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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, I get it... AA are not homogenous, nor are any groups of people.  And more than likely, those AA that are reading and posting on this board are not the lower SES that commit most of the crimes committed by blacks.

So really, this is not a good forum for non AA to ask what are AA doing about the violence, lack of education focus, etc... in the lower SES black community.  It would be akin to asking affluent white people why the "poor white trash" in the Appalachias don't push education, etc..

As for the thug culture of blacks, I think this is a lower SES culture that exists in almost every culture..latino, white, even Asians.[/quote]

I've said it again and again: Whites who live in the city are more likely to be middle/upper class. Blacks (who were pushed to the inner city due to racist redlining policies) are more likely to be poor. Comparing these two groups is ENTIRELY unfair. If one were to make the comparison between poor inner city blacks and poor rural whites, you'd see there are a LOT of similarities.

I don't take anyone seriously who focuses on the way black teens dress. [b]This is largely a hip-hop centered thing and ALL races have embraced hip-hop culture and some of the clothing styles that are associated with it. I wonder why Justin Bieber/Eminem aren't reviled for dressing like thugs? [/b][/quote]

JB is reviled for a lot of things, and I'm pretty sure most people in the hip hop culture would think he's a joke.  However, his latest antics do reveal, maybe not thuggish behavior, but certainly spoiled brat, entitled behavior, and the public and media have reviled him for it.

As for Eminem, I think most people respect him because you don't hear about him being thuggish in public. Rather, in private, he is apparently a really good father.  That's why people don't revile him.  Some of his lyrics towards women, however, were reviled.

If you are middle class, and you dress this way, people will assume this is just your "style".  But if you are lower SES, and you dress this way, yes, people will assume you are a thug.  But that would work the reverse, too, if you are lower SES, and you are black and dress like a yuppie, people outside the lower SES neighborhood will think you are middle class, and not a thug, but you would probably get your a** kicked in your 'hood.[/quote]
DAFUQ??
Yea, you can only survive in SE. if you wear Baggie pants and hoodies ...'
Stop watching so much TV and thinking it is real
DAFUQQQ[/quote]

I have no idea what you are saying.[/quote]
The prior poster said a person would get their ass kicked on the so called hood for dressing middle class( whatever that is)
And I was punting out how asinine a statement that was. People watch a lot of TV and know 5 people that are black/brown/poor and they think they are a social anthropologist, not realizing they are just spectacularly stupid![/quote]

I'm PP.. I stated.. "dressing like a yuppie", not middle class.. do you know what that means?   I'm middle class and I don't dress like a yuppie.  And I know more than 5 people that are black/brown.  My HS was 60+% black, so I have been around a lot of black people.[/quote]
I go to Church every week
Does not make me God[/quote]

so...because I went to a predominately black HS, you are saying it doesn't make me black?  No duh.  You go to church, you are not God, but you do understand God a bit more because you are around more Godly people, hopefully, since God shows himself through his Believers.  Same here.. I may not be black, but I was around them alot, so I get them more than you think.

And I'm gonna guess that I have been around more black gangs than most people on this board, maybe even you, because the HS I went to had Crips and Bloods. I saw a lot of sh1t.  So, I'm not completely ignorant of such things, nor am I just going by what I see on the media.[/quote]

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