Make it Plain - Derrion Albert, Gangs, and the Real Enemy

[ghost2101]

cont... but sayin....peace my beautiful black brother to an ignorant black zombie aint gonna dissuade them from robbin and shooting your black ass! You cant save everybody and a lot of these knuckleheads were the same ones that took bricks and g-packs from the FBI, the mafia and the columbians to sling in our neighborhoods....a lot of these people will shoot a black activist just to get a get out of jail card.....

[ghost2101]

generally intelligent video, but this is one of my cornerstone issues with black militants and black people who label themselves "conscious"......you just basically excuse these monsters that killed derrion without any 2nd thought about their actions using the premise "theyre brainwashed, we must save them".........THEY AINT GONNA LISTEN TO ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY! a lot of these criminals are proude to be ignorant and self destructive....yea theyre brainwashed zombies, but sayin....

[ticd15]

I completly agree with everything you have said. One recommendation. I ask you to not generalize and say "white people" but instead these select white people who... Or similar. I am of mixed race and don't know your opinion among races but try to keep one love. Generalization at times can fuel an anger or hate. We must reach equality amongst all people. Your videos are very inspirational. Keep it up.

Peace My brother

[Bgod74]

a good educated conversation ,i appreciated it!!peace black man!!

[BlaqueRebel]

As I stated on "The Book of Face" great job brothers keep it up

[ckj377]

Obama coming to the city wouldn't have done a thing; it's not like he'll be on patrol in roseland keeping the criminals in check.

We need to hold ourselves accountable and call a spade a spade. These animals deserve to go away.

As far as jobs and the olympics go... the jobs would have gone to King Richards cronies and none of the people in the area of washington park would have benefited from the summer games.

Fact.

[bl4ckf3lla]

Aight you're criticism of Barack Obama is a little ridiculous. The comment he made of Kanye was leaked, it was suppose to be off-the-record. So it isn't like he said it to intentionally put it out there. Also, Obama bringing the Olympics to Chicago would have helped revitalized Chicago economically and living conditions. If you're going to criticize the president, let it make sense. Or else you end sounding like right-wingers.

[Angelfully]

Great point. The construction would have brought alot more jobs.

[xanmere]

What you said is more of the same vanity. See once the MLK era was in effect, the blk pp u see tht are 35-50yrs old now were, told to settle down & stop making ANY noise, like the so called mythical parting of the red sea. So they were REFUSED any blk unity tactics from their elders. A vivious cycle. Have you seen SOME of this generation self hating buffoonery? Giving the media a free pass to call blk pp 'n'? This gen is like the last stage of cancer, we need kemo, that's everybody, peace

[thenumberonequestion]

Great Video as usual brothers, and I applaud you for doing your part to raise consciousness, The system is crumbling before our very eyes and every day more and more people are beginning to see through the scheme called america. It is very important that we continue to use every last mass media tool available to share information and ideas to blow holes in this dream world called " America" Stay on your grind... And to any one reading support black owned businesses!!!!! Peace

[blahblahblahman]

A productive American is a destructive African?

Obama is ACTUALLY an African(-American). You two? Not so much. Is he destructive to his own heritage because he has attained the highest office?

[kosep1988]

Being poor and black is not an excuse for barbaric behavior. As a black man whos lived his whole life in one of the most dangerous sections in Chicago I wouldn't behave as the way those black boys have behaved. At the end of the day racism and all that other philosophical extra deep bullshit we use to justify when black people do unforgivable violence against one another just won't cut it. I've lived on the west side of the chi my whole life the only oppression i've experienced is from blacks.

[breakofdawn26]

The racism many of our people experience we put out that rage on eachother, which at the end of the day doesn't help us.

[xanmere]

You just made their point. You refer to excuses, I didn't hear them use excuses, if you listen, REASON, is what they're talking about. For every Action there this is RE-action, ignoring the REASON of much blk to blk violence won't make it go away. Changing the paradigm is the only way. You're 1 individual, this is 1 TOO many incidents, tht haven't been addressed HONESTLY, if the root has been poisoned, then the fruit is poisoned, u can't ignore the past & expect the present to change, peace.

[jadapoo1]

We can't do anthing about the root. The history of slavery is not going to change. It happened. We have to change us, the fruit of that tangled tree. Constantly dwelling on slavery has to stop. At some point we have to move on and make a change. We have to stop killing one another.

[Dedgurlsingblu]

The root isn't slavery, but psychological trauma and the institutionalized hierarchy of oppression set up 2 guarantee the power structure of the economic elite, who are thanks 2 history, predominantly white. Changing ourselves is part of the solution, but in what direction? The white middle class model doesn't even work for whites, it ignores class, and symptoms of poverty. We have 2 completely reinvent ourselves and demand system change. -con't

[Dedgurlsingblu]

-cont But I am only one. To fix the problems we face, we need many ideas. So what do you propose is the solution to our situation?

[sodomie12]

I know that this is serious but i love intellectual brothers and the one on the left is kinda sexy

[jadapoo1]

Obama has gotten himself in trouble for commenting on situations that involve Blacks.  Can you imagine Bush having to sit down with that professor and the police to have beers and hash out their problems? I don't think so.

[OnixIsis]

i love listening to you brohters. you sound like young Yeshitelas.

Uhuru!

[cipherkween]

:-) indeed they do, sis!

[xanmere]

Our people have become so dismissive.For hearing all one must possess are ears, to listen 1 must have the courage for understanding. Our own pp throw road blocks designed to keep them submissive in order to form a more perfect Blackapean. We have the RACE card,we not even in the deck, it's theirs,racial Amerikkka, try 2 go in a courtroom & say that, the get over slavery willielynch syndrome, no one has NEVER told a jew to get over anything, & they'd better not, cuz Amerikkka would sit bricks

[vasmiles]

You can't blame Barack Obama, because I haven't even heard about this and I live in Richmond,VA

[Angelfully]

Great perspective...very profound. I definitely agree about our elders taking the time to teach and guide young people into a positive direction. Today it seems like there is an ubiquitous lack of generativity on their part in America. We have to help ourselves, if no one else will.

If not, young people will continue to be lost and misled by negative surroundings.

R.I.P Derrion Albert :(

[sakinwale]

i loved this commentary you guys did. I especially understand you when you say: "A productive american is a destructive African." Couldn't have said it any better myself.

[Kashmereair]

Great video to kick of the new season brothers.

Looking forward to more of this quality Afrikan centered media coming from your channel.