EtH's Rant like 6 or something: The White Man Keeping You Down?

Originally Posted by Jason

minorities are typically the bulk of the people you find in the ghetto.. they were obviously oppressed in the past and it made it harder for them to build good lives for themselves and the problem is that poverty breeds crime and crime breeds poverty so its a vicious cycle..
i think its easy for someone who grew up in a decent way to look at the ghetto and think its easy to put yourself through school and get yourself out.. but think how hard is not to do the dumb shit your friends do sometimes ... imagine that on a much larger scale and you can have some idea of how hard it would be to be the one kid who stays away from gangs, drugs, and crime to make a life for himself.

its sad really .. people in ghettos almost have no chance at a good life

i remember reading this thing a while back where the government tried placing people in very low income areas into nice affluent areas to see if living away from the bad influences made a difference and it did . the problem is people in those neighbourhoods didnt want them in their areas so the program eventually ended

The first part I completely agree with. The reason the "ghetto" is filled with specific races is because of previous years of inequality.

But I don't agree that you have no chance at a good life. Even I'm an example of it. When I was 9, I was smoking and drinking, getting into fights and shit. The average job of people my age from my estate in Glasgow is working in Tesco, trying to get money to feed your 5 year old child. Now, I don't smoke or drink, and I'm in college to get into something I'm interested in the doing. The reason for this is because I'm not stupid. I always had two sides to life. I'd be doing stupid shit under the influence of my big brother and his mates, and I'd be doing shit in school and trying to get the best marks in the class. If you're shooting people and joining gangs based on the colour of your jumper, then you're NOT intelligent.

And for everyone blah blah blah-ing on about inequality. Show me a job where black people don't have huge parts of it.

Teaching? Loads of black people.
Doctors? Loads of black people.
Music Industry? Almost a majority of black people.
Film Industry? Loads of black people.
Politics? #1 is black.
Sports? Almost a majority of black people.

You name it, and there is a huge amount of black people working. If there's racial inequality, you guys might want to look at the middle eastern looking men and not at the brothas.

Originally Posted by Jason

minorities are typically the bulk of the people you find in the ghetto.. they were obviously oppressed in the past and it made it harder for them to build good lives for themselves and the problem is that poverty breeds crime and crime breeds poverty so its a vicious cycle..
i think its easy for someone who grew up in a decent way to look at the ghetto and think its easy to put yourself through school and get yourself out.. but think how hard is not to do the dumb shit your friends do sometimes ... imagine that on a much larger scale and you can have some idea of how hard it would be to be the one kid who stays away from gangs, drugs, and crime to make a life for himself.

its sad really .. people in ghettos almost have no chance at a good life

i remember reading this thing a while back where the government tried placing people in very low income areas into nice affluent areas to see if living away from the bad influences made a difference and it did . the problem is people in those neighbourhoods didnt want them in their areas so the program eventually ended

The first part I completely agree with. The reason the "ghetto" is filled with specific races is because of previous years of inequality.

But I don't agree that you have no chance at a good life. Even I'm an example of it. When I was 9, I was smoking and drinking, getting into fights and shit. The average job of people my age from my estate in Glasgow is working in Tesco, trying to get money to feed your 5 year old child. Now, I don't smoke or drink, and I'm in college to get into something I'm interested in the doing. The reason for this is because I'm not stupid. I always had two sides to life. I'd be doing stupid shit under the influence of my big brother and his mates, and I'd be doing shit in school and trying to get the best marks in the class. If you're shooting people and joining gangs based on the colour of your jumper, then you're NOT intelligent.

And for everyone blah blah blah-ing on about inequality. Show me a job where black people don't have huge parts of it.

Teaching? Loads of black people.
Doctors? Loads of black people.
Music Industry? Almost a majority of black people.
Film Industry? Loads of black people.
Politics? #1 is black.
Sports? Almost a majority of black people.

You name it, and there is a huge amount of black people working. If there's racial inequality, you guys might want to look at the middle eastern looking men and not at the brothas.