Feb 9, 2012

Black-On-Black Murder

Black-On-Black murder is an epidemic in the black community. Everywhere you turn, you hear about a black person being killed by someone of his own race. I shake my head at black-on-black murders because blacks are doing to each other what white supremacist groups did to blacks decades earlier. There's no need for white supremacist groups to exterminate blacks because we (blacks) are doing a good enough job ourselves. I think self-hate and low self-esteem are the cause because if you don't value yourself, you won't value someone else. When drugs were brought into black neighborhoods, it turned into a melee because it fostered competition between gangs and drug dealers who fought for economic supremacy. Regular young black men got into the drug industry because it enabled them to provide for their families. There was a time when black people came together for a common cause. In the civil rights era when blacks faced discrimination and prejudice, they grouped up and handled business. Blacks of old got along. Those days are long gone and that's pathetic. We need to go back in the day where blacks fought with their fists instead of guns. If you have to pick up a gun to win a fight, you're a coward. Other races can come to America and co-exist but blacks have been in this country for centuries and can't co-exist. Going further, black on black murder can result from a black person being envious of another's success.

2 comments:

  1. Its just sad. We kill our own over the silliest things. "He stepped on my shoes", and even if the offender apologizes, they could still be killed. A few months ago, we heard about the ridiculousness surrounding those Jordans and all of the shootings and fights that occured. People have so much pride and very little of any other qualities. Parents are now teaching their kids to not let anyone do them wrong and to be vengeful. They even go so far as to teach get them before they get you. That philosophy leads straight to the jail and or grave via jail.

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  2. It's craziness to me. "He looked at me wrong", pow pow pow. It's all about pride as you said. No one wants to be seen as soft so for many young black men, respect is all they feel they have and if they feel disrespected, deadly repercussions are in order. I understand not letting anyone do you wrong but at the expense of another's life? I can't respect that.

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