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.

[*I Shot JFK*]

What on Earth are you talking about? Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot themselves right after the Columbine massacre. When did they give this interview? While their brains were being mopped up?

[sweetangel2128]

What on Earth are you talking about? Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot themselves right after the Columbine massacre. When did they give this interview? While their brains were being mopped up?

Heres a better link:


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sh...c/confesst.html

It's the Thursten High School shooting..sorry for the mix up.

[*Uronacid*]

Heres a better link:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sh...c/confesst.html

It's the Thursten High School shooting..sorry for the mix up.

Yeah, and who was he bullied by? Wait, who did this kid kill and injure?? He probably killed and injured a bunch of those gansta' rap listening jerks who were dicks to him day after day... Within the articles of the website you gave it does say he was bullied around...

Also, the articles you gave are stating that "violent" music definitely played a part in the shooting.

Oh, the whole thing about video games... ok, violent video games... Name a few of the violent video games out there that actually influence people to murder?

• Saints Row - Xbox 360
• Def Jam Vendettta - Xbox, PS2, GC
• The GTA series - Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2
• True Crimes: Steets of LA - Xbox, PS2, GC

All of these games influence people to murder and kill while listening to the hit singles of their favorite rap "artist". Even the most violent video games use this type of music/trash to influence murder. Many of them are full of racial slurrs too. It's this whole gangster life style peice of bulls shit that's being forced down the throats of American youth. It's not the games...

P.S: If you haven't yet read this... it's from my nigga dawg diggity da C-pilla':

Imagine a 3 circle venn diagram with the circles being society, media, and upbringing, and the space they all occupy being the person. They all contribute to creating the whole, but cannot be individually held responsible for the actions a person commits. In the end, the person has to be held responsible for their actions, but that does not mean they were not influenced.