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How do black people feel about the segment of black culture that does nothing but pump hatred, violence and drugs into your community while maintaining the ‘down with the white man’ mentality? Does it bother you when you see a 50 cent video where he’s glorifying adultery and bragging about his $2 million cars while black people in your own city have no food or good education opportunities and shoot each other for no good reason?
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Name : Steel, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Baptist, Age : 30, City : na, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : Insurance, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,It outrages me. I am not the ‘average’ 22 year old young woman. I’m married, don’t have children yet, going to college for my Masters in Social Work and I love the Lord in action and in deed. In a single-parent home, I grew up in a middle-class family; didn’t always get what I wanted but never had lack of what I needed. Money & wealth was not placed in front of me as something to worship. I was taught with the ideology to have goals of successfulness but that that was not always measured in materialistic things. So in a lot of ways that kind of behavior doesn’t make sense to me; (aside from trickin’ themselves out for fame and wealth) but then again I didn’t grow up in that kind of lifestyle that 50 Cent and others like him portray. It bothers me even more when I see the peers of my generation, young men AND women, are destoying their lives, bodies and the lives of others. And note; it doesn’t have to be in the instance of ‘while black people in your own city have no food or good education opportunities…’. It’s shameful regardless. It also irks me because of the profound effects people like 50 have on today’s young women and girls; how they view themselves, men and life. Honestly, there are always going to be hindrances to the black community and especially black men, but that kind of thing; lifestyle & behavior makes it harder for future generations.
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Name : Sophisticated Lady, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 22, City : Jacksonville, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : Administration & Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,The people who ‘maintain the down with the white man mentality’ and those who ‘pump hatred and drugs’ into our community are two different groups. The Pro-Black aspect of our community is respected by most but not while white folk are present. The ‘gangsta rapper’ type are not as well-respected but money can buy respect and sadly in many instances when hard-working honest black folk need money for a funeral or whatever and they can’t get a loan they ask the ‘drug dealer’ type for the money and many will give (not loan) them the money. 50 cent is a character who represents an aspect of the black community that many people think is prevalent. These people can’t distinguish 50 cent from any other black person and think we are all ignorant and thuggish. I don’t like what 50cent claims to represent and I think he is accepted more in the white community than the black community, as white people consume more ‘Gangsta rap’ than black folk. He (50cent) lives in a very affluent white community so is he bringing them down? Why cant black folks get food or an education? Maybe if educated black folks like myself were fairly compensated then more kids would strive to educate themselves. The drug dealer is the only successful person a lot of kids see. Why would a kid want to seek higher education if they don’t see the payoff, can’t get a loan/job/promotion or even the benefit of the doubt what does education yield but the same result as not going to school.
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Name : Jim, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : African Methodist Episcopalian, Age : 32, City : jones, State : OH, Country : United States, Occupation : Tax accountant, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,We feel angry. 50 cent’s ‘get rich or die trying’ should be banned. The title is enough. Do we really want to push this kinda stuff on our kids!? And not just 50 cent of course. ( I didn’t support the movie by seeing it but I heard the acting was terrible. anyway). It’s like a catch-22 , the people who speak out about it don’t get heard because the men who promote this stuff ( yes, WHITE business men who control media) are out for a buck and according to me ‘they ( the whites) don’t love us’. Because you guys don’t, and never will. Before the 50 cent’s of this generation and the one before. You people ( and yes, some idiotic black people) will make a quick buck off the backs of people you don’t know or care about.
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Name : Christine28671, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 20, City : Hartford, State : CT, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Social class : Lower middle class,How do WE feel? Probably the same way Italian Americans felt about ‘The Godfather’ or Cuban Americans felt about ‘Scarface’; many mixed reactions. Me personally, I take it for what it was supposed to be; Entertainment. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Name : Brad28622, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 33, City : Winchester, State : VA, Country : United States, Occupation : Computer Tech, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,This particular segment of the black culture that you are referring to is the hip hop generation. Personally, it doesn’t necessarily bother me when I see rappers such as 50 cent glorifying what may bring African-Americans down. 50 cent’s rapping about how much money he possesses is a form of freedom of speech and expression and it is his right to so, although there are other things to rap about which other rappers do, the songs may consist of the struggle of Blacks, the hustle, love, or drugs. Why? Because most of the things rappers rap about are true when it comes to criminal life and making a living however it is possible. When a country is run by a specific group the people of that same group will benefit more over another group. Also all black people are not suffering and going without food or an education..and if so it’s the government’s job to make those things available to be who are at a disadvantage…I’ve never heard of anyone being killed for no good reason in only the black race…it does occur but please don’t generalize that because you are looking from the outside in..Whatever the media tells you is only what you know…jumping to conclusions is never good. Also it is not the rapper’s jobs to feed or educate anyone..Everyone has a choice..if you choose not to, that is your own failure..
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Name : Essence-P28674, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 18, City : Washington, State : MD, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,After living in a racially mixed lower-middle to middle class neighborhood for six years, I found that my black neighbors detested the ‘bad guys.’ (It seemed that we had more than our fair share of ‘bad guys’ living in our neighborhood) More often than not, the bad guys were black but what irked my neighbors more was that there was always a chance that their homes could be broken into; or they could get hit by a stray bullet while running errands. And that the police did not always respond in a timely manner. Most of my neighbors I was close to did not have the ‘down with the white man’ mentality, though. Being a white male I did not often have a chance to speak with people who were racially-biased.
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Name : Wayne, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Married, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Buddhist, Age : 36, City : Eugene, State : OR, Country : United States, Occupation : Parent, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Why should we care? Do you feel bad because of Hitler? Do you feel bad because of white slave owners? Do you feel bad because of Luke and Dylan? Do you feel bad because of Timothy McVeigh)? Those people represent themselves. Do you think that they come give their checks to blacks around the country? This is his money. There are poor whites, too. What about the likes of Donald Trump who like to show off their money? We are in a free country so let them use their money the way they want. The day when white people stop lumping everybody together is going to be a giant step for humanity.
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Name : Christelle, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, City : Buffalo, State : NY, Country : United States,How do you feel about white males who are pedophiles who rape and murder little girls and boys? How do you feel about white dude who shot up a mall recently, and killed eight innocent people? How do you feel about white serial killers? How do you feel about white men who commit white collar crimes that affect us all, i.e. the Enron Scandal? How do you feel about the two white men who killed an entire family during a home invasion in New York…repeatedly raped the mother and two daughters, then set the house on fire, and left them to die? How do you feel about all the white people in this country who lynched, raped and murdered black people just because they’re black? Lastly, how do you feel about our illustrious white president, who started a war…that has resulted in t
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Name : RhondaOutlaw, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 41, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Account Representative, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,
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