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Originally posted by cleopatrajones
I do think this quote is slightly elitist. Where are the "niggas"supposed to go? Maybe when Black people act out in public it is a way for them to assert themselves in a world in which they feel powerless. (Of course there could be other reasons and theories and such). All the people who have the "project mentality" have it for a reason and it may not be because they want to have it. Nobody wants to be poor, or live in a project, etc. but there are certain cultural and hisrotical forces that put us in certain situations mixed with our own actions. I think that most of the people we are talking about though are college educated people, who work at our jobs and such--I don't think they would be considered the "niggas" though. They may act out because of other reasons. I don't like the way Chris Rock is ready to cast the "undesirable people" to the side to make way for the good "civilized" people. That's how I read that statement and it definately rubs me to wrong way.
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Cleopatrajones, I have to disagree with you. Not all people that act out with a "project mentality" are suffering from some unseen or overwhelming oppression. Some people are just ghetto! I also have to dispute the statement that no one wants to live in the project. I know people that love to live in the project and will take NOTHING to leave. You can offer them $3 million and they will turn it down in exchange for keeping their apartment. Some of them are ghetto as hell and know nothing more. Others know and have means to get out, but they don't. That's just how it is.
Are there "niggas" in our society? YES. Are we wrong for acknowledging such? NO. No one should be cast off because they don't meet this high standard that we set for our race. However, regardless of how much we try to ignore or deny it, everyone has the means to step up and have that stigma removed.
P.S. to flyygyrl1908, we have a commercial like that down here. The place is called "Slugs for Thugs." (down here, gold teeth are called slugs) You can get 2 slugs for $175. All these guys get the camera and show off their slugs. It is SCARY!
