[rbohm]

this statement implies all blacks to be uneducated, ignorant, and destitute.

no it doesnt. it merely states where the hip hop fad started. i know many black people and find them to be quite intelligent, and well off.

it is also troubling that it is acceptable and expected for one person to behave a particular way and it isn't acceptable for another (who may very well be from the exact same environment) to do the exact same thing.

on this i agree with you, however most of the youths that tend to have a ricer mentality are well off youth that have no identity of their own so they copy what ever fad is in vogue at the moment.

i REALLY hate to comment on this, but i find:


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Originally posted by aford50lx
THOSE PUNKS,THAT WANT TO BE BLACK,THEY DRESS LIKE THEM AND TALK LIKE THEM,BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER SEEN A GHETTO.
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to be a very ignorant and offensive statement (to both blacks and whites).

this is only offensive to those who let it be offensive.

there are white real gangsters out there. there are inner-city poor whites. there are black wanna-be-gangsters out there and there are educated, well-spoken black folk out there. the behavior mentioned in this thread has nothing to do with race, so please leave race out of it.

this statement i highly agree with, but the comment, i dont think was meant to slander black people at all, but to show what idiots young people can be these days when they try to follow every fad that pops up. also, if you want to rid the world of racism, start with the person that looks at you in the mirror every morning. i am sorry if i offended you, that is not my intent. i am just trying to point out that the statement made was not intended, in my opinion, to be inflamitory as you make it out to be. people can and do make all kinds of comments about me(positive and negative) and i just consider the source, because if i took offense everytime i would end up on a killing spree. what i would like you to do is step back and try to look at the statement made from by aford50lx from his point of view. i think if you do that you will see no harm was intended except to the targeted party, and NOT towards black people.

that said lets all lighten up!

if you want to tell me what an idiot i am that is fine, but the above responses are my views alone, and they are not intended to be inflamitory, so please dont take offense.