Do you ever get annoyed when non Black people ask you what hood you're from? and you have to answer "ummm I'm middle class, I live in the burbs"
A couple of my closest friends are middle and upper class Black and get asked this ALL the time
'hood. Some people find it offensive. I grew up in the hood, so I feel (being Arab/White) that I can use the word. My mother doesn't like the word tho, she says whenever I say it it makes ppl think I am lazy since it has a bad connotation. Maybe I should listen to her
(rolls eyes) can we please STOP w/ the racism? and I am not Black!
I'm thinking: Honestly, if you ever drive through it just depends where you are and what time. Like in the South Bronx, actually some areas are worse than others. Truth be told, I had a friend from the South BX who moved out to the burbs and 2 days later was killed in her own new, nice home by drug addicts. Bad things happen everywhere :( I've lost way too many friends to violence
I'm thinking: fully agree w/ you!