As a Black person who grew up in the Suburbs in St. Louis Mo in the 80′s and 90′s, I know all about when they bussed the Kids in from the city. How they at first hated me (until highschool and sports) and called me county browny, thought I was rich (I wasn’t) and called me oreo, and all. Also being a good student didn’t help, so i chose to NOT be a good student and keep it “real”. Well you know what it got me? It got me no college degree. I went and played football, but I surely would have done more if not for the influences of “the ignorance” culture. Blissfully wanting to stay ignorant, and be “cool”. We as blacks have been trying to be cool for years, and to ignore the personal responsibility of the actual praticipants, is highly suspect, and ignorant at best. Has anyone watched BET lately? Does anyone watch MTV? You would think BET would show only the best that black America has to offer, but what we consistently see and have been raised to accept is the acceptable use of Liquor, Drugs and Women. While country music and all music for that matter celebrates these things in some way, it is normally not as clearly overt and laden with multiple profanities. Do your research, and notice we as blacks accept that ignorance, when (like another poster wrote and alluded to) men like Fredrick Douglas would cry and hang his head in disgust and shame at the celebration of ignorance embraced by the black culture. It must STOP and we must let go of the things in the past that have led us to this point. I mean, do you not understand that some of the most idolized black figures in this country are the likes of Snoop Dogg and Ludacris? Have you actually listened to the music that young people are banging in their heads all day? Most people, even the ones writing in, have no true grasp of the disinigration of morality, values, and responsibility. Really study and think about such shows as -two and a half men-, Grey’s anatomy, and many others. You can’t get away from girls kissing girls, or some sort of sex talk or some crazy scenario (L & O SVU anyone?). Heroes such as Paris Hilton, Bill Clinton, Snoop Dogg, and clowns like Mike Vick (who SHOULD NOT BE IN JAIL BTW-heavily fined and demonized by pet lovers, but not wasting OUR money in jail…), and many others, have taken us down a non-responsibilty path that will lead to our ultimate destruction as a society. Poverty?!!! Poverty??!!!! POVERTY SHOULD MAKE YOU WANT TO WORK HARDER AND GET AWAY FROM THAT SITUATION, like my Father did growing up in the projects of south Nashville in the 1950′s and 60′s. BTW, if you have roaches in your house, it’s usually a ME problem! As in clean up! Watch Verminators (I have also worked in apts.) and roaches are in filthy houses, or people who don’t clean under refrigerators, or ovens and eat all over the place. Bottomline, take care of your stuff. People don’t value stuff anymore, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT”S FREE! Why don’t welfare folks have to clean the highway or something once a month?
