Can I just add that as a black person, I do not accept slag speech, violence etc 'as being solely relevant to my culture'.
In fact I find it offensive that the 'road man' persona, being 'ghetto' etc is all considered to be a ' black thing' that we must ironically laugh about and remind little Johnny that he is not.
There are many university educated, property owning middle class black people out there, who would be equally horrified to hear their child behaving in a chav like/ hill billy way!
It's like a black person creating a humorous thread saying , 'my darling daughter is pretending to be so white trash, pregnant at 14 with a man who is always drunk lol.
She is always outside smoking, and swearing, wearing clothes too small for herself and shouting at her 2 year old in the street who binges on tv and mc Donald's lol
Then making negative generalisations about white culture but cleverly juxtaposing this with positive aspects of black culture eg 'she however forgets that we are a close knit, church going family, all university educated and that she herself grew up on home cooked meals lol (aren't I hilarious)
This thread has very racist undertones about what it means to be black, it is clear that the media has succeeded in portraying black people so negatively that ordinary people can not see beyond this.
Not every black person is 'street'
Not all Muslims are the Taliban
Not all white people are racist chavs
How do we expect our young black youth to have a positive sense of self when the grown ups (including all those teachers having to remind the Sylvester's of the world, that thankfully they are white so can stop being silly).
It is the prerogative of teens to form alternative identities to their parents, whether by speaking differently, finding a cause to fight etc as they discover their sense of self