Everyone wants to live in a safe environment that's crime-free with good schools. Your financial standing determines where you'll live: Will you live in the ghetto or in an upscale community? Contrary to popular belief, there are blacks who don't want to live amongst their own and you can't blame them. Who wants to live among violence and poverty? In the black community, the no snitching rule is prevalent. If you see criminal activity, keep it to yourself because you never know who's watching. Your house gets shot up, and people saw the shooter(s), but won't come forward. I think the reason why some blacks don't come to the police is because of distrust. Relations between blacks and police haven't been on good terms, so I don't expect some blacks to come forward. The issue is when one of their own gets shot, and expects someone to come forward with what they know.
I don't want to live around blacks either. It's not a race thing, but a safety issue. Historically, black communities in major US cities have been rife with poverty, drugs and violence, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. It's sad, but that's the reality. There are a few working-class & upper-middle class black communities that are crime & drug-free, where residents have a rapport with the law. I think some of them are in Metro Atlanta and the DMV (Washington, DC Metro area). Let's be honest: People want to live in good neighborhoods with great schools, and if that means one ethnicity will dominate that area, who cares. At the same time, even some inner-city residents secretly aspire to live in better environments for their children. Rapper The Game (Jayceon Taylor) said it himself: He couldn't raise his children in the same environment he came up in.
Just because some blacks have the financial means to live in better neighborhoods, that doesn't make them any less black. This suburban black vs. inner-city black rivalry is crazy. Last time I checked, collectively, all blacks are in the same boat.
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