I'm not racist, I just don't like "thug" fighters.

[Kid Achilles]

Nah, I have a Connecticut accent I guess, whatever that is.

[Grydahz]

What does going to clubs have to do with being thuggish?

Arturo Gatti used to go to clubs and bars all the time, drink and snort like crazy, and got arrested for beating up a cop!

Was he a "thug"??

Is this true. Gatti used to drink and snort like crazy

[Piggu]

I'm not racist, I just hate black people.

[Piggu]

I'm not racist, I just hate black people.

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[americanspirit]

1. I am not from Boston, I just went to school there.
2. You just made a prejudiced generalization yourself.

Good points about the millions of "African Americans"(do you have a problem with that term?) listening to Mozart, and tea. That is true and needed to be said. We all have many colors and textures.

Clearly there is some racial stuff still coming through in what you're saying.. However.

If not from Boston- where are you from? Not that it matters.. Racists are everywhere.. Non-racists are everywhere..

Why don't you just say: "I don't like Black people who act Black.."

That's what they call it when a ****** acts that way.

That's what you mean, right?.. You don't like the "Yo/dog/homie" stuff..

If you want it to go away why don't you tell the 200 million White people who dictate the marketplace to stop the ****ing Rap culture stuff..

Let African Americans have their culture back. It's just White ****, again..

[Kid Achilles]

But that isn't acting "black" that is just acting inner city, or "******". Why should black people be tied to the ******, that's just like saying that a white person is inherently a redneck or trailer trash? You can say that the ******'s are full of mostly black people but then the trailer parks are filled predominantly with whites.

[ThaHorseman]

Good points about the millions of "African Americans"(do you have a problem with that term?) listening to Mozart, and tea. That is true and needed to be said. We all have many colors and textures.

Clearly there is some racial stuff still coming through in what you're saying.. However.

If not from Boston- where are you from? Not that it matters.. Racists are everywhere.. Non-racists are everywhere..

Why don't you just say: "I don't like Black people who act Black.."

That's what they call it when a ****** acts that way.

That's what you mean, right?.. You don't like the "Yo/dog/homie" stuff..

If you want it to go away why don't you tell the 200 million White people who dictate the marketplace to stop the ****ing Rap culture stuff..

Let African Americans have their culture back. It's just White ****, again..

How can you act like a color? Can I act green or orange or purple? so how do you act black? That is the biggest problem out there. Stop "letting" black people have their culture back, cuz its now part of the culture of the world. And if that's how you act then more power to you, whether you're black, white, asian, hispanic, etc. Stop with the color ****. Stop dividing people into races. We're one HUMAN race.

[Left2body]

I think people are confusing arrogant/confident smack talkers with "Thug". JT is not a thug, PBF is not a thug.....Ali was not a thug, they all just talk a lot of smack. Even Zab isn't a thug he just clubs and parties a lot (I've seen him quite a few times at clubs and titty bars). Zab was the victim of an attempted robbery that doesn't make him thug, unless we also consider Hatton a thug. If Zab is a thug then Paulie Malignagi is a thug too because I've seen him in a few clubs and he talks more smack than Zab.

[Hydro]

Why should black people be tied to the ******, that's just like saying that a white person is inherently a redneck or trailer trash? You can say that the ******'s are full of mostly black people but then the trailer parks are filled predominantly with whites.

Because the trailer parks take up a very small portion of white America.

A much much higher percentage of black America live in inner city communities plagued by violence and poverty.

[Kid Achilles]

The percentages don't matter, the point is that the ****** culture is not what defines who blacks are so I can say all I want about the culture and I'm not attacking blacks. Hell even Bill Cosby somewhat recently went on a rant about how many blacks in the inner city aren't being good parents, setting good examples, etc. I think almost anyone would agree that if you're pushing drugs and involved in gang violence, you're not a good role model.

Or should we just have no bounadries and say "hey this is 2006, let's be who we want to!"? Shall we glorify gang****ing, drivebys, and gangster life as a whole as an acceptable lifestlye because these people don't see another way out? Why don't we say it's okay for serial killers to do what they do also, since they are in an even worse state (mentally and socially ****ed).

I have a feeling some people here are actually trying to condone gangs and gang violence? Is that right? I hope I'm wrong.