Why Are There So Many Murders in Chicago? - Page 5

Well, I think it stems from the family and the government. I'm an African American male,but i'm not the typical African American male based soley on how I was raised. The single parent thing is complete B.S. I say that because my dad has been in prison ever since I was 3 years old. My mom didn't let me use that as an excuse and I appreciate her for that. My mom instilled fear in me as a kid lol I was scared to do anything for fear of what she would do to me. I was raised in the hood if you want to call it that. Every male that's related to me has been to prison or involved in some type of criminal activity. You know about my dad,but my uncle my mom's brother was in prison when I was first born,but he got out and didn't change. Over the years he exposed me to drugs, fist/gun fights, and having no respect for authority(he was running from the police and told me to slam the door.) He also was driving with me in the car while smoking weed. We came to a road block and he did not want to stop so he hit the gas. We ended up crashing and fled on foot. He got caught and went to jail. I was like 4 years old at the time so I went to the ER and was examined. I flew thru the windshield,but I came away with only and busted lip. Am I proud that I went thru this at such a young age? No I'm not but it inspired me to be nothing like my dad or uncle. Being raised in a single parent household is possible, but that single parent has to be strong minded. My mom wasn't as strict with my younger brother and I think yall know how he turned out. Might I add the whole music influences people I agree with that because nowadays these whole rappers rap about being real taking about being bout that life and s*** like that. I used to ask my self why music is censored but movies aren't and I came up with a hypothesis when a child watches a movie he knows the person playing the role is an ACTOR, but when a musican raps about something he says it's his life he lived it. So when a child hears that they're going to assume that rapper actually has done what he raps about. We know that isn't true just look at Rick Ross. Parent's need to make sure they're child knows that the rapper is an ENTERTAINER so don't take what they say to heart. I'm not bashing rap music by any means I only listen to rap and not nerd rap or what's playing on the radio nowadays. I listen to everything from N.W.A. to Project Pat to Ganksta N.I.P. , but I know they are only entertainers.

I say the government is responsible for the conditions of African Americans. America sets minorities up to fail. Look at the cost of tuition to go to college. $6,000 for tuition alone, doesnt include meal plan, living expenses,etc. By making college almost impossible for low income people to attend that is a major handicap to this system alone. I would be in favor of raising taxes in order to allow everyone to attend college for free atleast tuition. Many other countries do this so why can't the "Best Country In The World."Government assistance is another handicap to people. The system should be changed. Stop giving people supplies because the supplies runs out eventually. Instead help people find jobs. I didn't think about this until I took a sociology class, but the workplace finds a way to discriminate against minorities even if they haven't seen the candidate. By looking at the name for instance, if you see an application that says Jamaal Brown it is safe to assume that candidate is an African American male. Many employers will throw the application away based on the name,address,or zip code. We have demographics for a reason. It's not just minorities affected by actions like this, but women as well. That's why a woman can make less than a man who has the same title of her.

So the minorities are at fault for the crime, but the government is also as well. Minorites need to stop taking pride in being ignorant and start taking pride in getting an education. The government needs to stop being biased based on a person's ethnic background.

Too many Chief Keefs and not enough Commons.

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Originally Posted by Nike Jordan 

Too many Chief Keefs and not enough Commons.

these PC *** comments are corny as hell.

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Originally Posted by tokes99 


you say the single parent thing is bs, but then go on to say it takes a strong minded parent, while also saying your moms wasn't as strict w/ your younger brother and to that end i guess he was worse off for it? while, as an eldest sibling, i can definitely attest to the phenomenon of parental easing of rules/strictness (used infuriate me when my parents would let younger siblings slide on some ish i would caught the biz for!) i don't believe that your mom all of sudden became a lax parent (obviously you believe that to be the case)...you say many/if not all the males close to you were involved in criminal activity...couldn't you just say that you are/were the exception? that you saw/experienced things that made you consciously decide that life wasn't for you, that maybe you brother didn't see/experience? i get that media/visuals are important, that they can & do perpetuate certain things to an extent but that argument doesn't hold weight because, the largest consumers of this stuff are supposedly suburban white males, and no one is up in arms (yet anyways) about why white dudes are killing each other. you say you aren't a typical african american male, what do you mean when you say that? what does that mean you think about what the 'typical african american male' is?

as to government being at fault, there is an argument that can be made for that but the problem of violence in places like englewood is much too complicated to lame the blame one place; i think we are all complicit.
even if production comes back to the states, the fact of the matter is that automated/robot workers will be doing most of the work; it will not like require a lot of human labor. over the course of the last 30-40 years wages in the middle class have stagnated, despite increasing productivity. whole industries & job markets have disappeared, it hasn't all been sweet though on the surface it looked like it was all good up until '08. while increasing taxes on wealthy may well be necessary & makes people 'feel better' it isn't an answer. i understand what you are saying, having too many people with college educations doesn't necessarily need to be a problem, it definitely could be, but some of the problem is WHAT people go to school for.
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that the current system is "designed to keep the impoverished in poverty" ii not sure that is true, it is the way that it has worked out thus far; doesn't mean that is they way it has to be...

Naw it's not the fact that she became a lax parent she just always let him get away with whatever he wanted which is the reason he turned out the way he did. I never said I wasn't the exception out of them I am no doubt. My brother is only 3 years younger than me so the same stuff I saw he saw. Of course white suburban males would be the heavy consumers of the music, white people are the majority. It differs when you take compare a white suburban male to an inner city minority because the minority is actually witnessing the things the rappers are rapping about which makes them more inclined to participate in activities. When I'm say I'm not the typical African American male im simply stating that I'm not what the media makes African American males to be.

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Originally Posted by tokes99 


as to government being at fault, there is an argument that can be made for that but the problem of violence in places like englewood ismuch too complicated to lame the blame one place; i think we are all complicit.

The violence in Englewood is primarily gang violence. Gangs formed when the white Boy Scouts would not let black males in. The males then formed their own groups. Gangs were supposed to be a good thing but over time they transformed into something bad. You ask a typical gang member why they joined a gang they would say because these are the guys who show me love all they are really looking for is to be apart of something. All gangs are is Fraternities that include violence. You take the violence away you could have a beautiful organization.