I believe there are two separate issues facing youth populations that may in the end be related, but they are unique to class and race. I think it overwhelmingly has to do with a lack of father figure and/or sense of belonging

agreed

i guess it's more complicated than that

lack of family structure and community

in the most general sense I believe it is a masculinity issue

then we can look at mass shooters vs "street violence"

kids arent mature enough to navigate life on there own

and lack of good inner city education also plays a part.

and they end up in bad places mentally

without guidance

I unironically believe that rap music is a problem

as much as I enjoy it

when your value system is how intimidating you are and how much pussy that gets you

you're going to be motivated to be a shithead, I've seen it myself

the thug culture is a problem for sure, and the "lets get faded" thing too

that sort of media makes it seem okay to fuck your life up

even desirable to make you seem cool

for people who don't have a very active pre frontal cortex then ya it fucks your shit up

I know when I'm at the gym listening to rap and lifting weights I'm thinking about knocking people out

but it stays in the gym

there is also the crime aspect to it. it started in the 90s with rappers talking about how they want to get out of the streets, and it slowly became a status symbol of how tough you are. The state put black people on wellfare, and black people finished the job with their ignorant "culture"

they live in a different world with different rules

it's exactly the value system that is the problem

yeah

african americans have a lot of potential to succeed

but in Canada we have a similar problem with Native americans, and all we do is throw money at them, and it does nothing

I know people who are 1/16 native and have gotten 20k from it, and they go on vacation with it

Welfare doesn't work

whats messed up is that their "culture" doesn't value being smart and hardworking.

well it does but not in the right way

they shit on eachother for "acting smart"

they talk about hustling

and always trying to get rich

via the least efficient ways possible

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not easy to rap about banking

right on cue

If welfare or shitty culture were the problem, you would see this happening more often in poor communities

see what happening

mass shootings

those poor communities are too poor to afford guns