I just read a question, which was 'Why are so many of our Black People so violent?' I feel that for some it is because of their circumstances. Now and days, more and more African-American men are being locked up for some sort of criminal crime. Many people say 'I blame the parents'. Some say 'I blame the entertainment industry'. Some say 'I blame the lack of role models'. Some say 'I blame the community'. Well me, I don't place the blame on any single individual, group, or organization. I think the blame should be placed on society. Not the black society nor the white society nor the entertainment society, but the whole society.
I think that children learn by example. The smallest toddler picks up on things that mommy, daddy, uncle, aunt, cousin, etc does. Even if the act is not considered wrong, the act is often not explained so the child begins to develop their own reason. Everything that is done in the world now is done because it was done many years ago. A person can only do what they know and they can only know what they have seen.
A murderer, thief, and gang member don't just wake up one day and decide to kill somebody or steal from somebody, or perform some type of criminal act. There were different actions and activities that led up to those things. But because of the lack of observation and communication of the common man, those small acts were ignored. But as soon as those same people who performed those small acts are placed behind bars for killing somebody, or stealing from somebody, or performing a dangerous/criminal act, everyone wants to ask 'Why are so many of our black people so violent?'
I think that every problem in the world can be solved through communication. Take the
little boy from around the corner who always steals food from the corner store. People may look at him, think 'There go another gangsta in the making', turn up their noses, and then walk away. That same
little boy gets caught at that corner store and move on to another one. But outside that store hangs a more developed group of gangstas. They see the boy, question his actions, then invite him to be one of them claiming that they can help him steal more. That
little boy joins the gang then move on to stealing at bigger stores until he is caught by police and sentenced to five years in the Juvenile Detention Center. After those five years, the boy sees no hope so he starts to perform more dangerous acts, but end up in jail serving a life sentence after killing a family of four.
Well, all the people who ever questioned what make blacks so violent, have you ever considered questioning the
little boy actions when he was stealing food from the corner store? What if the boy stayed with his grandmother and only wanted to provide for her? What if the boy's father just got laid off and he wanted to help with food? What if the boy's mother and father left him when he was younger so he was out to fend for himself? What if, what if, what if. Everyone looks at the bad that a person does but what about their situation.
So many small children are being locked up because they do not have guidance. True, guidance starts at home. It is the parents responsibility to nurture their child and to raise them with proper morals and values. But what if the parents doesn't have the capabilities to tend to their child 24/7? It is then the neighborhood's job to pick up the slack. Someone in the neighborhood seen that same
little boy who robbed the corner store, but they just decided to turn up their noses.
A lot of people blame the media. On TV, they are constantly showing drug dealers, murderers, scandalous women, and other negative personas so some people are saying that kids are copying what they are seeing on TV. That might be true, but if the parents and neighborhors were there to rear the child, the child would see those actions just as they were...actions on TV. I, myself, have seen killing, stealing, and all of the above on TV, but I have never copied any of those acts. And why??? Because I know right from wrong. I know the consequences. I had people around me who didn't just turn up their noses. I had family members and friends who corrected my bad actions when I was a child. If more children knew right from wrong or knew the consequences then more children would see TV for what it really is...TV.
Some parents choose to stop letting their children watch TV but that is only making them handicapped. Just because you cut the TV off that don't mean that the crime will go away. For example, a child grows up without TV, goes through grade and high school as a honor student and role model for the community, and then goes off to college. Well, upon the first few weeks of being out on their own, that same child, now young adult, sees a killer, a drug dealer, or a thief but doesn't know how to comprehend it. After years of being around that type of environment and trying to make an understanding for it, the young adult gets caught up in the hype and soon becomes a killer, a drug dealer, or a thief as well. Blinding a child does not create a perfect life, but knowledge, guidance, and communication can.
But that question mentioned before should not be stated...'Why are so many of our Black People so violent?' but instead 'Why are so many people violent?' Crime knows no color. There are Whites, African-Americans, L
atinos, and A
sians all in jail for performing criminal acts. Sure by statistics, there are more of one race in jail than others, but that is simply because of their history. Politicians feel that there are more Blacks in jail than any other race, and that could very well be true, but history tells why. It wasn't until recently, 30 -50 years ago, that Blacks were given full rights as citizens. Before then, Blacks were denied practically everything...free will, free speech, free thought, etc. The anger built up from those days is part of the problem.
Also as stated statistically, Blacks are under paid. Because the parents are not able to spend every waking minute with their child, but instead go to work to earn a minimum salary, the families must live in low run-down communities. Those living situations are passed down through generations. So it is that person's history that determines there future.
Every person has a story. Some have a happy ending and some end with a nightmare. If people took the time to listen and not judge their stories, some supposed to be nightmare endings could end up happy.
But 'Why are so many people violent?' Because people never took the time to ask them 'Why?' before it was too late........
