>I think that high black incarceration rate has more
to do with the
cult
>of violence that grew like a cancre in black
community (with the
>encouragement of white enertainment industry and
>let's-look-the-other-way attitudes of black leaders
and progressive
>activists) than with racism or economy. A black male
can gen status
and
>peer recognition by being a violent "gangsta" (to the
point that the
>popular expression to say that something is good is
"it's gangsta")
>rather than becoming a professional. The black role
models are
>"ganstas," criminals, and cheerleaders of violence
and bigotry (aka
hip
>hop singers) rather than professionals, civil
leaders, or
intellectuals.
>With such a strong encouragement of violent behavior
it is no surprise
>that black males turn to violence in greater numbers
than other ethnic groups.
>
the high rate of incarceration of economically disenfranchised blacks has been around alot longer than "gansta rap" or the 'cult of violence'...whatever that is. it's not a new thing.....perhaps more acute and everyone is only more aware of it now but need i remind you that Malcolm X was origionally a 'gangsta'? it was not a new thing then either.......
~M.E.
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