Being black..., ...Is no excuse for failing. Options

[Kontroll]

Listen, I'm not racist. I'm just bringing up a topic that I know is on alot of people's minds.

Everynow and then I see these movies, or whatever...people saying that black people can't get anywhere in life because they are lazy, or because they are black they can't get anywhere in life.

I was sitting infront of Jeremy's house waiting for him to answer his friggin door. I was thinking about Albany(Where I live for the most part) and how it's just run down. Most of the people that live there are black.

I was thinking about how I see all this crap about how black people always say they might as well as just give up and deal with what they got. In movies, or even in real life. It pisses me off because the color of your skin does not affect your brain at all. It's an excuse and not a reason...

...if it was a reason then every black person would be in poverty. Is this not true? And you can't blame it on your environment because there have been many black people who have over come it. So, why do some black people just give up and don't try to succeed?

I know not only black people do it, but I'm just bringing this one up first. I'll talk about white people some other time just to be fair.

Input please. If this is in the wrong forum, just move it. Thank you.

[ReggieM]

Well its all parents fault, if parents are not there kids are taught by the media. But is it really fair to blame only rap music shows your point of veiw towards its listeners huh?I listen to rap but too bad for you im too smart to be sucked into the messages it throws at me. I may dress a little urban but im succeding in life. Can i really blame "50 cent" for everything i do wrong in life? Seems like the people that say that really need some proffesional help. Cant you not blame paris hilton for influencing all the young white girls to party away thier lives? Sure you can but its not her fault. If parents are not around media raises the child its true that the media affects them but schooling is also a key factor, but if ur coming from a good home and you are going out doing stupid things then i guess you are just rebellious? But to only pick out one particular factor in explaining a persons situation in life is a little bias.

There is this documentary of homeless people of how they refuse to get a job because they know that people would be there to give them food and clothe them, why would anyone ask anything more free food and clothing no work?AWESOME!!!! sometimes its our fault too but ofcourse theres the mother of 6 trying to work hard that really needs the help but then theres the guy that leeches off everyone else cuz he can. How many of you got a job on your own w/o your parents forcing you to get one(well whos parents want them NOT to focus on schoolwork lol like mine)?