from ADULTS, I can easily say, "So long!" and hope that families and community members find ways to push these kids in the right direction.

But I doubt that many care. And some thing that by IGNORING this issue it will go away.  Look at the statistics and tell me who's in jail.  http://www.sentencingproject.org/template/page.cfm?id=122
We just sent one young man to the local prison for attempted murder.

And it starts at a very young age - when they're especially vulnerable to gang recruitment.

I never said I looked at a black male and generalized.  There are successful minorities all over the US.  But you can't ignore the statistics.  And when you become angry by hearing the truth, you're part of the problem.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with number 3.  I am school-based, and while I've seen both Hispanics and blacks wear pants that sag, I've yet to see whites do it. And it's mainly been black teens.  We have even had volunteers - successful black males - step in as mentors and give the history on sagging (which is really quite gross), and yet, the students will not change their "style."  Many laugh.

It's cool to have relatives in jail, according to many, and while you're reading this from a white woman posting, these words came from my principal, who's a black male with brothers in the penal system.

I've seen black males chastise other black males in public for sagging. And in my experiences, while I've seen more and more minorities enter the teaching profession, these men and women are in a different socio-economic class and have kids in schools that are either private or high functioning.  So just as whites practice "white flight," my colleagues clearly have removed themselves from a certain population.  In my opinion, bright flight is more applicable now.

So I believe it's about class/socio-economics first, but in this country, low socio-economic level - at least in populated urban environments - translates into black and Hispanic.  And being poor and ignorant is indeed becoming a "culture."  I live it every single day, and it's ugly and sad.

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If you have never seen white teens with sagging pants, you aren't looking hard enough. And only the underclass (those who glorify violence) think having relatives in jail is cool. Please don't attribute this to all black teens.

That is a problem I notice a lot. Characteristics of some blacks are attributed to ALL. Things that some blacks feel is attributed to how ALL blacks feel. We are treated as ONE rather than allowed any individuality. [/quote][/quote]
THEY ARE NOT ALL BLACK PEOPLE!!!!
what part of that us so hard to understand?.
Not all white people are bernie madoff, ted bundy, tim mckveigh 
and lucky for you all white folk are not judged according to your foolishness[/quote]

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