Does anyone hate ghetto kids?

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I have great sympathy by "working-class suburb kids" (who are probably the european version of american "ghetto kids").

Probably because of an "uncontrolled expriment" - I spent my elementary school in a working-class suburb, with my mother as teacher. And I was much more happy and "popular" than when I went to junior high, in a mostly midlle-class town

I suspect that the important factors were "childhood years" vs. "preteen years" (there are many posts at WP calling 11-14 y.o. the "bleak years" and similar) and "being the son of the teacher" vs. "being an unknow weird kid", not "working-class suburb" vs. "midlle-class city", but...

I worked at a factory with a ghetto kid, 12 years ago. He was rude and obnoxious and he swore a lot. He was 21 and he had a 15 year old girlfriend that he knocked up. He also talked back at the authority figures at the plant and swore at them. One day he was wearing a shirt that read, "Only users loose drugs." The next day, he had some pot on him, and it feel out of his back jeans pocket. He even had the nerve to joke around with me, asking me if I wanted to get married to him on a Saturday. I couldn't stand him.

I mostly dislike middleclass, smalltown kids of any ethnicity trying to imitate 50 cent.

It is also funny to see people in these forum criticizing ghetto kids for being disrespectful of adults and authority figures.

After all, these traits usually are considered a "strong point" when talking about aspies.

It wasn't just the Jews who kept human values intact in ghettos. A lot of cities in North America had "Chinatowns" which were pretty much the same thing. Look where the Chinese are in North America today.

The most obvious difference is that in those ghettos, Jewish and Chinese kids grew up with fathers.

Where I am from we call them Mall Rats and Emo Kids.
Mall Rats are the teenagers that cause trouble, they travel in packs. I have seen them be chased by the cops. A friend of mine works at the mall and he says that the issue is gradualy getting worse, I was shopping there not long ago and I now see cops standing around keeping a look out.

Emo Kids are harmless, but they are annoying, it's like they are all trying to be like there favorite character from a Japanese RPG, who are most of the time.. emo.

I actually do. It's not a 'race' thing. It's an 'acting like an idiot' thing. They dress so stupid, are very loud and obnoxious (especially with music), talk like they are extremely unintelligent (although they may not be) and try as hard as they can to look tough like a 'gangster'.. but then they get pissed when people eye them warily as they walk by. HELLO if you dress and act like you're up to no good, people are going to assume you are! That's just common sense.



It's not even just 'ghetto' kids. I dislike anyone who purposely goes out of their way to act like an idiot or immerse themselves in a particular culture like a sheeple. Ghetto culture does get on my nerves especially much for some reason, though. I think it has to do with the speech. And don't even get me started on 'grills'

I gotta agree, its not race, its mindset. and if you call them on it, your a "racist" despite the fact they are the ones spouting race based slurs at me. At least at work I can do something about it. Kid comes in, asks for water but points to soda, I hand him water, he flips me the bird, I simply say "That will be $5.00" We normally don't charge for water but I followed it to the letter for that punk. If you ask me, its those kids who need to have a beat down.

and the music, they think everyone in a 5 block radius wants to hear their crappy music at 2 am! they drive around, blasting it 24/7, so loud their cars rattle!

Ok, im 13, and terrible at understandin things like this. My age makes my ability to understand even lower. Anyway, i sometimes act in the way you all state you hate, i dress in the way you claim you hate, (i even wear my school trousers low). But its not because the music i listen to. Its not the games i play. you all just assume that kids think "WOW! thats guy started a gang and blew that mans head off! i wanna do it too"? If thats whats goin through your mind, sort it out. I occassionly shoplift, doesnt mean im in the whole lifestyle. Think we imitate 50 cent? Maybe the clothes, maybe the way he speaks. I grew up with music like that, its what i understand. Thats why i speak like that. If i dress like him, its because i tried it one day and found it comfy. I can be rude and loud, its mostly towards other children i ahte, or adults you spoke like that to me first. Most of the kids who are rude to you lot, you may be starin, givin them dirty looks without even realising. They dont drive with the music loud JUST to irritate people, its how we listen to it. Too quiet, and its just awful. I dont know whats up with guns, but thats probably in America. (no racism intended, i heard tahts a voilent country. if im wrong, correct me). If we're talkin in a way YOU hate, dressin in a way YOU hate, speakin in a way YOU hate, actin and havin fun in a way YOU hate, or YOU'RE not used to, they're not gonna change because you dont like it. They come up like that, they stay like that. I know, i walk around with my hood up and get dirty looks. Same with my bandana. If i put that over my face, i get evils for it. Wearin my trousers low, evils. Screw it ill make a list.

THINGS I GET EVILS FOR:

How i dress
How i walk
How i talk
How i act
How i sit down (awkward situation in Mac-D's)

THINGS I GET GOOD LOOKS/IGNORED FOR

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People assume things on me because i dress, talk, walk and act in a way people like you hate. Its annoyin, and its gettin on my nerves. You wonder why they get loud and angry, its because you're hatin them for somethin you dont even know is true. Yeah they may dress like 50 cent, how do you know he hasnt got top marks at school? So he may act like an a**hole,how do you he doesnt go home and build the computer before he plays on it? Start thinkin before assumin on us.

These days I don't really see it in ghetto culture or whatever. A person is either a nuisance and an a**hole to me, or they aren't. It's a complex and highly contentious issue, but I don't really care what race they are or where they're from unless they're causing trouble. I don't have an answer on how to solve it, and I wish other people would admit they don't as well. The problem isn't going to go away any time soon.

One thing I will say, though, is that it really pissed me off getting demonised as a kid because of other people's actions. I used to go out of my way to help people and be polite. I stopped doing that when I realised I was damned if I did, damned if I didn't. I'm quite happy to be rude to people these days if I'm not going to encounter them again, even as an adult. What's the point?