Oddbean new post about login | logout I read that as; White and East Asian families are particularly adept at keeping their gang-related family members under wraps. Which is more often then not the wiser approach to these types of things. Probably more so in the Japanese and Italian cultures.
Nah, you've get too much information from movies. The truth is that in any homogeneous White or East Asian neighborhood you can leave your bike/laptop/purse unattended in plain view all day and no one will touch it. People open doors for each other, wave to their neighbors, and generally trust one another. It's wonderful actually. In stores in Black neighborhoods they lock up the toothpaste because of a distinct difference in behavioral patterns. Now you can say the difference is genetic or cultural, but denying that the difference exists is only hurting yourself and your people.
Different subject, but maybe I do watch too many movies. And the neighborhood you describe sounds a lot like my neighborhood. But I'll have to check with my neighbors to find out if they identify aseast asian, white or American.
I just sent a screen shot of this thread to my neighbor and asked him what he thought. He says when you get old enough your parents will let you know who the gangster in your family is. But that it's good you haven't needed them up to now. He was joking. I think.
Literally nobody needs gangsters. It's not a necessary occupation, and when it's glorified in your culture it poisons your people. Nobody's ever said " you know this neighborhood could really use more gangsters." It's not something you should be glorifying. People may from time to time need warriors, but the criminal opportunist scumbags that drive half your young men to death or prison are your ENEMY. And so are the people glorifying it in your culture.
I sense you're coming at this note from a very specific point of view. You mention movies, neighborhoods, race, glorification, warriors, etc. All words from your replies. I still posit that most if not all families have a gangster in their midst. I'd be so bold as to say it's possible there is a drug dealer in most American families too. I'm not suggesting you know who the drug dealer in your family is. And it's a good thing that you don't know who it is. Like gangsters, drugs can be bad for your neighborhood too. And bad for a race.