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kamikazee

Mon Sep-04-00 06:55 AM

  
18. "I agree, but........"
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I go down to LA jus about every week to go to Crenshaw and see a show called Project Blowed, and its on Crenshaw, which is hella ghetto, basically black folk for miles. Now, I dont live there, I live in a mostly white, suburb of Los Angeles. There is a fair amount of black people, but no ghettos by any stretch of the imagination, although many would make you believe that.

So anyways. I was thinkin bout it the last time I was up there, and its like damn, look where all these people are livin? Cops all over the place, patrollin, you seein em every few minutes, whereas where I live, you barely see any at all. Also, jus the general attitude.

One thing Ive learned over the years from working, etc. is that pretty much you are who you kick it with. See, I kick it with people who are going places. About all my close friends, have plans for their lives, are going to college, blah blah blah, etc. But, at many of my jobs, Ive met working class people, who are stuck in my town basically having to feed for their kids off minimum wage. And they seem to know every one of the people that comes in thats in the same boat.

Its wierd for me to see people like that because Ive never been around underachievers, so I naturally have a drive and most importantly, the CONFIDENCE that I will succeed. But had I been raised around a totally different environment, one that maybe didnt seem so positive, I might be those underachievers that I know at my job, and thats all I would know. Sure, theres always the story of the kid from the ghetto defying the odds and going to Harvard, and becoming a lawyer, but thats the exception, not the rule. And its a normal achievement in a place like where I am.

Its jus our environment.... I dont know. Im rambling, once again analyzing while forgetting a solution. You guys find one.... Im out, peace. Kamikazee




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why are Blacks holding themselves down? [View all] , BooDaah, Fri Sep-01-00 06:55 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
RE: i can't respond right now but i got something to say n/m
Sep 01st 2000
1
Boy! What an invitation for.....
Sep 01st 2000
2
my point is:
Sep 01st 2000
3
      RE: my point is:
Sep 01st 2000
5
      I feel you, Baby
Sep 01st 2000
9
      good question/short answer
Sep 01st 2000
14
      Strategies for shackled relays
Sep 02nd 2000
15
      personal strategies
Sep 04th 2000
19
      RE: Strategies for shackled relays
Sep 09th 2000
27
      RE: my point is:
Sep 07th 2000
21
That's ironic you should bring that up
Sep 01st 2000
4
you ever heard of
Sep 01st 2000
8
"And their children's teeth are set on edge"
Sep 01st 2000
10
RE: That's ironic you should bring that up
Sep 09th 2000
29
RE: why are Blacks holding themselves down?
Shellypooh
Sep 01st 2000
6
Lack of vision , living for today n/m
Shellypooh
Sep 01st 2000
7
This is difficult
Sep 01st 2000
11
It depends on who you're talking about
Sep 01st 2000
12
ah...good ish
Sep 01st 2000
13
RE: It depends on who you're talking about
Sep 09th 2000
30
mmhmm
Sep 02nd 2000
16
There Is An Answer...
Ylana
Sep 02nd 2000
17
RE: I agree, but........
Sep 09th 2000
31
Fear
Sep 04th 2000
20
Get 'Optimus Prime' on these cats....
ffunkknots
Sep 07th 2000
22
BooDah, we refuse our herritage
Sep 08th 2000
23
RE: BooDah, we refuse our herritage
Sep 08th 2000
24
      the reason i ask is because
Sep 08th 2000
25
           RE: the reason i ask is because
Sep 09th 2000
26
           before i get jumped on
Sep 09th 2000
28
           RE: before i get jumped on
Sep 09th 2000
32
                somewhat on the point, maybe?
Sep 10th 2000
33
                     RE: somewhat on the point, maybe?
Sep 10th 2000
34
           DAMN! I remember the AUC riot!
ffunkknots
Sep 10th 2000
35
and the answer is....
ffunkknots
Sep 10th 2000
36

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