damn..Chizz...what can i say? And i feel your pain to an extent. while i was living in tha hood myself, my maxima window\'s were busted at least 4 times while parked in the parking lot, and at least in one of the snenarios i actually seen the guy doing it from my apt window! I didn\'t catch him tho...but trust his ass would\'ve gotten sent to emergency that night. It certainly wasn\'t roses all the time livin\' in those neighborhoods, i mean even tho i knew alot of people in my general area, you still had to watch your back. And ultimately that was not the way i wanted to live or raise my kids.
I mean I can see your side and how you feel if people of color are violating you, your brother\'s company and even your wife..compounded with what you generally see on tv as pertained to black folk and your view can sometimes be in the neighborhood of "damn these people are just savages"....the best advice i can give to you is what i\'ve been practicing all along....i just look at people for what they are....there are good and bad people in general. I hate lookin at people in black or white and prefer to just see them as people.
right now i live in a upper middle class neighborhood,...but that doesn\'t mean you\'re safe from the sicko\'s...my hardworking white collar next door neighbor, who\'s white could end up butchering his family or somebody tomorrow.(yes and somebody black could do it as well,..but for the sake of argument, just role with it for a sec). I think you touched on some of the problems as far as blacks and whites go tho..it\'s a combination of what you stated.
And just like you stated how you\'ve worked your way up and out of poverty just like i did,( not saying that i\'m rich or anything like that), but i\'m definitely in a better position, and even tho my window got smashed over three times,livin in tha hood..i know for a fact that all black folk aren\'t like that....just like how i know that all white folk aren\'t racist..there are just good and bad people in general,..whether they are racist, murderers, child molesters or whatever...that is how i approach people...and life...
