Comments on: Facing the ‘Zimmermans’ in Our Own Communities

By: Cloudy Summer Day

Cloudy Summer Day — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:03:03 +0000

You can’t even accidentally have eye contact without them thinking it was an invitation to approach.

By: apple

apple — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:12:05 +0000

I get you on the smile thing. You just can’t say hello or grin a little with out that being an invitation ugh

By: anony.mous

anony.mous — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:25:24 +0000

I profile all men. After 2 yrs of riding the bus and endearing harassment disguised as some sad excuse at “flirting”, I don’t get buddy, buddy with strange men. It’s sad, but I am hesitant to even smile and say hello on the street, because in my experience, it has led to unwanted responses. These men have just so happened to be black, but I think it’s more of saying things to people of your own race than some idea that all black men are bad and do this.

All that being said, so glad I have a car now! Finally learned how to drive 3 wks ago (I’m 21 and an obvious late bloomer, lol!) and the stress/burden off my shoulder has been tremendous.

-1

By: NY's Finest

NY's Finest — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:57:37 +0000

It seems that ppl in general are really in denial about what really goes on in predominately black neighborhoods.

By: NY's Finest

NY's Finest — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:47:32 +0000

@luise: U can miss me with that stupid ish

By: Nnaattaayy

Nnaattaayy — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:44:52 +0000

+1 you guys handled that situation very well

By: alldawg

alldawg — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:27:55 +0000

Amen. I racial profile and I don’t make any apologies about it. A Black man is more likely to rob, rape, steal from me than any white man. I see one that looks stereotypical not only am I reaching for my purse but I’m walking in the opposite direction.

SMH
Self hate is MF…

By: alldawg

alldawg — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:12:02 +0000

Furthermore, I suggest you learn your history and recognize the reality that black WOMEN don’t have jack ish to with black MEN sagging their pants or any of the other hoodlum treads that have been adapted. How typical of you, a black man, to TRY to pin the behavior of MEN on WOMEN.

BW dont mind having sex with them “negative reinforcement”, their mothers dont mind how they look either. What ever behavior you see and dont like, its because the mother didnt remove that behavior.

A white man aka white community will never accept you as much as you accept them, you have to prove that you are not as ghetto as the other black folk that you love to point a finger at.

By: Evie

Evie — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:56:11 +0000

Ugh, I know.

By: LemonNLime

LemonNLime — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:05:07 +0000

“If women didnt have the idea that this bad boy image was so appealing what man would ever behave that way? If you have ever felt an attraction to any man because of a bad boy image I regret to inform you that you are partially respesonsible for this behavior because that is where the sagging pants and hoody crap came from.”

“The attention of women is a great incentive for a lot of things. Lets not pretend otherwise. I wouldnt blame a man’s bad behavior on a woman but women dont exactly punish men for being bad. They dont ostracize bad boys. This is especially true of young women.”

This argument is THE WORST. Something is always someone else’s fault right?

Please answer me this question, are men specifically black men the stupidest people on earth? Are they incapable of think for themselves because they are stupid mindless automatons that have been lobotomized from birth?

Because every time someone makes that argument that is what you are saying, that black men are so stupid they can’t think for themselves and so the let the perceived attractions of a few women dictate how they decide to live their own lives. Geez, if I were a black man I would get irritated by this argue ALL the time because it implies I’m too weak and feeble minded to think on my own.

People need to stop passing the buck to someone else and take f***ing responsibility for your own actions. No one forces these men/boys to act or dress this way, they consciously decide to do so. It doesn’t take a rocket scientists to see that not all women go for “bad boys” just like it doesn’t take a rocket science to figure out “hey, if the women I am around are attracted to criminals, rather than committing crimes and spending the rest of my life fearing anal rape in prison, i’ll just find a set of women to hang around and attract”.