Denzel Washington: Don't Blame The Prison System, 'It Starts At The Home'

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  • 2stepz_ahead
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    7figz wrote: »
    7figz wrote: »
    Yall goin above and beyond to give dude the benefit of the doubt.

    There's a whole lot of ? you could blame the system for.

    The ? was oversimplification at best and ? ? at worst.

    but why does he need to go into details?

    we all know what it is

    Because he said you can't blame the system. When you say ? like that, you need to go in to detail.

    That's like saying "I can't blame cops... it starts at home."

    It's a damn shame this ? gotta be explained - especially to any Black person. MFs clearly agreed they all for having strong homes, and MFs still holding they ground to support a reckless ass statement. Pride is a MF.

    at a certain point you cant blame the system ...at other points you can.

    does that make his whole argument void?

    nah.....it has truth just like you have truth...

    but the real truth is......we are all black so it dont matter hen them racists come.
  • 7figz
    7figz Members Posts: 15,294 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    7figz wrote: »
    7figz wrote: »
    Yall goin above and beyond to give dude the benefit of the doubt.

    There's a whole lot of ? you could blame the system for.

    The ? was oversimplification at best and ? ? at worst.

    but why does he need to go into details?

    we all know what it is

    Because he said you can't blame the system. When you say ? like that, you need to go in to detail.

    That's like saying "I can't blame cops... it starts at home."

    It's a damn shame this ? gotta be explained - especially to any Black person. MFs clearly agreed they all for having strong homes, and MFs still holding they ground to support a reckless ass statement. Pride is a MF.

    at a certain point you cant blame the system ...at other points you can.

    does that make his whole argument void?

    nah.....it has truth just like you have truth...

    but the real truth is......we are all black so it dont matter hen them racists come.

    He made multiple statements. 1 that most people agree with (about having a strong home) and 1 that was irresponsible and sounded like it was absolving systemic racism - the part that got Black critics ? and got all these white racist media outlets cheering him now.

    Look into the conversations on twitter about it - you'll see why he's getting heat for this ? .

    So to answer your question, saying you can't blame the system is a void argument. Saying kids should have both parents is not.

    Dude made an ignorant ass statement.
  • matt mane
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    Denzel kept it a buck
  • jetlifebih
    jetlifebih Guests, Members, Writer, Content Producer Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sion wrote: »
    Denzel is right tho....

    He's like the uncle that tells you some real ? at the cookout and it's too much to bear so you try and hit him with your best "well matter of fact" but know he raised too good a point...

    Like the uncle who still think you can graduate high school and find a job that pays enough to take care of yourself like he did...

    Thinks we have respectable black public figures to model ourselves after like they had Malcolm Martin Elijah and many mores who may have passed right before they were born but their presence was still felt in the community....

    The uncle who grew up in a climate when the thing to be was a rnb singer for Motown and not a trap rapper who never sold a nickel....

    Yeah you know what’s going on huh unc...

    My thing is we don’t tried to get our family straight and every single time...you can check history....every time we are around the corner getting our ? straight, a deliberate counter action is exercised or executed that disrupts our progress....and mfs come 50-70 years later talking about it starts at home with family , children need father figures, can’t blame the system...

    Uncle Denzel....have a seat somewhere, let somebody in the know make those critiques, and just support, no independent thoughts or comments necessary
  • MR.CJ
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    Sion wrote: »
    Denzel is right tho....

    He's like the uncle that tells you some real ? at the cookout and it's too much to bear so you try and hit him with your best "well matter of fact" but know he raised too good a point...



    Facts
  • MR.CJ
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    Shizlansky wrote: »
    “It’s starts at home”

    “We making it easy for them”

    Why does this offend you ? ?


    Because people always want to blame the white man
  • jetlifebih
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    Let’s agree to disagree.....

  • 7figz
    7figz Members Posts: 15,294 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sion wrote: »
    Denzel is right tho....

    He's like the uncle that tells you some real ? at the cookout and it's too much to bear so you try and hit him with your best "well matter of fact" but know he raised too good a point...

    Yeah Uncle Tom - ? the ? .
  • 7figz
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    MR.CJ wrote: »
    Shizlansky wrote: »
    “It’s starts at home”

    “We making it easy for them”

    Why does this offend you ? ?


    Because people always want to blame the white man

    Word, and everybody knows the white man aint to blame for nothing. Smh - ? ? statement.

    MFs exposin themselves in this thread.

    It's good to see so when MFs try to get on some fake militant pro-Black ? in the next thread when a cop kills an innocent Black person, real MFs know whats up.
  • Huey_C
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    Shizlansky wrote: »
    “It’s starts at home”

    “We making it easy for them”

    Why does this offend you ? ?

    Perpetual victims
  • 7figz
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    Shizlansky wrote: »
    “It’s starts at home”

    “We making it easy for them”

    Why does this offend you ? ?

    How you know that's the part offending MFs ?

    If yall MFs spent more time responding to the posts where people clearly explained what they had a problem with, this ? would've been over. I guess yall MFs really like 'the system'.

    Right now, MFs just coming in here posting ? because its Denzel. Some groupie ig'nant ? ? going on - ? is shameful.
  • 7figz
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    jetlifebih wrote: »
    Let’s agree to disagree.....

    Word, I knew there was a lot of coonish MFs on this site but its good to see them exposing themseves like this. Self-hate runnin deep in this ? . This ? reading just like stormfront right now.

    These smart dumb MFs comin in here with some almost laughable stereotypes about they own people.

    If you believed these lost MFs, you'd think a responsible Black man couldn't possibly disagree with a ? actor. Same MFs who would devalue an athlete's opinion on some ? but somehow, Denzel, who's on record for downplaying colorism in Hollywood... is beyond reproach.

    These simple MFs probably really think he's Malcolm X.
  • rip.dilla
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    There's systematic racism in America no doubt but there's also personal accountability and responsibility ('man in the mirror')... as a Black person living in America; old and young


    I always state the only way a Black person would escape racism in America would be to totally leave the country all together

    It's not a difficult concept to grasp
  • MR.CJ
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    7figz wrote: »
    MR.CJ wrote: »
    Shizlansky wrote: »
    “It’s starts at home”

    “We making it easy for them”

    Why does this offend you ? ?


    Because people always want to blame the white man

    Word, and everybody knows the white man aint to blame for nothing. Smh - ? ? statement.

    MFs exposin themselves in this thread.

    It's good to see so when MFs try to get on some fake militant pro-Black ? in the next thread when a cop kills an innocent Black person, real MFs know whats up.



    Word its never personal accountability

    Keep pointing the finger
  • MR.CJ
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    LPast wrote: »
    LPast wrote: »
    I see some of y'all are still expecting white people to save y'all...

    Keep waiting on the system to be fixed...
    It dont think anybody's waiting to be saved. We just want the system to stop ? over us so we can have the same opportunities as others. The margin of error for black folks is ALOT slimmer than other races

    Correct... So like Denzel said, don't make it easy. The way to combat it from our end is to take care of home.

    Simply pointing out injustice does nothing. And changing the system takes forever, if it ever happens.

    Literally your best solution for the time being is to take care of home.


    LPast wrote: »
    LPast wrote: »
    I see some of y'all are still expecting white people to save y'all...

    Keep waiting on the system to be fixed...
    It dont think anybody's waiting to be saved. We just want the system to stop ? over us so we can have the same opportunities as others. The margin of error for black folks is ALOT slimmer than other races

    Correct... So like Denzel said, don't make it easy. The way to combat it from our end is to take care of home.

    Simply pointing out injustice does nothing. And changing the system takes forever, if it ever happens.

    Literally your best solution for the time being is to take care of home.

    the only problem with this is the same reason ? bringing up everything but this...

    responsibility is a mean ? ....especially when you have no one to blame.

    then the real ? and the real men stand up and stand out.

    as long a fukk ? running around they can hide amongst the problems. they can dodge growing up. they can dodge being a man.

    but if we can limit the fukery then guess what? them ? out chea looking like fools.



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  • LPast
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    Let me simplify it for y'all.

    Fool be once, shame on you
    Fool me twice, shame on me
  • LUClEN
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    Both contribute
  • jetlifebih
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    rip.dilla wrote: »
    There's systematic racism in America no doubt but there's also personal accountability and responsibility ('man in the mirror')... as a Black person living in America; old and young


    I always state the only way a Black person would escape racism in America would be to totally leave the country all together

    It's not a difficult concept to grasp
    Are y’all missing the decades of personal accountability on behalf of Africans only to have ? bombed or raided by the clan, laws passed to prevent ownership of propert business and land , laws passed to incarcerate a large group of people ....laws passed giving incentives for an already poor family to break up only to have the family depend on the government....

    Like we’ve done this accountability ? ...we have always done it....and how does it start with the family when stats say black men have been the most involved with children...

    Let’s just agree to disagree
  • D. Morgan
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  • 7figz
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    LPast wrote: »
    Let me simplify it for y'all.

    Fool be once, shame on you
    Fool me twice, shame on me

    Right, so Denzel done fooled you twice ?

    1. Saying colorism doesn't exist in hollywood.
    2. Saying you can't blame the system.
  • 7figz
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    Here's DL Hughley on the topic, for y'all gullible ass ? self-hatin MFs.

    https://youtu.be/vnDjkwx-fV4
  • sunlord
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    The ? is really going all out for his right to blame white people for ? ? up
  • Huey_C
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    sunlord wrote: »
    The ? is really going all out for his right to blame white people for ? ? up

    Beta male problems
  • 7figz
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    sunlord wrote: »
    The ? is really going all out for his right to blame white people for ? ? up

    You definitely a ? .
    Huey_C wrote: »
    sunlord wrote: »
    The ? is really going all out for his right to blame white people for ? ? up

    Beta male problems

    Now DL Hughley, Willie D, and Immortal Tech are beta males ?

    Or maybe yall MFs just some Denzel worhsipping groupie MFs - beta male / ? ?