Social Comm. Series Pt. 1: Stop Snitchin?
As part of this blog I will be opening up a series called Social Commentary. Hopefully this series will help shed light on issues that either plague or cripple our society or different societies. Up first...The Issue of the Snitch...Stop Snitchin. Throughout the years and various hoods around the country, the theme of "Stop Snitchin'" has become very commonplace. If you've been in any mall, within the last 6 years, you've probably seen shirts with the "Stop Snitchin'" phrase worn by adults and youth of all races. The phrase itself has transformed our society into a society of silence. A society that works with the notion of "even if you see it...you better not tell."Now at the root of this is fear. This impending fear manifests itself into three phases: Fear of retaliation, fear of loss of life, and fear of being a social outcast, with the latter being the least important of the three. Fear of retaliation is real because social circles run very close in the most hoods'. One may put themselves at risk if they are seen talking to police or have word spread that they are the ones who gave the information to police, which may lead to an arrest. Let's shift to the flip-side of this which includes the victim and suspect. The "tell them" element is held close because the "vengeance is mine" mentality is at work. If someone really wants to get the suspect who committed a crime and they don't want the police to just arrest,charge, and jail the suspect, then lips stay tight and hood justice works it's way out.
In the case of the social outcast they become heavily devalued to their society. Unfortunately that's just the way it is.
This is now speaking to the un-involvement of society. Too many times have incidents happen where people have been murdered, raped, molested, kidnapped, and robbed and no one offers any information. What's deeper than this is the fact that people will now watch someone get beat to death in a robbery or something else and do absolutely nothing. The value is now on "how much am I worth...how much are you worth." A view which says I'm now losing today even if it means you lose. Wow.
I came across this video including Anderson Cooper from CNN and Cam'ron from the Dipset, on 60 Minutes, speaking truthfully on the subject. Cam was honest about him truly caring about his sales. Whether I agree or not is another story, but the spoke from his...uhh..heart. But when it comes to if a serial killer is living next to me...I don't know if the snitchin' rules apply. You watch and judge for yourself.
So Paula Abdul decides to go on Q13 News in Seattle, Washington. Not only did she go on the show in a chemically imbalanced manner, she dissed the whole city (talent-wise). For years it had been rumored in the entertainment industry that Ms. Abdul may have substance abuse issues. I can't remember whether it was the 
Man it ain't safe no more. You can't even go to DisneyWorld without catching an assault from a mascot. Beatdowns occur everywhere, but at DISNEY?!? Anyway, this family is suing Disney because they say TIGGER straight clocked their son. Tigger(or the person in the suit) says that this was in self-defense because the boy was cutting off his breathing in the suit. Now, when you see the video you make the judgement for yourself, but I don't see the case for either side. True, Tigger did put the boy in an armbar and then gave him a left cross, but hey it was self-defense...right. The world these days has everybody pissed off. Even Tigger might slap you upside your head. Anyway, check the vid and judge for yourself. Maybe I'm just not seeing it properly or something.
Okay we got controversy. Well, only in Harlem. Two dances that have taken "The City" by storm, "The Harlem Shake" and "The Chicken Noodle Soup" are squaring off for the first time live right hear on this blog. Each dance is "crackesque" in it's own way, but in Harlem World they are dukin' it out on the dance floor and in the streets (according to this video). You'll never see me doing any of this nonsense and I can dance. For real. I seen this man do the Harlem Shake when he was waiting in the hot buffet line at 
Okay I've seen it all. Ya'll have to check this out. Props to 
Have you ever been so mad that you couldn't even formulate an appropriate inappropriate response? If so just say BOB SAGET!!! I learned this little correct response from a fellow who couldn't break into jail. So bra decides to break-in through the roof, but ends up bustin' his hindparts doing it. He almost broke his neck!!! Then when he tries to escape he almost breaks his neck again!!! BOB SAGET!!! What do I mean. Well you'll have to watch the video.