June 09, 2011

DEAD NI**A BOULEVARD


Another gunshot, another fatality.Senseless acts of violence seem to plague the African-American community. From city city, young  lives are taken at an alarming rate.Both famous and non-famous,both gang related and non-gang related youth.Never the less,each time a young life is taken,it emphasizes a serious problem. There is a bleak reality facing our youth,and violence seems to be the inevitable solution to a deep-rotted issue that has plagued black males for years.

There is no hope, no redemption, and violence remains the sovereign force among the streets of inner city neighbor hoods. Black males are inundated with music that tells them to be tough, movies that show them how to tough, and girls who perpetuate this "tough" ideal that results in one life after the other being taken away. 

Further than mass media, many of these young men feel emotionally and mentally isolated as they are not able vent may frustrations that oppose that "ideal". Mothers want their sons to be worriers, sister want their brothers to protect them, and God forbid anything that disappoints Grandmom. It is the aforementioned attributes in addition to a lack of guidance and direction that contributes to an ever increasing list of young black fatalities.


 We gotta wake up....








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