Love and War
Black Youths Are Slaves to Stereotypes
Slavery in the United States of America was officially ended in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln with the Emancipation Proclamation. This new world order encourages individuality for all people, no matter the race, ethnicity, sex, or nationality. Unfortunately, the Black youths across the United States have failed to promote individuality by continuing to promote negative stereotypes of the Black community. With all of the negative images being produce about the Black community by the Black youths I believe that Black people are slaves, not in the sense of whips and chains, but slaves to false ideas, beliefs, and stereotypes. With TV programs and urban music reinforcing these slaves mentality, millions of Black youths are falling victim to these idol jabbers. Unless a sincere effort is made to end this neo-slave system, the Black community will face an extremely difficult and frightening future.
Stereotypes of the Black community date back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Most of these stereotypes were, of course, negative. The claim that gold teeth, dreads, and the way they talk is a part of the Black culture is just one of many stereotypes that Blacks, especially in the South, try relentlessly to live up too. Culture is usually consistent over the course of hundreds of years and is generally considered the way of life for an entire society. While style, on the other hand, changes drastically very often and is usually sporadic. Gold teeth and dreads have only been popular within the American Black community for roughly 25 years and have only been extremely popular for the last 10 to 15 years. That would easily classify gold teeth and dreads as part of a current style, not a part of culture. A majority of Black youths feel as if they must be slaves to these false ideas and worship this new plantation system that is commonly referred to as style.
Another stereotype that Black youths strives to promote is the idea that if you
Slavery in the United States of America was officially ended in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln with the Emancipation Proclamation. This new world order encourages individuality for all people, no matter the race, ethnicity, sex, or nationality. Unfortunately, the Black youths across the United States have failed to promote individuality by continuing to promote negative stereotypes of the Black community. With all of the negative images being produce about the Black community by the Black youths I believe that Black people are slaves, not in the sense of whips and chains, but slaves to false ideas, beliefs, and stereotypes. With TV programs and urban music reinforcing these slaves mentality, millions of Black youths are falling victim to these idol jabbers. Unless a sincere effort is made to end this neo-slave system, the Black community will face an extremely difficult and frightening future.
Stereotypes of the Black community date back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Most of these stereotypes were, of course, negative. The claim that gold teeth, dreads, and the way they talk is a part of the Black culture is just one of many stereotypes that Blacks, especially in the South, try relentlessly to live up too. Culture is usually consistent over the course of hundreds of years and is generally considered the way of life for an entire society. While style, on the other hand, changes drastically very often and is usually sporadic. Gold teeth and dreads have only been popular within the American Black community for roughly 25 years and have only been extremely popular for the last 10 to 15 years. That would easily classify gold teeth and dreads as part of a current style, not a part of culture. A majority of Black youths feel as if they must be slaves to these false ideas and worship this new plantation system that is commonly referred to as style.
Another stereotype that Black youths strives to promote is the idea that if you