thats essentially the point. Everything ain't peachy keen in the world. Problems will arise, and if you have never dealt with those type ofproblems before then you might get left behind. not saying everything is peachy keen in the suburbs but hell, it sure aint like the "ghetto".
You see...this is why all of these arguments really hold no weight. Its clear that you all have not really experienced life in the hood.Originally Posted by wawaweewa
I'm sure there are unique things to be learned from living in the Jungle like Mogley but so what? I'm also sure that we can all go live in the desert like Bedouins for an extended period of time and learn .well......how to live in the desert.
There's a good reason why everyone who's not a sadist want to get the #%@% up out of poverty and the ghetto.
I'm sure learning to live with cockroaches in a huge apt building ( btw, experienced that when my parents and I first immigrated to the US) teaches one how %$*%*%* indestructible they are but am I really better off knowing that?
Sure, your kids may learn how to drink 40's out by the corner bodega but is it any better than rich kids gathering in their backyards and getting **$$ faced while swimming in their pools and %$*%*%* a chick in the gazebo? idk I've only experienced the latter and sitting in fron of a bodega is not what I would want my kdis to learn.
The thing is of course there are "exclusive" traits to the Ghetto but they're almost all bad traits. Just like there are exclusive (bad) traits of the wealthy.
Cocaine is exclusive to the mid and upper class. The parents working 80 hours a week and almost never being home is also exclusive to many who are wealthy.
The good traits are not exclusive to any social class because they are just that, good human traits.
Honesty, hard work, compassion, giving, etc. All the things that your kids need to learn can be learned outside of the ghetto.
Originally Posted by kix4kix
Yeah, but you have nobody making millions putting their kids in the hood. Not rational anyway you spin it.
If your kids want to be in the hood let them I guessdon't lead them there. If you lived in the hoods I have you wouldn't want your kids anywhere close to there, stray bullets, death at anytime ? You really can't be serious.
Originally Posted by abeautifulhaze
Originally Posted by kix4kix
Yeah, but you have nobody making millions putting their kids in the hood. Not rational anyway you spin it.
If your kids want to be in the hood let them I guessdon't lead them there. If you lived in the hoods I have you wouldn't want your kids anywhere close to there, stray bullets, death at anytime ? You really can't be serious.
Your perception of the hood is bugged.
Death at anytime? Come on fam.
Chill out.
You can die anywhere at anytime. I'm not going to drop them off in the middle of Forrest projects, with an autistic family in the middle of a gang war.
You can't be serious with that one.
Originally Posted by abeautifulhaze
Originally Posted by kix4kix
Yeah, but you have nobody making millions putting their kids in the hood. Not rational anyway you spin it.
If your kids want to be in the hood let them I guessdon't lead them there. If you lived in the hoods I have you wouldn't want your kids anywhere close to there, stray bullets, death at anytime ? You really can't be serious.
Your perception of the hood is bugged.
Death at anytime? Come on fam.
Chill out.
You can die anywhere at anytime. I'm not going to drop them off in the middle of Forrest projects, with an autistic family in the middle of a gang war.
You can't be serious with that one.
Originally Posted by abeautifulhaze
You see...this is why all of these arguments really hold no weight. Its clear that you all have not really experienced life in the hood.Originally Posted by wawaweewa
I'm sure there are unique things to be learned from living in the Jungle like Mogley but so what? I'm also sure that we can all go live in the desert like Bedouins for an extended period of time and learn .well......how to live in the desert.
There's a good reason why everyone who's not a sadist want to get the #%@% up out of poverty and the ghetto.
I'm sure learning to live with cockroaches in a huge apt building ( btw, experienced that when my parents and I first immigrated to the US) teaches one how %$*%*%* indestructible they are but am I really better off knowing that?
Sure, your kids may learn how to drink 40's out by the corner bodega but is it any better than rich kids gathering in their backyards and getting **$$ faced while swimming in their pools and %$*%*%* a chick in the gazebo? idk I've only experienced the latter and sitting in fron of a bodega is not what I would want my kdis to learn.
The thing is of course there are "exclusive" traits to the Ghetto but they're almost all bad traits. Just like there are exclusive (bad) traits of the wealthy.
Cocaine is exclusive to the mid and upper class. The parents working 80 hours a week and almost never being home is also exclusive to many who are wealthy.
The good traits are not exclusive to any social class because they are just that, good human traits.
Honesty, hard work, compassion, giving, etc. All the things that your kids need to learn can be learned outside of the ghetto.
Why would you levitate to drinking forties in the hood as the premiere experience of ghetto living. You ask some one form the hood about their memries grwoing up in the hood and you will hear the war stories but you will also hear about a lot of happiness and good lessons.
Originally Posted by Keithdajuiceman
Originally Posted by abeautifulhaze
Originally Posted by kix4kix
Yeah, but you have nobody making millions putting their kids in the hood. Not rational anyway you spin it.
If your kids want to be in the hood let them I guessdon't lead them there. If you lived in the hoods I have you wouldn't want your kids anywhere close to there, stray bullets, death at anytime ? You really can't be serious.
Your perception of the hood is bugged.
Death at anytime? Come on fam.
Chill out.
You can die anywhere at anytime. I'm not going to drop them off in the middle of Forrest projects, with an autistic family in the middle of a gang war.
You can't be serious with that one.
what movies are you guys watching??? 40's, death at anytime ???
Originally Posted by kix4kix
Dude speaking straight semanticsof course you can die anywhere any time. Look at the murder rates in areas like Beverly Hills compared to Oakland. The chances are much higher broski. I don't speak of perception I speak off experience. Of course since I lived in the hood I wasn't scared of anything, because it was my home , doesn't mean the risk wasn't there. Wake up.
Originally Posted by abeautifulhaze
Originally Posted by kix4kix
Dude speaking straight semanticsof course you can die anywhere any time. Look at the murder rates in areas like Beverly Hills compared to Oakland. The chances are much higher broski. I don't speak of perception I speak off experience. Of course since I lived in the hood I wasn't scared of anything, because it was my home , doesn't mean the risk wasn't there. Wake up.
You just said you wouldn't walk the street after 8 in the hood that you used to live in?
Make up your mind.
ahhh, of course... because you'll have to dodge bullets on a daily basis at your six-figure job. and having your house broken into and robbeda few times should prepare you for the ups and downs of Wall Street
you will find some the realest and most genuine population of humans on the Earth's surface.
My children will have more than adequate love, food, clothing and shelter...basically an upper middle class existence bu they will ration their childhood experiencing the ghetto. They are going to have to learn to interact with all children and experience the life of those less fortunate. I feel that is the best way to raise a balanced and insightful child.
Im def. gonna bring my kids around my areas so they know what its like where I grew up.
Ive been living on the same street 18 years now, never been farther then 20 mins away
How could you had possibility have a fulfilling life experience if you have never even left your state?Originally Posted by ISRAEL5EKLA
Ive been living on the same street 18 years now, never been farther then 20 mins away
Originally Posted by p0tat0 5alad
How could you had possibility have a fulfilling life experience if you have never even left your state?Originally Posted by ISRAEL5EKLA
Ive been living on the same street 18 years now, never been farther then 20 mins away
***I hope OP quotes all of this***
My 2 cents:
1. A few of you guys (and girl), including OP, seem to like arguing just for the sake of arguing. OP vaguely put his intentions in the 1st post but when people starting getting riled up, instead of correcting them or editing the first post, he ran with it and then the arguing started. Thus a 20+ page full of stereotypes & generalizations.
2. OP didn't clearly label his definition of "hood" until waaaaaaaay after the damage was already done. Confusion could have been avoided if he been 100 from the jump with his intentions but like I said, he loves to argue. He could have just as easily used a different adjective but he seems to say stuff for shock value.
3. My mother was born & raised on a farm in Iowa. My father lived the first 13 years of his life in New Jersey and every summer he would visit family in Alabama all summer. He finally moved down to Alabama for good 8th grade year. Both of my parents ended up joining the military relatively soon after graduating HS. I'm a military brat and have had the privilege to be "privileged" and have lived all over and seen/visited alot of places. These experiences have helped shape me and helped me become the young man I am today.
4. Being that both of my parents were in the military, I would consider myself to be in the middle or upper-middle class. Obviously OP will feel that I am "out of touch" with the "hood" but just because you weren't raised in a certain place doesn't mean you don't understand it. I know what farm life is like and I'd say that is the environment to be in if you want to build character. I've also been in the "hood". My dad's side lives in Montgomery, AL and that city is just. To be the forefront of the historic Civil Rights era and to see where it is now is just truly sad. I truly feel for my cousins that have to experience what they experience and would certainly not wish that on anyone.
5. Glorifying lifestyles is what's up now? I certainly don't know what it's like to shoot hoops in a milk crate but I know what it's like to milk a cow, bale hay, and ride in a tractor. That doesn't make my background anymore greater than anyone else's and definitely shouldn't give me the right to personally attack someone that is "living like I'm living." Your life experiences shape who you are but please don't come at me with Place A >>>> Place B.
6. Parenting is the most influential aspect of raising a child. I personally look at my parents accomplishments and I want to not only match theirs but up the ante so my kids will have someone successful to look up to. "Monkey see, monkey do."
7. I would suggest enlisting in the military if you want to get the most diverse background possible.
8. Upper-class =/= snobby, materialistic, spoon fed, any other negative connotation, etc.
9. Personal attacks are not what's up.
Sorry for the "wall of text".
P.S. OP, you seem like you have honest intentions but I'm truly stumped. How can you try to force your kids to experience things when you are the same dude that is all up in arms over the fact that black dudes date and/or prefer other races. Seems hypocritical to me.
***I hope OP quotes all of this***
thats you bill o' reilly?Originally Posted by ninjahood
%+%#, Jay-Z and Jadakiss are perfect role models right
