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Originally posted by MsSweetness
I know in Chicago we just lost a couple more black youths to jail and the cemetery because, in two unrelated incidents, two young girls were shot with stray bullets by random drive by shootings. The first was b/c some guy had a problem with another guy and I think his ex-girlfriend. Whatever the case, the little girl went looking out the window to see what was going on and ended up getting shot while she was getting ready for school. The other girl was celebrating her birthday in her aunt's house when some guys came down the block shooting randomly.  Both girls were in elementary school.
Sorry this post was so long but all of this is just crazy to me.
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I live in Chicago too. It's just a sad state for black men here. My AA male co worker and I were talking about this today. He said he gets tired of AA males and their tunnel vision. He is tired of the asking for handouts. You want a job, but you want it to come to you while you sit at home or hang on the block. There is nothing on the block. What's wrong with a job hunt, getting up and looking.
Then this afternoon on WGCI, this random individual was talking about how it is hard to find a job out here and that with the state of AA women, they have now taken over all the jobs. My co-worker (AA female) and I just looked at each other and laughed. I get tired of the excuses. Don't put all the blame on the AA women.
Why don't you have a job? Do you have a record, need skill improvement, need a resume, etc? Well there are organizations that can help you with that. Hell, that is what I do for a living. I see sistas out here doing their thing and he is right, AA female are our here in force because we have to take care of the family, kids, etc and many of them want more then what they have. I know PLENTY who are going to school because without a degree, you cannot make a decent wage and they are starting to see that.
I could go on and on, but I have to stop.