if everyday yuh get up living in di ghetto....and act like everything is ok...an glorify the ghetto...then you are clearly marginalizing yourself and engaging in self defeatist mentality....in other words....you will never live up to the innate potential ingrained in every human being to succeed......

It's not a coincidence....IT'S SOCIETY. They have stereotyped each individual among race, color and class, therefore, they have already plotted our lives for us. Society has made it appeared that a black man can only be successful through music or sports. It has made us lose our individuality as a whole. We either accept the stereotype or go against it. Some see it easier to accept our fate while others become automatons so that they can feel that they belong to a particular group because they fear loneliness. However, those who rebel can find themselves in a very frightening situation because the pressures of society can cause them to hurt other individuals or hurt themselves. It is through oppression that so many people retaliate against others or decide to destroy themselves and that stage can tilt on any side of the coin depending on the ordeal which pushes the individual to their limit.