@@KayDub-t6vthat’s obtuse, no one is debating if the scene is fiction or non-fiction, they are clearly actors. The message however is what the original comment was referencing, particularly in the respectful way it was being conveyed. Unless of course you do not believe lessons can be derived from works of fiction.
@@jonjone661 you must be part of the fake outrage safe space group. Way to take it to the next level. Literally proving my point. If it was real it MIGHT be obtuse. But it's NOT. Can you not DISCERN the difference? Did you just learn that word and couldn't wait to use it? Holy shit that was an incredibly dum response. Cue the sad violins over a make believe scenario. Good grief. Do you walk around with tissues? Wow.
@@jonjone661 the point was it was acting that was the scene. He was supposed to talk that way. The original commenter was acting like it was a real life scene and it wasn't. Can you not understand the difference? The fact I even have to explain this is just mind boggling.
The thing I appreciate about this…is that no one is really WRONG. Furious is right about the end result, the old man is right about the immediate circumstances that contribute and the young brotha is right about having no choice but to have to survive in a situation he didn’t choose but inherited. We always have simple answers and lay superficial blame but it is never that simple.
One thing that Furious has right...is that there will always be people who have more influence and power using these different generational issues to divide and conquer for their own material gain.
I think the same applies with the cop, although he's very un-pc and abrasive, he comes across like a guy who quite possibly recognizes the systematic issues, but also as someone who knows that you have to take some responsibility for your own actions, seemingly fed up and p*ssed off with young black men shooting each other over a game of dice etc.
Laurence Fishburne went from playing Jimmy Jump in King of New York, one of the most flamboyant and unhinged gangster characters you'll ever see on screen, to the calm and academic Furious Styles just a year later in Boys 'N The Hood. Brilliant actor.
It’s all about the support or lack thereof that you surround yourself in. If you gonna surround yourself with broken people then you’ll end up broken too, same deal for those with supportive parents and a community. We are only products of our upbringings
@@Stridewise Yes, but take a loot at how many black aborted babies there are every year. Remember Furious said, if you take away a people's ability to reproduce. So that means both creating a situation that causes them to die young, before they procreate, and create an environment where the idea of procreating is repulsive and thus encourage abortions. It's still preventing new black from being born, and keeping the population rate of black people under control. Case in point, I remember 30 years ago when this movie came out, how black people make up 16-18% of the population, now it's only about 12%, that means as time goes along there are LESS black people per capita. That's the population reduction agenda at play.
The fact that Boyz "N The Hood is in The National Film Preservation Foundation shows that is more valuable than the Oscars or any popular film and tv awards. This film, among others in the Foundation will be around forever.
Folks of The Caucasian persuasion saw this movie and were blown away. In this movie Furious talks about Korean Folks and in Do The Right Thing, The Corner Men, talk about Sonny who is from Korea and does so well for himself. Then in St. Elmo's Fire, both Billy & Kirby work for Mr. Kim a successful Korean Businessman.
Does appear it's just what they are. Learning to read is acting white. Understanding simple math. Thats acting white like the asians. Knowing who your daddy is. Thats lame.
Oreo's have reproduced into a million carltons in every upper middle class suburb. It is shocking what 1 generation of wealth can do in such a short time.
Its amazing to think that Lawrence Fishbourne played this role Boyz n the Hood. Then went on to play Ike Turner and Morpheus. 3 different styles. The man has range in his acting.
He was supposed to be Jules Winfield and Zeus in DH3 but SLJ cut him off both times. Once supposedly due to audition, the latter because of salary desire.
And the only thing he was willing to do to make it better than it was was pointing a stick and blaming someone else... While the community was in decline before those kids were even born. Hell it was in decline when he was a kid.
Man, John Singleton left his mark on the world with this one. Furious is a great dad and Tre was blessed to have both parents love him and care about him. You can tell that Furious was like a father/mentor to Ricky as well. Doughboy could've been saved but he didn't try hard enough unfortunately.
Doughboy needed a loving mother like Ricky had. Ricky his whole life was had his mother behind him and she never thought anything of Doughboy which was why he turned out into the person he was
@@Soldierboytrey This whole movie was so sad to me, it left me feeling disturbed for quite awhile. .... The Saddest thing about Dough boy was having a mother who Spewed so much resentment towards her Our child - all Dough boy wanted from her was her Acknowledgment, Affection, Attention & Acceptance... Furious couldn't reach him, he was far too gone; lost in his own brokenness. 😔
It didn't matter. The illegals gentrified South Central LA and pushed out all of the black people. The blacks can thank the Democrats for having lost their "black communities".
@@kfmeighty9Probably. A lot of the gang members were real members. You can sort of look at a few extras and get that vibe that some of them probably didn’t need a script.
Not sure if it’s the nostalgia of this movie watching it as a kid but man it just seems like there was something different about films like this you don’t see today. The mood, the dialogue, the message. 🔥
To be honest, most films back then weren't as good as this. Classics are remembered for a reason. I'd say 90% of movies of ANY era are just there to be enjoyed and forgotten in their time.
Especially when you think about what students at Howard University were dealing with a few years ago with colonizers using the campus as an outdoor gym/dog park!!!
@Pizza Pie From Urban Dictionary: A person of Caucasian origins who is not helping to improve life for the people of color in the 21st century (mainly African Americans). They see nothing wrong with events such as segregation, slavery, and the wars started in Africa due to the ridiculous ways of trade with whites.
Months after this movie came out John Singleton was a guest on the Tom Leykis Show. He talked about how when he was growing up they would sometimes see box cars full of automatic weapons and ammunition just suddenly showing up on old deserted railroad tracks.
@@johngilmore697 Now that was truly babbling. later on after I heard that show in 1990 I started to hear other people who grew up in Crenshaw district like Singleton or Compton or North Long Beach etc. describe that also as part of their memories during their childhood. Box cars of automatic weapons just showing up apparently in the middle of the night. in later years this would be joined by massive amounts of crack cocaine available to distribute in these areas. The distribution of crack cocaine into South Central eventually made headlines and became an important congressional investigation.
I think the universal language is faith, the same way anybody in the world understands the word, “TAXI”. In that case, let faith be passed from one group to another
This is literally the best scene in the movie. It literally has the same plot as those “and everyone stood and clapped” posts except it feels real, none of it feels forced or preachy. It’s just some dudes talking about the problems they’re facing in the world
@@BananaPhoPhilly Don't shit on Black Men. Positive is positive and there are tons of Black Men in the LA Community that did a lot back in the 80's and 90's.
This is pretty normal for anyone born last millennium. Poor neighborhood, nothing to do, unusually dressed man in a strange car turns up, your gunna go have a look.
Laurence Fishburne is incredible in this, as he is in all his roles. He plays the character so well i forget i'm watching a movie, he's so believable and it's actually 100% truth what he says. He was born for this role, everything about him is perfect.
@@hostilebogeyinbound you've just blown my mind, I never even realized that was him, the guy on the boat playing drums? I should have known this LOL I love his drumming skills too and watched it many times lol
I remember my dad telling me listen hard on this scene. Didn't understand @ the time, but the older I got & the more I watched the movie, I finally understood the message. Gentrification is at a all time high to this day.
“Gun store, liquor store, gun store, liquor store, where tf you takin me!?” Also lmfao at dude just sippin on a half gallon of milk at the end on a midsummer day😂
The message is still strong to this day. You can easily destroy anything if you deny it the ability to improve, reproduce, enhance, and uplift. So, let this message continue to spread all over the internet and into the minds of young people.
@@elduderino2404 2020 abortion statistics. Southern States like Alabama and Georgia was overwhelmingly blacks had the highest percentage. In pretty much every other state whites had the higher percentage of abortions
@@elduderino2404 planned Parenthood don't go to the hood. That's been in the news a lot lately about how black women don't have the same access as middle class white women do to reproductive health
The guy always looked and acted older than his age. In Apocalypse Now he was only 14-15 years old. Dude looked like he was 25. He’s what 26-27 here? He looks 40, put some white on his beard and he could pass for 45. I think his character is 34 in this movie.
The old man is right. It's the people who live in the neighborhood are the ones responsible for it. Stop shifting the blame and accept some accountability for the action. No one is forcing you to use or sell drugs.
Nigga it's a literal curse. I bet you got some curses hanging over your soul that's hard to escape from. It's not as simple as stopping. Tell america to stop fighting wars overseas, watch how you get laughed at. It's not feasible
@@Kozinskowitzky Huh? How dare you misinterpret the noble intentions of Furious? He was not coddling anyone with a victim mentality, he was enlightening his son and companions about the harsh realities of their society and empowering them to rise above the adversities they face. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, he was instilling in them the strength and knowledge to combat the systemic injustices that plague their community. It seems your feeble mind cannot comprehend true empowerment when it stares you in the face. Educate yourself before spouting such ignorant drivel! 😈🔥
@@Kozinskowitzky Your interpretation of Furious' actions couldn't be more wrong. He wasn't promoting victimhood but rather empowering his son and friends to confront and overcome the challenges they face. Before you communicate, try listening with your mind, not just your ears. Wisdom might find you then.
Yeah, I have no idea what this scene was about because I was too distracted by the nasty ass milk. And they wonder why we don't respect these "people"...
And that's why movies are so important. Same thing with Rain Man (1988). It was that flick that made the word autism became mainstream and people started to research more about it.
me too, Kayla. Laurence Fishburne is the man! I'm not even religious, but if he got talking i'd prolly follow him to church to hear him out. Intense and interesting fella! It's so real it doesn't even feel like he's acting here does it?
As a white dude, my father told me back in the late 80s that Furious was 100% right about this and the army. You gotta respect truth no matter who or when it's spoken.
@@Kozinskowitzky Thank you, exactly. What is more likely, that it is a conspiracy of non-blacks to put up liquor stores and gun stores in the hopes that black people will buy them and destroy themselves, or people who simply see a demand for guns and booze and profit from it. No one was forcing anyone to smoke crack, drink all day and shoot each other. The drug dealers, the liquor and gun store owners, could be put out of business easily. No demand, no supply.
@@Kozinskowitzky exactly, he even mentioned other minority community like Koreans. Italians and Mexicans. how come it's only the black neighborhood that are affected by his consipiracy bullshit? black people need to take a good look at themselves and regonize the fault of their own culture and blame everything on racism. not saying racism don't exist but they existe for every other minority races. but they were able to overcome that. everybody, everybody but the black community...they have no excuses
@@Kozinskowitzky Spoken like a typical irrational and inhumane zionist. The council officials who approve the liquor and gun stores are never black. But you already knew that.
@@Kozinskowitzkybro everything this movie says is right There doesn’t have to be a demand, if those in power dictate, to put stores there And everybody knows the property value does decrease soley because of people being black in a neighborhood It’s not “victim mentality” people are actually just victims of a country that wants to keep them down because it keeps those in power at the top and it keeps the middle and lower classes divided
So many gems in this one scene...the office scene " do we have a choice?...no!...."Rick it's the 90's can't afford to be afraid of our own people anymore!. And the whole gentrification explanation and the old man not seeing the bigger picture💪🏿...still a very powerful scene! Rest in Power Mr. SINGLETON
@@johndong7524 Wow! It really shows your own issues when you say something like that. Forgetting it's a movie with scripts and dialogue lines for each of the characters. And then a overall message the director is trying to show. And all you can come up with is responsibility. Wow, you have no idea of government schemes. If no guns, cocaine or booze was ever in those places. The locals would never be drawn to them. The government knew that. It's only you who doesn't 30yrs later. Go back to sleep
@@MrAden1307 Excellent example of blame shifting that I was talking about. Didn't the government also tell you to "Just Say No"? )) No one forced you to touch any of those things. People are perfectly capable of making their own decisions based on logic and free will. Stop blaming the government and accept some responsibility for your own actions.
“My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.” It’s legal for Black folk to read now. We can have a book in our possession and keep our fingers in 2022. #TheyWroteItAllDown y’all. ✊🏽
Just thought about the inconsistencies in Rick's character how is he all cautious and scared just to be in compton but so cool and relaxed when you got people out there with guns trying to kill you.
But he knows his part of the hood, he's been walking it every day, despite what's going on in that scene he's pretty comfortable taking a piss there, probably done it hundreds of times in the area, he's never needed to go for a piss and been worried about making a run for it after.
he only reason it changed is because he was talking shit to gang members from an opposing hood of his brother. most likely they were Crenshaw mafia bloods (tre got in an argument with that kid when he called him an african booty scratcher in elementary and that kid said he was from Crenshaw mafia) and him and Tre were living in the rolling 60s neighborhood because they lived in south central. thats why they were scared to even be in compton Ofc they couldnt straight up say this stuff back then in the movie because that movie actually caused gang fights and crips and bloods shooting at each other after the movie would let out in L.A. in those days. i actually remember that. i was only 11 when this came out but went to a west Seattle middle school and we had a lot of somoan and Asian bloods that went there
That’s a good insight. Ricky was suddenly very weary when he was in Compton, but was acting kind of naive when the bloods were chasing him and Tre around their own neighborhood. He might have had a false sense of security when he was in his own neighborhood. Almost like it was just part of living there, though Tre knew they were in mortal danger, having experienced those same bloods point a gun at him.. Maybe Ricky wasn’t as naive as it was perceived at the end of the film, he just tragically misread the danger they were in.
You can really tell he was a Black Panther member in his youth, and is carrying their work and vision forward, just entirely on his own. He stands out like a being from another reality where things are as they should be.
I'm a white dude. Grew up in middle class all my life basically. I first saw this movie in High-School, and this and Menace II Society really opened my eyes to how the world looks to others. But this speech was always one thing that really stood out to me. It really opened my eyes to how unfair the system is, and how broken it is. And not only that, it also takes the younger generation to start making it better too. Like, I never used to think about, "Oh, but how did the Crack get here? We don't ship it here." Or, "they want us to kill ourselves." It literally made me look around my own town and compare it to others for me to say, "Oh shit. He's right."
@Professor__S yupp. Crack definitely died down, and now opiates/opioids are the new pandemic. But yeah, this whole scene is just perfect. It's still relevant to this day.
@johndong7524 It must be nice to have the privilege to judge other people's choices in life. Must be nice to live in a place where the annual income for most households is more than 10,000 dollars. And I was talking about Crack specifically. Not drugs in general. It's an important distinction to make in this context. (80s-90s Los Angeles. Specifically, the inner city.) You should look into the CIA and the Crack epidemic. They'll deny these allegations, of course. But the more you read about it, the more you realize that there's actually a lot of evidence to support it. Hate to be the one to inform you, but the government isn't *always* there to help you. And as a recovering addict, it's pretty disappointing to hear someone's view on addiction be so black and white. "You do drugs? You bad."
Crazy how true this is. My mom grew up in Pilsen, Chicago and it used to be a rough area. Now I got an office job in Pilsen and there’s fancy $2000 apartments, the streets are all nice and clean, and nice stores and restaurants popped up there.
Then we drive a few blocks down or past some train tracks and it's suddenly the hood again. Big cities really have this happening and we don't even know.
So what happened in Pilsen? According to this scene, the Koreans at "Seoul to Seoul Realty" bought the land, removed the black criminals and brought in Asians... who happened to have high math scores.
"The human conscience died with Robert, Martin, and John" - Lawrence Fishburn. He's speaking the truth, yet no one cares. Even outside of the film, only 1% of the black community actually sees the true messages of the film.
@@valuecalc 100% agree. They definitely do know a lot and seen a lot even before the trouble came to their neighborhood. Back before my time that same neighborhood my uncle lived in was beautiful. Everybody got along, kept the neighborhood clean, etc but as the older ones left then they left those houses to their grandkids and most of them didn’t keep up the property.
@@LzyArtthats not what hes talking about. A lot of lefties has literally said maths itself is racist as is the way of teaching it etc lmao. That answers like 2+2=4 is racist.
I've always loved this: "why doesn't whitey help us out?" "What's with all these nice homes?!? This is gentrification and it's reeeeeeecist!" Make up your damn minds!
"Whitey" you mean the mfs running the country?? I think the white people running the government have the responsibility to care for the citizens of this country regardless of their class and race.. nobody's asking the average white person for shit. Stop that lmao
why is there a gun store and liquor store on each corner.....because there is demand. No demand, no business no liquor store and no gun store. No demand means no drugs, no drug dealers. No drug customers, no drugs being bought. Who forces demand? No one. It comes from the individual person and community. Its not other peoples fault, just yours. Why isnt this in Asian, Indian, areas? Not enough demand and a strong work and family ethic.
Tre and Ricky didnt even want to get out of the car for fear theyd get GOT. Sad but true statement of just how unsafe we feel around our own people sometimes.
here in Jacksonville, three neighborhoods in District 1 have been gentrified; Springfield, Brooklyn and Murray Hill. They were all crime ridden in the past.
“Gentrification is when a bunch of skinny Jean wearing mf’ers move in and start opening up vegan coffee houses and open mic spoken word nights at all my favorite bars. Cronuts and bullshit” - Furious in 2023
The most vital scene of the movie, singletons thesis statement. Beautiful. It’s a shame he only got to make a handful of personal statements before being shoved through the studio system. RIP to a great one.
Very well put! It's a great scene in a movie full of them (the home invasion scene with the roaring saxophone is another standout for me). I can't believe how young Singleton was when he made this - it'd be a truly incredible accomplishment at any age but for him to be THAT young blows my mind.
@@jayoneokc I wire houses in this exact area of LA and they are expensive today. 500K is still a ripoff evn if other spots are going for 900k. Steep is steep.
Move in and reduce crime: gentrification Move out when crime skyrockets: white flight What are people allowed to do with private property without being shamed? Let me know.
Boys In The Hood movie is a classic with Cuba Gooding Junior, Morris Chestnut, music rapper Ice Cube of NWA, Larry Fishburne, Angela Bassett. LOL@Cuba Volkswagen car. LOL@Cuba purple pants. LOL@Cuba shoes. LOL@Morris shirt. LOL@Morris shoes. Cuba said how business going? Larry said well there's business. Not in here LOL. Larry said you boys wanna see something? Cuba said do we have a choice? Larry said no LOL. RIP movie director John Singleton. RIP Whitman Mayo at 3:19 who was in Sanford And Son television show as Redd Foxx friend Grady. Cuba Gooding Junior, Larry Fishburne, Denzel Washington, Steven Seagal, Jason Statham, Bernie Mac(RIP), Sylvester Stallone, Clifton Powell are my favorite movie actors.
This issue that Furious is talking about is true and relevant to this day.I didn't learn about gentrification til about 5 years ago and it's happening in the major city that live in.Parts of the inner city have been completely gentrified and the original residents left to out don't know where because they really didn't have a whole lot of money but I am seeing alot of more homelessness now in the 2020's era.They got more funded programs for the homeless but there is still alot of people living in the streets still.There are alot of regular jobs but don't pay enough to make a living.Pretty much the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.It seems that gentrification is not the best solution but hey they use to tell us we were young to got to school and universities but not all students can go.Hopefully in the future we can find a solution for for the under privileged.
I love this movie. I don't have any problem with what Singleton says here and during the movie save for a couple of things. 1) Old black men complaining about how the community members act is always lampooned. There is no respect for elders in those communities. The character is 100 percent right to blame someone for doing something harmful. Thats what whites do to each other. Whoever is at fault will be blamed. 2) That "drugs were never a problem until it showed up in Iowa...etc". Singleton totally misses the point here. People in Iowa or the white suburbs react to problems. Of course they do. Thats what happens when a community is confronted by something. It tries to take care of the problem. No outside dollar will do anything. The community itself creates its own civility. Singleton is somehow pointing that out as hypocrisy? No one can do something else for someone. Thats the secret that is never talked about. Singleton places blame on everything else except for people who make their own choices. Thats how its done. I can get any drug I want whenever I want. But I don't
well to your point #2 you realize the CIA was literally behind the crack epidemic in black neighborhoods? so hes actually right here. it wasn't that white people gathered together in their community. its more like the people in power who were majority white looked out for them and pushed it to "less desirable" areas of the country and guess what areas those are? the "urban" ones. same thing with opioids but in reverse. you dont think the government knew the dangers of this shit? the only reason its mainly white people hooked on it is because black people get denied more in healthcare and theres plenty of studies to back that up about opioids. thats why 10x more white peopl are hooked on it. because the system says that when you need a prescription as a white person, you really need it. black folks? well, we have a history of drug addition. back the "crack era" issue ran by the CIA via Columbian cartels. So, denied access more. that one time where being racially biased backfired. but the response to opioids was way better than the crack era. also another proven fact all-in-all furious styles is right.
As someone living in Iowa, I can guarantee that no one living here gave a damn about the drug problem until it found it's way to our doorstep. Only after it became an issue in Iowa did we give a rat's ass about what it was doing to other parts of the country. Let them burn as long as it's not in my backyard was the basic thought process. So furious basically has a point here
@@patwiggins6969 but that makes sense. I mean, most adults are very busy (jobs, family) so it’s unlikely they will go out of their way to try and understand a problem that isn’t directly affecting them. The only types you can expect to understand are the activist types or those that work with inner city youth . And even then they will get accused of being “white saviors” by some in the community they are trying to help. OP is right though. Singleton had a few good points but simply just shifts blame . Have we learned anything since this movie was made? I don’t think so
Not to mention at the end when the guy says “what am I supposed to do if someone rolls up on me” “Oh just think” Um… how does that solve the immediate problem of your life being in danger? Lol
You know it’s kinda crazy the foreshadowing for this movie and Snowfall. On the last episode with Frank and Leon you eventually see a set with kids that films for this movie here. The last episode was in 1990 the same year this movie was being directed.
This is easily the greatest African American arts project ever made in the ladder half of 20th century. John singleton on the screenplay. Charles mills on cinematography. Singleton again as director. Pretty fye
I loved how he talked to them all so respectfully, both young and old. He wasn't blaming anyone just trying to educate
Yeah, the young one showed him respect back when he took his shades off to look him in thr eyes man to man.
You do realize it's a movie right and not real life?
@@KayDub-t6vthat’s obtuse, no one is debating if the scene is fiction or non-fiction, they are clearly actors. The message however is what the original comment was referencing, particularly in the respectful way it was being conveyed. Unless of course you do not believe lessons can be derived from works of fiction.
@@jonjone661 you must be part of the fake outrage safe space group. Way to take it to the next level. Literally proving my point. If it was real it MIGHT be obtuse. But it's NOT. Can you not DISCERN the difference? Did you just learn that word and couldn't wait to use it? Holy shit that was an incredibly dum response. Cue the sad violins over a make believe scenario. Good grief. Do you walk around with tissues? Wow.
@@jonjone661 the point was it was acting that was the scene. He was supposed to talk that way. The original commenter was acting like it was a real life scene and it wasn't. Can you not understand the difference? The fact I even have to explain this is just mind boggling.
The thing I appreciate about this…is that no one is really WRONG. Furious is right about the end result, the old man is right about the immediate circumstances that contribute and the young brotha is right about having no choice but to have to survive in a situation he didn’t choose but inherited. We always have simple answers and lay superficial blame but it is never that simple.
Now this is a quality comment ✊
That's what great dialogue is all about.
very true. if the young brother doesn't survive his present, his future plans mean nothing. as we see later on in this fine movie
One thing that Furious has right...is that there will always be people who have more influence and power using these different generational issues to divide and conquer for their own material gain.
I think the same applies with the cop, although he's very un-pc and abrasive, he comes across like a guy who quite possibly recognizes the systematic issues, but also as someone who knows that you have to take some responsibility for your own actions, seemingly fed up and p*ssed off with young black men shooting each other over a game of dice etc.
Gotta love the instant respect Furious gets from the gangsters, sounds like they been talking about the billboard amongst themselves for awhile
That nonsense wouldn't fly nowadays.
@@Incognito-vc9wj not sure what you mean, kind sir
I feel ya young thug, it's crazy that it's a movie and totally make believe, it seemed so real, rofl
They weren't gangsters. :D
Most of the gangsters in the 90s generally didn't bother civilians. They were like Omar from The Wire.
Laurence Fishburne went from playing Jimmy Jump in King of New York, one of the most flamboyant and unhinged gangster characters you'll ever see on screen, to the calm and academic Furious Styles just a year later in Boys 'N The Hood. Brilliant actor.
Facts 😂
Let's not forget about Cowboy Curtis from Pee Wee's Playhouse😂
Don’t forget bumpy Johnson too
Morpheus
@@BriBailey-ol5rshe played Bumpy several years later.
I love how Furious ain’t just teaching the young generation he teaching the older generation too
Right? I love the moment where Furious begins to get through to the older man 3:55
Furious is more than a father, he's also a very wise man, and spokesperson. Gives the greatest advice
Well said.
Respect
@@hihowareyouthen
Except that Furious made no sense.
I love how we can see the reason why Tre is so intelligent and academically-inclined. He got it from his dad.
Smart enough to play dumb enough to live
his mum too, though
It’s all about the support or lack thereof that you surround yourself in.
If you gonna surround yourself with broken people then you’ll end up broken too, same deal for those with supportive parents and a community.
We are only products of our upbringings
He has two smart loving parents. We should all be so lucky.
Intelligent in what regard??
Three decades later, a lesson still falling on deaf ears.
I don't know man crack and shooting in south LA is way lower than it was when this came out
Bingo
@@Stridewise Yes, but take a loot at how many black aborted babies there are every year. Remember Furious said, if you take away a people's ability to reproduce. So that means both creating a situation that causes them to die young, before they procreate, and create an environment where the idea of procreating is repulsive and thus encourage abortions. It's still preventing new black from being born, and keeping the population rate of black people under control. Case in point, I remember 30 years ago when this movie came out, how black people make up 16-18% of the population, now it's only about 12%, that means as time goes along there are LESS black people per capita. That's the population reduction agenda at play.
@@Stridewise now it's the homeless and drugs from the cartels, yet no one in power cares
Blacks people are the only group of people that don't grow and evolve.
The fact that Boyz "N The Hood is in The National Film Preservation Foundation shows that is more valuable than the Oscars or any popular film and tv awards. This film, among others in the Foundation will be around forever.
@Harold Paulle why are you so upset?
@Harold Paulle no wonder your wife makes you sleep on the floor, she doesn’t want you stinking up the couch she made you buy
You don't say WHY it's a valuable film award.
Folks of The Caucasian persuasion saw this movie and were blown away. In this movie Furious talks about Korean Folks and in Do The Right Thing, The Corner Men, talk about Sonny who is from Korea and does so well for himself. Then in St. Elmo's Fire, both Billy & Kirby work for Mr. Kim a successful Korean Businessman.
I like the movie because they talk funny.
“It’s the 90s we can’t afford to be afraid of our people anymore man” ohhh if only you knew what ur in for 30 years down the road 💀
If only that were true
4:30 still rings true 30 years later and the only thing they know.
Does appear it's just what they are. Learning to read is acting white. Understanding simple math. Thats acting white like the asians. Knowing who your daddy is. Thats lame.
Oreo's have reproduced into a million carltons in every upper middle class suburb. It is shocking what 1 generation of wealth can do in such a short time.
The soul is lost
Its amazing to think that Lawrence Fishbourne played this role Boyz n the Hood. Then went on to play Ike Turner and Morpheus. 3 different styles. The man has range in his acting.
He also played a jheri curl wearing cowboy on Pee Wees playhouse
He was supposed to be Jules Winfield and Zeus in DH3 but SLJ cut him off both times. Once supposedly due to audition, the latter because of salary desire.
Mandela effect his last name is “ Fishburne” but I also remember “Fishbourne”
@@Steverodriguez825 Exactly. I'm mad I forgot about that role.
He was also in Apocolypse Now
I liked how the old man addressed "that crack rock and shit" he really wanted for his community to be better than it was
They are to busy in racist conspiracy theories
Adam, he knew that the young folks destroyed themselves with it. Drugs were the method of choice for quick thrills and a quick end. Bullets were next.
That's Grady right there
@@Sangria was half expecting Fred Sanford to come rolling up in his truck.
And the only thing he was willing to do to make it better than it was was pointing a stick and blaming someone else... While the community was in decline before those kids were even born. Hell it was in decline when he was a kid.
Man, John Singleton left his mark on the world with this one. Furious is a great dad and Tre was blessed to have both parents love him and care about him. You can tell that Furious was like a father/mentor to Ricky as well. Doughboy could've been saved but he didn't try hard enough unfortunately.
No strong and responsible father to reign in his rage. That's what doughboy needed.
Doughboy needed a loving mother like Ricky had. Ricky his whole life was had his mother behind him and she never thought anything of Doughboy which was why he turned out into the person he was
@@Soldierboytrey
This whole movie was so sad to me, it left me feeling disturbed for quite awhile.
.... The Saddest thing about Dough boy was having a mother who Spewed so much resentment towards her Our child - all Dough boy wanted from her was her Acknowledgment, Affection, Attention & Acceptance... Furious couldn't reach him, he was far too gone; lost in his own brokenness. 😔
We got a problem here????
@@losmit2194nowadays, they do not make films like these anymore
Morpheus freeing minds in early 90s.
Who is Morpheus- - ?
It didn't matter. The illegals gentrified South Central LA and pushed out all of the black people. The blacks can thank the Democrats for having lost their "black communities".
@@Scott-n2x1jwhhhaaaaa??? Come on now, buddy you need the red pill immediately 😂
@@judgeprime3730 Are you Furious you can't learn Lawrence Fishburnes cast name?
@@judgeprime3730 You need a Black Awakening. Fishburne did his first movie as a kid back in 1972. Morpheus was just to get that white dollar.
4:30 I always liked that he showed furious respect by taking off his shades and look him in the eye man to man.
Was he a family swan? He has the SF hat on .
@@kfmeighty9Probably. A lot of the gang members were real members. You can sort of look at a few extras and get that vibe that some of them probably didn’t need a script.
Not sure if it’s the nostalgia of this movie watching it as a kid but man it just seems like there was something different about films like this you don’t see today. The mood, the dialogue, the message. 🔥
Nah. Directors, scripts, actors just aren't good anymore.
To be honest, most films back then weren't as good as this. Classics are remembered for a reason. I'd say 90% of movies of ANY era are just there to be enjoyed and forgotten in their time.
Movies are rushed these days and some of the characters are actually born and actually live this environment most people portray it but don't know it
It's a natural lingo game recognize game back your background and where you come from
We sound like our parents lol
Million dollars worth of game ,knowledge and or education
message in this scene still reigns true til this day 💯✌🏾
Thats whats Going on. In my Bankroll Fresh voice!
Especially when you think about what students at Howard University were dealing with a few years ago with colonizers using the campus as an outdoor gym/dog park!!!
It's a terrible message
@@jimmiepurifoyiii9095, colonizers?
@Pizza Pie From Urban Dictionary:
A person of Caucasian origins who is not helping to improve life for the people of color in the 21st century (mainly African Americans). They see nothing wrong with events such as segregation, slavery, and the wars started in Africa due to the ridiculous ways of trade with whites.
Months after this movie came out John Singleton was a guest on the Tom Leykis Show. He talked about how when he was growing up they would sometimes see box cars full of automatic weapons and ammunition just suddenly showing up on old deserted railroad tracks.
What are you babbling about?
@@johngilmore697 That was not babbling and you have reading comprehension problems.
@@martinishot Y'all motherfuckers need to gangbang them books..
@@johngilmore697 Now that was truly babbling. later on after I heard that show in 1990 I started to hear other people who grew up in Crenshaw district like Singleton or Compton or North Long Beach etc. describe that also as part of their memories during their childhood. Box cars of automatic weapons just showing up apparently in the middle of the night. in later years this would be joined by massive amounts of crack cocaine available to distribute in these areas. The distribution of crack cocaine into South Central eventually made headlines and became an important congressional investigation.
@@martinishot I don’t want sweet punani action, I want to take your bishop and grind you down
"The only part that's universal is the math."
Truth.
💯💯 , if I may add frequency of ones vibration to the language of the universe
Not necessarily. It varies.
I think the universal language is faith, the same way anybody in the world understands the word, “TAXI”. In that case, let faith be passed from one group to another
Math is universal. Many ways to get to 1 answer. They just want you to do it the way they approve
That’s such bs
This is literally the best scene in the movie. It literally has the same plot as those “and everyone stood and clapped” posts except it feels real, none of it feels forced or preachy. It’s just some dudes talking about the problems they’re facing in the world
And you know for a fact conversations like these happened all the time in early 90s LA
@@BananaPhoPhilly Don't shit on Black Men. Positive is positive and there are tons of Black Men in the LA Community that did a lot back in the 80's and 90's.
"Rick, its the 90s. We can't afford to be afraid of our own people anymore man."
Uhhhhhhhhhhh
Yeah...
Less than one year after this movie was released the LA Riots happened.
If only that could be true
"And they say it's the white man I should fear, but it's my own kind doing all the killing here."
I like how they was just standing by the billboard and somehow drew a crowd
Probably out of Curiosity. Considering that it was 90’s and no phones or electronics to distract them
This is pretty normal for anyone born last millennium. Poor neighborhood, nothing to do, unusually dressed man in a strange car turns up, your gunna go have a look.
The mf is screaming and shit lol come on now
Lol before the scene u can see the old head idly standing by XD
Anybody who's not a homie is gonna be checked out
Neo: So what did you do when you were still in the Matrix Morpheus?
Morpheus: I was Furious, all the time...
Laurence Fishburne is incredible in this, as he is in all his roles.
He plays the character so well i forget i'm watching a movie, he's so believable and it's actually 100% truth what he says. He was born for this role, everything about him is perfect.
I know exactly, what you mean.
@@GregMoress nice one
My parents generation had Atticus Finch as the role model of the perfect dad; we had Furious.
Fishburne was amazing in Apocalypse Now.
@@hostilebogeyinbound you've just blown my mind, I never even realized that was him, the guy on the boat playing drums?
I should have known this LOL
I love his drumming skills too and watched it many times lol
I remember my dad telling me listen hard on this scene. Didn't understand @ the time, but the older I got & the more I watched the movie, I finally understood the message. Gentrification is at a all time high to this day.
So is black crime.
“Gun store, liquor store, gun store, liquor store, where tf you takin me!?”
Also lmfao at dude just sippin on a half gallon of milk at the end on a midsummer day😂
He makin use of that pastoral European genes planted into his ancestors 150 years ago
The milk was because he was an athlete. You don't see it as much now but back then athletes drank a lot of milk
Milk is one of the best thirst quenchers. What are you on about?
@@MikeDunn especially after it’s been sitting in the sun 🤣
@@stolensentience he's prolly lactose intolerant
The message is still strong to this day. You can easily destroy anything if you deny it the ability to improve, reproduce, enhance, and uplift. So, let this message continue to spread all over the internet and into the minds of young people.
Blame it on the white man
Or just dont do business with black people.
When he spoke about liquor stores and gun shops……he left out abortion clinics
@@elduderino2404 2020 abortion statistics. Southern States like Alabama and Georgia was overwhelmingly blacks had the highest percentage. In pretty much every other state whites had the higher percentage of abortions
@@elduderino2404 planned Parenthood don't go to the hood. That's been in the news a lot lately about how black women don't have the same access as middle class white women do to reproductive health
Laurence Fishburne brings so much wisdom to this role that we don't even notice the age gap between him and Cuba Gooding is only 6 years irl
The guy always looked and acted older than his age. In Apocalypse Now he was only 14-15 years old. Dude looked like he was 25. He’s what 26-27 here? He looks 40, put some white on his beard and he could pass for 45. I think his character is 34 in this movie.
DAMN, for real? wow...
@@jpmnky He was 17 in Apocalypse Now and 28 in Boys N The Hood
@@jpmnky It cracked
Still one of my favorite movie scenes ever. The messaging is on point.
The old man is right. It's the people who live in the neighborhood are the ones responsible for it. Stop shifting the blame and accept some accountability for the action. No one is forcing you to use or sell drugs.
Nigga it's a literal curse. I bet you got some curses hanging over your soul that's hard to escape from. It's not as simple as stopping. Tell america to stop fighting wars overseas, watch how you get laughed at. It's not feasible
And continuing to treat people like victims just makes them believe it and feel hopeless to change.
Every kid should have this kind of dad. Respect!
One that promotes a victim mentality? Nah
@@Kozinskowitzky Huh? How dare you misinterpret the noble intentions of Furious? He was not coddling anyone with a victim mentality, he was enlightening his son and companions about the harsh realities of their society and empowering them to rise above the adversities they face. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, he was instilling in them the strength and knowledge to combat the systemic injustices that plague their community. It seems your feeble mind cannot comprehend true empowerment when it stares you in the face. Educate yourself before spouting such ignorant drivel! 😈🔥
@@Kozinskowitzky Your interpretation of Furious' actions couldn't be more wrong. He wasn't promoting victimhood but rather empowering his son and friends to confront and overcome the challenges they face. Before you communicate, try listening with your mind, not just your ears. Wisdom might find you then.
@@Kozinskowitzky Star of David talking about the Victim Mentality ?
@@Smickerthc “joined RUclips 2 months ago” ok troll boy
That milk must be so warm and gross
I hate warm milk, I even add ice to milk...gotta be cold
Yuck
Dude probably had stomach issues all night.
Everything was weird in the 90s
Yeah, I have no idea what this scene was about because I was too distracted by the nasty ass milk. And they wonder why we don't respect these "people"...
That " do we have a choice?"
"No"
Hit hard
It's because of this movie I was aware of Gentrification.
I didn't get then too, until I personally started seeing it
And that's why movies are so important. Same thing with Rain Man (1988). It was that flick that made the word autism became mainstream and people started to research more about it.
maybe stop blaming whitey
me too, Kayla. Laurence Fishburne is the man! I'm not even religious, but if he got talking i'd prolly follow him to church to hear him out. Intense and interesting fella!
It's so real it doesn't even feel like he's acting here does it?
better than truning neighborhoods and countries into 3rd world dumpos which is what happens to white areas infected by poc
As a white dude, my father told me back in the late 80s that Furious was 100% right about this and the army. You gotta respect truth no matter who or when it's spoken.
@@Kozinskowitzky Thank you, exactly. What is more likely, that it is a conspiracy of non-blacks to put up liquor stores and gun stores in the hopes that black people will buy them and destroy themselves, or people who simply see a demand for guns and booze and profit from it.
No one was forcing anyone to smoke crack, drink all day and shoot each other. The drug dealers, the liquor and gun store owners, could be put out of business easily. No demand, no supply.
@@Kozinskowitzky nah, the only victim mentality is the sionist and genocide state of Israel Free Palestine
@@Kozinskowitzky exactly, he even mentioned other minority community like Koreans. Italians and Mexicans. how come it's only the black neighborhood that are affected by his consipiracy bullshit? black people need to take a good look at themselves and regonize the fault of their own culture and blame everything on racism. not saying racism don't exist but they existe for every other minority races. but they were able to overcome that. everybody, everybody but the black community...they have no excuses
@@Kozinskowitzky Spoken like a typical irrational and inhumane zionist. The council officials who approve the liquor and gun stores are never black. But you already knew that.
@@Kozinskowitzkybro everything this movie says is right
There doesn’t have to be a demand, if those in power dictate, to put stores there
And everybody knows the property value does decrease soley because of people being black in a neighborhood
It’s not “victim mentality” people are actually just victims of a country that wants to keep them down because it keeps those in power at the top and it keeps the middle and lower classes divided
Fishburne was 30 and Cuba was 24😂
Well the idea was that fishburne is depicted as 40-45 and gooding jr as 17
I think they managed well
@@Inbraneinthememsane no one said they didn’t
Yeah it’s remarkable how believable they were as father and son! A timeless movie!
And dat's impressive too, pure *acting* at its finest.
@@Inbraneinthememsane fishburne is supposed to be a young dad, I think he had him at 17 in the movie. So he'd be 34
The most important scene in the movie
I agree to the power of INFINITY ♾️♾️♾️♾️♾️
"There is always business, just not always in here." I feel that in my heart my brother.
So many gems in this one scene...the office scene " do we have a choice?...no!...."Rick it's the 90's can't afford to be afraid of our own people anymore!. And the whole gentrification explanation and the old man not seeing the bigger picture💪🏿...still a very powerful scene! Rest in Power Mr. SINGLETON
Morpheus was always an idealistic, truth-telling and inspirational leader no matter which version of the Matrix he was in.
He didn't tell them the truth. The old man did. All Furious did was shifting the blame instead of accepting responsibility.
@@johndong7524 Wow! It really shows your own issues when you say something like that. Forgetting it's a movie with scripts and dialogue lines for each of the characters. And then a overall message the director is trying to show. And all you can come up with is responsibility. Wow, you have no idea of government schemes. If no guns, cocaine or booze was ever in those places. The locals would never be drawn to them. The government knew that. It's only you who doesn't 30yrs later. Go back to sleep
@@MrAden1307 Excellent example of blame shifting that I was talking about. Didn't the government also tell you to "Just Say No"? )) No one forced you to touch any of those things. People are perfectly capable of making their own decisions based on logic and free will. Stop blaming the government and accept some responsibility for your own actions.
The guy with the Raiders cap was in Doughboy's party too
Damn Furious you were way ahead of time!!!!
This was extremely important especially in the 90s
That's Fred Sanford's friend
@@BDRose yep, that was Grady.
@@Rockyinlp I forgot
JD Vance brought me here from his Joe Rogan interview
This is probably one of the most underrated scenes in cinematic history in my opinion
Underrated movie, too
Furious was half right. We have to hold ourselves accountable for the bad choices we make. Can't blame someone for what you do.
Crack was intentionally and there is someone to blame for that. There name is The CIA. They released a pressed about it decades ago.
Accountability is nowhere to be seen these days .
Just because there's drugs in the country doesn't mean you should sell it. Same things with gunshops
Just because there are gun shops and dope slingers doesn't mean you have to buy it.
“My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.” It’s legal for Black folk to read now. We can have a book in our possession and keep our fingers in 2022. #TheyWroteItAllDown y’all. ✊🏽
Preach, Brother!
Hosea 4:6 excellent bible verse
you black supremacists are weird as hell
Just thought about the inconsistencies in Rick's character how is he all cautious and scared just to be in compton but so cool and relaxed when you got people out there with guns trying to kill you.
seems intentional, trying to display cognitive dissonance in ricky growing up in the area
@@Guts_Chris oh my mistake!
But he knows his part of the hood, he's been walking it every day, despite what's going on in that scene he's pretty comfortable taking a piss there, probably done it hundreds of times in the area, he's never needed to go for a piss and been worried about making a run for it after.
he only reason it changed is because he was talking shit to gang members from an opposing hood of his brother.
most likely they were Crenshaw mafia bloods (tre got in an argument with that kid when he called him an african booty scratcher in elementary and that kid said he was from Crenshaw mafia) and him and Tre were living in the rolling 60s neighborhood because they lived in south central. thats why they were scared to even be in compton
Ofc they couldnt straight up say this stuff back then in the movie because that movie actually caused gang fights and crips and bloods shooting at each other after the movie would let out in L.A. in those days. i actually remember that.
i was only 11 when this came out but went to a west Seattle middle school and we had a lot of somoan and Asian bloods that went there
That’s a good insight. Ricky was suddenly very weary when he was in Compton, but was acting kind of naive when the bloods were chasing him and Tre around their own neighborhood. He might have had a false sense of security when he was in his own neighborhood. Almost like it was just part of living there, though Tre knew they were in mortal danger, having experienced those same bloods point a gun at him.. Maybe Ricky wasn’t as naive as it was perceived at the end of the film, he just tragically misread the danger they were in.
You can really tell he was a Black Panther member in his youth, and is carrying their work and vision forward, just entirely on his own. He stands out like a being from another reality where things are as they should be.
acting like being a black panther is a good thing lol
@@woopoganntnt7379 Racists destroying themselves and blaming others is a very popular thing.
@@woopoganntnt7379why were they bad?
@@mhm6262They were violent racist assholes who only spread hate.
He's definitely your classic, TV show black dad while most of the people who live around him are thugs.
I'm a white dude. Grew up in middle class all my life basically. I first saw this movie in High-School, and this and Menace II Society really opened my eyes to how the world looks to others. But this speech was always one thing that really stood out to me. It really opened my eyes to how unfair the system is, and how broken it is. And not only that, it also takes the younger generation to start making it better too.
Like, I never used to think about, "Oh, but how did the Crack get here? We don't ship it here." Or, "they want us to kill ourselves." It literally made me look around my own town and compare it to others for me to say, "Oh shit. He's right."
Makes more sense then ever in 2023, except instead of crack it's fentanyl.
@Professor__S yupp. Crack definitely died down, and now opiates/opioids are the new pandemic. But yeah, this whole scene is just perfect. It's still relevant to this day.
Stop shifting the blame. No one forces people to use or sell drugs. It's a choice they make. The old man in this scene is right.
@johndong7524 It must be nice to have the privilege to judge other people's choices in life. Must be nice to live in a place where the annual income for most households is more than 10,000 dollars. And I was talking about Crack specifically. Not drugs in general. It's an important distinction to make in this context. (80s-90s Los Angeles. Specifically, the inner city.)
You should look into the CIA and the Crack epidemic. They'll deny these allegations, of course. But the more you read about it, the more you realize that there's actually a lot of evidence to support it.
Hate to be the one to inform you, but the government isn't *always* there to help you.
And as a recovering addict, it's pretty disappointing to hear someone's view on addiction be so black and white. "You do drugs? You bad."
@@KNOTTYBUDS Cry me a river.
Furious spit FACTS! AND why does the dude in the Raiders hat, look like Dave Chapelle!?
Crazy how true this is. My mom grew up in Pilsen, Chicago and it used to be a rough area. Now I got an office job in Pilsen and there’s fancy $2000 apartments, the streets are all nice and clean, and nice stores and restaurants popped up there.
Then we drive a few blocks down or past some train tracks and it's suddenly the hood again. Big cities really have this happening and we don't even know.
so you would rather live in a shithole with tons of crime ?
Thank goodness for that. You can go to work in Pilsen in safety rather than being in danger. You have a job -- and it's in a stable area.
I’m from the Chi and lived around the tri Taylor area. I know what you mean. Pilsen Went from hood to bouje.
So what happened in Pilsen?
According to this scene, the Koreans at "Seoul to Seoul Realty" bought the land, removed the black criminals and brought in Asians... who happened to have high math scores.
That dude had some balls to wear a SF hat in Compton, even back then. No wonder he had a target on his back...
There's no Hoovers in Cpt anyways so it wouldn't really matter.
@@pineapplexpression Hoovers?
@@alexbeardsley751 Hoover crips
@@TCTrapCat ah! thanks for the info!
@Alex Beardsley its a south central gang that has one set represented by SF orange colours. I thought that was wat u meant.
"The human conscience died with Robert, Martin, and John" - Lawrence Fishburn.
He's speaking the truth, yet no one cares. Even outside of the film, only 1% of the black community actually sees the true messages of the film.
One of my favorite scenes in all of film. No exaggeration.
And Tre's Beetle cabriolet is so tight.
When that old man started pointing his finger at the youngsters I was weak🤣🤣🤣.
Old man mannerisms. I'm 30 and sometimes I do similar things.
Marcus, he was ashamed of the drug-dealing youth in the community. Typical. Youngsters were likely getting shot left and right.
@@valuecalc trust me, I know. I grew up around this stuff.
@@marcusnelson1094, it's the elderly who often know best, but youngsters refuse to learn anything from them. I'm sure you've noticed that, too.
@@valuecalc 100% agree. They definitely do know a lot and seen a lot even before the trouble came to their neighborhood. Back before my time that same neighborhood my uncle lived in was beautiful. Everybody got along, kept the neighborhood clean, etc but as the older ones left then they left those houses to their grandkids and most of them didn’t keep up the property.
Laurence Fishburne is a national treasure
I'm here because of Vance but I remember all the commentary of this movie from back then
Growing up in LA this shit hits hard because you can still go to Compton and this same conversation being had today.
Same in Kansas City Missouri
Oh well, at least you tried the All-Star effort my one friend called it
0:18 dayyyyum baby got more cake than Duncan Hines man lol
🤣
Gentrification-When people move in and make your neighborhood nicer.
Whites move out "White Flight". Whites move in "gentrification". It's always someone else's fault.
When you’re dumb and didn’t pay attention to the video
At a high damn price lol
"The only part that is universal is the math" - 1990
"math is racist" - 2023
Math may not be racist but statistics can absolutely be manipulated and used to affirm bias.
@@LzyArtthats not what hes talking about. A lot of lefties has literally said maths itself is racist as is the way of teaching it etc lmao. That answers like 2+2=4 is racist.
@-bubby9633 you have no critical thinking skills whatsoever if you think thats what people are saying.
@@LowSkillPlaysthank you
It's Florida man DumbSantis who thinks math books are racist for some text book having a black character.
Morpheus' boss chair looks pretty nice tbh.
I was young and learning
This movie is so much more than I ever expected.
I've always loved this: "why doesn't whitey help us out?" "What's with all these nice homes?!? This is gentrification and it's reeeeeeecist!" Make up your damn minds!
🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽
"Whitey" you mean the mfs running the country?? I think the white people running the government have the responsibility to care for the citizens of this country regardless of their class and race.. nobody's asking the average white person for shit. Stop that lmao
Lawrence Fishburne; truly a legendary actor
RIP❤❤😢😢
@@ColonelMetus did he die?
@@justinquaylepate1358 yeah
@@ColonelMetus oh no! When?
He's not dead
Furious: "You boys want to see something?"
Tre: "Do we have a choice?"
Furious:"...no."
you know right then a lesson was going to be told
why is there a gun store and liquor store on each corner.....because there is demand. No demand, no business no liquor store and no gun store. No demand means no drugs, no drug dealers. No drug customers, no drugs being bought. Who forces demand? No one. It comes from the individual person and community. Its not other peoples fault, just yours. Why isnt this in Asian, Indian, areas? Not enough demand and a strong work and family ethic.
Tre and Ricky didnt even want to get out of the car for fear theyd get GOT. Sad but true statement of just how unsafe we feel around our own people sometimes.
Rick, this is the 90s, we can't afford to be afraid our own people anymore.
That's some real ish.
Morpheus spitting facts and handing them redpills
Lmao!!
here in Jacksonville, three neighborhoods in District 1 have been gentrified; Springfield, Brooklyn and Murray Hill.
They were all crime ridden in the past.
2:09 Well spoken. United we stand, Divided we fall
“Gentrification is when a bunch of skinny Jean wearing mf’ers move in and start opening up vegan coffee houses and open mic spoken word nights at all my favorite bars. Cronuts and bullshit” - Furious in 2023
The most vital scene of the movie, singletons thesis statement. Beautiful. It’s a shame he only got to make a handful of personal statements before being shoved through the studio system. RIP to a great one.
Very well put! It's a great scene in a movie full of them (the home invasion scene with the roaring saxophone is another standout for me). I can't believe how young Singleton was when he made this - it'd be a truly incredible accomplishment at any age but for him to be THAT young blows my mind.
Such an underrated scene. Still resonates today and should be freakin taught everywhere.
Can’t heal a community without healing yourself
I'm going to have to watch this movie again as an adult. It's more thought provoking than I remember.
just watched it I lived through similar as a young adult but in my 30's im mature and this all still holds up
2:02 howd I never notice dude was just drinkin a Whole Litre of Milk
Suppliers simply sell where there is demand. If demand falls, supply will dry up. Don't blame others for your bad habbits.
Exactly
It’s written and acted so well. This movie hit me hard watching it as a teenager and damn even more so now as a 40 year old.
Grady a fool. LOL "Yeah, that's them. Uh, huh."
Property value changed now, everything is expensive to live even the ghettos now days in America .
Naw ghetto is still cheap it's the economy that has got bad and worst
@@jayoneokc I wire houses in this exact area of LA and they are expensive today. 500K is still a ripoff evn if other spots are going for 900k. Steep is steep.
Move in and reduce crime: gentrification
Move out when crime skyrockets: white flight
What are people allowed to do with private property without being shamed? Let me know.
All this time later and my people still haven’t learned. We’re still doing the same thing now we were doing 30-50 years ago smh 🤦🏿♂️
Your people lmao
Oh well, at least you tried
What Grady said was much closer to the truth than what Furious said.
They import drug's for money. So who's buying the drugs. The black's it's called supply and demand
Good googlie goo !! He wasn't a big dummy
They move into a neighborhood, destroying it making everyone leave, then young people move in taking a risk trying to make it better - GENTRIFICATION.
Boys In The Hood movie is a classic with Cuba Gooding Junior, Morris Chestnut, music rapper Ice Cube of NWA, Larry Fishburne, Angela Bassett. LOL@Cuba Volkswagen car. LOL@Cuba purple pants. LOL@Cuba shoes. LOL@Morris shirt. LOL@Morris shoes. Cuba said how business going? Larry said well there's business. Not in here LOL. Larry said you boys wanna see something? Cuba said do we have a choice? Larry said no LOL. RIP movie director John Singleton. RIP Whitman Mayo at 3:19 who was in Sanford And Son television show as Redd Foxx friend Grady. Cuba Gooding Junior, Larry Fishburne, Denzel Washington, Steven Seagal, Jason Statham, Bernie Mac(RIP), Sylvester Stallone, Clifton Powell are my favorite movie actors.
I’ve always loved the shot of furious saying to the young gangster to think about his future as the G swigs his 40 oz.
Man really spit the Guns and butter line from Melvin in BabyBoy almost 10yrs prior! ✊️
I mean, you need to respect your community in order to help it grow and thrive.
Who carries around a carton of milk and drinks straight from it?
The same people who go to the liquor store and start drinking it straight from the bottle on their way back.
Drugs, liquor stores, guns, you can find this in every poor part of each country. It's more of a class thing.
This issue that Furious is talking about is true and relevant to this day.I didn't learn about gentrification til about 5 years ago and it's happening in the major city that live in.Parts of the inner city have been completely gentrified and the original residents left to out don't know where because they really didn't have a whole lot of money but I am seeing alot of more homelessness now in the 2020's era.They got more funded programs for the homeless but there is still alot of people living in the streets still.There are alot of regular jobs but don't pay enough to make a living.Pretty much the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.It seems that gentrification is not the best solution but hey they use to tell us we were young to got to school and universities but not all students can go.Hopefully in the future we can find a solution for for the under privileged.
This one of most powerful spoken. Laurence Fishburne deserved should have an award for that movie. He was such a great actor.
I love this movie. I don't have any problem with what Singleton says here and during the movie save for a couple of things. 1) Old black men complaining about how the community members act is always lampooned. There is no respect for elders in those communities. The character is 100 percent right to blame someone for doing something harmful. Thats what whites do to each other. Whoever is at fault will be blamed.
2) That "drugs were never a problem until it showed up in Iowa...etc". Singleton totally misses the point here. People in Iowa or the white suburbs react to problems. Of course they do. Thats what happens when a community is confronted by something. It tries to take care of the problem. No outside dollar will do anything. The community itself creates its own civility. Singleton is somehow pointing that out as hypocrisy? No one can do something else for someone. Thats the secret that is never talked about. Singleton places blame on everything else except for people who make their own choices. Thats how its done. I can get any drug I want whenever I want. But I don't
Exactly right.
well to your point #2
you realize the CIA was literally behind the crack epidemic in black neighborhoods? so hes actually right here. it wasn't that white people gathered together in their community. its more like the people in power who were majority white looked out for them and pushed it to "less desirable" areas of the country
and guess what areas those are? the "urban" ones.
same thing with opioids but in reverse. you dont think the government knew the dangers of this shit? the only reason its mainly white people hooked on it is because black people get denied more in healthcare and theres plenty of studies to back that up about opioids. thats why 10x more white peopl are hooked on it. because the system says that when you need a prescription as a white person, you really need it.
black folks? well, we have a history of drug addition. back the "crack era" issue ran by the CIA via Columbian cartels. So, denied access more.
that one time where being racially biased backfired. but the response to opioids was way better than the crack era. also another proven fact
all-in-all furious styles is right.
As someone living in Iowa, I can guarantee that no one living here gave a damn about the drug problem until it found it's way to our doorstep. Only after it became an issue in Iowa did we give a rat's ass about what it was doing to other parts of the country. Let them burn as long as it's not in my backyard was the basic thought process. So furious basically has a point here
@@patwiggins6969 but that makes sense. I mean, most adults are very busy (jobs, family) so it’s unlikely they will go out of their way to try and understand a problem that isn’t directly affecting them. The only types you can expect to understand are the activist types or those that work with inner city youth . And even then they will get accused of being “white saviors” by some in the community they are trying to help.
OP is right though. Singleton had a few good points but simply just shifts blame . Have we learned anything since this movie was made? I don’t think so
Not to mention at the end when the guy says “what am I supposed to do if someone rolls up on me”
“Oh just think”
Um… how does that solve the immediate problem of your life being in danger? Lol
Making the neighborhood nicer, how criminal.
Fool
@@GDI_CrimsoN sheeeeit
You know it’s kinda crazy the foreshadowing for this movie and Snowfall. On the last episode with Frank and Leon you eventually see a set with kids that films for this movie here. The last episode was in 1990 the same year this movie was being directed.
This is easily the greatest African American arts project ever made in the ladder half of 20th century. John singleton on the screenplay. Charles mills on cinematography. Singleton again as director. Pretty fye