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THUG CULTURE IS DANGEROUS THREAT TO BLACK AMERICA !!!!!!!

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Source: yahoo

By Cynthia Tucker
Sat Jan 14, 8:13 PM ET



...... "The victims of thug culture are more likely to be young black men such
as Lonniel Wade, 20, shot to death in November 2004 as he walked home
from work in a run-down suburban Atlanta neighborhood. His killer,
Alvin High, 18, told friends he shot Wade to test a gun he had stolen. "

A black-oriented cable channel, BET, plans to air a new unscripted
show celebrating Kimberly Jones -- aka Lil' Kim -- for her crimes.
Promotional ads for the show, "Countdown to Lockdown," declare that
Jones entered prison with her "mouth shut, head held high, as she
refuses to snitch."

Jones, a rap star, recently began serving a year and a day for lying
to a grand jury investigating a 2001 shootout between her entourage
and a rival rap crew. BET is playing her lawlessness for all the money
it can make.

One executive, Reginald Hudlin, declared that "Countdown" -- six
episodes filmed during Jones' final two weeks of freedom -- will
reveal the "consequences of (Jones') choices." But Tracey Edmonds,
executive director of "Countdown," was less restrained in her
enthusiasm for those choices, saying she would "have to support"
Jones.

"... Even though it was against the law, she was under a lot of
pressure. ... She was taught from day one that you do not snitch,"
Edmonds said.

Is this why the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made the ultimate
sacrifice? Is this why Rosa Parks refused to yield her seat? Did
countless civil rights veterans put everything on the line so that,
someday, a handful of black men and women could make a fortune
encouraging young blacks to lawlessness?

The popularity of thug culture is among the most serious of modern-day
threats to black America, far more dangerous than any lingering
institutional racism. Its mores mimic prison culture: the ubiquitous
droopy-pants-look drew its inspiration from jail procedures, where men
are stripped of their belts upon arrest. It romanticizes casual
violence, helping to ensure that black fratricide will go on unabated.

According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, black men are the
likely perpetrators in more than 40 percent of the homicides in which
a suspect has been identified. That's staggering -- given that black
men account for only about 6 percent of the population. But black men
are their own worst enemies: They also account for about 40 percent of
the nation's homicide victims.

No drumbeat or rhyme ever put a gun in anyone's hand. But some rap
lyrics do make violence seem an assurance of manliness. Not only does
much rap music (and I use the word "music" advisedly) glorify men who
carry guns and intimidate or kill their foes, but some rap artists
have engaged in actual violence. Some have gone to prison. Some are
dead. Apparently, their close association with criminal activity gives
them "street creds," making them more popular.

Yet few prominent black activists raise their voices against this
insidious industry. You can count on the usual suspects to protest
discrimination in housing or education or employment or even TV roles.
But you cannot count on them to mount a vigorous assault on thug
culture and the violence it perpetuates.

Now that a multibillion-dollar industry has grown up around thug
culture, it will be very difficult to tamp down. Not only have a
handful of black artists and producers become very wealthy, but so
have many whites. Indeed, raunchy rap music sells well in affluent
white suburbs, where teens may enjoy the vicarious thrill but are
insulated from the real-life risks.

So, for that matter, are affluent blacks such as Hudlin, a Harvard
grad, or Edmonds, a successful Hollywood executive recently separated
from wealthy music producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. They can
afford to live in high-walled seclusion, away from the casual violence
they pimp to others. Even Lil' Kim is likely to survive her
incarceration with her bank account intact. In fact, with her BET
deal, Jones must have become more valuable the closer she got to
prison.

The victims of thug culture are more likely to be young black men such
as Lonniel Wade, 20, shot to death in November 2004 as he walked home
from work in a run-down suburban Atlanta neighborhood. His killer,
Alvin High, 18, told friends he shot Wade to test a gun he had stolen.

In their confession to police, High and his friends said they had been
cruising the streets listening to music by a group called "Crime Mob."
Its lyrics include the following:

"Pop wit a glock and I stay wit a K (AK47)

"If you come my way

"I'm act a fool
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