Interesting artical about Sean Taylors death

[gixxerboy1]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7...PHCP&GT1=10637

There's a reason I call them the Black KKK. The pain, the fear and the destruction are all the same.

Someone who loved Sean Taylor is crying right now. The life they knew has been destroyed, an 18-month-old baby lost her father, and, if you're a black man living in America, you've been reminded once again that your life is in constant jeopardy of violent death.
The Black KKK claimed another victim, a high-profile professional football player with a checkered past this time.

No, we don't know for certain the circumstances surrounding Taylor's death. I could very well be proven wrong for engaging in this sort of aggressive speculation. But it's no different than if you saw a fat man fall to the ground clutching his chest. You'd assume a heart attack, and you'd know, no matter the cause, the man needed to lose weight.

Well, when shots are fired and a black man hits the pavement, there's every statistical reason to believe another black man pulled the trigger. That's not some negative, unfair stereotype. It's a reality we've been living with, tolerating and rationalizing for far too long.

When the traditional, white KKK lynched, terrorized and intimidated black folks at a slower rate than its modern-day dark-skinned replacement, at least we had the good sense to be outraged and in no mood to contemplate rationalizations or be fooled by distractions.


Our new millennium strategy is to pray the Black KKK goes away or ignores us. How's that working?

About as well as the attempt to shift attention away from this uniquely African-American crisis by focusing on an alleged injustice the white media allegedly perpetrated against Sean Taylor.

Within hours of his death, there was a story circulating that members of the black press were complaining that news outlets were disrespecting Taylor's victimhood by reporting on his troubled past

No disrespect to Taylor, but he controlled the way he would be remembered by the way he lived. His immature, undisciplined behavior with his employer, his run-ins with law enforcement, which included allegedly threatening a man with a loaded gun, and the fact a vehicle he owned was once sprayed with bullets are all pertinent details when you've been murdered.

Marcellus Wiley, a former NFL player, made the radio circuit Wednesday, singing the tune that athletes are targets. That was his explanation for the murders of Taylor and Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams and the armed robberies of NBA players Antoine Walker and Eddy Curry.

Really?

Let's cut through the bull(manure) and deal with reality. Black men are targets of black men. Period. Go check the coroner's office and talk with a police detective. These bullets aren't checking W-2s.

Rather than whine about white folks' insensitivity or reserve a special place of sorrow for rich athletes, we'd be better served mustering the kind of outrage and courage it took in the 1950s and 1960s to stop the white KKK from hanging black men from trees.

But we don't want to deal with ourselves. We take great joy in prescribing medicine to cure the hate in other people's hearts. Meanwhile, our self-hatred, on full display for the world to see, remains untreated, undiagnosed and unrepentant.

Our self-hatred has been set to music and reinforced by a pervasive culture that promotes a crab-in-barrel mentality.

You're damn straight I blame hip hop for playing a role in the genocide of American black men. When your leading causes of death and dysfunction are murder, ignorance and incarceration, there's no reason to give a free pass to a culture that celebrates murder, ignorance and incarceration.

Of course there are other catalysts, but until we recapture the minds of black youth, convince them that it's not OK to "super man dat ho" and end any and every dispute by "cocking on your bitch," nothing will change.

Does a Soulja Boy want an education?

HBO did a fascinating documentary on Little Rock Central High School, the Arkansas school that required the National Guard so that nine black kids could attend in the 1950s. Fifty years later, the school is one of the nation's best in terms of funding and educational opportunities. It's 60 percent black and located in a poor black community.

Watch the documentary and ask yourself why nine poor kids in the '50s risked their lives to get a good education and a thousand poor black kids today ignore the opportunity that is served to them on a platter.

Blame drugs, blame Ronald Reagan, blame George Bush, blame it on the rain or whatever. There's only one group of people who can change the rotten, anti-education, pro-violence culture our kids have adopted. We have to do it.

According to reports, Sean Taylor had difficulty breaking free from the unsavory characters he associated with during his youth.

The "keepin' it real" mantra of hip hop is in direct defiance to evolution. There's always someone ready to tell you you're selling out if you move away from the immature and dangerous activities you used to do, you're selling out if you speak proper English, embrace education, dress like a grown man, do anything mainstream.

The Black KKK is enforcing the same crippling standards as its parent organization. It wants to keep black men in their place — uneducated, outside the mainstream and six feet deep.

In all likelihood, the Black Klan and its mentality buried Sean Taylor, and any black man or boy reading this could be next.

[Teabagger]

Yes I read that article yesterday. I thought it was well written and pretty much cut to the chase. Of course if it plays out as history would suggest the article will be called racist and written by an "uncle Tom". I have already heard shots taken at him (the writer) for not taking to task the "white" media which discussed the subjects previous lifestyle that usually ends this way.

Sure it is sad and a tradegy, but lets blame who is to blame, and this time I'll bet a dime to a dollar it is not "whitey".

[bpm1]

people have to take responsibilty for their actions and futures.i like that this guy is saying it the way it is. stand up and take charge of your life and stop blaming everyone else for your problems no more scapegoats, JMHO

[RA]

linky no worky

[juicejunkie2]

Very well written indeed.. I specially like the "keepin' it real". The whole violent "black" culture definitely smacks you in the mouth here in Detroit (yes they took their rightful spot back from StLouis as the most dangerous city i nthe US).. black men killing black men. At our ED we never wonder if we'll get a GSW (Gun Shot Victim) today .. we wonder how many? It's a sad truth and what's sadder is that the young ones never had a chance to begin with.

[thegodfather]

Yes I read that article yesterday. I thought it was well written and pretty much cut to the chase. Of course if it plays out as history would suggest the article will be called racist and written by an "uncle Tom". I have already heard shots taken at him (the writer) for not taking to task the "white" media which discussed the subjects previous lifestyle that usually ends this way.

Sure it is sad and a tradegy, but lets blame who is to blame, and this time I'll bet a dime to a dollar it is not "whitey".

Whats wrong with talking about his passed? Forget what color someones skin is, you can be a gangbanger no matter what. If you were a "homie gangbanger" years ago, just because you have money and an opportunity doesn't mean you've abandoned that lifestyle. Most of the people in the ghettos have nothing to live for, they kill people over $20. At least when the Italians were a lot stronger and had control over the citys they didnt shoot innocent women and children, or cops for that matter. These people in the 'hoods' are like animals, they'll kill anyone for any reason, and sometimes NO REASON. Its really sickening. Its honestly a hard world to understand, in the same way that we dont understand extreme Islamists.

I agree that Rap music glorifies drinkin 40s on the street corner, keepin ur glock strapped, slappin yo baby mama, killin cops, "merckin fools", and whatever else, but I am not in favor of censorship. Other types of music exist which glorify drugs or other things, but most people dont go out and start doing those things. I think if the Italians took over the citys again, all this shit would be a lot quieter. The homie gangbangers knew there place in those days.