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Old 10-06-2006, 12:29 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet
I disagree. There are lot's of reasons for shootings, not just the knee-jerk racist (no I di'int) conclusion that it must be crime/drugs. I heard an interesting take on the news this morning. A young black man (who would know better than a mature suburban woman) said that it was all about pride. If someone gets the better of you (nonlethally, of course), you're likely to go get your piece and show him who's a bitch. That's in his neighborhood, anyway. Could be a woman, basketball, parking spot, anything that disses someone.
If it's about "pride," then what's different in the nature or nuture of young black men that they feel the need to kill each other over stupid crap like that?
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