I grew up in Ponca City and spent most of my adulthood there. Ponca is a small city (25-30K) whose city limits had been dominated by what used to be a very important oil refinery, while the city itself was/is surrounded by wheat fields as far as you can see.
What used to amuse me was to see farm boys driving down Grand Avenue or 14th Street, windows down, ballcap on backwards, rap/hip hop music blaring. They would hop out of their cars, baggy pants hanging down, hoodies on, doing their level best to look like thugs from the hood.
This essay has given me an understanding why so many young people today embrace “black culture,” music, dance, etc., and reject outright their own. It’s because they are not taught their culture. And when they are introduced to Western Civilization it is through the prism that WC is inherently racist, empire building, expoitative unchecked capitalism. They are taught to reject their heritage. And so they look for “culture” wherever they find it. And where they find it is in the music/movies that are out in front of them.
Anyone agree? Disagree?
https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/57832.html
What used to amuse me was to see farm boys driving down Grand Avenue or 14th Street, windows down, ballcap on backwards, rap/hip hop music blaring. They would hop out of their cars, baggy pants hanging down, hoodies on, doing their level best to look like thugs from the hood.
This essay has given me an understanding why so many young people today embrace “black culture,” music, dance, etc., and reject outright their own. It’s because they are not taught their culture. And when they are introduced to Western Civilization it is through the prism that WC is inherently racist, empire building, expoitative unchecked capitalism. They are taught to reject their heritage. And so they look for “culture” wherever they find it. And where they find it is in the music/movies that are out in front of them.
Anyone agree? Disagree?
https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/57832.html
