Ghetto and black are synonymous in Thuglife Kennedy's world. He has a serious problem with black people who "act uppidy" and act like their "shit don't stink." For this reason, he prefers to associate mostly with some thugs back home and his mother's side of the family. He feels like they keep it real.
When he visits his father's side of the family, his uncles tell him to pull up his sagging pants. On top of that, there happen to be quite a few golfers among those Uncle Toms. Their most egregious act of defiance against the race is that they don't play loud music at family parties. We won't even get into the fact that many of them are wealthy and live in the suburbs. Real sell-outs!
One morning on the way to campus, he was telling me about some of the OGs back home and how they'd have his back if somebody tried to mess with him. They're even coming out to support him at his first game of the season! Thuglife was never "down" with them per se but if he had beef, he knows the homies would come out with the tools.
Thugishness aside, Thuglife flat out loves his mom. His deep affection for her stems, in part, from her being authentically black. According to Thuglife, his mom is the neighborhood cook. When I say cook, I'm not referring to a hearty meal either.
In the spirit of true blackness, Mom serves up "coke" from the comfort of her kitchen in an effort to spur entrepreneurship in the local black community.
Black is a color, not a so-called description of a specific ethnic group's traits. When someone says "that's black." They're including a whole race for one person's action. The brothers who choose to pick up a book instead of joint, is looked as a sell out. What a world we live in.
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