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Post by iratherlikeme on Jan 22, 2003 11:57:23 GMT -5
I'd believe it, Aba. I watched a police officer talk my brother down in our front yard, threatening to take him to jail just for standing around talking to some friends. And for talking back, which is something I worry about constantly. He might end up saying the wrong thing to somebody one day.
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Post by Aba21 on Jan 22, 2003 13:17:48 GMT -5
I won't be talked down to or disrespected by any man, policeman or not. It's not necessary to treat people bad for no reason. I realize it may be a little difficult to "talk down" to me, huh?!!! ;D But young african-american men need to realize that their life expectancy is only to 24 years old on the average. Most are in jail, been in jail, waiting to go to jail or in the judicial system somewhere, or dead by that age. I don't believe that being in jail is some sort of "BADGE OF HONOR". But in some places you can come home and say you just got your masters and people will say Oh you a smart ni%$#@# now! But if you say you been in jail you become some kind of hero or something! It's crazy but it's true! I guess I was just born.........oh wrong song, wrong place!  |
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Post by iratherlikeme on Jan 22, 2003 13:56:49 GMT -5
Yup, Aba, it's like that now. I don't know why folks act like they don't want to realize that being in jail is nothing to be proud of. That is, unless you were taken in for standing up for something like Dr. King and others were. (Like how I brought the subject back around like that? ;D)
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Post by Aba21 on Jan 22, 2003 16:12:58 GMT -5
Ivory will be proud to see how smooth that you did that! |
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Post by MikeNYC on Jan 22, 2003 16:30:25 GMT -5
Reads like CNN headquarters !  |
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Post by sukkafu on Jan 22, 2003 16:51:09 GMT -5
''southern trees bear strange fruit
blood on the leaves blood at the root
black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
pastoral scene of the gallant south
the bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
the scent of magnolia sweet and fresh
then the sudden smell of burning flesh
here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
for the rain to gather for the wind to suck
for the sun to rot for the tree to drop
here is a strange and bitter crop''
billie holliday-1946
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Post by Ivory Fair on Jan 22, 2003 19:41:34 GMT -5
Yeah, you all know I love hip-hop, but I get so tired of all the songs where they give shout-outs to folks in jail. That's just wrong.
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Post by iratherlikeme on Jan 23, 2003 0:02:38 GMT -5
Are they "do your thing, boy!" shout-outs or the "keep your head up" kind?
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Post by sukkafu on Jan 23, 2003 0:47:17 GMT -5
keep your head up for what-if you do the crime you do the time. in your cell, keep your head down, get on your knees and start asking God to forgive you and to give you strength to repent and right the wrongs you did if possible, and to forgive you for hurting you mother and family and your neighbors and everything you represent.
dr. king was falsely imprisoned,but he didn't need repenting. he kept focused on his goals and on the Lord.
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Post by iratherlikeme on Jan 23, 2003 0:55:33 GMT -5
That's exactly what I'm talking about, sukkafu. Everyone in prison is not guilty, and I will never believe otherwise unless the system changes the way it administers its so-called justice. Those are the keep your head up's that I'm talking about.
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Post by sukkafu on Jan 23, 2003 2:21:44 GMT -5
well, warts and all, it's still the best system on the planet, but it has a huge amount of room for improvement. i sure wouldn't ever want to go to jail for anything, especially in a foreign country.
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