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Originally posted by Eclipse
I hear ya Bamboozled, but in my book, selling drugs is a violent crime and black folks (or any folks) who do it get no pass from me. Drugs have cause much destruction in the Black community and I just could not be down with someone who thought that was alright. If you are selling drugs trying to get some "qick money" then you are stuck on stupid 'cause statistically most folks who do it go to jail. End of story. JMHO
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Originally posted by Steeltrap
I'm with you, Eclipse. I just can't fluff off such activities, particularly ones which, IMO, have contributed to the breakdown of our family structure by rendering many young men unsuitable for marriage and financial contribution (not necessarily sole-breadwinning) to a family unit.
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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I agree with both Eclipse and Steeltrap. I was actually quite shocked last week when Bamboozled said that. It just did not sound like her @ all. I would be more prone to date a white collar criminal who was framed than a drug dealer EVER. I have family members on drugs (as we all do), have folks in my family who sold drugs and was imprisoned, and the destruction of the family has been compounded by drug use and abuse. There are too many mothers crying over their kids' dying.
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Ok, so I see I need to clarify what I'm saying. Like I said in my original post, I don't condone illegal activity in any form and I WOULD NOT date an incarcerated man. My response was to gamma_girl52, who questioned how these men could describe themselves as calm, respectful, loving or friendly. I stand by the fact that while these men (assuming we're talking about drug dealers) are indeed criminals and deserve to be exactly where they are, I can't say that I don't understand the mindset that leads them to a life of crime. Come on now, we all know someone who sells, sold, or has the potential to sell drugs. Some of them are our family members or ex-boyfriends or just associates. I know brothas that sold drugs in college (as I'm sure you do) so they could pay tuition and hit their families off with a little something to take care of home. Does that make them monsters? In my opinion, no...... just stupid and misguided. And I'm not talking about some Nino Brown type brotha. I'm talking about the brotha that grew up around poverty and drugs all his life and in his warped mind, selling drugs is the only answer. Yes, I know that we all have choices in life and that if Bobby Joe down the block got out of the hood and went to college, why can't these brothas? Simply put, some of us have figured out how to play this game and some of us haven't. I guess when it comes to matters like this, I look at the bigger picture. To me, drug dealing is a symptom of much deeper socio-economic issues. It's much more important to discuss how to alleviate those issues, IMO.
And how many of y'all are rockin' to Jay-Z, 50 Cents, Tupac, Biggie, Snoop, Nas, et al., ..... all self proclaimed drug dealers? How many threads have we had about who wants to get with Jay and Nas and whoever else? What makes them so different? Because they didn't get caught? If these same jaildudes (LOL) had got a record deal and a little bling-bling before they got locked up, it would be all love, I'm sure
. So yes, Bamboozled has love for all of my brothas, even the stupid, misguided ones. I refuse to write them off as the rest of the world seems to do.