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The Real Problem- Baton Rouge

Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:35 pm
Posted by LAS
Member since Aug 2017
478 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:35 pm
To my amazement the city is 54% Black and majority of those are living in poverty (for whatever reason). The mindset of many are pure ignorance as to what life really is about and are raised via hip hop culture (I know first-hand) which leads to lack of respect for life and others.

Couple this with a city that is very limited on job opportunities for the unskilled or under educated. Low wage jobs that doesn't provide for a better life and you have a recipe for some desperate people doing some desperate things. City need more than jails and police need some VERY PROGRESSIVE THINKERS and not the status quo "as long as mines together the hell with them" SAD SAD SAD I moved away and WOW life is so better in progressive multi cultural city
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57499 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:38 pm to
so you've diagnosed the problems with crime in Baton Rouge as low income African Americans

You should write a book or contact the city officials

quote:

raised via hip hop culture (I know first-hand) which leads to lack of respect for life and others.


Complete bullshite, it's a lack of accountability. Glad to know your rap careee didn't take off though
This post was edited on 8/8/17 at 11:40 pm
Posted by LAS
Member since Aug 2017
478 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:42 pm to
Really man you're an idiot. Never was a rapper I've watched it shape the minds of many kids, young men and adults in those demographics. Again 1st hand!
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57499 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:44 pm to
Saying you had a failed rap career was clearly a joke..
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
21921 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:47 pm to
Maybe they should stop, collaborate and listen
Posted by SNAPPERHEAD
Possumneck, Ms.
Member since Jan 2006
10049 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:52 pm to
Cash crop babies left to raise themselves. They drop out of school and learn on the streets. Single parent households in government subsidized areas. Learning to live off the government. Mom is ignorant and speaks Ebonics. Nobody knows who the father is. It is a vicious cycle that will keep getting worse. Giving children a proper upbringing and teaching respect and morals, along with proper education is the only answer.
Posted by cfa626
Member since Apr 2016
561 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:54 pm to
Rap music isn't the problem. I listened to a shite ton of rap, so did all my friends, and none of us have criminal records. We have jobs and we pay taxes.
Here's what you need to do to avoid poverty:
1. Stay in school
2. Delay having kids
3. Get a job
4. Listen to whatever music you want because the music isn't what defines your life if you're on track

The tipping point is when you don't follow the first 3, and you do follow the 4th and you turn the rap artists into your idols and role models.
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76378 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:56 pm to
The problem is black culture. The solution is a progressive multicultural city.

I guess so.
Posted by BCMCubs
Colorado
Member since Nov 2011
22146 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:56 pm to
5.) Stop blaming everyone else for your problems and take some accountability for your own situations
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
35654 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:58 pm to
The way the kids are raised is a huge problem. Also, education isn't stressed enough.

If a kid in the hood tries to do good in school and acts proper, the majority of the time they're made fun of and told they're acting "too white". A lot of these kids grow up watching their parents sell drugs and commit crimes and it just keeps the cycle going. Crime is romanticized and looked at as cool and as you mentioned, part of it is because of rap and kids taking things too literal, instead of viewing it as entertainment.

Single parent homes are also a huge problem. Especially, when the mother has 5 kids from 3 or 4 different dads.
Posted by TigersHeisman225
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2016
632 posts
Posted on 8/8/17 at 11:58 pm to
How about pick up liter and plant some trees. Start with the little things.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57499 posts
Posted on 8/9/17 at 12:02 am to
quote:

Rap music isn't the problem. I listened to a shite ton of rap, so did all my friends, and none of us have criminal records. We have jobs and we pay taxes.


I've played countless hours of Grand Theft Auto but I've never killed any hookers (maybe 1) or ripped someone out of their car at a light
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134865 posts
Posted on 8/9/17 at 12:06 am to
There have been a couple recent people like you sign up.

Wouldn't surprise me if you were the "hey look what I got the TD people to agree to" type folk.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 8/9/17 at 12:30 am to
quote:

what life really is about and are raised via hip hop culture (I know first-hand)


Rhyming words to a beat that 90% of the time wasn't made by the "artist" or was stolen says everything you need to know about the culture.
Posted by USMCTiger03
Member since Sep 2007
71176 posts
Posted on 8/9/17 at 12:35 am to
Let's get this out of the way: you're a fricking racist.

No sense in prolonging the inevitable.
Posted by SwinginAs
California
Member since Aug 2017
74 posts
Posted on 8/9/17 at 12:38 am to
#GaryChambers
Posted by Tigerbait337
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2008
20535 posts
Posted on 8/9/17 at 1:11 am to
OP sounds racist
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
155740 posts
Posted on 8/9/17 at 1:19 am to
quote:

The Real Problem- Baton Rouge


Whataburger is all the way the frick on Siegen.
This post was edited on 8/9/17 at 1:20 am
Posted by Cap Crunch
Fire Alleva
Member since Dec 2010
54189 posts
Posted on 8/9/17 at 1:20 am to
quote:

Whataburger is all the way the frick on Siegen.


Blows my mind that there isn't one near campus

And now I want whataburger
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
155740 posts
Posted on 8/9/17 at 1:22 am to
Sorry comrade

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