I love fayner, what he says is so true. I think they have gotten away so long saying it, i mean racism isn't as rampant as it was in say the 50's and 60's and to be totally honest excluding the south the majority of racism is black people on white. I really don't want to stereotype a whole race so this argument is geared toward the blacks who blame the whiteman for everything instead of lumping all black people into this group. There has to come a time when they have to take responsibilities for their own actions and stop blaming all the failures in life on other people whatever color they may be. I actually feel sorry for the black people who try hard to break free of the gangsta stereotype and then hear comments like uncle tom from the blacks that are more then happy to play upto that image.

Fayner Posts: I sometimes check out The Real World Philadelphia when a few episodes are on in a row, just for shits and giggles. Like today. Or was it yesterday??

Karamo is the token angry Black man who seeks confrontation so that he can cry about how the Black man is unjustly treated and no White man will ever know what it feels like to be in his shoes.

M.J. is the token Midwestern White man.

Something went down at some bar they were hanging out in which ended with cops checking Karamo for a gun. A prank call leaded to them searching the angry young - and Gay! - Black man for weapons.

Rightfully so, he was angered, as it has happened to him many many times, according to him.

He became angry with M.J. when M.J. didn't show compassion to his whining "Black man's been wronged!" anger.

"How many times has it happened to you?!" he kept asking the white dude.

But the next day, still in his wrath for being insulted, Karamo appears with a t shirt covered in pictures of guns. He also poses for a publicity shot flashing a gang sign.

So which is it? Are you a victim or a thug? You can't be both, my brother. And tell me, what are you doing about ending the prejudice? Blaming some naive hick for not feeling your pain? That's a big waste of time and anger.

As of 2000, Philadelphia is 45.02% White and 43.22% African American, so shouting racism doesn't float with me.

I support anyone's choice of expression, including t shirts with guns on them, but it's not a white dudes fault that some hip-hop stars and ghetto-themed flicks stereotype their own people as criminals and hooligans. Sure, it's reality to many, but it isn't the only reality in the ghetto. No one glamorizes that kid who stays in his room and studies instead of defending a street with violence. Flood the television airwaves with that image and things will be different, I promise you.

This injustice goes nowhere with sobbing and blame on the White Man. My belief is that it's up to the Black Man to change the way everyone views the entire race. And that won't happen when 50 Cent boasts 187 on the undercover cop and rappers wear huge pistol medallions from their neck. What is White America supposed to think?

All I know is I would not be boo-hooing into the mouth of my bong on national television for being marked a pot head by cops. Nor do I carry a grudge over the countless times Black guys harassed me through the years. And if I did, I would certainly not be walking around with a t shirt that reads "Black Men Harass Me."

Cause no matter where we should be as Americans in terms of equality, we're far from it. If you want to dress like a hippy, prepare to be labeled a pothead. If you want to wear weapons on your shirt and flash gang signs, prepare to be labeled a thug.

Those are the realities of our surroundings.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming....