And no, they don't listen to cornel west.
They listen to ppl in their lives.

And the adults I tuned out were and in many cases still are
on some bullshit.



>w/young teens
>
>And guess what: oftentimes the adults we tune out as kids turn
>out to be the very ones we should've listened to...
>
>But again, I can tell from the things you that you've never
>worked with or spent much time around teenagers, particularly
>blk male teenagers from the inner city...for you to say
>there's nothing wrong with our youth at all.
>
>Blk male teens tend to be more influenced by HipHop than any
>other social institution you can name...and would be far more
>likely to listen to young jeezy give them advice, for
>instance, than Cornel West or Minister Farrakhan...
>
>
>>if you came at me like this as a kid, i'd tune it out.
>>maybe this is why you feel the kids don't listen.
>>
>>you don't listen to them.
>>
>>
>>
>>>and I can say firsthand that MANY of our youth are highly
>>>impressionable or stupid even
>>>
>>>It is you all who sound like you don't have any real life
>>>experience to draw upon
>>>
>>>So go on believing that ALL blk youth are just fine and
>that
>>>they don't take anything in rap music seriously. They will
>>>just figure everything out abt the world on their own.
>>>
>>>
>>>>it's like...damn.
>>>>
>>>>but whatever. hopefully these ppl don't have much access
>>to
>>>>or influence on kids. b/c they scary.
>>>
>>
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