[van-man]

Man that is everyday stuff. Everynight there is a shooting or a stabbing at these places. I don't work often at those clubs because its just too damn dangerous.

Fortunately for me, I have a good friend, who is black, and from the "soul" generation. I talk with him alot about the state of the african-american community and he concurrs that there is some kind of deep seated craziness going on. My friendship with him is the only thing that keeps me from all out racism. Everytime I hang out with him it reminds me that there is no such thing as a collective whole. The "black community" is really just a bunch of individuals who share the same values and consequently, the same problems. Each and everyone of those individuals has the power to decide for his/herself the right way to live, and bears the sole responsiblities for their respecitve actions.