2. "The Doom Projectors" In response to In response to 0 Wed Feb-04-04 08:54 PM
The Doom Projectors: usually consists of older and younger “conscious” members. Their main focus is to inform us about all that is wrong with black people, in their perspective. Doom projectors know every negative statistic relating to black people and disease, the prison system, homicide, economics, dysfunctional families, teen pregnancies, drug abuse and just about any other social ill plaguing the community. In their estimation nothing is getting better for black people, rather we are steadily marching towards an apocalyptic abyss.
Pros: shock and scare therapy sometimes works; can motivate and spur people into action; are human computers (like black Mentats) when it comes to statistic number crunching and predicting dire forecasts; help inspire really great Hip Hop songs like “Self-Destruction.”
Cons: scares the beejeezus outta you; by the time you’re finished listening to these horrible statistics you don’t want to get mobilized, you want to crawl into a hole and listen to sorrowful songs from 2Pac’s "Me Against the World"; can’t always trust their stats.
Suggestions: Discuss the negatives with a balance of the positive; point out black achievementsand progressive steps. By all means keep us abreast of what work needs to be done. But the world already tells us we ain’t sh*t,” another spokesman isn’t necessary.