I think that BET must think black people are stupid with their 25 events that mis-shaped black America program.  To include hip hop on the list on the same channel that sells it!

 

This type of entertainment is typical of today: one lie with one truth, knowing that the lie is actually a lie.

 

It is clear that the intellectuals in the black community understand the problem, but are we making enough noise to make a difference?  The stats would say no.  The dependence on welfare remains.  Drugs remain.  Gangs remain.

 

The program went so far as to blame religion for the current plight of blacks.  This is ridiculous.  Misappropriation of religion has not kept them down as much as their inability to, on the whole, form upwardly mobile communities.  Of course there are successes, but on the whole, it is safe to say that with such a large percentage of the males in jail, blacks can hardly claim to be a self loving community.

Hip Hop isn't the problem, it starts in the home. (for EXAMPLE) I am not so narrow-minded that I would be hypnotized by a lyric. My mother didn't raise a fool, and if someone is that easily misguided then there wasn't that support in the home. ------------------------------------------------- To hell with TV and Music when bringing up a child. V-Chip's are in the tv's now, and even if they hear or see something somewhere else, they will have LEARNED from their loving concerned parents that give a damn about their lives. ------------------------------------------------- The reason I say that, is to say this: We have the current state of African American's in America, but that can't stop us from raising our kids correctly. We just have to take what we have learned from these matters and make sure our kids know how to deal with America. ------------------------------------------------- This doesn't (however) stop us from putting our foot down in this damn country for the obsurd things going on. If we aren't going to fight for ourselves or our people, we must do it for our children or throw them into the mess also. Dr. King did it for us. -------- "An uneducated mind is two steps behind" - Blu

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Spend less time on hate'n, and more time on actually becoming something, and maybe we can elminate the Black on Black BS.