I'm black and I was raised in the hood, but my parents DID NOT LET ME GO THAT ROUTE. They wanted me to get out and be a good human. I thank them for that everyday!!
The hood mentality is a crippling disease. Your parents were good people. As a pro-White I sincerely hope that more Blacks are like your parents. Pro-Whites will be your allies if you seek to turn Black culture around. At the end of the day, we're all God's children.
@@nathanknight6042quite frankly the frequency of your energy will make you perish my good sir. Is that a manner of speaking you can relate to my good sir? Excellent excellent
@@AldiAldiFPen I get your point, but governments are unhinged, irresponsible and out of control. The only thing we have left is what we can achieve together. For that we need to respect each other and live a diligent life to improve society as a whole. Since I moved to Japan, I changed my mindset and became much more disciplined. There is no excuse to become a burden to others. Ghetto is not a valid culture.
When I hear people tell black people 'You sound white' it just makes me facepalm. It's like acting educated at all is a 'white person' thing. It's incredibly weird to me.
No kidding right! In fact I shouldn’t automatically be able to tell the race of a person over the phone! Go to a drive thru in England I guarantee you won’t be able to immediately tell if the person is black based on their voice! Sad how blacks shame other blacks for speaking the Kings English properly! It’s an American black phenomenon! So bizarre and harmful! They call each other white for doing well in school and enjoying reading. It’s actually “white supremacy” when you believe intelligence = “whiteness”
I'm glad you started this conversation. Certain aspects of our culture is just plain embarrassing, particularly every other song on the national air waves rapping out the "N" word. Come on folks!
People who say “nigga” need to make their minds up about it: either no one should say it (bc it’s a racial slur), or everyone should say it (bc it’s a synonym for “buddy” or “dude”).
Pretty sure your a sellout for other reasons if you think that. Yall are making up narratives that you have to act ghetto to be black and thats not the case. I live in the hood and I'm respected as a citizen. Her talking points don't even scratch the surface of black issues. Calling blacks ghetto is yall first mistake. You don't like to be called coon right? They don't like to be called ghetto, because they know when your being derogatory.
do they even know what sellout means? if you're going to jail to help the white dudes who funded the private prison you get sent to that makes you a sellout to the white man.
I'm an older white guy, 66, who has a younger black couple as a neighbor. He works in law enforcement and she's a school teacher and they have recently had the cutest little baby boy.... We bbq and hangout together often and they are great neighbors... We listen to everything from rock and roll to blues and jazz.... There's great and bad people in all races, colors and cultures, choose wisely and you will be rewarded..
Neighbors can be extended family due to the nature of being an immediate help for any emergency and seeing each other often. Blessings to you and wish you the best.
As a black man raised in rural NC, pride and humility were instilled in me by my parents (and five older siblings) at an early age. I obtained my BS and MS in chemical engineering, worked for 35+ years, retired at 61, and continue to carry myself as my mother and father intended and taught.
You got this! Be an individual and learn about yourself and who you are. There is no wrong answer. Keep love in your heart, humility and courage on your shoulders, and you will never go wrong. My dear aunt used to tell me this. I am reminded of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”. ❤ check it out. You are just getting started on life’s grand adventure ❤
This happened to my daughter when she was a teenager. Someone said she wasn’t black. She told them she didn’t have to act ghetto to be black. Was proud of her.
this happens with Hispanics as well now lol. ive seen this mostly with mexicans that become evangelicals, where seen as boring, well spoken and white washed by our mexican catholic brothers. lol crazy ha
@@olivegrove-gl3twif I wasn't a white guy, and my culture espoused nothing but ghetto worship nonsense, id be livid. Its wild to me that it's taken that strong of a hold on the youth
My father was a language tyrant. He wouldn't let us use slang or mispronounce words. He drilled into our heads that it didn't matter how brilliant your ideas are. If you can't effectively communicate those ideas to other people, you have nothing.
Sorry, but I will take a person that makes sense over a smooth talker who does not have any substance. Bob Marley is a great example, he spoke in broken English, but his music and message is universal.
@@garthreid5088 Not to be the A-hole but, what was his message? A loose conglomeration of biblical alliteration, enlightenment and postmodern philosophy, and Marxist principles, All set to music Oh, and he smoked weed. Stop deifying popular artists as great thinkers.
I'm a bm. 63 years old. We have normalized violence, guns, babies having babies, lack of education, and killing each other with impunity. What other culture does this?
Redneck Culture. I do recommend the book mentioned here by Thomas Sowell Black Rednecks and White Liberals. After reading that I did realize redneck culture and black ghetto culture is very similar.
I'm a black man, and I feel exactly the same way. When she said that this has been a problem for the past 20 years, and started getting into the reasons I knew I wasn't going to have any notes
As a Black person, I pray for the day the black community starts taking responsibility for their actions instead of blaming it on "systemic racism". Once this happens, the black community will thrive
They were thriving post slavery during the late 19th & early 20th century - but jealous whites burnt down their towns 🤷🏿♂️. They thrived again during the 50s & 60s but were sabotaged AGAIN.
Black people did ,8 successful Black communities like black wall street and what happen to those beautiful black successful communities ?...............I'll wait self-hatred demons.
As a professional Black woman working in education I have witnessed rebellion at the highest in the Black community. Black young ladies refuse to stop wearing hair bonnets in public, young Black men refuses to pull up their pants. The rappers have became the role models! I am disgusted.
@theresathompson4367 Thank you for saying that! Those "bonnets" (they look like shower caps) look terrible, and the men's pants hanging below their hind parts IS disgusting!
I'm black and I grew up in a two parent household. My father had two graduate degrees and both of my parents were responsible, decent, and good people who raised us in the suburbs in the 1980s. We did not and were not allowed to associate with blacks who debased themselves. We had a saying in our family..."You may be my color, but you are not my kind."
It's bad enough you have black people who tried to say you're not black because of the way you grew up but you also have the Democratic party who denies the existence of people would like you because they want everybody to believe that America is just as racist now as it was during the days of slavery.
It all started with poor Irish & Scottish culture. Look up Thomas Sowells "The Origin of Black American Culture and Enonics". Elites wanna divide people.
I’m black and I was born in New York. my mother homeschooled me as a young child. I started going to public school in the 3rd grade. There were not many other black children at my school when I first started going there, so many of my friends were of other races; However, There were these 3 kids who were considered to be the most “cool” kids in our grade. They were black. These kids did not like that my mother taught me how to speak with proper English, so they confronted me about it one day in the hallway when our teacher stepped into a classroom. One of them asked me “is you black?” I was confused by the question and replied “yes I’m black”. I’m 30 years old now and I’ll never forget his next words “oh. Cause you don’t act black.” To this day I’m astonished that people think that you can “act” like a race of people. And that some people cannot tell what race you are by looking at you, but determine that by how educated you appear to be, how you wear your clothes, or how you speak. By the end of the school year, two of those students were held back to repeat the 3rd grade, and one of them was required to complete summer school and was able to continue onto the 4th grade with the other kids. When I was in high school I Rand back into the kid who asked me those questions all those years ago and he actually remembered what he said and apologized to me. The kid was a completely different person. I heard that one of the other kids had been in and out of jail during high school for selling drugs and I’m not sure about the third kid. This is a long winded story to say that black people glorifying idiocy is affecting their kids in ways that the parents may not understand at first until it’s too late
Your "long-winded story" was actually great at highlighting a few points. 1. It confirms the idea that some black people are actually taught that lack is what black culture is (lack of success, lack of education, lack of morals, etc) 2. Being faced with another black person who kills that idea and unintentionally exposes their limited mindset is often offensive to some for many reasons. I believe it may trigger insecurity, as it is easier to dismiss you as "ain't one of us" than to recognize that you embody a "better version of us" and I need to get myself together. 3. With the right exposure and revelation (the guy who circled back and apologized), change can be achieved. And THIS is what I have the most hope in. 😊
@@TomekiaLloyd very well said! It was shocking for me to see that type of mindset as a young boy for the first time. As an adult I obviously can fully see and understand where that attitude comes from. I just wish that the media and some of our role models were not encouraging this behavior. It’s definitely not helping
@@Dualex_Builds Well, this is where I will probably fall back on my faith in dissecting this. I think this is all by design. A spirit of destruction and degradation has gone out in this world, especially America, the "City on a Hill". I think we all have to remember that evil abounds when good men do nothing. This is why I think these types of videos stirring up these conversations are great for fighting back against this Imposter Culture. THIS IS NOT MY BLACK!
I'm a 56 yr old black mother, grandmother, and wife that grew up in public housing St Louis, MO. I don't think there is anything wrong with NOT taking part in black culture. Who cares what people call you. This with the ghetto mentality envy those with intelligence. Keep up the good work! P.S. I now own 2 homes and a quilting business. It's not where you start, but how you finish.
The worst part is it's perpetuated by blacks that didn't grow up in the hood . A black girl I worked with lives two blocks from me , and I'll admit the area is funky,but not exactly hood . One day she told another black girl to stop acting white. 😢
The answer is real education that produces engineers architects electricians computer scientists. How many black parents sit their 2 or 3 year old on their knees and read to them. This will instill a desire to learn. Schools cannot do this.😅😅
I’m a black man from the ghetto and I couldn’t wait to afford a better life for my family. There is nothing glorious about some of the things black culture is portrayed as 🤷🏿♂️
Black woman I work hard not to live in those neighborhoods. I live amongst people who have good morals. Black culture kills us who are trying so hard to be represented like this. I come from a single mother home with different fathers, and from a young age I said never would be me at 27 and I have won. I carved my path. I changed my future. We need to do better as a community.
It's a dangerous a ridiculous life style it's why my mom moved us out of North Mississippi and Memphis people are so easily influenced and brain washed and have no respect or common sense
It’s not „black culture“. It’s ordinary tribalism. And was cultivated as a antithesis to civil culture which many black people considered as „white“. Which is not. It’s just culture. Culture is a decision
Especially this Gangsta culture. The entertainers made their capitalist money trying to convince young people that acting like little criminals will be accepted by society. They, young people, think having a good vocabulary or speaking proper English is trying to be white. I hear kids all day long speaking as if they never saw a classroom, no manners, no politeness, acting as if theft is O.K.. They have no fear of getting arrested not even realizing that getting arrested goes on their records and can hinder getting good jobs in the future. This Gangsta culture is an embarrassment to good, moral, hard working black people and Hispanics.
Thank you for sharing this! You are so well-spoken and articulate that I admire you. I am not Black, but I have a niece and nephew who are Black, White, and Thai. They have been raised to be intelligent, hard-working, and self-respecting; therefore, at ages 20 and 14, they are two of the most amazing people I know. My nephew was recently given an assignment at college to write a paper on DEI. He wrote against DEI and for a merit-based system. Because he wrote against DEI, he was given 50% on the paper, thereby failing it. He is an A student. DEI is another demeaning value being promoted in the Black community. It communicates to Blacks and other minorities that they are unable to succeed based on merit. When he was in high school, my nephew was in TAG. My niece is also in TAG. It is unfair that their life success should be viewed from the lens of DEI rather than from the lens of their hard work and merit.
Ah, but the DEI religion shalt not be challenged, for it has become a righteous crusade against... well, I don't know. Reality? By all means be inclusive, but not when that gets in the way of getting things done.
Yes!! As a Black woman (yes, a descendant from slaves) I am sick of this. My Black family has always been educated and classy. That’s MY BLACK CULTURE!! I love being Black! I never wanted to be anything else, but enough is enough. Whenever I see a Black personal do something extraordinary, I always rush to show my children what they should aspire to. Funny, none of my kids want to be rappers or ball players. They want to be doctors, nurses, my one son wants to get his PhD…YYYYYAAAAASSSS! This is what MY culture is!! More of this please!!
Be just as sick about white folks having 400 years to solve these racial issues. They can pass DEI laws in a matter of months. Yet, it takes George Floyd's death for Black people to get body cams that cops still purposely don't use. You need to read this two quotes by Malcolm X. “If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” - Malcolm X “If you stick a knife in my back 9 inches and pull it out 6 inches, that's not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. They haven't pulled the knife out; they won't even admit the knife is there.” - Malcolm X
"yes, a descendant of slaves..." Every single person living on this planet is descended from slaves, AND slave owners. You are not special because your culture had it happen so recently in history.
I couldn’t agree more! Even though my parents had me very young, they both had solid upbringings and my family was very classy (rough around the edges in our own ways) My mothers mother was a CPA, and her father was a truck driver who always held down a side gig to help pay for private school for all of their children. My dad’s mother was a Nurse and Father an X-Ray technician whom also put all of their kids through private school and owned 2 houses. My mom valued education and took it very seriously when raising me. My dad works in entertainment and encouraged creativity without getting involved in the wack ghetto drama and antics. It’s sad that I didn’t think this was a flex growing up because all the black kids wanted to embrace the most deplorable behavior, so bad!!
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be a rapper or a ballplayer and those can be respected positions. You can also have a PhD whilst doing those things. Something tells me, tho that you want your children to do jobs that are held in hight regard to white people 🤔
@@JohnDoeDa3rdwhile I 100% agree I think he point was more to the fact that a lot of black people think that’s the only way to success and it’s not and doesn’t have to be you can work other jobs and be just as successful it’s almost become a stereotype that the only way “out of the ghetto” is to become a rapper or ball player when that’s just not true so many black people are brilliant and can do and have done amazing things and the mindset you have to only do those things needs to change and we need to just encourage our kids to reach for their dreams no matter what race they are
i skateboard and i remember being alone most of the time because i wasn’t following the “black” stereotype. i was just being myself and the fact that my own race even turned on me was so heartbreaking
That is truly heartbreaking. It's so unfortunate how low and arrogant some people can be. Please continue to pursue what you love and don't let others' negativity affect you. My twin brother has been skateboarding since we were young children, and to this day, at age 36, he still enjoys and loves it! He also loves snowboarding, mountain biking, and white-water rafting-he's drawn to the more extreme sports in nature. There will always be people who try to discourage you because, in their view, you don't fit into their narrow definition of what's acceptable. Don't let that stop you. Keep doing what you love. Blessings.
I've heard of this from several black people I've been friends with over the years. When they engage with subcultures which aren't stereotypically black, they're ostracized by their peers. That's beyond messed up. I hope you find acceptance and validation in your life my friend.
We are here for your brother! Keep doing you...I bet your winning in life because you dont let those stereotypes dictate your future....your free...your a child of God....shine brother!
Growing up in Jamaica, the poorest people had the cleanest houses and were the most generous people, you are absolutely not destined to be the worst of us because you have no money, you can grow to be the best of us!
AMEN Brother. My grandmother and father are Jamaican. They kept a clean house and would give the shirt off of their backs to help you. Just because you are poor doesn’t mean you can’t take care of your stuff. Have some self respect. Right?!🇯🇲
@@SmashingbonejuicesTake into consideration since social media came about, the scum of the black community consistently create RUclips, tiktok and instagram videos breathing fresh life into stereotypes . Just take a look at world star hiphop....owned by a black man too
I don't even think there's such thing as "black community", unless we're talking about small local church community, or something like that. What do tens of millions of totally different people across different classes, different areas, different origins, etc., have in common other than having dark skin? Are you kidding me? There's no "black community". Change my mind.
Yes they have. Plus Dr. Cornel West, Merlie Evers. Every person living has the right to think for themselves. Every person who engages in being thought police is part of our problem.
I’m really light skinned, and so many black people always told me “don’t worry, you’re black, we come in all shades” but the second I started criticizing the culture, I was white and should shut it
I’m a black girl from Atlanta, however I was raised in a 2 parent household w professional parents, and when I was 7 we moved to the middle class(majority white)suburbs. About 7 years ago, I got accepted to FAMU. I was so excited to go to an HBCU and be with more people like me. About one semester in, I dropped out because I couldn’t handle the bullying (even got jumped twice) due to the fact of how i am. I was “white” bc of the way I spoke, I loved books, meditating, I am very quiet but kind, I enjoy science, anime and nature and didn’t do substances/alcohol and my parents visited me frequently. I even got accused by two girls of theft to get me kicked out of the dorms. It was an extremely upsetting experience all due to the fact of how I was raised and how I am.
I’m sorry this happened to you. I hope you have a better experience if you go back to school. Never let anyone stop you from accomplishing something based off of who you are. They were just haters and most of the time, those women probably wish they were you. You’d be surprised how triggered can be from someone’s presence and the way he/she carries himself/herself. 💯
Ghetto rap is a HUGE part of why all American blacks are seen as all the same. It is extremely popular so a lot of people hear it and believe that it is black culture. Movies don't help with that.
Many never lived that ghetto or project lifestyle. They just rap about it@kathleenherron594 The gangster rap was poison to our community, the music 🎶 was bad enough , the rap videos 📹 made gangbanging seem like fun. The urban movies 🎬 are ridiculous. Who wants to be a drug dealer,, they either end up strung out on the product they sell, in prison, shot and maimed or killed. These OG's (original gangsters) corrupt our youth in the community. Introducing our youth to a horrible lifestyle of gangbanging, robbery and drug dealing
This is a huge issue in our country. The ghetto sub-culture has come become socially synonymous with black culture. This cultural phenomenon is now in suburban America, infecting the values of GenZ and younger Millenials. White, Hispanic, non-ghetto Blacks, and Asians are appropriating the clothing, the language (AAVE), the lack of financial accountability, the social media expectations, music, and educational attitudes of black ghetto culture. On one of my submarines (90s), there were five black people on board. Three were cooks, one was an electronic technician, and one was a nuclear trained individual. Two of the cooks displayed ghetto culture and were a low rank considering how long they had been on board. The other cook, and two technically trained individuals, displayed a level of success, maturity, and intelligence that was equal to, if not higher than some of the white crew members on board. Racism is taught in the home, but ghetto black culture is a virus that spreads quickly. It promotes little accountability, a lot of arrogance, and an ignorance unequal to any other cultural groups in America. I did not say black people display this. This is displayed by every race/ethnicity that has adopted black ghetto culture. Diddy's list NEEDS to be released to the people on 21Jan, right after the subpoenas are issued by the DOJ for everyone on those lists. There needs to be a lock down in government once the subpeonas are decided upon. No phone calls, no emails, no notice. And anyone discovered leaking the info prior to the President releasing it, in order to give entertainment people time to flee, needs to be fired and charged. The People need to see justice served against millionaires, prison time. Prisoners love child abusers!
True! I have quite a few African friends and African-Caribbean friends. Make no mistake. African-American is a culture entirely to itself. It has an incredible history of faith and resilience. I'm truly inspired by all the beauty of African-American culture. Unfortunately, this culture is not what gets all the attention. A middle class, Black, nuclear family being successful and just living a good life is a non-story. How sad.
How about the insane amount of mix race relations in movies then the mix race children always end up with white people (Zendaya prime example) wouldn’t their kids be majority white now? As if we’re being breed out.
I have a few friends from Nigeria and they can’t stand American black culture. I’ve been told a number of times they hate black America in Africa and don’t want them over there. My take, people are sick of the foolishness and just want people to act right. That has no bearing on skin color, there’s decent people and trash people of every race.
Media loves it and encourages it. What are the only tv shows and movies that get made now? Downtrodden blacks or ghetto blacks. Hollywood loves pumping out slave and ghetto culture movies. Rare if something outside of that gets made. Music industry an even bigger culprit. End of the day we can only blame ourselves for continuing to fall for it and not raising our kids better to avoid this lifestyle
I'm a southern white man. I go to a black church. Every single one of them welcomed me with open arms and basically adopted me in like family (mostly thanks to my neighbors influence, God bless her). I can guarantee you that a good majority of these people would agree with every single word this woman said. Trust me. She's not alone in her thinking. A LOT of black folks are angry about this particular topic.
It seems to be an urban cultural problem. It seems like the once great American city, in general, is on a trajectory to decay. I think we can all see what is happening, but have no clue how to stop it, or at least slow it down. Cities like New York, San Francisco and Detroit used to be what Dubai, Singapore and Shanghai are today. Our cities have become husks with a rotting culture, regardless of their racial makeup.
So I'm black and live in the Caribbean. Let me tell you that this woman's video hit the nail right on the head perfectly. I went on Twitter and saw tons of people agreeing with this woman's takes but of course, you have black people deflecting like crazy, refusing to take any semblance of accountability and it's sickening.
Why are black Americans expected to take “accountability” for three centuries of damage they never caused? How is that remotely considered “personal responsibility”?…
Owning one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors is personal responsibility and allows for assessing oneself and though we influence others and are influenced by them? There are those that are ready and willing to intercede on our behalf, due to a genetic or economic or other actual or perceived affiliation, whose assistance may not be requested nor helpful. It may even be self-serving or harmful. Kinda reminds me of the Protestant Reformation. A priest wasn’t always desired and, in fact, was sometimes resented. 🙏🏻🫵🏻✌🏻
@@crazyralph6386 regardless, it started way before as you can see in the Thoma Sowell videos, but when the ones that sign checks realized how influential hip hop was then heavily promoted gangster rap, then club music, trap, mumble, trap again to where now these artists are outright talking about demons. And saw the impact, on the youth (keep them dumb) they promoted harder....the degeneracy, lustiness, sagging is fagging, prison culture being adopted as "black culture"....y'all remember whenn'Orange was thr new Black?. I know most of y'all grew up listening to 70s 80s hip hop, most of y'all saw all those videos of every color listening to the music.....then it became "black only" because of what was promoted to the public..............
As a black mother...my three year doesnt listening to anything with a curse word in it because she repeats everything she hears. Parents need to start putting their childrens first and do what it right for them
Be careful of the schools you choose. I see it in my mom groups, kids will attract to the stereotypes in school even though their parents did everything right.
EXACTLY. People in the ghetto do not have the power to create national platforms and sculpt narratives to the public. People with lots of money and power NOT living in the ghetto do this.
Thank you for bringing this conversation Amala! Once again that 1% screaming has taken over the culture. I have so many Nigerian and Ethiopian friends and customers that are top tier people. And I grew up in the 80's in Texas and has many friends of every color and ethnicity. We were all doing life together. Then....once the American culture started embracing bad behavior esp from rap music culture it went downhill. Even hip hop in the early days was cool and accessible and earnest and clean. Now without even trying I feel almost forced into disgust about the ghetto culture that is pervasive. And it is so misrepresentative of American black culture at large. I hope this conversation gets way big!!
In Brazil we have something like that with the glorification of crime, slums, murderers deemed "anti-heroes" and lots of b00ty and crack... Anitta is the example of how sad is here. It's revolting.
We call ours "white trash", which is cruel and a term I don't like to hear (but sometimes think it), but can you imagine the outrage if people started referring to "black trash"?
This is a very important piece to the puzzle. It's very much the same thing as using a particular word that only black people are permitted to say. Black culture, at least the American faction of it, is strongly based on the ability to adapt and survive. It's a survival technique to own and take pride in terrible things, to take control rather than let it take control of you, at least in theory. It makes sense people would take pride in coming from and surviving a rough place, it's like a badge of honor. Other cultures and races do it too, probably all of them, but black culture is very persuasive, just look at modern American vernacular, or Black Twitter. There are various reasons why black culture is so persuasive, but it all comes down to survival and doing what gets results. The interesting thing about black culture is what you see with Tupac, in which he came from a very cushy upbringing compared to the one he represented, and still represents to this day. Again, it's a matter of doing that which gets results. Glorifying the these parts of life is not much different from riding a rollercoaster and then buying a shirt that said you survived that rollercoaster.
I feel it in the Latino American culture as well. It wasn’t till I moved out and into my husbands white family that I realized a lot of the problematic things in our culture that are normalized. Latina mothers treat their daughters like princesses till they are of age, then they’re treated like whores. They treat their sons like nuisances till their of age, then they’re treated like free money. They treat their husbands like lost causes, unless the man beats them to submission. The culture talks about the importance of family, but then treats each other like garbage. Party culture and irresponsibility is en vogue. None of the youth is being taught how to handle their money properly, so it’s spent on nonsense luxuries. I wish things weren’t this way, and hopefully this isn’t the majority
That's the elephant in the room. Other cultures shun and make their degenerates take a back seat but in the black community, the mega corporations take our degenerates and elevate them by making them famous, rich and celebrated and to the youth, this is seen as someone who's winning and cool. Here is where the system is definitely playing a part in this evil.
Right. Even when seen from outside their race, the ‘trailer trash’ subculture of the White culture is not seen as representative of Whites. Instead, Whites get the intelligent, well-off, peaceful stereotype. Same with Asians. They get the smart stereotype instead of those that mostly work the low-income jobs. So, then why must the negative subculture of Blacks be attributed to all Blacks? We have to change the narrative.
I LOVE that this message is going out. My first day as a teacher, I had a black student walk into my classroom with his pants as low as they were allowed at school, a swagger, and all the attitude. I knew this young man was LOADED with massive potential. I did everything I could to believe in him and pour strength of character into him, and help him to see what he could achieve if he set his mind to it. Unfortunately, too many other minds were already set about who he was and where he would end up in life. He did not show his others teachers the same respect he gave me. He was expelled. It absolutely broke my heart. 21 years later, it still does. Blacks need to be fed that they have great intelligence, talent, and worth just like every other human being. I hate seeing the “culture” pigeon-holing them into someone that will forever be held down and reliant upon someone else. What tremendous wealth is our society missing out on because of how these kids are not being lifted up within their own homes or communities. To think that succeeding in life is a “white privilege” is absolutely ludicrous. You can’t dream of attaining, and complain that someone else is holding you back from achieving while locking every single door of opportunity for yourself and those around you. As a white woman, it’s hard to speak on these things in regular conversations because of our current culture wars. So, it makes my heart sooooooo happy to see black men and women speaking up on behalf of “the community”. It’s a powerful and necessary message! ❤❤❤
I’m a 33 year old black man and I hate our culture I just started feeling this way about 2 years ago and it’s getting more intense. I’m honestly done trying to talk to grown people it never works and leaves me upset. So I’m focusing on raising my kids right it’s hard but I pray to the most high it will all be worth it in the end. I’m waking up more and more each day and trying to gain as much information for myself and my kids. Love videos like this thanks a lot mam!
That is a hard place to be. I'm a white guy that has lived overseas, my home is a mixture of cultures because my wife is mexican but to be honest I don't care what people think, my kids come first. I'm not raising my sons to be white or Hispanic but rather humans that excell in all areas possible. I wake my sons up every morning and we read a chapter from the Bible and talk about it, then we do exercises for 30 mins and then they do homeschooling classes, if it is the summer and they don't have school, I do an online collage class with them. God will guide you.
Black American culture started to die when the dregs of society started becoming accepted. Not popularized, ACCEPTED. I'm talking about pimps, hustling, scamming, etc.
It started to die when we allowed *fmnzm* _Unwin also stated "In the past, too, the greatest energy has been displayed only by those societies which have reduced their sexual opportunity to a minimum by the adoption of absolute monogamy (para. 168). _*_In every case the women and children were reduced to the level of legal nonentities, sometimes also to the level of chattels, always to the level of mere appendages of the male estate._*_ Eventually they were freed from their disadvantages, but at the same time the sexual opportunity of the society was extended. Sexual desires could then be satisfied in a direct or perverted manner... _*_So the energy of the society decreased, and then disappeared."_*_ He points out that "No society has yet to succeeded in regulating the relations between the sexes in such a Way as to enable sexual opportunity to remain at a minimum for an extended period." - _*_and thus all societies have collapsed._* - J. D. Unwin, _Sex and Culture_ circa 1930s 💊
I’m half black, half white and I am often told that I’m not really black because of how I speak, the education I have, and my conservative views on some things. 🤷🏾♂️
Same I'm half Mexican but I've been told by full Hispanics that im not Hispanic enough because I wasn't raised in that culture I was mostly raised in a sort of redneck environment Eating potatoes, beans, steak, fried chicken and vegetables My dad never gotten the chance to teach me Spanish (but he did cook me some good food that he grew up on) and I've told another person I don't really know my Spanish and they basically said oh you're not brown enough I guess What....
in the hispanic community.. most mexican, if you become a evengalical your seen as boring, well spoken and white washed by our mexican catholic brothers lol
Remember, when they say "Black" (capital B), they don't mean you as someone of African ancestry, they mean the Hard R Gamer Word they can't openly say anymore. They mean slaves to the Democrats, just picking ballots in gold chains instead of cotton in iron ones.
I've been called an "Oreo" my entire life, I grew up in the 70's so its been 50yrs of African-American's calling me an African-American Woman an "Oreo". My family has always just been what many would call Upper Middle Class in the midwest. My Sisters and I had Ballet lessons, musical instrument lessons. We were in the Girl Scouts and went camping. Our family had family vacations, our neighborhood had doctors, lawyers, insurance firm owners and the like, Middle Class Family neighborhood. My family moved to San Francisco when I was 13. Some of the people I met in the late 80's in college had the nerve to insinuate I'm NOT "Black Enough" because of how I was raised and how I am. The "you sound white" again all of my life, I just let it go because I always stood on the grounds that you are not paying my bills, you don't buy my clothes you do nothing for my existence. And I knew once I graduated from this college we will not be around each other and I hadn't seen those people since. My son has experienced the same and I let him know that that is their malfunction and has nothing to do with him.
this is all too common in many communities. i am not trying to take away from your experience, just commiserating. similar thing happens in poor white communities. it seems like poverty and the behaviors that cause it make people like crabs in a bucket. i was really good in school but a child of a single mother, went to magnet program schools where most kids came from upper middle class or upper class two parent families, i wasn't bullied but there was a divide socially. they all lived in the same few neighborhoods and i was bussed "Across the tracks". my friend group at school and my options for a friend group at home were night and day. i couldn't socialize well with my school friends outside of school because of logistics and not having the money to engage in the activities they did. the kids in my neighborhood were rough and i was basically having to fist fight regularly for the right to go out and play. was made fun of and looked down on for going to the "smart school" and enjoying "nerdy" activities. was seeing drug use in elementary school, kids engaging in theft, kids family members insane high on drugs or drunk. i think alot if this is an economics based problem as much if not more than a "color" issue.
@@QwestyDaQwest “smart school” code word for where the not poors go to school. I went one year to a smart school upper class suburban DC area and it was night and day to the other public school. Kinda wish I had gone all 4 years to the smart school lol.
You may have more influence than you will ever know just by living your life. Some girl or boy will look at you and see that there's more than one way to live and will make decisions that will take them far.
@@TaiyouArt ya it was a magnet school that was city wide. you had to test to get in, but most all the kids were well off with a sprinkle of us brokies. i really enjoyed it until we had to move to another city and i got stuck in a public school. i redid my math book from the previous year and it was all downhill from there. i am convinced the trajectory of my life woulda been different had i been able to stay in that system for my entire childhood.
Madame you're 100% right. I witnessed it THOUSANDS of times everywhere, from schools to businesses. I remember one time a bkack classmate asked me to explain him algebra... He was mercilessly bullied and ridiculed by his OWN peers!
Southern black woman here without an accent who grew up in a two parent household in the surburbs. The main time I dealt with bullying, was when we shortly moved to my dad's countryside hometown with an all black school. I was the only kid in the school who didn’t know how to twerk and always got made fun of for talking "white." I was so glad when we moved, but definitely felt grateful to be exposed to more diverse environments growing up. I really hope things change for the better and will do my best to keep my kids in a good environment.
I had a similar experience having been raised in Europe then moving to the states. I was grateful for the exposure but glad to get away from the negativity and bullying, colorism, texturism, and sexualization. As a 38 year old I still get “humbled” by older black women in the workplace…is exhausting at times. I’ve left so many jobs to get away from the hate and jealousy.
Black friend of me and my wife spoke of standard English as “the power language”. Obama, like JFK was an ambitious politician by trading on ethnic loyaszlty as a key to success, while not actually being a real member of his ethnic base. In Kennedy’s case. American Catholicism imploded as its elites became liberals.
I'm a former classroom teacher, and I remember seeing this modeled in my students' parents (taught 2nd/3rd grade). I had some REALLY incredible black kids who were honor roll students and going places, and I've prayed that they wouldn't get suckered by this ghetto culture. While I myself am white, the area where I used to live was heavily integrated, and one of my fellow coworkers (a black teacher) would often tell me how many times she was bullied by other educators of the same background. She was assumed to think/believe a certain way, expected to promote kids automatically if they shared the same skin color, etc. This lady was perfectly capable of making her own decisions and highly intelligent. It sickened me that other people tried to tell her what to do. Thank you for making this video. I've known far too many very wonderful black men and women who are NOT represented by THAT culture. Keep it up!
You just painted an entire race criminals because someone said the minority is not all. Just be a racist and call it a day. No need to jump through hoops😂😂😂
@infinitewatersss what country do you live in? My point is a vastly large portion of the black American population that reaches a large audience through media uses their fame to portray the black race as violent criminals. Yes, I have enough common sense to know they don't represent the entire black population. Especially considering that I acknowledge " black" people live all over the world. The black American population is not African American to me. They have ancestory from Africa but I've never ever met( not saying there aren't any) a black American that can name just one African ancestor. Most black Americans don't care enough about their African heritage to invest in knowing where they came from. Black Americans, if they truly cared about their ancestory they would use their platform, fame and voice to help free their people. The ones that are slaves right now. In Africa. So, when I see black Americans who call themselves African Americans focusing all their energy on their American heritage, they can't just say they are black when they don't identify with black people outside their community, you can't claim a "color" of people when there is a world full of black people in the world. You can't call yourself African American when there are literally legally owned black slaves in Africa. Not owned by white Americans but other Africans but never care enough to try and free modern slaves( because they aren't Americans). So the majority of wealth and fame going in and out "the ghetto" is telling the world that they shoot kill,rob,sell drugs, stretch their coochies,etc.. They rest of the population representing blacks in the public sphere in this country who aren't bragging about being criminals are using their voice to perpetuate that the biggest threat to black culture is white people. It's not a white problem when black people are bragging about the crime, glorifying bring black as being criminal and then using the other black people to criticize anyone who gives them credit for who they say they are. Lack of accountability, lack of transparency, gaslighting and blame shifting while expecting people to accept being treated for ways they have never treated anyone by people who have never actually been treated the way they are justifying treating others is an insanely ignorant solution to the problems that face black Americans. You are your own worse enemy.
@@childofgod9124 Amala is completely and totally AWESOME and she nails it every time. I know you think you are clever and ya got me but really you come off as a three year old
I’m a white woman whose “second mother”( mom’s best friend) was a black woman who lost her husband far too early in her late 30’s. She used to cry nearly every day about the way four out of her six children fell into ghetto culture once she had to move to another neighborhood after her husband’s death. It broke my heart to see how desperate she was to pull her kids back from the culture in their new surroundings and lose the fight. Two wound up in jail and two wound up dying and it changed her forever. The stress of it killed her at the age of 57 and broke my heart even further and forever.
Do you think a white family would have fared better? This isn’t a trick question, I promise. My instinct is that it would be less likely to produce such a tragic outcome.
@karigirl3569 Oh, my gosh, this is so sad! I am so sorry she went through such a tragedy, and now her remaining two upstanding children (now adults, I do realize) are left without their mother. And you (and probably other family members or yours) are left to mourn. Truly tragic, how one event (the death of her husband early on) led to such a rippling of misery and sadness and loss. I hope you are okay, or will be, soon.
@technoloverish i def see what ur saying. I think everyone needs to be called out. But that side of the black community is just put forth so much, along with liberals calling things racist. As a society, we need to point out ALL problems. ❤
I’m black and my extended family don’t like when I talk like this and I’m ok with it. If you believe in family and all family values there is no way you can see what’s happening in our culture and be ok with it. I don’t even debate them anymore. I been married for 12 years and I have 3 kids. It’s super important to me to raise my kids in excellence like how they did in the 40’s 50’s and 60’s! Even when faced with adversity we still prevailed. Instead they want us to continue to believe that something is holding us back(racism). I refuse to believe that! Not when there is soooo many black excellence around leading the way!
Family can sometimes just mean they are an inconvenient and annoying friend bound by blood. Don’t feel obligated to be around people you don’t relate to ideologically.
Yea it's kind of like Alcoholics Anonymous, the first step to recover is what? Telling people they are powerless??? That's not the type of message you give to someone you want to succeed. (You ain't shit and nobody likes you that's why you'll never get anywhere) uhmm. It's all politics, black culture was sabotaged intentionally for a voter base in urban cities. Destroy the nuclear family, create a welfare state that discourages fathers, destroy public education, and get the CIA to bring around some crack. Instant voter base.
Thank you so much for sharing this young woman’s video! I just turned 30 and I’m a black woman who spent a lot of my childhood with my grandfather who was from Alabama. My grandfather was hard working and very intelligent, not only that he always carried himself in a respectable manner. He taught me so much but he always told me you better look and talk like you got some sense because people are going to take one look at you and place you in a box with everyone else who looks like you. Now more than ever I understand exactly what he was trying to teach me. I see so many of our black youth idolizing perverts and criminals and it’s heartbreaking. Young black people need to understand it’s okay to stand up for morals and it’s okay to not follow what everyone else is doing in fear of being criticized by other black people today. Don’t be a victim be a victor!
I'm a White Alabamian, and when I moved out of the tiny matchbox of a house my wife and I were in, my Black neighbor who was in her 50s told me flat out she hoped more White folks moved next to her. I quickly realized (the immediate clump of homes around us were majority Black and all in our forties or older and this was over a decade ago) that she was making it a generational judgement more than a racial one, that this redneck and his wife had more in common with her and her husband than young Black folks. My house was the smallest one in the neighborhood and so low value it would have been much more likely young folks living in it than older folks, and she was just following the logic to a conclusion I reckon she didn't like.
So glad to hear someone address this. This started in the mid 90s. I worked in a recording studio and I have known and worked with the best black musicians in the south. Once the rap came in, it has disabled our black youth. The studio was shut down because we refused to record that. But you could definately see the shift in behavior. They all want to be rappers. The black culture has given us so much, especially musically. I have had that honor to work with these talented people. My black musician family, most were on their way up. It is not about slavery, look at Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston, Mariah, Prince, Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, and I could go on and on. There is absolutely incredible talent brought to us by black people. Not this stuff called rap. when I am in the bathroom, sitting, and someone comes in the parking lot with boomers vibrating my toilet, mind you, it is on the second story. That is wrong. Wearing your pants down to your knees and doing it in a apt complex is nothing less that indecent exposure. My black friends do not think that is cool. Do what you want, but do not hurt others or subject them to seeing this. It is just sad, some families have small precious little boys watching the behavior of their Dad. Growing up to be trashy not classy. Class does not come with a price tag. Class costs nothing. I wish I could see that again.
You are a dwindling number. Let me explain. What we call "black culture" was actually redneck culture. White rednecks were less numerous than their more civilized peers. But the reverse is true within blacks (because initial black population was centered in southern USA), black rednecks were more numerous than their more civilized peers in the north. As time went, it's a number game at that stage. White rednecks culture were pressured by their more civilized whites to extinction. At the same time, black rednecks pressured their more civilized blacks to extinction. The situation was made even worse by white liberals with savior complex. They preserve, venerate, promote, and impose the redneck culture among American blacks. That's how we end up with today's mess. You can read it in "Black Redneck and White Liberal" by Thomas Sowell.
I’m so happy you brought light to this issue!! I’m a black woman who has been labeled as “whitewashed” my entire life by both black and white people, however most of the time it’s by other black people. In high school, I kept my mouth shut about how I really feel and never identifying with ghetto behavior. I was rejected by many of the black kids and I was labeled as most of the things listed in this video: “you sound white”, “Uncle Tom”, “you’re not really black” etc. I also feel uncomfortable around ghetto black people as I’ve been disregarded or rejected by them because I’m an educated black woman. Now, at 23, I’m confident in my skin and have no issues voicing my concerns for the black community and holding our people accountable. This madness is outta control.
I’m white and my friend/former boss is a VERY educated black man. E-8 in the Army Reserve, and a City Councilman in Ohio. He used to tell me how he heard it all the time, how he was “talking white”. And often called a “sellout” or “Uncle Tom.” It’s awful. I work with some of the finest people of all races. And am proud to say it. Keep getting yours everyone!!!!
It's because you're intelligent and other people felt threatened by that and didn't want you to succeed. It's their problem, not yours. Go get your success. 💪
And it's lowering the standards of education, and entry of professionalism and acceptable conduct in other areas of society, yes. Proper English is called colonialism, and so forth. In other words "Lower standards, we don't like learning new things, especially if they're challenging us or making me look bad."
THIS VIDEO IS FACTUAL. Thank you for it. I am black. I was abandoned in Compton, CA by a teenage mom who had been raped by her father. She later took her own life at 21. My foster mother adopted me and raised me to understand that I didn’t have to be typical or a statistic just because we were poor and from the hood. I am now 57 years old with a college degree working for law-enforcement. My daughter is an adult that just graduated from college and seeking to start her career. There comes a fork in the road where that you have to choose whether to wallow in your past or your surroundings, or choose to be different.
How can the video be factual when you yourself are the exception and there are thousands of stories just like yours where black people move just the same as everyone else in the U.S.? A college degree and working in law enforcement only has meaning to you and I could flex all types of accolades, but that sh*t doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of life. Good things happen to bad people, bad things happen to good people, but it's all about how you move on after your experience that makes or break the person.
@@iAMDREi22 what on earth are you going on about? This person has _worked_ for what he or she has, in a culture that has been raising others to do the opposite. Sometimes, the exception _proves_ the rule, because if you’re notable enough for doing something, it means it’s not common enough to be expected.
Damn bro, I don't know you and I'm proud of you and your accomplishments. This coming from a 1%er m.c member in socal. Happy to hear about your daughter and her way to success. I'm sorry about your mother and her struggles but I'm sure the best part of her is you, as is the best part of you being your daughter. May your family thrive for generations.
Sun Tsu would agree and honestly makes me think that elite Dems/Libs secretly hate black people. Everything they push on the community has long term negative effects
I grew up on rap and was told by my elders the dangers of the music, I didn't get it until I became a father of three daughters. I'm so thankful, I have introduced them to different genres of music. I have respectful, classy young women in my home. Great video I hope more will listen.
Oh please nothing is wrong with rap. Thats just music. The problem is about how you live your life. Just because the music is good doesn’t mean im about to live it.
@ There’s a lot wrong with rap, the violence it promotes, how it sexualizes women, the lifestyle it promotes etc, maybe right now you don’t see anything wrong but I pray one day you will, because it does influence people to make bad decisions.
@Ratgodx most rap music that hits the charts demonize people with killing other people, drugs, demoralize both men and women, and hold a unrealistic standard of what men and women supposed to be and look like.
@ A small percentage, mainstream does, the biggest artist on biggest labels with the biggest budgets promotes all I mentioned. Plus most young up an coming artist promote the same. Look at Noah Scurry 17 year old shot and killed in front of his house in front of his mom, day after flashing guns in a rap video.
This is a great video, thank you. As a Puerto Rican im also angered that a lot of Puerto Rican have followed into the ghetto mentality. I grew up poor but i always hated that everyone expected me to act that way.
Amen same! I’m a Boricua who grow up listening to metal/rock music and dress normal and spoke normally like a Humen, instead of having my pant hanging down(born in 83) or speaking’s as “hey my Nigga” or listen to black ghetto music! I was shun in my own race and was told that Boricua worship god or lost rap music et etc. now that I look back! I’m glad I was me and only me 🎉❤
I’m also half black and half white and what I experienced growing up in black culture is large families, bbqs with a whole lot of kids running up and down the street, good food and a strong mother and father leading the whole operation. Nowadays it’s the cool black thing to do to be disrespectful, hardheaded and unintelligent
I just love you so much. I'm Latino, and I have the same issues. I'm an educated Latino, and I'm looked down on by my community and the ghetto community where I live. We need to do better for ourselves, nobody needs to do better for us!
I am a 62 yr old black man. I was born and raised in Ohio. I agree with everything that was said in this video. When I try to say the same things I am often told that I'm just "old school" and out of touch. It is refreshing to see intelligent beautiful young Queens who get it. Thank you and stand tall and proud.
As a lightskin from the suburbs, one thing I think about sometimes is that pretty much no black people where I'm from were actually ghetto but there was some kinda pressure to kinda act that way to justify your blackness
Yes!! Omg!! I’m from NY but grew up in rural PA and most of the black and Hispanic population in the area also migrated from NY/NJ and it was this weird underlying pressure to act hood or ghetto. I used to always get told I act white because I got good grades. 😮 now as an adult I realized that those kids parents absolutely failed them and that’s why a lot of them ended up uneducated bums !!
I live in one of the most-affluent, blk-majority counties in the U.S. Light-skinned or dark-skinned doesn't matter. What matters is your education, ambition, wealth, how you conduct yourself and how you contribute to the community and to the less fortunate.
Related story: at a young age we moved to the white side of town. There were like 4 black families in the area and we all knew each other. 25 years later, recently, I came across a brother of a girl I know from that neighborhood(we didn't know each other dude to age difference), and he flexed on me, saying he grew up in the hood. I busted him out by saying, "aren't you so and so's brother who lived up on so and so street? I grew up down the block!" He still tried to hold on to his street cred, even though I'm literally giving him an out to just be himself. He couldn't take it. Mind you I'm in my mid 40s now, so this interaction was a couple years ago which put him in his mid 40s at the time. Sad. He ain't gotta lie to kick it.
Coming from a white person, I truly believe that this is by design. I'm an old as Gen Xer who grew up color blind, it just didn't matter to us. I think it scared the people in power that we figured out how to not only get along but to be the first generation who publicly ran around with, dated, roomed with people of any color and were freaking happy. We were united. The media and the government messed it up and the younger generations fell for it.
I got into trouble once for saying I taught my kids to be color blind. I was honestly shocked by the other person taking offense at what I'd always viewed as treating people the same, regardless of skin color. OY.
@mehtariel exactly. There seems to be this huge issue with us just living, letting others live and being all together without problems. Obviously there are differences, but we are all different in our own beautiful ways that don't need categories.
It’s kinda sad that I had to scroll this far to see the correct comment. People gotta understand that AI & Algorithms play a part in this. It’s intentional. Like the video isn’t wrong, but people need to be aware that technology in some ways is being used against us
As a born Jamaican who grew up in New York (black Immigrant) I approve this message start to finish! We are literally normalizing BS and calling it culture!
Born Jamaican (mixed race), moved to San Diego, we were all so confused about these strange rules about how black people were “supposed” to act (ie not too “white”) in JA most of our friends were black but here they’re mostly white.
My best friend from 7-14 years old was a black child, he was from the ghetto of Boston. His grandmother was raising him, I met him due to a summer camp program Chuck participated in as a “get impoverished kids out of Boston Summer Camp” and he came to my summer camp in Maine. For 2 years, we were best friends each summer and my family embraced him to the point when this particular summer camp ended the program, Chuck and his grandmother were invited to stay with us each summer. Let me tell you, if anyone of us kids, and this is not just me or Chuck, but my brothers and cousins, spoke any slang, Grams would tap us on the back of our heads and tell us to speak proper English because we were not ignorant people. Grams struggled all her life in the ghetto, losing her husband to gang violence, her 5 children to drugs and gun violence and then raising 4 grandchildren, Chuck being the youngest, and losing the 2 oldest to gangs and gang violence. Grams was determined that her remaining 2 grandchildren would be successful and get out of the ghetto and lead a good life. Well , they both did and they took Grams with them, set her up in a little cottage on the coast of Maine and supported her to her death. As adults, we went to different colleges and careers, but we stay in touch and catch up every few years. And I will say, if you didn’t know that Chuck was raised in a ghetto, you wouldn’t know it by his proper English and the pride he takes in his appearance and his family and home- this man is a financial genius, his cousin is a doctor and they get hammered by other black individuals who call the Uncle Tom, or whitewashed, etc because of how they speak, their success and living a normal life in an upper class neighborhood and for “ignoring” their black culture. Chuck told me that his “culture” was one his Grams nurtured in him- to work hard, to study harder, to be proud of being a good man and he says “not a black man” but a good man of God and to do the right thing no matter what and to nurture friendships that not only lift him up but where he can lift up his friends and those friends would come from all walks of life and be of different skin color because that would be how he would see people- with his heart. I went to Grams funeral, and there were so many people there of different ethnicities because that little woman, with a 5th grade education, was one of the smartest, wisest and loving woman to anyone she encountered and that’s what she raised Chuck and his cousin to be and what she would shake her finger at us kids and tell us “be kind, make a positive difference because you only have 1 life to do it”.
Wow, what an awesome story. I am a 39-year-old black woman who grew up in the ghetto. My mom went to prison so my grandmother raised us. My brother chose the wrong path. It was five of us two girls three boys, but me and my sister chose to not be anything like her mother, but follow and our grandmother steps, me and my children lived in a ghetto area on section 8 for a few years. My kids were eyeball out because they are polite and respectful children so they will get bullied quite often. They eventually learn to stand up for themselves. But I want better for them so I moved them to a suburban area and a nice three bedroom apartment. My kids are 1412 as of yesterday and nine and I can just tell that they are going to be something in their life that is all I pray for is that they make something of their lives so I don’t have to worry, it’s all about your mentality. I didn’t want to be ghetto so I moved out of the environment because I knew it was not for us. We are doing great. I’m not rich or anything, but we’re comfortable and that’s all that matters.
I pick up trash off the street in whole neighborhoods. People find that strange and think I am OCD but I like a clean neighborhood. I can’t look at trash and just pretend it’s not there. And it’s something to do. People complain that they are bored all the time. I’m retired and when I do what I do I feel that I accomplished something for the day ♊️🇺🇸❤️
I am black and agree 100% I am 33, have 3 boys and have been married 12 years and counting I refuse to be represented by ppl who can not control their actions or emotions
The dems want you to be stereotyped so you stay voting on color. The second you become American you will become conservative. That's what they fear. If you haven't noticed the country you are in is in free-fall. Suicide is through the roof and everyone has lost respect for the government to the point they will do the exact opposite that they are told out of spite. Protect your family and country before it's too late.
@@RE-jj2mr Then why do I need to hear this? This was not a painful or bitter pill to swallow. What also bothers me is that there are many people who do that, who will readily say all black people.
As always, you handled the topic with class & intelligence my love. An important issue to discuss. The degradation of society is planned & we all need to wake up & actively maintain standards within our cultures.
I am white in my late sixties and I remember the blacks "back in the day". There was a great respect within the black community, respect for each other, for values, honesty, for work, education, and their neighborhoods. I was raised in a family that made no issue of race and I was taught to treat EVERYONE with respect and I saw blacks within my community on a daily basis. Blacks around the 1950's-1960's were teachers, stay at home wives, carpenters, merchants, all types of professionals. You rarely saw a black person unemployed and they took great pride in their jobs, home, family, church, and community. It's sad to see what the elites who are now brainwashing the races and manipulating people to lower their standards. I wish people (all races) could recognize this culture is being engineered by a group of elites using us as their experiments and toys. Wake up people. btw I love your show and have such good feelings about your future
Hmmm, coincidentally, *fmnzm* was also allowed at that time too...how strange. 🤔 _Unwin also stated "In the past, too, the greatest energy has been displayed only by those societies which have reduced their sexual opportunity to a minimum by the adoption of absolute monogamy (para. 168). _*_In every case the women and children were reduced to the level of legal nonentities, sometimes also to the level of chattels, always to the level of mere appendages of the male estate._*_ Eventually they were freed from their disadvantages, but at the same time the sexual opportunity of the society was extended. Sexual desires could then be satisfied in a direct or perverted manner... _*_So the energy of the society decreased, and then disappeared."_*_ He points out that "No society has yet to succeeded in regulating the relations between the sexes in such a Way as to enable sexual opportunity to remain at a minimum for an extended period." - _*_and thus all societies have collapsed._* - J. D. Unwin, _Sex and Culture_ circa 1930s 💊
It’s required. Not acting uneducated, thuggish, etc. will get you called names, ostracized from the “black community”. I can’t imagine being pushed out of my community for trying to be a respectable person, and better myself and family.
I told a black coworker about that part in Thomas Sowell’s book where he says saying “axe” instead of “ask” is actually from poor white people and he wanted to fight me.
Discussing Thomas Sowell with the average black man is similar to when Morpheus explained to Neo not everyone is ready to be removed from The matrix because the mind will not except reality.
@@bobhill3941the things Sowell says is based on research from census information and other data. He’s just expressing the story that the real-world data tells.
I'm black. Growing up I primarily lived with my 👵grandmother. We did not have a whole lot 💰💸when compared to the other kids, but, one thing we did have in my house were STANDARDS. I can remember being in the 6th grade and a friend of mine coming over. We remained outside in my front yard talking and laughing... Because I was so used to it, I did not pay much attention to the amount of 🤬profanity he used. So, once he left and I went back inside, my grandmother came to me and calmly said, "Don't let that boy come back to my house. All he does is curse." That taught me real quick, there were certain things that were not going to be tolerated in my home and ANYTHING does NOT go!!! I am now 40 years old. I am a college 🤓educated graduate , homeowner , and I have a career. Many of my friends and family members that were given "everything" and had far more laxed standards than I had in my house have done far less with their lives 😢. There seems to be a huge correlation in how parents can destroy their children with a lack of standards and structure. 🤨🤔
You are absolutely right ; and many times first time parents because they have suffered poverty, deprivations, etc want to make up by giving everything to their kids producing not good results; I'm 65 years old, and I've seen enough; if you pay attention, kids raised by grandparents are much wiser.
I was born and raised on a military base, the suburbs. After high school, we moved back to queens ny. To b near my mom's family, me n my older sister got jobs in 2 days. I was shocked that none of my older cousins had jobs, graduate from high school, or could drive. They were doing drugs, selling drugs, n doing crimes. They were were having babies, going to jail, n getting shot. After about a year n ny, I joined the air force. Now I am happily married with a great wife with two beautiful sons. Who will be raised on a air force base, like their dad!😅. Oh yeah, my cousins used to make fun of me. Cause I talked white 😢😂❤
Your kids have a good father. Equating success with whiteness isn't doing your cousins any favors. Stay strong and stay the course. Thank you for your service. 👍
LMAO I agree. And the you think your better then reverse psychology empty insults when intelligent facts are stated respectfully i get up and walk away.lol I can't waste my time on anyone that don't have signs of potential or on my level.lol Most i believe are to far gone and brainwashed but their ignorance and upbringing. There is no culture. What was culture was in my parents day and yes married and those times. This shit today is literally not culture. Its nothing. I still don't even know what it means body.lol Seriously. I never could relate on the community phrase or considered myself in it to be serious. Total different mind frame and lifestyle and upbringing. So i understand fully her irritation on that silly ass word. lol Like wtf seriously. And i agree with every god damn thing she said but i don't and never will address this shit unless asked because the ghetto black types are TOOOOOOOOO far gone to even have a conversation to see anything wrong with so much of their lifestyle or character or morality etc. Amala I agree as well also they are a small percentage but be eeeeevery damn were acting a donkey and more. smfhlol While majority educated or even middle class dont matter if not rich but done well for themselves sitting back watching the foolery and not wanting no part that's many and even if they aren't afraid the ghetto type to damn far gone i say this again with soooo much observation and when i have picked their brain. By how they think and weird warp thinking that self-destruction and violence or etc is good and being the best you can be career wise HUMAN being wise and health wise like all that WELL rounded the good the hood types seen as white or proper stupid immature stuff i was called.lol Like being good different pperson is NOT good to be and simply enjoying life but acting like you got some damn sense is hard and not good to do. Lol Make it make sense Amala?lol The CULTURE tgats not culture in my opinion Its weird and twisted its like who can do the most damage and be bad and live out a hip hop video or hurt others. lol Smfh I lost my black card or never had it long ago.Thats fine ill stay Goth like pop and a tiny bit the not murdering type 2000s hip hop and not rob and kill folks because most minds so weak and they have NO SHAME which is part of the problem and yet worried about being mixed with other races. Man that ghetto culture or chaos is nothing to SAVE let it die off by any means if it takes a new generation of people and minds hopefully but i doubt it.
I am Canadian. Yesterday I witnessed a "ghetto" black woman from the U.S. exchanging 100 US dollars at a Canadian bank. She started freaking out because the bank would not give her the same exchange rate as the one indicated on her phone. She didn't realize that no one will give you the rate on the phone which is for international trade. They always take a percentage in the exchange. She kept saying that the bank was stealing $5 from here. She was very load and rude. And all of this rudeness was done in front of her teenage son.
This just sounds like typical karen behavior to me like I get the point of the video I really do. I’m a suburban black girl who was told I sound white growing up. But we all need to be united. This video made great points but what is taking it too far. Saying that a bonnet is too ghetto when white girls can wear messy buns out in public it’s just a double standard. I agree with what she is saying for the most part tho but a lot of these issues ARE systematic come on
@johnkatsaros7340 when you operate in the world, you have to understand how the world operates. Critical race theory endorses victim hood. When faced with international exchange, the only intrinsic value you have is being the victim. With that mentality, it's easy to go into a business seeking a service and when that business has the audacity to not treat you like charity because it's a business that is dependant on making money, suddenly they are trying to steal from you. This is ghetto mentality of assuming that's how money is made, by crime. Impossible to see the value of a service in exchange for something technically that has no value other than what is agreed upon.
Well, originally when rap was created it was to uplift the oppressed people... To spread some knowledge about certain issues, but the powers that be seen the power it had and they contaminated it with money! All this is by Design, this just didn't evolve and happened... There are EXTREMELY EVIL PUPPET MASTERS PULLING THE STRINGS!✌❤💪💪💪
I'm black and I was raised in the hood, but my parents DID NOT LET ME GO THAT ROUTE. They wanted me to get out and be a good human. I thank them for that everyday!!
The hood mentality is a crippling disease. Your parents were good people. As a pro-White I sincerely hope that more Blacks are like your parents. Pro-Whites will be your allies if you seek to turn Black culture around. At the end of the day, we're all God's children.
Sounds kind of like Ben Carson’s mom who encouraged him to read. And that encouragement led him to being a brilliant neurosurgeon
Yes parents plural
may God bless them !
MY BABY DINDU NUFFIN😢😢😢😢 LOOKIN AHH😂😂😂😂😂
Being classy should not have a color or a social class. It’s self respect.
Yo yo yo. Wickedy wack. West siiiiide. Bro.
That is true. We should start with the presidency. 🤷♂
@@nathanknight6042quite frankly the frequency of your energy will make you perish my good sir.
Is that a manner of speaking you can relate to my good sir? Excellent excellent
@@AldiAldiFPen I get your point, but governments are unhinged, irresponsible and out of control. The only thing we have left is what we can achieve together. For that we need to respect each other and live a diligent life to improve society as a whole. Since I moved to Japan, I changed my mindset and became much more disciplined. There is no excuse to become a burden to others. Ghetto is not a valid culture.
When have whte ppl been classy? At what point in history have whte ppl been peaceful and civilized?
When I hear people tell black people 'You sound white' it just makes me facepalm. It's like acting educated at all is a 'white person' thing. It's incredibly weird to me.
Yes exactly but then black people are offended if you assume they aren't educated enough for something 🙄
Yeah... it's really sad.
No kidding right! In fact I shouldn’t automatically be able to tell the race of a person over the phone! Go to a drive thru in England I guarantee you won’t be able to immediately tell if the person is black based on their voice! Sad how blacks shame other blacks for speaking the Kings English properly! It’s an American black phenomenon! So bizarre and harmful! They call each other white for doing well in school and enjoying reading. It’s actually “white supremacy” when you believe intelligence = “whiteness”
It’s actually incredibly racist and self hating.
Let me 🪓 you somthin
I'm glad you started this conversation. Certain aspects of our culture is just plain embarrassing, particularly every other song on the national air waves rapping out the "N" word. Come on folks!
People who say “nigga” need to make their minds up about it: either no one should say it (bc it’s a racial slur), or everyone should say it (bc it’s a synonym for “buddy” or “dude”).
What do you think of AAVE or Ebonics? Do you think this is some kind of barrier to assimilate with other people?
As a Black Male, I am called a Sellout for NOT acting ghetto.
The Prison Mentality in the Black Community needs to stop…..
Pretty sure your a sellout for other reasons if you think that. Yall are making up narratives that you have to act ghetto to be black and thats not the case. I live in the hood and I'm respected as a citizen. Her talking points don't even scratch the surface of black issues. Calling blacks ghetto is yall first mistake. You don't like to be called coon right? They don't like to be called ghetto, because they know when your being derogatory.
That a lie? Not all black are from the ghetto!
The way that u get call a sellout. That is silly
do they even know what sellout means? if you're going to jail to help the white dudes who funded the private prison you get sent to that makes you a sellout to the white man.
Your a better person than me cause my joking rear would've done my best Uncle Ruckus impression.
I'm an older white guy, 66, who has a younger black couple as a neighbor.
He works in law enforcement and she's a school teacher and they have recently had the cutest little baby boy.... We bbq and hangout together often and they are great neighbors... We listen to everything from rock and roll to blues and jazz.... There's great and bad people in all races, colors and cultures, choose wisely and you will be rewarded..
This is the America I know and choose everyday
Neighbors can be extended family due to the nature of being an immediate help for any emergency and seeing each other often. Blessings to you and wish you the best.
💯
FROM ONE LOUISIANA MAN TO ANOTHER YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
You guys are so obsessed with race. Always bringing it up. Sounds like something that starts with r and ends with st
As a black man raised in rural NC, pride and humility were instilled in me by my parents (and five older siblings) at an early age. I obtained my BS and MS in chemical engineering, worked for 35+ years, retired at 61, and continue to carry myself as my mother and father intended and taught.
God Blessed you and may God continue to bless you!
HEAR, here!
Well done sir, congratulations.
Cheers.
@@StephenSSTiger Awesome 🎉😊
Your a great American, no matter the skin color. Someday we can get beyond the skin and look what is inside the person.
Thanks for speaking on this, cus as a black girl in the school system about to graduate, it’s a real big problem 😕
Good luck with your future endeavors!
You got this! Be an individual and learn about yourself and who you are. There is no wrong answer. Keep love in your heart, humility and courage on your shoulders, and you will never go wrong. My dear aunt used to tell me this. I am reminded of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”. ❤ check it out. You are just getting started on life’s grand adventure ❤
This happened to my daughter when she was a teenager. Someone said she wasn’t black. She told them she didn’t have to act ghetto to be black. Was proud of her.
But if you talk, do your hair, act amd think like a Caucasian, like the white girl in this video, what else do you expect?
Is she lightskin ?? Because if she is she isn't black
this happens with Hispanics as well now lol. ive seen this mostly with mexicans that become evangelicals, where seen as boring, well spoken and white washed by our mexican catholic brothers. lol crazy ha
@@olivegrove-gl3twif I wasn't a white guy, and my culture espoused nothing but ghetto worship nonsense, id be livid. Its wild to me that it's taken that strong of a hold on the youth
@@olivegrove-gl3tw ...IF YOU GOT IT ...SHAKE...IT...MAKE THAT ...CAKE...
My father was a language tyrant. He wouldn't let us use slang or mispronounce words.
He drilled into our heads that it didn't matter how brilliant your ideas are. If you can't effectively communicate those ideas to other people, you have nothing.
He's totally right.
Your father was absolutely correct. He has served you well, as a roll model.
True!!! My mom is the same way.
Sorry, but I will take a person that makes sense over a smooth talker who does not have any substance. Bob Marley is a great example, he spoke in broken English, but his music and message is universal.
@@garthreid5088 Not to be the A-hole but, what was his message?
A loose conglomeration of biblical alliteration, enlightenment and postmodern philosophy, and Marxist principles, All set to music
Oh, and he smoked weed.
Stop deifying popular artists as great thinkers.
I'm a bm. 63 years old. We have normalized violence, guns, babies having babies, lack of education, and killing each other with impunity. What other culture does this?
what other culture has been fed poison through all aspects of life since they step foot in this country ?
Redneck Culture. I do recommend the book mentioned here by Thomas Sowell Black Rednecks and White Liberals. After reading that I did realize redneck culture and black ghetto culture is very similar.
None!
This is America not culture. Until blacks under that, well born n die
Enjoy the sun 🌄🌅🌤️🌥️
I'm a black man, and I feel exactly the same way. When she said that this has been a problem for the past 20 years, and started getting into the reasons I knew I wasn't going to have any notes
As a Black person, I pray for the day the black community starts taking responsibility for their actions instead of blaming it on "systemic racism". Once this happens, the black community will thrive
Same for the feminist, lgbt, and the small hats too....
@azure8696 No don't care them to black
They were thriving post slavery during the late 19th & early 20th century - but jealous whites burnt down their towns 🤷🏿♂️. They thrived again during the 50s & 60s but were sabotaged AGAIN.
Black people did ,8 successful Black communities like black wall street and what happen to those beautiful black successful communities ?...............I'll wait self-hatred demons.
Praying will not help.It didn't help the slaves,when they prayed and it won't help now.
As a professional Black woman working in education I have witnessed rebellion at the highest in the Black community. Black young ladies refuse to stop wearing hair bonnets in public, young Black men refuses to pull up their pants. The rappers have became the role models! I am disgusted.
As a young black woman working in education, maybe you should some pride in yourself and not cater to white people think is acceptable behaviour?
@@JohnDoeDa3rdnot just white people think you should keep your pants up. Who tf wants to see your underwear, regardless of race.
Along with grown black males dressing and behaving feminine is demonic as well
@theresathompson4367 Thank you for saying that! Those "bonnets" (they look like shower caps) look terrible, and the men's pants hanging below their hind parts IS disgusting!
@@JohnDoeDa3rdWhat?? How is she catering to white people? You sound like the exact problem.
I'm black and I grew up in a two parent household. My father had two graduate degrees and both of my parents were responsible, decent, and good people who raised us in the suburbs in the 1980s. We did not and were not allowed to associate with blacks who debased themselves. We had a saying in our family..."You may be my color, but you are not my kind."
That is awesome but you are a minority in the black community ;)
Well said.
It's bad enough you have black people who tried to say you're not black because of the way you grew up but you also have the Democratic party who denies the existence of people would like you because they want everybody to believe that America is just as racist now as it was during the days of slavery.
It all started with poor Irish & Scottish culture. Look up Thomas Sowells "The Origin of Black American Culture and Enonics". Elites wanna divide people.
Solid
I'm a 62 year old black woman, and I agree 100% what this young lady has said. Keep speaking, we hear you!!!
I’m black and I was born in New York. my mother homeschooled me as a young child. I started going to public school in the 3rd grade. There were not many other black children at my school when I first started going there, so many of my friends were of other races; However, There were these 3 kids who were considered to be the most “cool” kids in our grade. They were black. These kids did not like that my mother taught me how to speak with proper English, so they confronted me about it one day in the hallway when our teacher stepped into a classroom. One of them asked me “is you black?” I was confused by the question and replied “yes I’m black”. I’m 30 years old now and I’ll never forget his next words “oh. Cause you don’t act black.”
To this day I’m astonished that people think that you can “act” like a race of people. And that some people cannot tell what race you are by looking at you, but determine that by how educated you appear to be, how you wear your clothes, or how you speak.
By the end of the school year, two of those students were held back to repeat the 3rd grade, and one of them was required to complete summer school and was able to continue onto the 4th grade with the other kids.
When I was in high school I Rand back into the kid who asked me those questions all those years ago and he actually remembered what he said and apologized to me. The kid was a completely different person. I heard that one of the other kids had been in and out of jail during high school for selling drugs and I’m not sure about the third kid.
This is a long winded story to say that black people glorifying idiocy is affecting their kids in ways that the parents may not understand at first until it’s too late
Your "long-winded story" was actually great at highlighting a few points.
1. It confirms the idea that some black people are actually taught that lack is what black culture is (lack of success, lack of education, lack of morals, etc)
2. Being faced with another black person who kills that idea and unintentionally exposes their limited mindset is often offensive to some for many reasons. I believe it may trigger insecurity, as it is easier to dismiss you as "ain't one of us" than to recognize that you embody a "better version of us" and I need to get myself together.
3. With the right exposure and revelation (the guy who circled back and apologized), change can be achieved. And THIS is what I have the most hope in.
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@@TomekiaLloyd very well said! It was shocking for me to see that type of mindset as a young boy for the first time. As an adult I obviously can fully see and understand where that attitude comes from. I just wish that the media and some of our role models were not encouraging this behavior. It’s definitely not helping
"You ain't black." - Joe Biden
@@Dualex_Builds Well, this is where I will probably fall back on my faith in dissecting this. I think this is all by design. A spirit of destruction and degradation has gone out in this world, especially America, the "City on a Hill".
I think we all have to remember that evil abounds when good men do nothing.
This is why I think these types of videos stirring up these conversations are great for fighting back against this Imposter Culture.
THIS IS NOT MY BLACK!
Loved the story. Especially the one that apologized years later. Good on him.
I'm a 56 yr old black mother, grandmother, and wife that grew up in public housing St Louis, MO. I don't think there is anything wrong with NOT taking part in black culture. Who cares what people call you. This with the ghetto mentality envy those with intelligence. Keep up the good work!
P.S. I now own 2 homes and a quilting business. It's not where you start, but how you finish.
Just curious, Is your quilting business available online? Photos / prices etc? Do you create any custom designed quilts?
The worst part is it's perpetuated by blacks that didn't grow up in the hood . A black girl I worked with lives two blocks from me , and I'll admit the area is funky,but not exactly hood . One day she told another black girl to stop acting white. 😢
Excellent.
The answer is real education that produces engineers architects electricians computer scientists. How many black parents sit their 2 or 3 year old on their knees and read to them. This will instill a desire to learn. Schools cannot do this.😅😅
You go, girl! That's awesome!!
I’m a black man from the ghetto and I couldn’t wait to afford a better life for my family. There is nothing glorious about some of the things black culture is portrayed as 🤷🏿♂️
Black woman I work hard not to live in those neighborhoods. I live amongst people who have good morals. Black culture kills us who are trying so hard to be represented like this. I come from a single mother home with different fathers, and from a young age I said never would be me at 27 and I have won. I carved my path. I changed my future. We need to do better as a community.
*black AMERICAN culture
It's a dangerous a ridiculous life style it's why my mom moved us out of North Mississippi and Memphis people are so easily influenced and brain washed and have no respect or common sense
It’s not „black culture“. It’s ordinary tribalism. And was cultivated as a antithesis to civil culture which many black people considered as „white“. Which is not. It’s just culture. Culture is a decision
Especially this Gangsta culture. The entertainers made their capitalist money trying to convince young people that acting like little criminals will be accepted by society. They, young people, think having a good vocabulary or speaking proper English is trying to be white. I hear kids all day long speaking as if they never saw a classroom, no manners, no politeness, acting as if theft is O.K.. They have no fear of getting arrested not even realizing that getting arrested goes on their records and can hinder getting good jobs in the future. This Gangsta culture is an embarrassment to good, moral, hard working black people and Hispanics.
Thank you for sharing this! You are so well-spoken and articulate that I admire you. I am not Black, but I have a niece and nephew who are Black, White, and Thai. They have been raised to be intelligent, hard-working, and self-respecting; therefore, at ages 20 and 14, they are two of the most amazing people I know. My nephew was recently given an assignment at college to write a paper on DEI. He wrote against DEI and for a merit-based system. Because he wrote against DEI, he was given 50% on the paper, thereby failing it. He is an A student. DEI is another demeaning value being promoted in the Black community. It communicates to Blacks and other minorities that they are unable to succeed based on merit. When he was in high school, my nephew was in TAG. My niece is also in TAG. It is unfair that their life success should be viewed from the lens of DEI rather than from the lens of their hard work and merit.
Ah, but the DEI religion shalt not be challenged, for it has become a righteous crusade against... well, I don't know. Reality? By all means be inclusive, but not when that gets in the way of getting things done.
Yes!! As a Black woman (yes, a descendant from slaves) I am sick of this. My Black family has always been educated and classy. That’s MY BLACK CULTURE!! I love being Black! I never wanted to be anything else, but enough is enough. Whenever I see a Black personal do something extraordinary, I always rush to show my children what they should aspire to. Funny, none of my kids want to be rappers or ball players. They want to be doctors, nurses, my one son wants to get his PhD…YYYYYAAAAASSSS! This is what MY culture is!! More of this please!!
Be just as sick about white folks having 400 years to solve these racial issues. They can pass DEI laws in a matter of months. Yet, it takes George Floyd's death for Black people to get body cams that cops still purposely don't use. You need to read this two quotes by Malcolm X.
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
- Malcolm X
“If you stick a knife in my back 9 inches and pull it out 6 inches, that's not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. They haven't pulled the knife out; they won't even admit the knife is there.”
- Malcolm X
"yes, a descendant of slaves..."
Every single person living on this planet is descended from slaves, AND slave owners. You are not special because your culture had it happen so recently in history.
I couldn’t agree more! Even though my parents had me very young, they both had solid upbringings and my family was very classy (rough around the edges in our own ways) My mothers mother was a CPA, and her father was a truck driver who always held down a side gig to help pay for private school for all of their children. My dad’s mother was a Nurse and Father an X-Ray technician whom also put all of their kids through private school and owned 2 houses. My mom valued education and took it very seriously when raising me. My dad works in entertainment and encouraged creativity without getting involved in the wack ghetto drama and antics. It’s sad that I didn’t think this was a flex growing up because all the black kids wanted to embrace the most deplorable behavior, so bad!!
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be a rapper or a ballplayer and those can be respected positions. You can also have a PhD whilst doing those things. Something tells me, tho that you want your children to do jobs that are held in hight regard to white people 🤔
@@JohnDoeDa3rdwhile I 100% agree I think he point was more to the fact that a lot of black people think that’s the only way to success and it’s not and doesn’t have to be you can work other jobs and be just as successful it’s almost become a stereotype that the only way “out of the ghetto” is to become a rapper or ball player when that’s just not true so many black people are brilliant and can do and have done amazing things and the mindset you have to only do those things needs to change and we need to just encourage our kids to reach for their dreams no matter what race they are
i skateboard and i remember being alone most of the time because i wasn’t following the “black” stereotype. i was just being myself and the fact that my own race even turned on me was so heartbreaking
That is truly heartbreaking. It's so unfortunate how low and arrogant some people can be. Please continue to pursue what you love and don't let others' negativity affect you. My twin brother has been skateboarding since we were young children, and to this day, at age 36, he still enjoys and loves it! He also loves snowboarding, mountain biking, and white-water rafting-he's drawn to the more extreme sports in nature.
There will always be people who try to discourage you because, in their view, you don't fit into their narrow definition of what's acceptable. Don't let that stop you. Keep doing what you love. Blessings.
I've heard of this from several black people I've been friends with over the years. When they engage with subcultures which aren't stereotypically black, they're ostracized by their peers. That's beyond messed up. I hope you find acceptance and validation in your life my friend.
Man I am sorry! GOD WAS WITH YOU.
Even Jimi Hendrix used to be made fun of by his own race (before he became famous)
We are here for your brother! Keep doing you...I bet your winning in life because you dont let those stereotypes dictate your future....your free...your a child of God....shine brother!
Growing up in Jamaica, the poorest people had the cleanest houses and were the most generous people, you are absolutely not destined to be the worst of us because you have no money, you can grow to be the best of us!
AMEN Brother. My grandmother and father are Jamaican. They kept a clean house and would give the shirt off of their backs to help you. Just because you are poor doesn’t mean you can’t take care of your stuff. Have some self respect. Right?!🇯🇲
@@1jamaican💯 minus giving the shirt off your back. That’s not a virtue if you’re poor imo. But to each their own.
In the 90s I never had a problem with blck folk, nowadays the young ones( & a lot of the older Women particularly)are really unlikable
That’s the difference in being poor financially and having a poor mindset.
agree!
The worst part of any community always tends to be the loudest. The majority, the normal folks don’t get clicks.
So who composes the audience these people take in? The rare exceptions to the rule?
It's because black media is not black owned. We need to boycott trash.
@TheLethalDomain middle class people, the same group that buy gangsta rap etc
@@SmashingbonejuicesTake into consideration since social media came about, the scum of the black community consistently create RUclips, tiktok and instagram videos breathing fresh life into stereotypes .
Just take a look at world star hiphop....owned by a black man too
I don't even think there's such thing as "black community", unless we're talking about small local church community, or something like that. What do tens of millions of totally different people across different classes, different areas, different origins, etc., have in common other than having dark skin? Are you kidding me?
There's no "black community". Change my mind.
Intelligent role model black men such as (Denzel Washington, Thomas Sowell, Morgan Freeman, etc) have been saying this for decades.
Yes they have. Plus Dr. Cornel West, Merlie Evers. Every person living has the right to think for themselves. Every person who engages in being thought police is part of our problem.
What these sisters don't realize that these are the images that are shown by the oppressor who monopolizes the information and the narrative
But being good is not "cool". People would rather trash their souls and look cool doing it than do the right things and be blessed in the long run.
Isn’t Morgan Freeman a creep
agree, i admire and respect these men, they are real role model for all.
I’m really light skinned, and so many black people always told me “don’t worry, you’re black, we come in all shades” but the second I started criticizing the culture, I was white and should shut it
@jasonvoorhees5640 🦄
Me being told I don’t count as black 😅
@jasonvoorhees5640🤡🤡🤡
Very true
your husband is white too. So why even care about black issues??? You're so displaced from us why bother to comment. 😂😂😂😂
Thanks!
I’m a black girl from Atlanta, however I was raised in a 2 parent household w professional parents, and when I was 7 we moved to the middle class(majority white)suburbs. About 7 years ago, I got accepted to FAMU. I was so excited to go to an HBCU and be with more people like me. About one semester in, I dropped out because I couldn’t handle the bullying (even got jumped twice) due to the fact of how i am. I was “white” bc of the way I spoke, I loved books, meditating, I am very quiet but kind, I enjoy science, anime and nature and didn’t do substances/alcohol and my parents visited me frequently. I even got accused by two girls of theft to get me kicked out of the dorms. It was an extremely upsetting experience all due to the fact of how I was raised and how I am.
Ya this sort of challenges the narrative that it’s the ghetto. So you’re saying this culture has penetrated our high institutions?
I’m sorry this happened to you. I hope you have a better experience if you go back to school. Never let anyone stop you from accomplishing something based off of who you are. They were just haters and most of the time, those women probably wish they were you. You’d be surprised how triggered can be from someone’s presence and the way he/she carries himself/herself. 💯
Now imagine how they treat white ppl…I’m glad you got out! They are NOT like you!
@@dixztube100% wherever there is a group of black ppl there will be chaos
So sorry to hear this. Dont stop your education. Nothing wrong with a local community college!
Ghetto rap is a HUGE part of why all American blacks are seen as all the same. It is extremely popular so a lot of people hear it and believe that it is black culture. Movies don't help with that.
Many of those performers are not living that life when they aren’t performing.
sad but true
Many never lived that ghetto or project lifestyle. They just rap about it@kathleenherron594
The gangster rap was poison to our community, the music 🎶 was bad enough , the rap videos 📹 made gangbanging seem like fun.
The urban movies 🎬 are ridiculous. Who wants to be a drug dealer,, they either end up strung out on the product they sell, in prison, shot and maimed or killed.
These OG's (original gangsters) corrupt our youth in the community. Introducing our youth to a horrible lifestyle of gangbanging, robbery and drug dealing
Black culture came from southern crackers.
This is a huge issue in our country. The ghetto sub-culture has come become socially synonymous with black culture. This cultural phenomenon is now in suburban America, infecting the values of GenZ and younger Millenials.
White, Hispanic, non-ghetto Blacks, and Asians are appropriating the clothing, the language (AAVE), the lack of financial accountability, the social media expectations, music, and educational attitudes of black ghetto culture.
On one of my submarines (90s), there were five black people on board. Three were cooks, one was an electronic technician, and one was a nuclear trained individual. Two of the cooks displayed ghetto culture and were a low rank considering how long they had been on board. The other cook, and two technically trained individuals, displayed a level of success, maturity, and intelligence that was equal to, if not higher than some of the white crew members on board.
Racism is taught in the home, but ghetto black culture is a virus that spreads quickly. It promotes little accountability, a lot of arrogance, and an ignorance unequal to any other cultural groups in America.
I did not say black people display this. This is displayed by every race/ethnicity that has adopted black ghetto culture.
Diddy's list NEEDS to be released to the people on 21Jan, right after the subpoenas are issued by the DOJ for everyone on those lists. There needs to be a lock down in government once the subpeonas are decided upon. No phone calls, no emails, no notice. And anyone discovered leaking the info prior to the President releasing it, in order to give entertainment people time to flee, needs to be fired and charged. The People need to see justice served against millionaires, prison time. Prisoners love child abusers!
My doctor is a black woman from Nigeria. She absolutely has zero tolerance for American black culture. She’s the classiest woman I've ever met.
True! I have quite a few African friends and African-Caribbean friends. Make no mistake. African-American is a culture entirely to itself. It has an incredible history of faith and resilience. I'm truly inspired by all the beauty of African-American culture. Unfortunately, this culture is not what gets all the attention. A middle class, Black, nuclear family being successful and just living a good life is a non-story. How sad.
Yeah, American Black culture is a culture unto itself the world over!
@@chanavogel6098what would you describe as a story?
How about the insane amount of mix race relations in movies then the mix race children always end up with white people (Zendaya prime example) wouldn’t their kids be majority white now? As if we’re being breed out.
I have a few friends from Nigeria and they can’t stand American black culture. I’ve been told a number of times they hate black America in Africa and don’t want them over there. My take, people are sick of the foolishness and just want people to act right. That has no bearing on skin color, there’s decent people and trash people of every race.
I love the pace at which you speak! I usually have to speed up the videos, but yours is perfect.
What better way to control people than to convince them that engaging in self-destructive behavior is actually 'being authentic'?
Media loves it and encourages it. What are the only tv shows and movies that get made now? Downtrodden blacks or ghetto blacks. Hollywood loves pumping out slave and ghetto culture movies. Rare if something outside of that gets made. Music industry an even bigger culprit. End of the day we can only blame ourselves for continuing to fall for it and not raising our kids better to avoid this lifestyle
👏👏👏👏👏
You hit the nail on the head.
Great insight.
It seems 85 of our leadership and almost all the media believe and teach what you just said, word for word.
I'm a southern white man. I go to a black church. Every single one of them welcomed me with open arms and basically adopted me in like family (mostly thanks to my neighbors influence, God bless her). I can guarantee you that a good majority of these people would agree with every single word this woman said. Trust me. She's not alone in her thinking. A LOT of black folks are angry about this particular topic.
Now if he can get jethro to stop cooking meth we can all be on the same accord.
Yes because unfortunately the majority of us Blacks are put into the same category as the criminals.
It seems to be an urban cultural problem. It seems like the once great American city, in general, is on a trajectory to decay. I think we can all see what is happening, but have no clue how to stop it, or at least slow it down. Cities like New York, San Francisco and Detroit used to be what Dubai, Singapore and Shanghai are today. Our cities have become husks with a rotting culture, regardless of their racial makeup.
@@lionblood1268 dont drown Jerome.
Yo, who you callin' 'these people'?
So I'm black and live in the Caribbean. Let me tell you that this woman's video hit the nail right on the head perfectly. I went on Twitter and saw tons of people agreeing with this woman's takes but of course, you have black people deflecting like crazy, refusing to take any semblance of accountability and it's sickening.
Why do you care you Caribbean they have their own problems?
Why are black Americans expected to take “accountability” for three centuries of damage they never caused? How is that remotely considered “personal responsibility”?…
I completely agree fellow Caribbean man
I'm trinidadian i really wish more people had this view about the culture in my Caribbean country
Owning one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors is personal responsibility and allows for assessing oneself and though we influence others and are influenced by them? There are those that are ready and willing to intercede on our behalf, due to a genetic or economic or other actual or perceived affiliation, whose assistance may not be requested nor helpful. It may even be self-serving or harmful.
Kinda reminds me of the Protestant Reformation. A priest wasn’t always desired and, in fact, was sometimes resented. 🙏🏻🫵🏻✌🏻
The worst of anything is always going to be highlighted by media.
The problem is half the black community adopted that behavior as "the culture"
I’d wager to say it’s closer to 75% when the fatherless rate hovers around the same?
@@crazyralph6386 regardless, it started way before as you can see in the Thoma Sowell videos, but when the ones that sign checks realized how influential hip hop was then heavily promoted gangster rap, then club music, trap, mumble, trap again to where now these artists are outright talking about demons. And saw the impact, on the youth (keep them dumb) they promoted harder....the degeneracy, lustiness, sagging is fagging, prison culture being adopted as "black culture"....y'all remember whenn'Orange was thr new Black?. I know most of y'all grew up listening to 70s 80s hip hop, most of y'all saw all those videos of every color listening to the music.....then it became "black only" because of what was promoted to the public..............
It’s nowhere near that much lol. Y’all just only pay attention to the ghetto black people and ignore everyone else.
It’s occurs most often within the community so…
...with the encouragement of white Leftists, many wanting to treat POC as pets.
As a black mother...my three year doesnt listening to anything with a curse word in it because she repeats everything she hears. Parents need to start putting their childrens first and do what it right for them
Be careful of the schools you choose. I see it in my mom groups, kids will attract to the stereotypes in school even though their parents did everything right.
Same, that's why my kids can't be around just anybody. And I plan to homeschool.
Bless your beautiful heart, you are a great Mum.
good mom
Amen
Yeah because when did being tasteless, wild and derelict become synonymous with Black culture?!
When you ascribe characteristics to a whole class of people, you are being racist. Why don't you try joining the K_K, of N A Z I s?
EXACTLY. People in the ghetto do not have the power to create national platforms and sculpt narratives to the public. People with lots of money and power NOT living in the ghetto do this.
Since gangster rap.
Ask Sleazy Red and Dukihana. They are the masters of being filthy.
@@HB-yk4utyes indeed. Agreed
Thank you for bringing this conversation Amala! Once again that 1% screaming has taken over the culture. I have so many Nigerian and Ethiopian friends and customers that are top tier people. And I grew up in the 80's in Texas and has many friends of every color and ethnicity. We were all doing life together. Then....once the American culture started embracing bad behavior esp from rap music culture it went downhill. Even hip hop in the early days was cool and accessible and earnest and clean. Now without even trying I feel almost forced into disgust about the ghetto culture that is pervasive. And it is so misrepresentative of American black culture at large. I hope this conversation gets way big!!
I am Puerto Rican, and I am seeing the ghetto culture taking over in my culture as well, and it's heartbreaking.
I am also Puerto Rican and it's sad seeing our beautiful culture distroyed by the ghetto culture.
My fiancé is Mexican, and he’s noticed it too.
No solo Puerto Rico, toda Latinoamérica anda igual 😥😔.
U guys have always been ghetto. West side story anyone
In Brazil we have something like that with the glorification of crime, slums, murderers deemed "anti-heroes" and lots of b00ty and crack... Anitta is the example of how sad is here. It's revolting.
When she speaks about every race having an undesirable subculture, thats the truth, but they are not glorified they are shunned
We call ours "white trash", which is cruel and a term I don't like to hear (but sometimes think it), but can you imagine the outrage if people started referring to "black trash"?
This is a very important piece to the puzzle.
It's very much the same thing as using a particular word that only black people are permitted to say.
Black culture, at least the American faction of it, is strongly based on the ability to adapt and survive.
It's a survival technique to own and take pride in terrible things, to take control rather than let it take control of you, at least in theory.
It makes sense people would take pride in coming from and surviving a rough place, it's like a badge of honor.
Other cultures and races do it too, probably all of them, but black culture is very persuasive, just look at modern American vernacular, or Black Twitter. There are various reasons why black culture is so persuasive, but it all comes down to survival and doing what gets results.
The interesting thing about black culture is what you see with Tupac, in which he came from a very cushy upbringing compared to the one he represented, and still represents to this day. Again, it's a matter of doing that which gets results. Glorifying the these parts of life is not much different from riding a rollercoaster and then buying a shirt that said you survived that rollercoaster.
I feel it in the Latino American culture as well. It wasn’t till I moved out and into my husbands white family that I realized a lot of the problematic things in our culture that are normalized.
Latina mothers treat their daughters like princesses till they are of age, then they’re treated like whores. They treat their sons like nuisances till their of age, then they’re treated like free money. They treat their husbands like lost causes, unless the man beats them to submission.
The culture talks about the importance of family, but then treats each other like garbage. Party culture and irresponsibility is en vogue. None of the youth is being taught how to handle their money properly, so it’s spent on nonsense luxuries.
I wish things weren’t this way, and hopefully this isn’t the majority
That's the elephant in the room. Other cultures shun and make their degenerates take a back seat but in the black community, the mega corporations take our degenerates and elevate them by making them famous, rich and celebrated and to the youth, this is seen as someone who's winning and cool. Here is where the system is definitely playing a part in this evil.
Right. Even when seen from outside their race, the ‘trailer trash’ subculture of the White culture is not seen as representative of Whites. Instead, Whites get the intelligent, well-off, peaceful stereotype. Same with Asians. They get the smart stereotype instead of those that mostly work the low-income jobs. So, then why must the negative subculture of Blacks be attributed to all Blacks? We have to change the narrative.
I LOVE that this message is going out. My first day as a teacher, I had a black student walk into my classroom with his pants as low as they were allowed at school, a swagger, and all the attitude. I knew this young man was LOADED with massive potential. I did everything I could to believe in him and pour strength of character into him, and help him to see what he could achieve if he set his mind to it. Unfortunately, too many other minds were already set about who he was and where he would end up in life. He did not show his others teachers the same respect he gave me. He was expelled. It absolutely broke my heart. 21 years later, it still does. Blacks need to be fed that they have great intelligence, talent, and worth just like every other human being. I hate seeing the “culture” pigeon-holing them into someone that will forever be held down and reliant upon someone else. What tremendous wealth is our society missing out on because of how these kids are not being lifted up within their own homes or communities. To think that succeeding in life is a “white privilege” is absolutely ludicrous. You can’t dream of attaining, and complain that someone else is holding you back from achieving while locking every single door of opportunity for yourself and those around you.
As a white woman, it’s hard to speak on these things in regular conversations because of our current culture wars. So, it makes my heart sooooooo happy to see black men and women speaking up on behalf of “the community”. It’s a powerful and necessary message! ❤❤❤
No human being can succeed in this life thinking that others are responsible for his own failures.
I’m a 33 year old black man and I hate our culture I just started feeling this way about 2 years ago and it’s getting more intense. I’m honestly done trying to talk to grown people it never works and leaves me upset. So I’m focusing on raising my kids right it’s hard but I pray to the most high it will all be worth it in the end. I’m waking up more and more each day and trying to gain as much information for myself and my kids. Love videos like this thanks a lot mam!
HalleluYah sir, these curses really do a number on the mental sometimes in our “normal” black communities, but perseverance is key🙏🏾
That is a hard place to be. I'm a white guy that has lived overseas, my home is a mixture of cultures because my wife is mexican but to be honest I don't care what people think, my kids come first. I'm not raising my sons to be white or Hispanic but rather humans that excell in all areas possible. I wake my sons up every morning and we read a chapter from the Bible and talk about it, then we do exercises for 30 mins and then they do homeschooling classes, if it is the summer and they don't have school, I do an online collage class with them. God will guide you.
Stick to your beliefs! Power to your efforts
@ your a great dad man! Respect!!!
@ thanks a lot
Black American culture started to die when the dregs of society started becoming accepted. Not popularized, ACCEPTED. I'm talking about pimps, hustling, scamming, etc.
It started to die when we allowed *fmnzm*
_Unwin also stated "In the past, too, the greatest energy has been displayed only by those societies which have reduced their sexual opportunity to a minimum by the adoption of absolute monogamy (para. 168). _*_In every case the women and children were reduced to the level of legal nonentities, sometimes also to the level of chattels, always to the level of mere appendages of the male estate._*_ Eventually they were freed from their disadvantages, but at the same time the sexual opportunity of the society was extended. Sexual desires could then be satisfied in a direct or perverted manner... _*_So the energy of the society decreased, and then disappeared."_*_ He points out that "No society has yet to succeeded in regulating the relations between the sexes in such a Way as to enable sexual opportunity to remain at a minimum for an extended period." - _*_and thus all societies have collapsed._*
- J. D. Unwin, _Sex and Culture_ circa 1930s 💊
Black is a color , not a race.
It was always a dream.
Yes
The blacksploitation era started the shift. There was still a balance of positive things out there though. Now it’s like being ghetto is the standard
@user-ux3qu7mr2m so what is your race.
I’m half black, half white and I am often told that I’m not really black because of how I speak, the education I have, and my conservative views on some things. 🤷🏾♂️
Same
I'm half Mexican but I've been told by full Hispanics that im not Hispanic enough because I wasn't raised in that culture
I was mostly raised in a sort of redneck environment
Eating potatoes, beans, steak, fried chicken and vegetables
My dad never gotten the chance to teach me Spanish (but he did cook me some good food that he grew up on) and I've told another person I don't really know my Spanish and they basically said oh you're not brown enough I guess
What....
Yup. But then they get mad when you dont agree with the BS. Ive seen it so many times with biracial people.
I'm guessing it's the black people trying to box you in, not white people.
in the hispanic community.. most mexican, if you become a evengalical your seen as boring, well spoken and white washed by our mexican catholic brothers lol
Remember, when they say "Black" (capital B), they don't mean you as someone of African ancestry, they mean the Hard R Gamer Word they can't openly say anymore. They mean slaves to the Democrats, just picking ballots in gold chains instead of cotton in iron ones.
I've been called an "Oreo" my entire life, I grew up in the 70's so its been 50yrs of African-American's calling me an African-American Woman an "Oreo". My family has always just been what many would call Upper Middle Class in the midwest. My Sisters and I had Ballet lessons, musical instrument lessons. We were in the Girl Scouts and went camping. Our family had family vacations, our neighborhood had doctors, lawyers, insurance firm owners and the like, Middle Class Family neighborhood. My family moved to San Francisco when I was 13. Some of the people I met in the late 80's in college had the nerve to insinuate I'm NOT "Black Enough" because of how I was raised and how I am. The "you sound white" again all of my life, I just let it go because I always stood on the grounds that you are not paying my bills, you don't buy my clothes you do nothing for my existence. And I knew once I graduated from this college we will not be around each other and I hadn't seen those people since. My son has experienced the same and I let him know that that is their malfunction and has nothing to do with him.
this is all too common in many communities. i am not trying to take away from your experience, just commiserating.
similar thing happens in poor white communities. it seems like poverty and the behaviors that cause it make people like crabs in a bucket. i was really good in school but a child of a single mother, went to magnet program schools where most kids came from upper middle class or upper class two parent families, i wasn't bullied but there was a divide socially. they all lived in the same few neighborhoods and i was bussed "Across the tracks". my friend group at school and my options for a friend group at home were night and day. i couldn't socialize well with my school friends outside of school because of logistics and not having the money to engage in the activities they did. the kids in my neighborhood were rough and i was basically having to fist fight regularly for the right to go out and play. was made fun of and looked down on for going to the "smart school" and enjoying "nerdy" activities. was seeing drug use in elementary school, kids engaging in theft, kids family members insane high on drugs or drunk.
i think alot if this is an economics based problem as much if not more than a "color" issue.
@@QwestyDaQwest “smart school” code word for where the not poors go to school. I went one year to a smart school upper class suburban DC area and it was night and day to the other public school. Kinda wish I had gone all 4 years to the smart school lol.
You may have more influence than you will ever know just by living your life. Some girl or boy will look at you and see that there's more than one way to live and will make decisions that will take them far.
@@TaiyouArt ya it was a magnet school that was city wide. you had to test to get in, but most all the kids were well off with a sprinkle of us brokies. i really enjoyed it until we had to move to another city and i got stuck in a public school. i redid my math book from the previous year and it was all downhill from there.
i am convinced the trajectory of my life woulda been different had i been able to stay in that system for my entire childhood.
Madame you're 100% right.
I witnessed it THOUSANDS of times everywhere, from schools to businesses.
I remember one time a bkack classmate asked me to explain him algebra...
He was mercilessly bullied and ridiculed by his OWN peers!
Thank you, you are a breath of fresh air. They may be hope for our country after all.
Southern black woman here without an accent who grew up in a two parent household in the surburbs. The main time I dealt with bullying, was when we shortly moved to my dad's countryside hometown with an all black school. I was the only kid in the school who didn’t know how to twerk and always got made fun of for talking "white." I was so glad when we moved, but definitely felt grateful to be exposed to more diverse environments growing up. I really hope things change for the better and will do my best to keep my kids in a good environment.
I had a similar experience having been raised in Europe then moving to the states. I was grateful for the exposure but glad to get away from the negativity and bullying, colorism, texturism, and sexualization. As a 38 year old I still get “humbled” by older black women in the workplace…is exhausting at times. I’ve left so many jobs to get away from the hate and jealousy.
@@missmarisela2006 it's so sad, I wish it didn't have to be that way. I hope you work in a better environment now.
Black friend of me and my wife spoke of standard English as “the power language”. Obama, like JFK was an ambitious politician by trading on ethnic loyaszlty as a key to success, while not actually being a real member of his ethnic base. In Kennedy’s case. American Catholicism imploded as its elites became liberals.
That's because much of the black community is racist as hell. PERIOD.
Well, I went to an all White school and Black people have been the least of my problem.
It’s like what Huey said in The Boondocks… Even if it is your culture, “Then the culture is destructive!”
We really need a show like this now to show us how ridiculous we all look!
we also need shows like The Cosby Show and Fresh Prince as well
FACTS
Uncle Ruckus did nothing wrong and was right about A LOT.
@@isaiahburns7538funniest thing ever was the nascar song he made lmaooo
I'm a former classroom teacher, and I remember seeing this modeled in my students' parents (taught 2nd/3rd grade). I had some REALLY incredible black kids who were honor roll students and going places, and I've prayed that they wouldn't get suckered by this ghetto culture.
While I myself am white, the area where I used to live was heavily integrated, and one of my fellow coworkers (a black teacher) would often tell me how many times she was bullied by other educators of the same background. She was assumed to think/believe a certain way, expected to promote kids automatically if they shared the same skin color, etc. This lady was perfectly capable of making her own decisions and highly intelligent. It sickened me that other people tried to tell her what to do.
Thank you for making this video. I've known far too many very wonderful black men and women who are NOT represented by THAT culture. Keep it up!
Right On, young lady! Thank you for your courage! ❤❤❤❤❤❤💯💋
When you brag about crime and then get offended when you are treated like a criminal.
You just painted an entire race criminals because someone said the minority is not all. Just be a racist and call it a day. No need to jump through hoops😂😂😂
Hip hop, perhaps? And the lifestyles of these “artists”?
@infinitewatersss since the 80's hip hop and rap have been glorifying the commitment of felonies. So yeah, they brag about it all the time.
@infinitewatersss what country do you live in? My point is a vastly large portion of the black American population that reaches a large audience through media uses their fame to portray the black race as violent criminals. Yes, I have enough common sense to know they don't represent the entire black population. Especially considering that I acknowledge " black" people live all over the world. The black American population is not African American to me. They have ancestory from Africa but I've never ever met( not saying there aren't any) a black American that can name just one African ancestor. Most black Americans don't care enough about their African heritage to invest in knowing where they came from.
Black Americans, if they truly cared about their ancestory they would use their platform, fame and voice to help free their people. The ones that are slaves right now. In Africa. So, when I see black Americans who call themselves African Americans focusing all their energy on their American heritage, they can't just say they are black when they don't identify with black people outside their community, you can't claim a "color" of people when there is a world full of black people in the world. You can't call yourself African American when there are literally legally owned black slaves in Africa. Not owned by white Americans but other Africans but never care enough to try and free modern slaves( because they aren't Americans). So the majority of wealth and fame going in and out "the ghetto" is telling the world that they shoot kill,rob,sell drugs, stretch their coochies,etc.. They rest of the population representing blacks in the public sphere in this country who aren't bragging about being criminals are using their voice to perpetuate that the biggest threat to black culture is white people.
It's not a white problem when black people are bragging about the crime, glorifying bring black as being criminal and then using the other black people to criticize anyone who gives them credit for who they say they are.
Lack of accountability, lack of transparency, gaslighting and blame shifting while expecting people to accept being treated for ways they have never treated anyone by people who have never actually been treated the way they are justifying treating others is an insanely ignorant solution to the problems that face black Americans. You are your own worse enemy.
@@infinitewaterssshave you heard a rap song
No one is hated as much as those who tell the truth
‼️‼️‼️‼️ especially in a world full of lies. This is exactly how they treated Jesus
Yes, people hated the “heretics” from medieval times, now it’s the “race traitors”
@@TheBreanaDiariessì e anche i profeti prima di lui cui predicavano la stessa cosa.
That's why you all love her so much...
@@childofgod9124 Amala is completely and totally AWESOME and she nails it every time. I know you think you are clever and ya got me but really you come off as a three year old
I’m a white woman whose “second mother”( mom’s best friend) was a black woman who lost her husband far too early in her late 30’s. She used to cry nearly every day about the way four out of her six children fell into ghetto culture once she had to move to another neighborhood after her husband’s death. It broke my heart to see how desperate she was to pull her kids back from the culture in their new surroundings and lose the fight. Two wound up in jail and two wound up dying and it changed her forever. The stress of it killed her at the age of 57 and broke my heart even further and forever.
Do you think a white family would have fared better? This isn’t a trick question, I promise. My instinct is that it would be less likely to produce such a tragic outcome.
@karigirl3569 Oh, my gosh, this is so sad! I am so sorry she went through such a tragedy, and now her remaining two upstanding children (now adults, I do realize) are left without their mother. And you (and probably other family members or yours) are left to mourn.
Truly tragic, how one event (the death of her husband early on) led to such a rippling of misery and sadness and loss.
I hope you are okay, or will be, soon.
That’s devastating but beautifully written like a screenplay
@@mikeydflyingtoaster I do. :(
That is so sad 💔
Thanks for speaking out.
We will have equality when bad choices can be criticized without automatically triggering accusations of racism.
You’re absolutely right, its ridiculous
But why only criticize choices that black people make?
@technoloverish i def see what ur saying. I think everyone needs to be called out. But that side of the black community is just put forth so much, along with liberals calling things racist. As a society, we need to point out ALL problems. ❤
@@technoloverishwhite culture has been on the hot seat for quite awhile now. I mean, society is more criticizing of “Karens” than of gang members.
@@technoloverish those are just the ones you pay attention to because I guarantee you no one likes bad behavior regardless of the ethnicity.
I’m black and my extended family don’t like when I talk like this and I’m ok with it. If you believe in family and all family values there is no way you can see what’s happening in our culture and be ok with it. I don’t even debate them anymore. I been married for 12 years and I have 3 kids. It’s super important to me to raise my kids in excellence like how they did in the 40’s 50’s and 60’s! Even when faced with adversity we still prevailed. Instead they want us to continue to believe that something is holding us back(racism). I refuse to believe that! Not when there is soooo many black excellence around leading the way!
Family can sometimes just mean they are an inconvenient and annoying friend bound by blood. Don’t feel obligated to be around people you don’t relate to ideologically.
You are very smart and already a success. I’m glad you are aiming for excellence. Your kids will be way better off for it.
Wow! That was so well said, Thank you for that! Very inspirational✅
Yea it's kind of like Alcoholics Anonymous, the first step to recover is what? Telling people they are powerless???
That's not the type of message you give to someone you want to succeed. (You ain't shit and nobody likes you that's why you'll never get anywhere)
uhmm.
It's all politics, black culture was sabotaged intentionally for a voter base in urban cities.
Destroy the nuclear family, create a welfare state that discourages fathers, destroy public education, and get the CIA to bring around some crack.
Instant voter base.
Oh how right you are. I'm Pretty sure around where I live I see black judge's, lawyers, Dr's, politicians, teachers, policemen, firefighters etc....
Thank you so much for sharing this young woman’s video! I just turned 30 and I’m a black woman who spent a lot of my childhood with my grandfather who was from Alabama. My grandfather was hard working and very intelligent, not only that he always carried himself in a respectable manner. He taught me so much but he always told me you better look and talk like you got some sense because people are going to take one look at you and place you in a box with everyone else who looks like you. Now more than ever I understand exactly what he was trying to teach me. I see so many of our black youth idolizing perverts and criminals and it’s heartbreaking. Young black people need to understand it’s okay to stand up for morals and it’s okay to not follow what everyone else is doing in fear of being criticized by other black people today. Don’t be a victim be a victor!
I'm a White Alabamian, and when I moved out of the tiny matchbox of a house my wife and I were in, my Black neighbor who was in her 50s told me flat out she hoped more White folks moved next to her. I quickly realized (the immediate clump of homes around us were majority Black and all in our forties or older and this was over a decade ago) that she was making it a generational judgement more than a racial one, that this redneck and his wife had more in common with her and her husband than young Black folks. My house was the smallest one in the neighborhood and so low value it would have been much more likely young folks living in it than older folks, and she was just following the logic to a conclusion I reckon she didn't like.
So glad to hear someone address this. This started in the mid 90s. I worked in a recording studio and I have known and worked with the best black musicians in the south. Once the rap came in, it has disabled our black youth. The studio was shut down because we refused to record that. But you could definately see the shift in behavior. They all want to be rappers. The black culture has given us so much, especially musically. I have had that honor to work with these talented people. My black musician family, most were on their way up. It is not about slavery, look at Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston, Mariah, Prince, Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, and I could go on and on. There is absolutely incredible talent brought to us by black people. Not this stuff called rap. when I am in the bathroom, sitting, and someone comes in the parking lot with boomers vibrating my toilet, mind you, it is on the second story. That is wrong. Wearing your pants down to your knees and doing it in a apt complex is nothing less that indecent exposure. My black friends do not think that is cool. Do what you want, but do not hurt others or subject them to seeing this. It is just sad, some families have small precious little boys watching the behavior of their Dad. Growing up to be trashy not classy. Class does not come with a price tag. Class costs nothing. I wish I could see that again.
As a black man, I couldn’t agree more with this video 💯👏 I’m SICK of seeing the degradation of our culture
Blame single Black moms who Get knocked up by bunch of thugs. They raise bunch of out of control kids.
Based. Be a role model, bro. Be a husband, be a father, and mentor the youngers the best you can.
What's black culture to you?
You are a dwindling number. Let me explain.
What we call "black culture" was actually redneck culture. White rednecks were less numerous than their more civilized peers. But the reverse is true within blacks (because initial black population was centered in southern USA), black rednecks were more numerous than their more civilized peers in the north.
As time went, it's a number game at that stage. White rednecks culture were pressured by their more civilized whites to extinction. At the same time, black rednecks pressured their more civilized blacks to extinction.
The situation was made even worse by white liberals with savior complex. They preserve, venerate, promote, and impose the redneck culture among American blacks. That's how we end up with today's mess.
You can read it in "Black Redneck and White Liberal" by Thomas Sowell.
Most black people don't behave the way we are portrayed on TV. These large companies find poor people and pay them for their bad behavior.
Time to call out all the destructive BS! Having the conversation is a start.
That implies the other party had an open mind to another viewpoint.
I’m so happy you brought light to this issue!! I’m a black woman who has been labeled as “whitewashed” my entire life by both black and white people, however most of the time it’s by other black people. In high school, I kept my mouth shut about how I really feel and never identifying with ghetto behavior. I was rejected by many of the black kids and I was labeled as most of the things listed in this video: “you sound white”, “Uncle Tom”, “you’re not really black” etc. I also feel uncomfortable around ghetto black people as I’ve been disregarded or rejected by them because I’m an educated black woman.
Now, at 23, I’m confident in my skin and have no issues voicing my concerns for the black community and holding our people accountable. This madness is outta control.
I’m white and my friend/former boss is a VERY educated black man. E-8 in the Army Reserve, and a City Councilman in Ohio. He used to tell me how he heard it all the time, how he was “talking white”. And often called a “sellout” or “Uncle Tom.” It’s awful. I work with some of the finest people of all races. And am proud to say it. Keep getting yours everyone!!!!
@@turtle19dadit’s a shame that speaking properly is primarily viewed as a “white” thing. Education has no limitations as it pertains to race.
Whitewashed is related to the detergent one uses, correct?
It's because you're intelligent and other people felt threatened by that and didn't want you to succeed. It's their problem, not yours. Go get your success. 💪
Go watch Trading Places again... What is educated? Perhaps you are just well trained.
Thank you ladies! ❤
The sad reality is that dysfunction is celebrated and dignity is frowned up
And it's lowering the standards of education, and entry of professionalism and acceptable conduct in other areas of society, yes. Proper English is called colonialism, and so forth. In other words "Lower standards, we don't like learning new things, especially if they're challenging us or making me look bad."
One has to wonder why.🤔
True!
You can say that again. Look at our president, for example.
THIS VIDEO IS FACTUAL. Thank you for it.
I am black. I was abandoned in Compton, CA by a teenage mom who had been raped by her father. She later took her own life at 21. My foster mother adopted me and raised me to understand that I didn’t have to be typical or a statistic just because we were poor and from the hood. I am now 57 years old with a college degree working for law-enforcement. My daughter is an adult that just graduated from college and seeking to start her career. There comes a fork in the road where that you have to choose whether to wallow in your past or your surroundings, or choose to be different.
Praise the LORD,you overcame your horrible beginnings
How can the video be factual when you yourself are the exception and there are thousands of stories just like yours where black people move just the same as everyone else in the U.S.? A college degree and working in law enforcement only has meaning to you and I could flex all types of accolades, but that sh*t doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of life. Good things happen to bad people, bad things happen to good people, but it's all about how you move on after your experience that makes or break the person.
❤
@@iAMDREi22 what on earth are you going on about? This person has _worked_ for what he or she has, in a culture that has been raising others to do the opposite. Sometimes, the exception _proves_ the rule, because if you’re notable enough for doing something, it means it’s not common enough to be expected.
Damn bro, I don't know you and I'm proud of you and your accomplishments. This coming from a 1%er m.c member in socal. Happy to hear about your daughter and her way to success. I'm sorry about your mother and her struggles but I'm sure the best part of her is you, as is the best part of you being your daughter. May your family thrive for generations.
“Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake” someone that won’t criticize you when you’re wrong is your enemy
Wow
Tell this my kids 😂
let them stumble. their opinions are just that.
Sun Tsu would agree and honestly makes me think that elite Dems/Libs secretly hate black people. Everything they push on the community has long term negative effects
Amala, I could listen to you speak for hours. Thank you for fighting this thing with facts and common sense.
I grew up on rap and was told by my elders the dangers of the music, I didn't get it until I became a father of three daughters. I'm so thankful, I have introduced them to different genres of music. I have respectful, classy young women in my home. Great video I hope more will listen.
Oh please nothing is wrong with rap. Thats just music. The problem is about how you live your life. Just because the music is good doesn’t mean im about to live it.
@ There’s a lot wrong with rap, the violence it promotes, how it sexualizes women, the lifestyle it promotes etc, maybe right now you don’t see anything wrong but I pray one day you will, because it does influence people to make bad decisions.
@Ratgodx most rap music that hits the charts demonize people with killing other people, drugs, demoralize both men and women, and hold a unrealistic standard of what men and women supposed to be and look like.
@@socalee9520 rap is a big genre theres plenty of rap that doesn't do any of this.
@ A small percentage, mainstream does, the biggest artist on biggest labels with the biggest budgets promotes all I mentioned. Plus most young up an coming artist promote the same. Look at Noah Scurry 17 year old shot and killed in front of his house in front of his mom, day after flashing guns in a rap video.
You ladies are so correct. I’ve been saying this for decades. Regular black folks NEED to step up.🤨
Yes baby you are black. And you carry yourself with dignity. Keep setting a good example.♥️
They need to wake up
Stand up to strangers? I mind business that is mine.
This is a great video, thank you. As a Puerto Rican im also angered that a lot of Puerto Rican have followed into the ghetto mentality. I grew up poor but i always hated that everyone expected me to act that way.
Same. My parents left the projects because they wanted more for themselves and me.
sir ...have you been to puerto rico? some parts of the PR is ghetto all on its own! LOL how are blk people responsible for the ghettoness in PR? LOL
Amen same! I’m a Boricua who grow up listening to metal/rock music and dress normal and spoke normally like a Humen, instead of having my pant hanging down(born in 83) or speaking’s as “hey my Nigga” or listen to black ghetto music! I was shun in my own race and was told that Boricua worship god or lost rap music et etc. now that I look back! I’m glad I was me and only me 🎉❤
I just had Zarria on my radio program. She’s spot on.
I’m also half black and half white and what I experienced growing up in black culture is large families, bbqs with a whole lot of kids running up and down the street, good food and a strong mother and father leading the whole operation. Nowadays it’s the cool black thing to do to be disrespectful, hardheaded and unintelligent
It’s NOT cool though😂 MOST blacks are NOT like that, dear❤ who told you it was cool??
@@essies4294not cool to him but cool to all the knuckle heads taking over the streets.
@@essies4294and it depends on where you live
@@essies4294 a lot are your just around the wrong ones
You didn't grow up in a black family if you have a white parent.
I just love you so much. I'm Latino, and I have the same issues. I'm an educated Latino, and I'm looked down on by my community and the ghetto community where I live. We need to do better for ourselves, nobody needs to do better for us!
I am a 62 yr old black man. I was born and raised in Ohio. I agree with everything that was said in this video. When I try to say the same things I am often told that I'm just "old school" and out of touch. It is refreshing to see intelligent beautiful young Queens who get it. Thank you and stand tall and proud.
You’re right on point ! No lies told
"The Boondocks" pointed all this out a decade ago.
ruclips.net/video/G3bnvZAUpEc/видео.htmlsi=wVc4jnEkqD1GNeWO
Too bad they did show the ghetto in NIGERIA!
That’s probably why it got taken off the airwaves. They were saying too much to the public that they didn’t want people to know.
As a lightskin from the suburbs, one thing I think about sometimes is that pretty much no black people where I'm from were actually ghetto but there was some kinda pressure to kinda act that way to justify your blackness
I can relate to what you’re speaking about.
Yes!! Omg!! I’m from NY but grew up in rural PA and most of the black and Hispanic population in the area also migrated from NY/NJ and it was this weird underlying pressure to act hood or ghetto. I used to always get told I act white because I got good grades. 😮 now as an adult I realized that those kids parents absolutely failed them and that’s why a lot of them ended up uneducated bums !!
I live in one of the most-affluent, blk-majority counties in the U.S. Light-skinned or dark-skinned doesn't matter. What matters is your education, ambition, wealth, how you conduct yourself and how you contribute to the community and to the less fortunate.
Related story: at a young age we moved to the white side of town. There were like 4 black families in the area and we all knew each other. 25 years later, recently, I came across a brother of a girl I know from that neighborhood(we didn't know each other dude to age difference), and he flexed on me, saying he grew up in the hood. I busted him out by saying, "aren't you so and so's brother who lived up on so and so street? I grew up down the block!" He still tried to hold on to his street cred, even though I'm literally giving him an out to just be himself. He couldn't take it. Mind you I'm in my mid 40s now, so this interaction was a couple years ago which put him in his mid 40s at the time. Sad. He ain't gotta lie to kick it.
Coming from a white person, I truly believe that this is by design. I'm an old as Gen Xer who grew up color blind, it just didn't matter to us. I think it scared the people in power that we figured out how to not only get along but to be the first generation who publicly ran around with, dated, roomed with people of any color and were freaking happy. We were united. The media and the government messed it up and the younger generations fell for it.
I got into trouble once for saying I taught my kids to be color blind. I was honestly shocked by the other person taking offense at what I'd always viewed as treating people the same, regardless of skin color. OY.
@mehtariel exactly. There seems to be this huge issue with us just living, letting others live and being all together without problems. Obviously there are differences, but we are all different in our own beautiful ways that don't need categories.
@graciegladson4960 It's not only The "hidden hand" in the power classes but it's also the "gatekeepers" on their payrolls
Obama the "unifier" set race relations back 2 decades.
It’s kinda sad that I had to scroll this far to see the correct comment. People gotta understand that AI & Algorithms play a part in this. It’s intentional. Like the video isn’t wrong, but people need to be aware that technology in some ways is being used against us
Good topic, this needs to go viral. Everyone please share this, let’s bring this to the light.
We're not on the news and the media, because... We're AT WORK!!! blue collar Black citizen here😡
As a born Jamaican who grew up in New York (black Immigrant) I approve this message start to finish! We are literally normalizing BS and calling it culture!
Born Jamaican (mixed race), moved to San Diego, we were all so confused about these strange rules about how black people were “supposed” to act (ie not too “white”) in JA most of our friends were black but here they’re mostly white.
true
Jamaican here it's just so embarrassing to see what is promoted in the media
@@mchammer5592 good point! Funny, I now live in San Diego as well.
Amen 7:39 🇯🇲
My best friend from 7-14 years old was a black child, he was from the ghetto of Boston. His grandmother was raising him, I met him due to a summer camp program Chuck participated in as a “get impoverished kids out of Boston Summer Camp” and he came to my summer camp in Maine. For 2 years, we were best friends each summer and my family embraced him to the point when this particular summer camp ended the program, Chuck and his grandmother were invited to stay with us each summer. Let me tell you, if anyone of us kids, and this is not just me or Chuck, but my brothers and cousins, spoke any slang, Grams would tap us on the back of our heads and tell us to speak proper English because we were not ignorant people. Grams struggled all her life in the ghetto, losing her husband to gang violence, her 5 children to drugs and gun violence and then raising 4 grandchildren, Chuck being the youngest, and losing the 2 oldest to gangs and gang violence. Grams was determined that her remaining 2 grandchildren would be successful and get out of the ghetto and lead a good life. Well , they both did and they took Grams with them, set her up in a little cottage on the coast of Maine and supported her to her death. As adults, we went to different colleges and careers, but we stay in touch and catch up every few years. And I will say, if you didn’t know that Chuck was raised in a ghetto, you wouldn’t know it by his proper English and the pride he takes in his appearance and his family and home- this man is a financial genius, his cousin is a doctor and they get hammered by other black individuals who call the Uncle Tom, or whitewashed, etc because of how they speak, their success and living a normal life in an upper class neighborhood and for “ignoring” their black culture. Chuck told me that his “culture” was one his Grams nurtured in him- to work hard, to study harder, to be proud of being a good man and he says “not a black man” but a good man of God and to do the right thing no matter what and to nurture friendships that not only lift him up but where he can lift up his friends and those friends would come from all walks of life and be of different skin color because that would be how he would see people- with his heart. I went to Grams funeral, and there were so many people there of different ethnicities because that little woman, with a 5th grade education, was one of the smartest, wisest and loving woman to anyone she encountered and that’s what she raised Chuck and his cousin to be and what she would shake her finger at us kids and tell us “be kind, make a positive difference because you only have 1 life to do it”.
Nice made up story with your one subscriber.
Wow, what an awesome story. I am a 39-year-old black woman who grew up in the ghetto. My mom went to prison so my grandmother raised us. My brother chose the wrong path. It was five of us two girls three boys, but me and my sister chose to not be anything like her mother, but follow and our grandmother steps, me and my children lived in a ghetto area on section 8 for a few years. My kids were eyeball out because they are polite and respectful children so they will get bullied quite often. They eventually learn to stand up for themselves. But I want better for them so I moved them to a suburban area and a nice three bedroom apartment. My kids are 1412 as of yesterday and nine and I can just tell that they are going to be something in their life that is all I pray for is that they make something of their lives so I don’t have to worry, it’s all about your mentality. I didn’t want to be ghetto so I moved out of the environment because I knew it was not for us. We are doing great. I’m not rich or anything, but we’re comfortable and that’s all that matters.
I’m talk texting so I hope the comment makes sense. I’m at work have no time for typing lol
Crab mentality. Some people are even murdered by jealous friends/family.
WOW, the tears I have, this is beautiful story, God bless you and Chuck's family, continuous blessings, thanks for sharing.
She’s so right. As a young black woman at an hbcu. It’s so frustrating smh I wish we would do better
I pick up trash off the street in whole neighborhoods. People find that strange and think I am OCD but I like a clean neighborhood. I can’t look at trash and just pretend it’s not there. And it’s something to do. People complain that they are bored all the time. I’m retired and when I do what I do I feel that I accomplished something for the day ♊️🇺🇸❤️
And as soon as you stop, people will wonder why the streets look so bad. Glad you're out there making a difference!
Wish more people cared about our environment. Littering makes me see RED! 🤬
bless you
i love this i do this at my beach when it’s too cold to swim maybe i’ll do it around my house when i’m bored
That's amazing. Your ancestors and mother nature thanks you. ❤❤
I am black and agree 100% I am 33, have 3 boys and have been married 12 years and counting I refuse to be represented by ppl who can not control their actions or emotions
Mad respect to you sir
The best way your going to win is success and you sound like a winner to me keep on brother ❤😊
The dems want you to be stereotyped so you stay voting on color. The second you become American you will become conservative. That's what they fear. If you haven't noticed the country you are in is in free-fall. Suicide is through the roof and everyone has lost respect for the government to the point they will do the exact opposite that they are told out of spite. Protect your family and country before it's too late.
When people tell you what you want to hear everything is fine BUT when someone tells you what you need to hear it's a problem
Facts
@@RE-jj2mr Stop saying all black people are guilty of this. Don't act like people other than you haven't been saying this.
@ I never said all black people
@@RE-jj2mr Then why do I need to hear this? This was not a painful or bitter pill to swallow. What also bothers me is that there are many people who do that, who will readily say all black people.
As always, you handled the topic with class & intelligence my love. An important issue to discuss. The degradation of society is planned & we all need to wake up & actively maintain standards within our cultures.
I am white in my late sixties and I remember the blacks "back in the day". There was a great respect within the black community, respect for each other, for values, honesty, for work, education, and their neighborhoods. I was raised in a family that made no issue of race and I was taught to treat EVERYONE with respect and I saw blacks within my community on a daily basis. Blacks around the 1950's-1960's were teachers, stay at home wives, carpenters, merchants, all types of professionals. You rarely saw a black person unemployed and they took great pride in their jobs, home, family, church, and community. It's sad to see what the elites who are now brainwashing the races and manipulating people to lower their standards. I wish people (all races) could recognize this culture is being engineered by a group of elites using us as their experiments and toys. Wake up people. btw I love your show and have such good feelings about your future
I’m not in that age bracket but I could totally see it. Every single person back then were taught and raised to be respectful and had basic manners!
Black women were NEVER stay at home wives in the 50-60s, black males couldn’t afford to provide for their families
💯. They claimed the tavi.stock institute (and others) were shut down but it just kept operating in the background.
Hmmm, coincidentally, *fmnzm* was also allowed at that time too...how strange. 🤔
_Unwin also stated "In the past, too, the greatest energy has been displayed only by those societies which have reduced their sexual opportunity to a minimum by the adoption of absolute monogamy (para. 168). _*_In every case the women and children were reduced to the level of legal nonentities, sometimes also to the level of chattels, always to the level of mere appendages of the male estate._*_ Eventually they were freed from their disadvantages, but at the same time the sexual opportunity of the society was extended. Sexual desires could then be satisfied in a direct or perverted manner... _*_So the energy of the society decreased, and then disappeared."_*_ He points out that "No society has yet to succeeded in regulating the relations between the sexes in such a Way as to enable sexual opportunity to remain at a minimum for an extended period." - _*_and thus all societies have collapsed._*
- J. D. Unwin, _Sex and Culture_ circa 1930s 💊
🎯 Bingo
I applaud and appreciate your courage in even being this up on your channel
the problem is the culture is accepted not discouraged , actually it is embraced and pumped up.
It’s required. Not acting uneducated, thuggish, etc. will get you called names, ostracized from the “black community”. I can’t imagine being pushed out of my community for trying to be a respectable person, and better myself and family.
It's so comforting meeting black people with morals. They give hope ❤
I told a black coworker about that part in Thomas Sowell’s book where he says saying “axe” instead of “ask” is actually from poor white people and he wanted to fight me.
Discussing Thomas Sowell with the average black man is similar to when Morpheus explained to Neo not everyone is ready to be removed from The matrix because the mind will not except reality.
@@fullmetal71481I really enjoy listening to Thomas Sowell, he isn't afraid to tell it as it is.
@@bobhill3941the things Sowell says is based on research from census information and other data. He’s just expressing the story that the real-world data tells.
Should have read him the part where instinctively wanting to physically fight about issues was a redneck thing while he "beat yo ass."
Wow I didn’t know that.
I'm black. Growing up I primarily lived with my 👵grandmother. We did not have a whole lot 💰💸when compared to the other kids, but, one thing we did have in my house were STANDARDS. I can remember being in the 6th grade and a friend of mine coming over. We remained outside in my front yard talking and laughing... Because I was so used to it, I did not pay much attention to the amount of 🤬profanity he used. So, once he left and I went back inside, my grandmother came to me and calmly said, "Don't let that boy come back to my house. All he does is curse." That taught me real quick, there were certain things that were not going to be tolerated in my home and ANYTHING does NOT go!!! I am now 40 years old. I am a college 🤓educated graduate , homeowner , and I have a career. Many of my friends and family members that were given "everything" and had far more laxed standards than I had in my house have done far less with their lives 😢. There seems to be a huge correlation in how parents can destroy their children with a lack of standards and structure. 🤨🤔
You are absolutely right ; and many times first time parents because they have suffered poverty, deprivations, etc want to make up by giving everything to their kids producing not good results; I'm 65 years old, and I've seen enough; if you pay attention, kids raised by grandparents are much wiser.
Wow! Yeah, good standards still matter.
I wish I could hug you. God bless ❤️
Yes indeed
I need to start being more strict with my daughter. Hearing this re enforces this thought.
I was born and raised on a military base, the suburbs. After high school, we moved back to queens ny. To b near my mom's family, me n my older sister got jobs in 2 days. I was shocked that none of my older cousins had jobs, graduate from high school, or could drive. They were doing drugs, selling drugs, n doing crimes. They were were having babies, going to jail, n getting shot. After about a year n ny, I joined the air force. Now I am happily married with a great wife with two beautiful sons. Who will be raised on a air force base, like their dad!😅. Oh yeah, my cousins used to make fun of me. Cause I talked white 😢😂❤
You sound good to me brother. Pushing Texas builds character. Been there and done that.
Me as well. I talk white too and I've obtained so much information from white people who don't know I'm black! It's a great thing.
Your kids have a good father. Equating success with whiteness isn't doing your cousins any favors. Stay strong and stay the course. Thank you for your service. 👍
thanks for serving the same country that enslaved you.
This video needed to be shared!! Yes to all of it!!
Whenever someone seriously uses the phrase "black bodies" I immediately stop listening to them.
Right? It sounds sort of dehumanizing, doesn't it?
Exactly! I was just discussing that term with my husband yesterday. We are people and using the term “bodies” is very dehumanizing.
can someone explain what it means? i’ve always been so confused. like is there a reason people just don’t say person?
Omg me too! Out or any "'insert group name here' bodies"
Black bodies
Women's bodies
Brown bodies
Trans bodies
I hate it all!
LMAO I agree. And the you think your better then reverse psychology empty insults when intelligent facts are stated respectfully i get up and walk away.lol I can't waste my time on anyone that don't have signs of potential or on my level.lol Most i believe are to far gone and brainwashed but their ignorance and upbringing. There is no culture. What was culture was in my parents day and yes married and those times. This shit today is literally not culture. Its nothing. I still don't even know what it means body.lol Seriously. I never could relate on the community phrase or considered myself in it to be serious. Total different mind frame and lifestyle and upbringing. So i understand fully her irritation on that silly ass word. lol Like wtf seriously. And i agree with every god damn thing she said but i don't and never will address this shit unless asked because the ghetto black types are TOOOOOOOOO far gone to even have a conversation to see anything wrong with so much of their lifestyle or character or morality etc. Amala I agree as well also they are a small percentage but be eeeeevery damn were acting a donkey and more. smfhlol While majority educated or even middle class dont matter if not rich but done well for themselves sitting back watching the foolery and not wanting no part that's many and even if they aren't afraid the ghetto type to damn far gone i say this again with soooo much observation and when i have picked their brain. By how they think and weird warp thinking that self-destruction and violence or etc is good and being the best you can be career wise HUMAN being wise and health wise like all that WELL rounded the good the hood types seen as white or proper stupid immature stuff i was called.lol Like being good different pperson is NOT good to be and simply enjoying life but acting like you got some damn sense is hard and not good to do. Lol Make it make sense Amala?lol The CULTURE tgats not culture in my opinion Its weird and twisted its like who can do the most damage and be bad and live out a hip hop video or hurt others. lol Smfh I lost my black card or never had it long ago.Thats fine ill stay Goth like pop and a tiny bit the not murdering type 2000s hip hop and not rob and kill folks because most minds so weak and they have NO SHAME which is part of the problem and yet worried about being mixed with other races. Man that ghetto culture or chaos is nothing to SAVE let it die off by any means if it takes a new generation of people and minds hopefully but i doubt it.
I am Canadian. Yesterday I witnessed a "ghetto" black woman from the U.S. exchanging 100 US dollars at a Canadian bank. She started freaking out because the bank would not give her the same exchange rate as the one indicated on her phone. She didn't realize that no one will give you the rate on the phone which is for international trade. They always take a percentage in the exchange. She kept saying that the bank was stealing $5 from here. She was very load and rude. And all of this rudeness was done in front of her teenage son.
This just sounds like typical karen behavior to me like I get the point of the video I really do. I’m a suburban black girl who was told I sound white growing up. But we all need to be united. This video made great points but what is taking it too far. Saying that a bonnet is too ghetto when white girls can wear messy buns out in public it’s just a double standard. I agree with what she is saying for the most part tho but a lot of these issues ARE systematic come on
@@janaicapierre7410Lol sure.
@@janaicapierre7410what the hell is a bonnet?
@johnkatsaros7340 when you operate in the world, you have to understand how the world operates.
Critical race theory endorses victim hood. When faced with international exchange, the only intrinsic value you have is being the victim. With that mentality, it's easy to go into a business seeking a service and when that business has the audacity to not treat you like charity because it's a business that is dependant on making money, suddenly they are trying to steal from you.
This is ghetto mentality of assuming that's how money is made, by crime.
Impossible to see the value of a service in exchange for something technically that has no value other than what is agreed upon.
Not sure a bonnet and messy bun are comparable girl 🤦@@janaicapierre7410
As an older black man born and raised in the inner city of Los Angeles, I totally agree with this young lady.
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Rap music is probably the main culprit in glamorizing ghetto.
Well, originally when rap was created it was to uplift the oppressed people... To spread some knowledge about certain issues, but the powers that be seen the power it had and they contaminated it with money! All this is by Design, this just didn't evolve and happened... There are EXTREMELY EVIL PUPPET MASTERS PULLING THE STRINGS!✌❤💪💪💪
No. The ghetto glamorizes rap.
@@roderickcortez138 Seems more like a vicious cycle to me.
nope it is the idiots listening to it
I agree.