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In reply to the discussion: Bye-bye, whiny white dudes: Tucker Carlson, Tal Fortgang and the weakening grip of entitlement [View all]badtoworse
(5,957 posts)Specifically, teenage pregnancy and single parent households. Can we agree that, irrespective of race, becoming a teenage parent makes it highly likely that the child and parent(s) will live a life of poverty? From what I've seen, the rates of teenage pregnancy in the black community are still nearly double that of white teens. How about children being raised in single parent (usually mothers only) households? The stats I've seen for black kids still have the number at more than 70% compared to about 24% for the population as a whole. Again, I believe this puts black kids at a disadvantage compared to the population as a whole. Maybe you think it doesn't matter and is not a factor in the difficulties black kids face growing up, but I think you're delusional if you believe that. Moreover, this is an issue that the black community owns and needs to address on its own.
As far as the music goes, I really don't care about gansta rap very much one way or the other - I just think it's not very good. I used to like pop music, but the quality there went down the crapper quite some time ago. I mostly listen to classical music now. I have a question for you about that: Beethoven's 9th Symphony was first performed to a sold out house in 1827 and still sells out in a matter of hours, maybe minutes, when a performance is announced. Do you think gangsta rap will do that almost 200 years from now? If you are lucky enough to score tickets to a live performance of the 9th, by all means go and let me know what you think.