thug spirituality

THUG SPIRITUALITY

Part I: The Rise of Ghetto Nihilism

Part II: The Plunge of African AmericanCulture Into Ghettoization

Part III: Toward a New Movement ̶̶̶̶ A Way Out of the Crisis

THUG SPIRITUALITY

1900 1910 1920 1930 1940

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

The African AmericanThe African Americanpopulation growth inpopulation growth inNew York, Chicago,New York, Chicago,

Philadelphia, and Detroit:Philadelphia, and Detroit:1900-19401900-1940

THUG SPIRITUALITY

Percentage of African Americans Percentage of African Americans Coming FromComing From

Border States & Cotton-Belt States: Border States & Cotton-Belt States: 1910-19201910-1920

1910 19200

1020304050

From Border StatesFrom Cotton-Belt StatesFrom Other Southern States

1910 19200

1020304050

From Border StatesFrom Cotton-Belt StatesFrom Other Southern States

Percentage of African Americans Percentage of African Americans Coming FromComing From

Border States & Cotton-Belt States: Border States & Cotton-Belt States: 1910-19201910-1920

THUG SPIRITUALITY

Intra African AmericanIntra African AmericanClash Of ValuesClash Of Values

Achiever Valuesof the

Working & Middle-class

Subsistence Valuesof the

Under-class

Nihilistic Valuesof the

Criminals

AMBITION RECKLESSNESS

“Hard work yieldsgetting ahead.”

“Getting over” by any means.

DELAYED GRATIFICATION

INSTANT GRATIFICATION

PREDATORYGRATIFICATION

“Tomorrow will be better than today.”

“Tomorrow will notbe better than today.”

“Tomorrow willnever come.”

RESIGNATION

“Hard work does notyield getting ahead.”

“Achiever” and subsistence (“Survivor”) values by Dr. Bob Lupton



AMBITION RECKLESSNESS

“Hard work yieldsgetting ahead.”

“Getting over” by any means.

DELAYED GRATIFICATION

INSTANT GRATIFICATION

PREDATORYGRATIFICATION

“Tomorrow will be better than today.”

“Tomorrow will notbe better than today.”

“Tomorrow willnever come.”

RESIGNATION

“Hard work does notyield getting ahead.”



Criminals


Under-class





Under-class


Criminals

PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

TIME ORIENTATION

MOMENTORIENTATION

GOAL ORIENTATION

NEED ORIENTATION

WANT ORIENTATION

Planning No Planning “If it feels good,do it.”

EXPLOITATION OF PROPERTY

CRISIS ORIENTATION


Personal Ownership No Ownership Anti-Owner’s Ownership





Under-class


Criminals

PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

TIME ORIENTATION

MOMENTORIENTATION

GOAL ORIENTATION

NEED ORIENTATION

WANT ORIENTATION

EXPLOITATION OF PROPERTY

CRISIS ORIENTATION


Personal Ownership No Ownership Anti-Owner’s Ownership


THUG SPIRITUALITY

Divergent Outlooks of Achievers Divergent Outlooks of Achievers and Non-Achievers and Non-Achievers

How they view:How they view: AchieversAchievers Non-AchieversNon-Achievers

Social justiceSocial justice Equal opportunityEqual opportunity Equal resultsEqual results

Barriers to Barriers to successsuccess

Mostly internalMostly internalAlmost Almost

exclusively exclusively externalexternal

Basis of SuccessBasis of Success The actions of selfThe actions of selfThe actions of The actions of

othersothers

Effect of values Effect of values on the pooron the poor

Non-achiever Non-achiever values hinder values hinder

them.them.Achiever values Achiever values oppress them.oppress them.

Self-destructive Self-destructive Behavior Behavior

It is acting It is acting irresponsibly.irresponsibly.

It is the fault of It is the fault of society.society.

Effect of Effect of civilizationcivilization It humanizes.It humanizes. It de-humanizes.It de-humanizes.

Relationship to Relationship to the Social the Social SituationSituation

Self is independent Self is independent of it.of it.

Self is determined Self is determined by it.by it.

Posture toward Posture toward societysociety Contribute to it.Contribute to it. Critique it.Critique it.

Unacceptable Unacceptable Behavior Behavior

Criminal behavior Criminal behavior is wrong.is wrong.

““CivilizedCivilized”” behavior is false.behavior is false.

How to Gain How to Gain RespectRespect Earn it.Earn it. Demand it.Demand it.

Divergent Outlooks of Achievers Divergent Outlooks of Achievers and Non-Achievers and Non-Achievers

How they view:How they view: AchieversAchievers Non-AchieversNon-Achievers

THUG SPIRITUALITY

Fusion

1975 1980 1985

} }

Open IdentificationalistsBegin Leaving the Ghetto

Closed IdentificationalistsBegin Leaving the Ghetto

Time

Influence

Nihilistic ValuesVictimology BlacknessSubsistence Values

Ontological Blackness

Chronological Relationship BetweenChronological Relationship BetweenDemise of OntologicalDemise of Ontological

Blackness and Rise of Nihilistic ValuesBlackness and Rise of Nihilistic Values

thug spirituality

Documents