Whilst i understand where some of you are coming from, i deem it a little bit far-fetched, rather unusual, that you would somehow directly try to link black incarceration, unemployment, anti-intellectual attitudes and crime rate to black women. Now that is bloated, bigoted and mean-spirited. It is hardly possible that the dream of every black woman is an uneducated, misogynistic, underachieving, gold-toothed frat boy who has not goal in life but to wreck that of others. At least not with the black women i know. It is one thing to have opinions but it's another for you to act as though the objects of your opinions are universal. That is exactly some of the actions of a number of whites that we vehemently despise and so to do the same thing reeks of hypocrisy if you ask me.
Comments like "sistahs will pass up on him for a thug lookin shyt for brain, ignorant azz fool, then talk shyt about how brothers ain't shyt" are not only inarticulate but are subjective. All black women do not have such attitudes and whilst i do not expect you to hand-pick the ones who harbor such sentiments, at least it should dawn on you that whenever you are to express yourself, be concise about it. The last time i checked, only a handful of black women actually want such black males. The majority of black women prefer an intelligent, educated, well-spoken and modest man. I do understand that many black women despise black males with white females (and black males share similar feelings) but to consider interracial relationships as some sort of conspiracy against black female rage is inane.
Now i do know that you guys mean well and did not want to go on an anti-black female diatribe but this b.s has got to stop some time. I am tired of black people bashing one another for the mis-steps of each other. If a black individual screws up, he has more than enough white people who want to burn him alive so why do we need to fuel up his body? Isn't that making his roast quicker?
Tonytony said that sistas want sistas want a thug because they believe he is less likely to go with a white woman in doing this the brotha remains in a deadbeat situation because she wont allow him to develop (if he tries to they call him "sellout" or "uncle tom") and she happy to stay with him because she thinks he wont be attracted to white girls. That is just not true for the most part. Although you are right about the existence of thugs who like white women (who said a thug cannot love/be loved), it is entirely up to that man to do what is best for him. If he goes off to college, gets a job and settles down, he might be despised by some but his life is comfortable and guess what, he is too!!! At least he does not have to worry about unpaid bills anymore and things along those lines. On the other hand, what common sense does it make to please a moron when you are not pleased with your self? It is foolish to gain the whole world and lose yourself. There are not thugs in the hood because of black women; being a thug is a conscious choice one makes. You cannot be forced to be one; it's either you are or you are not. There ain't no alternatives.
Most black women, at least in my experiences, appreciate intelligent, educated and enlightened black men. If so, what could explain the fact that 90% of black marriages are betwen black men and women, 87% of black married couples are dual job, middle class couples as well as the fact that 75% of black people live in "middle class upwards "households. Since about 8% of black males marry white women, it would make sense to assume that most of these achieving black men are married to black women. Now that makes that "myth" foul.
Whilst we share similar sentiments in our dismay of the way gangsta rappers are "uplifted", i do not believe it is necessarily a conscious thing, especially with these new generation. Seeing as hip-hop is almost a "must-do" for most young black folks regardless of your general persuasion, we tend to support these guys who we relate to. Indeed, there are some who are solely intrigued by 50 Cent's gangsta persona and past, most black folks support him because well, he's still a black man and his support, like that of most black visible figures in fields from entertainment to politics, are just reflective of that "communal" attitudes of African-Americans that dates as far back as slave days. Due to what blacks in America have been through, we feel that we gotta have each other's back even when they hit you away. After all, black folks still rejoiced at Michael Jackson and O.J Simpson's respective acquittals despite their "selling out". Tiger Woods, whilst hated by many blacks, is still given the respect he deserves and black magazines, newspapers and colums never stop talk about his continual successes. And remember this is the man who time and time again, refuses to be labeled "black" even though 98% of America sees his as just that.
So in conclusion, i feel thatthe anti-intellectual attitudes shared by blacks is as a reflection of their surroundings and up-bringings and not because blacks are inherently stupid and bad people.
