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Culture of Violence
Can you imagine the terror a two-year-old must feel as he is being mauled
and shredded by the family pit bull? It happened again in Atlanta. The mother turns her back and minutes later her child is dead. Now I’m fixin’ to say some controversial things here. What the hell, are they going to fire me? But as soon as I went on line and saw the headline at AJC.com I knew -- was 95% sure – that when I read the actual story I was going to find that the family that suffered this tragedy was black. And I was right. Oh! So you think that’s raaaaacist? Sorry, dumbass, but you don’t know the definition of racist. This has absolutely nothing to do with skin color. This is about culture. It’s about the predatory violence that pretty much forms the basis for young urban black culture. Can you argue, for instance, that violence is not at the core of the rap music that permeates urban black culture. There is a reason why young black males commit violent crimes far and away out of their percentage of our population, and it damned sure isn’t poverty. When you don’t have enough to eat you don’t kill someone for their necklace or tennis shoes. There is nothing in the DNA that causes a young black male to adopt a warrior attitude toward pretty much everyone he encounters. There is nothing in the DNA that causes a black teenager to shoot a baby in the head. This is learned behavior, not inherent behavior. Sooner or later we’re going to have to admit that black urban culture in America is violent and dangerous, and that it has nothing to do with race. Oh sure! The members of this violent culture would LOVE to make this all about race, about skin color. After all, there’s nothing much they can do about that. Racism is YOUR problem to solve, not theirs. But if the problems are cultural and not racial … well then that’s an altogether different situation. Now it’s THEIR problem. Theirs is the culture that needs addressing, needs changing. As long as they can play the racism card that’s a problem they won’t have to face. OK … back to the pit bulls. Don’t give me this Bolshoi about pit bulls being kind and gentle. Just Google pit bull attacks and you’ll find that these dogs are inherently vicious. The dog that killed this toddler had been in the family for eight years. Sooner or later some little tweak, some minor little irritation, was going to short circuit this dog and cause it to attack someone. Much has been said about guns in the home. Well, let me tell you this. I would NEVER let a child of mine go to a friend’s home to play or to spend the night if there was a pit bull in that household. Wouldn’t happen. So … why are pit bulls pretty much the dog of choice in urban black neighborhoods! The answer is simple. Because they’re perceived as mean and dangerous … and this is exactly young black males want to be looked, as mean and potentially dangerous. Come on, folks! Just look at how they pose for pictures? Do you see any smiles? Anything that looks friendly? See those heads tilted back? Ask your friendly neighborhood anthropologist what that particular gesture means. Better yet … click here. http://center-for-nonverbal-studies.org/headback.htm You’ll find it interesting. So the next time you meet a young black male, and you see that head go back ever so slightly, you’ll know what’s being communicated. So if you want to be a mean, dangerous, threatening urban bro, get a mean, dangerous, threatening dog. That way people will know just what a bad dude you are. There are other ramifications of this immense pit bull popularity in black neighborhoods. How many times have we read over the last year of a police office shooting a family pet, usually with minimal or no provocation? Well, as long as you’re already screaming “raaaaaacist” at me anyway, I’ll ask you to consider this. I would suggest that in the majority of these family pet shootings you’ll find that the police officer involved was black, and you’ll also find that he was raised in an urban black neighborhood where pit bulls are prevalent. Not having that much experience with other breeds, this means that the police officer is conditioned to believe that dogs are dangerous and will rip you to shreds without warning. So .. when confronted with a dog, shoot first and ask questions later. I’ve asked some reporter friends of mine to look into the statistics here, but they don’t quite have the courage to do it. It’s as if a message from the black community has been sent to them: “Hey, pal. I hear you’re doing a little story on the culture of violence in our community. Make no mistake. If you proceed with this we will paint you with a coat of racism that you’ll never be able to take off.” Me? What are they going to do to me? Not listen to my show any more? Heartbreaker |
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