Fellas,
I apologize for taking TNH in a different direction with this post, but I'm fascinated by this topic, especially considering the death of Sean Taylor.
Jason Whitlock of the KC newspaper published an interesting article on foxsports.com today talking about the death of Sean Taylor.
I admit, while sad when hearing about the shooting of Sean Taylor, I wondered if he had done something wrong to warrant the attack. Taylor's checkered past perhaps did get him in trouble and Whitlock comments that this the Black KKK, or young black men, are killing other young black men at a more alarming rate than the white KKK of the 50s and 60s killed blacks.
He mentions the black race, so quick to point fingers as to why their young black men are unsuccessful and often criminal prone, cannot point the finger at themselves. He blames hip-hop music, TV, movies etc that glorify the "street and gang life". He says how can a race so troubled be given a free pass through the media to glorify the very things that are killing it?
Here's the article: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7499442
Very fascinating. Do you believe that the media/hip-hop etc is to blame for the problems of black athletes and of young black men throughout America? Please share your thoughts.
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I don't have the statistics to back this up, but from my experience as a former purveyor of the kind of music and media we are discussing far more WHITE kids were buying hip hop CD's than black kids. Granted, I did work at Kenwood Town Centre, which is in a predominantly white neighborhood.
However, I don't think that it is at all possible to blame a sociological trend on any one thing. It's hardly surprising to see such analysis on the FOX Sports website.
I would also love to see the statistics of black on black violence next to white on white, black on white, and white on black. As we all know, you can use statistics like that to prove just about anything you want.
We'll be back for more "Outside the Lines" with Bob Ley.
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