Gang-related music videos driving gun violence in DC: report
A new report claims D.C. gang members making music videos taunting their rivals on social media are the primary drivers of gun violence in the nation's capital.
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Gang-related music videos driving gun violence in DC: report
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MisterHappy
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Well, if the pen is mightier than the sword, the modern analogy is the Toc Tik is mightier than the Glock.
StevieP
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From the AG's office statement:
How many more resources can these communities consume, and they're still crapholes full of a**h***s?
It's not a race problem. It's a culture problem.
But the BIGGER problem is that most everyone of the same race (in seemingly every city in America) seems to associate themselves with the same culture. Its part of their identity and their being.
Ask most people you know to write a list of five or ten things that describe themselves. Husband, father, [your occupation], "gun enthusiast" (among NES members), golfer, fisherman, boater, Harley rider, Christian or whatever, will be the typical responses. The fact you're white *probably* won't be on your list.
But ask the typical inner-city POC to write their list, and the fact that they're a proud black person will be pretty near the top of their list. They seem to identify with their minority status, and collectively adhere to the mindset of victimhood, and for some reason, the criminal element. Drugs, gangs, poverty, illiteracy, etc. all seem to be an acceptable part of that "culture."
Not really sure where I'm going with this, so I'll end it before I write something that could be construed as racist. I am not. But I am observant. The trends are hard not to notice.
But if I have a point, it's that there seems to be a need to disassociate color from identity. Maybe they'd stop turning a blind eye from criminals because they'd see them for what they are -- criminals -- and not "someone like them."
How many more resources can these communities consume, and they're still crapholes full of a**h***s?
It's not a race problem. It's a culture problem.
But the BIGGER problem is that most everyone of the same race (in seemingly every city in America) seems to associate themselves with the same culture. Its part of their identity and their being.
Ask most people you know to write a list of five or ten things that describe themselves. Husband, father, [your occupation], "gun enthusiast" (among NES members), golfer, fisherman, boater, Harley rider, Christian or whatever, will be the typical responses. The fact you're white *probably* won't be on your list.
But ask the typical inner-city POC to write their list, and the fact that they're a proud black person will be pretty near the top of their list. They seem to identify with their minority status, and collectively adhere to the mindset of victimhood, and for some reason, the criminal element. Drugs, gangs, poverty, illiteracy, etc. all seem to be an acceptable part of that "culture."
Not really sure where I'm going with this, so I'll end it before I write something that could be construed as racist. I am not. But I am observant. The trends are hard not to notice.
But if I have a point, it's that there seems to be a need to disassociate color from identity. Maybe they'd stop turning a blind eye from criminals because they'd see them for what they are -- criminals -- and not "someone like them."
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