Your people are ghetto! Okay, maybe not your people, we won't claim them. But you know who I am talking about, those folks in the family or the 'hood that are often talking about doing someone bodily or verbal harm because they don't like something.
I can't tell you how many times I have heard someone talk about hurting his or her brother, sister or some other relative over something stupid in my lifetime. It is crazy when I think about it! Now some people take this sort of thing about threatening violence quite seriously and before long the police, child care services, and others are investigating the matter.
I don't know how or when all the "knocking the black off, bustin' someone in the head or cussin' someone out" madness started, but what I can say is that in the black community we have a lot of emotional people who don't mind killing one another's self-esteem, making people afraid or nervous, and wanting to go off. Sad, but true. Now throw some alcohol and drugs into the mix, maybe a few hungry bellies, and some broke, busted and disgusted people to the group and something will jump off. For some black folks, they don't know what encouraging one another means. They could care less about watching their tongues. They don't think twice about building anyone up but themselves and their bank accounts.
So you pretty much know where you stand with someone who hurls insults your way talking about your skin and what they are going to do with it--their violent speech exposes what's really going on in their heart even if they say, "I didn't mean it, Baby. You know I wouldn't really do it...but if you cross me...Come here talk to me, it's okay." Sure.
The conduct "your people" display as they threaten folks with violence sends a direct warning, "Keep away...He/she is no good for you. Here comes trouble!" You play with fire sooner or later the fire is going to burn you.
Nicholl McGuire shares spiritual insight on YouTube channel: nmenterprise7.
I can't tell you how many times I have heard someone talk about hurting his or her brother, sister or some other relative over something stupid in my lifetime. It is crazy when I think about it! Now some people take this sort of thing about threatening violence quite seriously and before long the police, child care services, and others are investigating the matter.
I don't know how or when all the "knocking the black off, bustin' someone in the head or cussin' someone out" madness started, but what I can say is that in the black community we have a lot of emotional people who don't mind killing one another's self-esteem, making people afraid or nervous, and wanting to go off. Sad, but true. Now throw some alcohol and drugs into the mix, maybe a few hungry bellies, and some broke, busted and disgusted people to the group and something will jump off. For some black folks, they don't know what encouraging one another means. They could care less about watching their tongues. They don't think twice about building anyone up but themselves and their bank accounts.
So you pretty much know where you stand with someone who hurls insults your way talking about your skin and what they are going to do with it--their violent speech exposes what's really going on in their heart even if they say, "I didn't mean it, Baby. You know I wouldn't really do it...but if you cross me...Come here talk to me, it's okay." Sure.
The conduct "your people" display as they threaten folks with violence sends a direct warning, "Keep away...He/she is no good for you. Here comes trouble!" You play with fire sooner or later the fire is going to burn you.
Nicholl McGuire shares spiritual insight on YouTube channel: nmenterprise7.
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