I'm going to bump into the conversation briefly and say that I think we are watching the long-term damage unfold. A black community with no mainstream black male role models aside from rap/R&B artists who objectify women and talk about violence and money as the path to power. A black community that has itself begun to penalize black intelligence.
It's interesting to see the parallels between POC communities. In many cases, the group lacks the cohesion to create an identity that resonates with the majority of the group. In that vacuum, people end up taking on the stereotyped identity that the West (often white) dictates for them--one that is often an extreme perspective. We are seeing it happen in the Middle East and I think one could argue that the same is happening for black communities in the US.
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Date: 2009-11-20 08:13 am (UTC)It's interesting to see the parallels between POC communities. In many cases, the group lacks the cohesion to create an identity that resonates with the majority of the group. In that vacuum, people end up taking on the stereotyped identity that the West (often white) dictates for them--one that is often an extreme perspective. We are seeing it happen in the Middle East and I think one could argue that the same is happening for black communities in the US.