Thursday, December 6, 2007

Response to the Black KKK article

The author of this article chooses to blame the fact that black men are shooting each other on the streets on Hip-Hop and the culture surrounding it.

I disagree with this author on many topics. I don't know anything about this author, but by the way he is writing, I'm assuming that he doesn't live in the ghetto and fear being shot every time he walks out the door like the people he describes do. The movies "Freedom Writers" and "Take the Lead" (which are both true stories) contradict everything that this author has said. The black kids in super poor "ghetto" communities don't want an education because no one wants to give it to him. The movie "Freedom Writers" clearly shows the administrators feel that the kids attending these type of schools are lost causes and treat them as such. I don't blame the kids for not wanting to go to school.

If my teachers didn't want to teach me and didn't respect me, I would respect them or want to "learn" from them either.

One example of parallelism, "His immature, undisciplined behavior with his employer, his run ins with law enforcement, which included allegedly threatening a man with a loaded gun, and the fact a vehicle he owned was once sprayed with bullets are all pertinent details when you've been murdered."

The author supports his point with this statement. By comparing Taylor's previous crimes, the author makes it nearly unquestionable why Taylor was shot. The examples, threatening someone with a gun, being a jerk to his boss almost make it seem like Taylor deserved to die. This may not be how the author feels, but it comes off this way. The author believes that the Black KKK was involved in the murder, but that Taylor wasn't innocent. The above parallel shows both these by implying that the activities Taylor was engaged in are likely Black KKK activities. Neither party is Innocent, and the author makes that clear.

1 comment:

J. Gatz said...

Katie,
I agree with what you say when you speak out on how it is hard for those in the ghetto to get out of where they are. However, Taylor didn't live in the ghetto. His life style led to his killing. A life style he didn't need to live like those in the ghetto. It would only seem logical to see that Sean was doing somthing that was going to get him in trouble, because there are thousands of other pro athelets who aren't being shot in their homes.
much love
B$