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[Mully]

There's a certain attitude of being extremely aggressive towards strangers that's been fermenting over the years. It's not exclusive to minorities, but it does play a larger role in those communities. You don't want to be perceived as a "bitch" or "whipped" in the case of men, even if there's no reason to fight against the person in charge.

All of a sudden, that accidental bump another person gave you becomes more than that. It becomes a statement of your authority or your chance to claim what's yours.

It's silly and immature. Unfortunately, these issues have more to do with socioeconomic status than anything. This could have happened anywhere because there's a lot of people who just don't learn. It's just that unfortunately, certain communities, not cultures have taken this attitude as a sign of being a man or woman. It's when you stand up for nothing that it means everything.

It just comes down to getting the right people and parents in position to raise children. Being the right guardian does not mean being of a certain race, it just means you're wiser to these types of situations and know how to raise polite and respecting kids.

Once there's good teachers and good examples, good manners and respect will slowly follow.

 

[GavinGT]

Wow I'm sorry I thought this was Gaf not some republican message board

I'm sorry I thought this was America.

 

[ffdgh]

Black EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEvil Television?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAXDd7_TeYA

Glad I wasn't the only one that thought this XD

 

[MIMIC]

don't yell at my babies and then yells in the kids face.

That was one of the worst parts of the video :-/

"You see mommy actin a fool? You act a fool, too!"

 

[lednerg]

If you seriously want to know why the inner cities are in shambles, go watch this talk from David Simon, creator of The Wire and Treme. There's a Wire Season 3 spoiler at around 4:20-25, so mute that.

 

[Neverfade]

You goin' to jail nah.

 

[Yamauchi]

Why does growing up in poverty equate to such "thuggish" behavior.

I mean you gay?

Nigga?

Shit, bitch, fuck, pussy ass...I mean being poor is one thing..tough living conditions sure..but why does this have to equate to such language and behavior of an uncivilized animal?

I grew up poor and did not end up like this. I don't see that as a valid excuse.

It's like when people blame American's violence on poverty. It doesn't make sense to me. I grew up in a very poor area of the US (per capita income of $7,800 compared to a national average of $49,000), went to school with other poor kids in a generally impoverished school district, etc. But we learned morals and ethics just the same as any other kids in America.

Let's look at a country where we can take out the racial component, Japan.
http://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/12090 - Student achievement on national exams prefecture
http://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/10714 - National income by prefecture

Show and awe! The poorer regions do just as well academically as the richer regions, and in fact often outperform them.

It's culture, pure and simple.

 

[DatDude]

I grew up poor and did not end up like this. I don't see that as a valid excuse.

It's like when people blame American's violence on poverty. It doesn't make sense to me. I grew up in a very poor area of the US (per capita income of $7,800 compared to a national average of $49,000), went to school with other poor kids in a generally impoverished school district, etc. But we learned morals and ethics just the same as any other kids in America.

Let's look at a country where we can take out the racial component, Japan.
http://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/12090 - Student achievement on national exams prefecture
http://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/10714 - National income by prefecture

Show and awe! The poorer regions do just as well academically as the richer regions, and in fact often outperform them.

It's culture, pure and simple.

So (not trying to be racist)

But is the black culture becoming a cancer of sorts?

 

[yn-neko hates a cat]

There's a certain attitude towards being extremely aggressive towards strangers that's been fermenting over the years. It's not exclusive to minorities, but it does play a larger role in those communities. You don't want to be perceived as a "bitch" or "whipped" in the case of men, even if there's no reason to fight against the person in charge.

All of a sudden, that accidental bump another person gave you becomes more than that. It becomes a statement of your authority or your chance to claim what's yours.

It's silly and immature. Unfortunately, these issues have more to do with socioeconomic status than anything. This could have happened anywhere because there's a lot of people who just don't learn. It's just that unfortunately, certain communities, not cultures have taken this attitude as a sign of being a man or woman. It's when you stand up for nothing that it means everything.

It just comes down to getting the right people and parents in position to raise children. Being the right guardian does not being of a certain race, it just means you're wiser to these types of situations and know how to polite and respecting kids.

Rough environment can make people rough. It comes down to mindshare and how much you can take back as a parent and deprogram your kids of. So if you are the parent was a kid who never got deprogrammed then how would you even know to provide that to your kids?

Also, many people in America fail to realize the difference between black culture and what happened in this video because they've been programmed in the same manner.

 

[Mully]

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[Devil Theory]

So (not trying to be racist)

But is the black culture becoming a cancer of sorts?

Serious question?

What's "black culture" to you? Do you think all african american communities act like this?

 

[GQman2121]

The best part is at the end when the kid starts crying. That'll learn him......

 

[malfcn]

Atlanta? I thought I was watching some other part of the world.

And yah, the children have no changes. Enjoy giving that whole family your tax dollars for life.

 

[SapientWolf]

So (not trying to be racist)

But is the black culture becoming a cancer of sorts?

Being treated like a second class citizen brings out the worst in people. It's not that dissimilar from prison culture. Doesn't really have anything to do with race.

 

[Big Baybee]

So (not trying to be racist)

But is the black culture becoming a cancer of sorts?

Lol "black culture". Thread is getting interesting.

 

[Troll]

Can someone make this into an fps pls?

 

[GQman2121]

So (not trying to be racist)

But is the black culture becoming a cancer of sorts?

It's not a black thing. It's a cycle thing. I'm sure her mother and father were not much better than she is. It has nothing to do with the color of her skin. I see the same shit everyday here in Baltimore with White folks. It's just easier for people (mostly white) who aren't accustomed to seeing impoverished people everyday to assume it's "black culture". It's American culture. Period. Full stop.

 

[DatDude]

Serious question?

What's "black culture" to you? Do you think all african american communities act like this?

Of course not.

But to me...the representation of what the black culture is, is from what i've seen from my campus..not trying to generalize, just noticing what i've observed.

Most men, have those long billed baseball caps, usually there pants are hanging below there waste. They curse alot...i hear alot of the times going "Whats good nigga"..they seem to glorify the N word..not sure why..as a jew, it would be like me and my jew friends going "What up Kike?"

But yeah, they act very "thuggish"

I feel black culture is basically influenced by the rap culture..leading to what we see in today's youth.

 

[BigJonsson]

Wow......

The guard should have closed the doors and walked away, called the cops

And those kids sure shut up fast after they saw what happens when you talk shit

 

[yn-neko hates a cat]

So (not trying to be racist)

But is the black culture becoming a cancer of sorts?

Not saying you're racist or are even trying to be but the last time I heard a statement like that made was by a very racist Korean-American R&B singer who was calling for a global genocide of the entire Black race on twitter because she didn't like what a popular Black basketball player/troll had to say about another basketball player who happened to be Chinese.

 

[Face it Tiger..]

Of course not.

But to me...the representation of what the black culture is, is from what i've seen from my campus..not trying to generalize, just noticing what i've observed.

Most men, have those long billed baseball caps, usually there pants are hanging below there waste. They curse alot...i hear alot of the times going "Whats good nigga"..they seem to glorify the N word..not sure why..as a jew, it would be like me and my jew friends going "What up Kike?"

But yeah, they act very "thuggish"

I feel black culture is basically influenced by the rap culture..leading to what we see in today's youth.

Come take a trip in the OT Community.. we are a lot more friendly then you are presuming.

 

[agrajag]

is it just me, or is she kinda attractive? Not as a person I mean, but her body.

 

[MutFox]

Why do people like this have so many children?
Idiocracy...

 

[Death Dealer]

is it just me, or is she kinda attractive? Not as a person I mean, but her body.

IT'S JUST YOU.

 

[malfcn]

is it just me, or is she kinda attractive? Not as a person I mean, but her body.

 

[Death Dealer]

Why do people like this have so many children?
Idiocracy...

All you gotta do is fuck, 9 months later and you get the big bucks.

LMAO

Sorry I learned a new song today.

 

[GavinGT]

is it just me, or is she kinda attractive? Not as a person I mean, but her body.

The guard was really just putting on an act as an excuse to touch her breast.

 

[agrajag]

The guard was really just putting on an act as an excuse to touch her breast.

When she pressed up her breasts against the camera that was sort of hot.

 

[captmcblack]

not trying to generalize, just noticing what i've observed

As true as this may plausibly be, please note that your post is precisely generalization.

Black people/black culture isn't a monolithic thing. One black people - or even 100 black people - or even 10,000 black people - aren't representative of all black people, or even most black people.

We're all different.

 

[Devil Theory]

Of course not.

But to me...the representation of what the black culture is, is from what i've seen from my campus..not trying to generalize, just noticing what i've observed.

Most men, have those long billed baseball caps, usually there pants are hanging below there waste. They curse alot...i hear alot of the times going "Whats good nigga"..they seem to glorify the N word..not sure why..as a jew, it would be like me and my jew friends going "What up Kike?"

But yeah, they act very "thuggish"

I feel black culture is basically influenced by the rap culture..leading to what we see in today's youth.

You're not trying to generalize, but you then generalize a races' culture based on your observations at your campus?

I don't meant to sound aggressive, but come on. This is basic shit. You can't make a comparison between those two cultures are far as slang because of how history progressed, it's entirely different. This isn't even a race issue, it's a social-maturity issue -- one which would be prevalent in those kind of economic circumstances regardless of what race you swapped out with.

Any culture on earth is a lot of times (unfortunately) misrepresented by mass-media and the entertainment industry; rap can be damaging, but so can country or rock. You don't profile because of that, especially when it's an easily influenced youth that primarily make it a reality.

 

[bonercop]

Let's look at a country where we can take out the racial component, Japan.
http://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/12090 - Student achievement on national exams prefecture
http://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/10714 - National income by prefecture

Show and awe! The poorer regions do just as well academically as the richer regions, and in fact often outperform them.

It's culture, pure and simple.

Can you show statistics that compare the crime rates of people across different socio-economic positions in Japan? That seems a lot more relevant to the point you're trying to make than this.

 

[PSGames]

Atlanta, damn

:-( It's not all like that here trust me. That was cringe worthy.

 

[GavinGT]

When she pressed up her breasts against the camera that was sort of hot.

Girls Gone Wild: Sexiest Ratchets Ever edition.

 

[Frankenstrat]

What a surprise, you shouldn't pick fights with security guards.

 

[Enron]

Girls Gone Wild: Least Sexiest Ratchets Ever edition.

there we go

 

[agrajag]

What a surprise, you shouldn't pick fights with security guards.

well, at least not with ones that have tasers.

 

[Frankenstrat]

well, at least not with ones that have tasers.

And not when it isn't for a good cause [if there are any].

So how the hell did this "ratchet" thing come about anyways?

 

[Big Baybee]

And not when it isn't for a good cause [if there are any].

So how the hell did this "ratchet" thing come about anyways?

We used to say it all the time in the early-mid 2000s in Louisiana.

 

[Paper Fox]

Ratchet huh? Well I learned a new word today, thanks GAF!

 

[GavinGT]

And not when it isn't for a good cause [if there are any].

So how the hell did this "ratchet" thing come about anyways?

Apparently it was originally a dance in the deep South. I guess the term gradually evolved over the years to describe the girls who performed the dance. Then these guys made this (excellent) music video, and LL Cool J did a song about it too.

 

[Tornado Condor]

I grew up poor and did not end up like this. I don't see that as a valid excuse.

Yeah, it's bullshit. I grew up pretty poor myself and in no way did i end up as stupid as the people in the video.

 

[Castor Krieg]

God, gansta culture has to be most annoying shit ever.

 

[Tevos]

God, Atlanta has got to be the worst fucking city on the planet

 

[cdyhybrid]

God, Atlanta has got to be the worst fucking city on the planet

Nonsense, Eugene, OR is still here!

 

[JDeluis]

I'm more interested in what type of camera he was using. I'd like one of those for my job.

 

[Big Baybee]

Apparently it was originally a dance in the deep South. I guess the term gradually evolved over the years to describe the girls who performed the dance. Then these guys made this (excellent) music video, and LL Cool J did a song about it too.

The origin of the dance and term is largely given to Shreveport, La. (aka "Ratchet City"), where the word has been in circulation since the late 1990s. Local label Lava House Records released "Do Da Ratchet" by Lava House, featuring Baton Rouge, La., artist Lil Boosie, in 2005 to set the elbow-jerking dance moves to music; and a remix featuring Baton Rouge's Webbie, released the next year, brought the word out of the immediate area.

Yep. The dance is hilarious.

 

[perryfarrell]

It's like when people blame American's violence on poverty. It doesn't make sense to me. I grew up in a very poor area of the US (per capita income of $7,800 compared to a national average of $49,000), went to school with other poor kids in a generally impoverished school district, etc.

It's not just the school you go to. It's the family structure, your parents' education, peers, role models, neighborhood, out-of-wedlock kids, health problems, drugs, imprisonment... And, yes, money. Because a person's wealth has something to do with all those things.

Pretty grim stuff. Some people are just unlucky in that they're born into pathological, dysfunctional families/circumstances, with hardly a shot at a normal life. Like discussed in that 1965 Moynihan's report (which initially was called racist).

 

[IrrelevantNotch]

Lol "black culture". Thread is getting interesting.

"lol" what? We have a black culture OT

 

[Big Baybee]

"lol" what? We have a black culture OT

I was loling what was being referred to as "black culture", not the term itself.

 

[Antakken]

This guard has nerves of steel. Admirable.