A Man Who Happens To Be Black

Why is thuggishness (for lack of a better word) a black thing? Is it because it originated with Blacks? It goes back to this business of "acting black" or "acting white"...there's no such thing. I can see that because thuggishness is most often seen in the Black community that it becomes a stereotype. We can all see that. I follow you and empathize with you on one facet of your argument...perpetuating stereotypes is just as detrimental as judging members of society by them. But the bottom line is that thuggishness is not a Black mentality...it's just a mentality, period.

 

Bear in mind, guys, that there are white people out here in the world who would (or will) use all of these same points within this very discussion as a more prominent basis to advocate BS white supremacy and superiority...

just some food for thought...

 

Dually noted.

 

Ok ...

All thugs are different in every race. I wouldn't expect a Black thug to act like an Arab thug, with a turban draped and a bombed attached to his back with an AK 47 in his hands saying, "Death to America." Or an Italian mobster to be in baggy jeans and white tee saying, "Ayo we gon' be shootin' dice on tha corna nigga. That's wassup, B!" That's why I specifically said Black thug. That's what I expect out of Black thugs. They're the originator of that kind of street talk and fashion.

So you're right it's not a Black mentality. It's a Black thug's mentality.

 

I follow you.

 

Thanks for the warning! I agree with you. Perhaps, I could have made that point in a better way.

I just simply want black people to set their personal standards high without allowing society to define them, and to not make excuses for achieving or missing them.

 

Very interesting JReminator. You've definitely got some good points here. I think that desire to dominate another group is actually in our human makeup for one reason or another. A member on here once asked the question of if black men had all of the power and influence over people instead of white people, would we abuse it the same way that they have? When he asked it, i didn't think that we would abuse that kind of power because sometimes it seems like we're just a people in search of a place to fit in this world, but when i think about how Africans were enslaving and degrading other Africans and things, i'm not so sure anymore.