Black People Have A Problem With Violence in Atlanta and Miami Beach 

This is not a race issue, it's a class issue. Black people aren't ready for that conversation. We're expected to walk on eggshells in order to not offend those with incarcerated family members and those who come from impoverished backgrounds.

As a black person, I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE!!! As a teacher, the youth is beyond lost! It's a sad situation. 🙏🙏🙏

LMAO. “Hot Cheetos eating/Hookah Smoking Generation”. You ain’t never lied.

This is TOO real for some of us to accept. Everybody is on board when we’re talking “black excellence” and “black love” and BLM. But nobody wants to accept that WE are responsible for a lot of our own negativity. Yes, you can trace these issues back to white people oppressing us, but WE perpetuate it. We’ve lost the James Baldwins, Maya Angelou’s, and now Cicely Tyson. Soon, the gangstas & thugs are going to be our elders... It’s seriously time to stop embracing ratchetness & elevate our lives.

I never understood why ratchet equaled fun. Twerking and being loud equal fun. Make it make sense.

I agree with you 100%. It is a conversation we need to have. My nephew was murdered by someone he hung out with on a daily and considered this person a friend. My question is: Why do we hate each other? Let's start the conversation there and to be completely honest, I'm scared of them too!

Between the citizen app, next door, and atl scoop I feel like I’m living in Gotham City chile.

Q, I totally agree with you. This is a pervasive problem throughout many metropolitan city. The root of the issue is that we as black people have lost reverence for family and community. Our primary moral value has become about instant validation. There are no more grandads, big mamas or aunties who are stepping up and standing in the gap.... they're rachet too.

And you're so right about about music today not serving us. Seriously, I've reached back into my archives of good music because today's music is so low vibrational

You hit the nail on music , this why the labels are backing hip hop vs rnb , now they want cardi b , city girls, ratchet hot mess. I miss the days where people looked up to rnb artists, now these kids want fantasize about selling dope and stripping .

I agree! I’m 24, from Chicago and I no longer live there. Not to down talk my city EVER but the crime there is ridiculous. Even with the car jackings that’s going on. When you grow up around ignorance and you finally get a chance to separate yourself from that, you do! There’s nothing in the hood that should be glorified

We are lost! I saw a video last week from Louisiana where a 13 year old stabbed a 15 year old with a knife in walmart. Another 12 year old and 2 other preteens videoed it. Got to a car and were laughing about how the girl was going to die! The young lady did pass away and the 3 were arrested! We are lost! They literally were on fb live laughing, eating Popsicles talking about "if she die, she die"

In this day and age, it is hard for me to raise my children to be respectful with the music, social media and tv. But I still push thru with raising my children.

This is true in all Metro areas! And it’s honestly really sad. It’s frustrating that we can get so much movement around BLM/Police Brutality but these kids are killing each other in far greater numbers than the cops and nobody really speaks on it.

So true! Class, manners and home-training are now very rare on our community...

And New Orleans. A lady was at work minding her damn business taking care of her client and was shot down like a dog, another lady was taking food to her in-laws and she and her dog was murdered. I could go on but what's the use. Everyday someone dies violently here This past Sunday someone was killed with a machete. Mental illness is real

Also why are so many people so willing to get naked on social media? Can we talk about that? The constant challenges full of sexual stuff and no one caring about the children. Let’s talk please!

There is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay area called Antioch. When it was built the homes were beautiful but they were less expensive because they’re farther out (it’s about 45-50 miles from downtown San Francisco).So black folks were able to buy these homes especially the ones getting out of the military. Everything was fine until somebody got the idea to send Pookie and them up here because he did not know how to act in the inner city and in close to 5-7 years they have completely destroyed Antioch. It’s so bad that the Taco Bell and McDonald’s that is in route from the high school close the doors in the afternoon you can only get service to the drive up windows. Why?, Because the black kids kept fighting in the parking lot and caring it over into the business establishment the business started to complain to the school but the school really can’t do anything because the kids were out of school. The police had to park in the lot after school. Another thing, somebody needs to tell these kids that are making all these babies that that will check you get is not guaranteed. The taxpayers are paying for your children and when things start to get tight they’re not gonna want to pay for your children that you keep having. How are you gonna look when somebody says were cutting your money off or cut it way back, then say, we’re going to give you a couple food stamps and maybe some medical care, but no more chick...then what will you do..

Someone, somewhere is going to find a way to "scholastically" explain this away without the acknowledgement that this shit is not cool. You'll hear every excuse in the book, though somewhat legitimate, it's TIRING. "Systematic oppression, racism, marginalized grouping, respectability politics, nonmonolithic" etc., all of those buzz words will come your way, but doesn't take away from the fact that it's tired sometimes.

Appreciate this type of content from you. It has to be said ... it ain't white folks, it ain't trump supporters IT"S US

I'm from Chicago.... I get it. Some shit be embarrassing AF

Well said Q. We’re not showing the respect for us that we expect from others. I’m in the southwest coast of Florida and at one point 2 years ago there was a shooting daily ..sometimes 2-4 funerals in one day! And nobody wants to talk. It’s sad 😢

I just want to say thank you Q for being a well rounded, equal opportunitist when it comes to news...and not just mess

I totally agree! I don't want to live around my own people. Some fail to be attentive to their homes by dropping and leaving trash all over the place, disrespectful visitors, don't maintain the upkeep of their homes but have the nicest cars in the driveway!

It is the parenting (or lack there of) that is a large part of the problem!

When I lived in Miami we would go to the beach every single Sunday EXCEPT memorial day weekend. I didn't want anyone to confuse me w the visiting ignorance. The shit is embarrassing.

The music element was a interesting point. My mother wouldn’t allow me to listen to adult content music. She made it very clear that I was not at an age, to understand fiction from non-fiction, plus the adult issues and environments depicted. When I came of age. I went seeking the forbidden music. My choices were definitely a reflection of my mothers wisdom. Which started my love of conscious Hip Hop. I’ve adopted my mothers method with my boys.

I agree with everything you said. Crime is a complex issue in truth but what would help Black people hugely is to let go of this hip hop culture that has stunted our growth for decades. Like you said it doesn’t serve us, it mostly produces ignorance and a certain mentality that is destructive.

Q I feel as tho this is a great message but I feel as though you’re missing your targeted audience with this one. Unfortunately this is predominantly an American black male problem. We really need to start mentoring these young boys at an early age to prevent a lot of this

I’m from Carol City as well, living in Texas and I rarely go back myself. I feel disconnected from the people I grew up with but my lifestyle will make me feel like a fish out of water. I’m also ashamed to say that I don’t feel safe when I go back either.

I’m glad you’re talking about this! I have lived in Atlanta for my whole life up until this summer when I moved up to PA. I visited during Christmas and I was really saddened and disturbed by the surge violence in the last year. So sad about the girl who was killed over the holidays near Phipps Plaza.

FD, you told the absolute truth. We have got to do better as a people. Unfortunately we do not like hearing the truth.

I'm in New York, and I was finished with us after we finally got a Fat Tuesday in Queens, and these people went down there and brawled at the grand opening. Literally was a grand opening, grand closing smh.

Yessss Quentin! I’m so happy you shared what’s on your mind. It’s taboo to speak on things that goes on in the community. But it directly affects us, so why not address it?! Especially with it being black history month. It may come off as anti black to the people who don’t see the bigger picture. Most likely they may be the perpetrators! I love how you break things down! Your perspective is truly respected! 💚

When we as a community or nation don’t tend to our illnesses and issues; mental illness, self loathing, internalized hatred, patriarchal violence and hyper masculinity, trauma of all forms, etc you name it and continue to run away from it, it will visit us. Always! No matter how many separate islands (class divisions) we create or escape to to barricade ourselves away from the social decay, the detritus will always come back to our door! The we of us goes wherever we go! Our privileges accrued are always meant for us to return to the wound and serve in the effort to transform!

This is the T we are scared to talk about for fear of being race traitors but it's TRUE and while we understand all too well where a lot of this destructive behavior stems from, it's time to stop using it as a crutch. One of my favorite quotes: "If you're young and not a liberal, you have no heart; if you're old and not a conservative you have no brain" I'm old and I got sh!t to lose and I hate even typing this but I swear we gotta do better.

Don’t kill me, but given your recent story about throwing the drink in that lady’s face, these sentiments MAY come off as hypocritical. Violence is violence, it’s all ruckus.

Yup i was thinking of moving outside Atlanta.. A girl i follow podcast said she live in Buckhead and window busted out at gas station.... Damn even Ludacris car taken right at Atm... Blk poverty is growing and they coming for the celebs and suburbs

You spoke everything I think everyday...thank you for using your platform to hopefully spread this must needed message!

I had to move from Jacksonville due to the murder rate. Im a Jacksonville native and didnt want my children growing up in that type of environment (urban areas of Jacksonville). So, I moved to Kissimmee, Fl. Never slept so good 😎

I was born in the projects but I am not of the projects. I’ve tried many of times to get parents and their kids off the block and go to parks, museums and zoos and they turn it down because their comfortable where they are. You can’t be mad at me for shaking, rattling and moving along life and getting off the block. When I leave for work there’s always a group of drug dealers on the corner and when I return 8-10hrs later those same people are in the same exact place 🤦🏾‍♂️. We are all granted opportunities, we just need to reach out and grab it

I so agree I'm in St. .Louis and down here we have a up take of women and kids getting murdered ..it's sickening. .just the other day a young mother 30 was killed with her two baby daughters 7 and 1 in their home ..police said it was a gruesome scene ...something have to give and your also correct it's our own skin folk doing it..

I’m so glad you’re back and I got a chance to see this! You are absolutely right! This makes me think about a memorial weekend my bff got drunk and got separated from the group and a group of guys tried to walk her on the beach. Thank God another friend saw them and saved her. The same night there were gun shots where we all had to run down the strip for our lives and the same night I almost fought some girl because she was mad that I bumped her as if the streets aren’t crowded. That was my LAST memorial weekend on south beach! This reminds me of the convo I’ve been having with my peers about when do we talk about what is our “culture”, and when do we stop perpetuating trauma and generational curses and calling it culture!😑 I’m sickuud! I love when you talk about serious things like this! These conversation needs to be had and are just as important as the convos we have with white America! No more being the victims! It’s time to heal from the inside out! Keep it up Q! Love you for real!❤️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Thank you for speaking truth! I’ve been saying the same thing for years! Here in Philadelphia it’s crazy, with no end in sight! Thanks for sharing.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I have often said if I ever get to meet one social media influencer it will be funky dineva aka Quinton. I love you so much and it's not because of the funny antics that comes from you, tho they give me life as well, but it's because you are intelligent and you have great viewpoints. You are someone that I would love to be able to just sit down and have conversation with. I love it when you do content like this because there are some things that need to be said and I know that you get certain viewers who need to hear it. I won't hold you but thank you for this because I see no lies told and I feel the same way!

What is not serving us: 70% of our children are born to parents who are not married to teach other. Forget about morality and the occasional anomaly of a successful single parent. Most of our black children in juvenile detention, most of our children who are in foster care, most of our young men in prison are guess what.....products of unmarried parents. Unless we address the breakdown of our family structure, we will not make significant progress.

I agree with you 100%! This crime against each other is something I will never understand! I'm not from this young generation but my married parents had it way harder than our young people today. They worked hard and got educated in spite of the white and black water fountains. They had me and my sister at a later age when they knew they could protect and provide. They never shot anybody because they were poor. Never tried to harm anyone! I Love Us But I Hate What I See! God Bless Us All!

I’m with you when you right! It is bad ALL over Atlanta. It’s ridiculous😒

Facts-we’ll said-this music is troubling & so derogatory-nothing uplifting or motivating. Time for change

Dang , this scares me ! My husband and I are supposed to be moving to Atlanta next January . Now I’m afraid we currently live in Savannah GA, and car break ins are bad here too 😢 I really thought we was about to escape it !

I am here for this ENTIRE commentary! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I 100% agree about the music every female rapper is sing about the something and half necked. Like where did they learn that from. Same thing with the male's it all sounds the same. There is no substance to what they are saying or doing. We have to do better.

I work in and with the blk comm with the most disadvantaged. It is rewarding BUT VERY hard sometimes. Often, they jus hav a diff mindset, they dont want bettr, they wont do bettr yet they think they KNOW bettr. It is scary bcuz these yg blk ppl focused on foolishness with nothing but drama are our future😉

There’s always been shootings in malls in Georgia. You just gotta be there at the right time sadly..

Q you hit the nail on the head. A friend of mine was in Lenox mall last year and there was a shoot out and he broke his knees. We gotta do better as Black people yall.

Poverty and Greed..... We have been taught not to value one another

@Funky Dineva GLAD YOU BACK, KING.

Glad your Chanel is back,

I live in NC but im from GA. Everytime i tell people im from GA, they automatically assume im from Atlanta lol. Everybody from GA is not from Atlanta. I was born in Albany Ga, which is like 2 1/2 hrs away from Atlanta.

Phrat, you spoke my platform grievance tonight on the Divine Nine with the outdated programming!! It’s NOT helping the community at large but is serving egos and I am over 👏🏾 it 👏🏾

Preach, Funky D. This situation that you spoke about is going on in many of the best neighborhoods all over America. There has been a huge change over the last 10 years with lawless young people who are not working. Dysfunction in many homes, leaving some folks homeless and carefree.

As usual, the last 60 seconds or so SPOKE deeply to me 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 “It ain’t my problem”

Yes, where can a black family or person move and be safe? We are killing each other and the others are killing us too. Damn where can we live and be safe, clean and have nice homes/apts.

Soo glad your channel is back, VERY WELL SAID. Our race has got to do better. Everything is not systemic racism or the white man. I was riding through a predominantly black area , and trash and dead cars were on the street. That's not systemic racism that's US not caring. Cleaning up your neighborhood isn't racism.

You speak nothing but the truth. I so love you and your honesty. Keep doing what you do my brother for Life! It's all good...

I couldn't be happier to have you addressing that level of ignorance dwelling among black people. Besides the music that is so negative, the school system and the promotion of the welfare play a big role in the decadence of the black community.

We are some of our worst enemies. What do ya'll think is the solution? Genuinely curious to hear others' thoughts/opinions.

THAT PART THAT PART THAT PART THAT PART!!!!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I love you Dineva and your growth !!! I’ve been a fan forEVER !!!!!!

Wow! I remember seeing that in SF where you have to leave compartments open and your door unlocked so that thieves don’t break windows and break the locks. Never did I imagine that ATL would get like that

I AM CALLING YOU Q TODAY!!! YOU HAVE SPOKE NOTHING BUT FACTS!!!!! AND I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU SIR!! " LOVE YOU NESSA GIRL"

I just lost my baby cousin to gun violence yesterday here n louisville ky her n her dad her lil sister was shot as well but will survive she was 8 Larea was 10 our family is messed up right now

We are too quick to want to fight eachother and not willing to fight for each other.

Miami is my annual destination for Memorial Day. But I found very quickly that Memorial Day is “black urban weekend”. I was shocked

Same in Chicago with the carjackings that are being committed by teens as young as 13/14 yrs old😞

Finally your channel is back

This conversation is long overdue. No one wants to address it though. It’s almost disgusting how we truly have turned a blind eye to our own accountability. You truly can’t have any convo that holds us accountable for a thing. From crime, education, colorism and the list continues; no one wants to talk about how we play a part in it whether we like to admit it or not. Don’t decide for yourself that you want to hold you accountable, then you think you’re better than the rest. Naw, I’m just not going to sit in my trauma. I’m not going to voluntarily be miserable.

Preach! I am so glad you spoke on this. You are so right! And thank you for having the courage to have the conversation.

Thank You Dineva.Everything you have said was right.Prosperity and Blessings !

I’m an Atlanta native and I agree with ALL of this message

When Q said “it ain’t my problem” I felt that 😩

Welcome back Q! They can't keep a real one down! Now go watch ALLLL of his recent videos (again) to REALLY give them something to hate about!❤

FACT!! Thank you for using your platform to address this! I think about this everyday, it’s an overdue conversation!

AMEN!!! I AM GLAD YOU SAID IT!!! 💯❤

We are just getting older. Music has been rapping about struggle and gangsta stuff since the late 80s lmao. People can't keep blaming music. This generation it was Cardi b, then it used to be nicki, then it was people talking mess on lil kim. Now it's nba young boy, then it was Wayne and ying twins and then it was gangsta rap in the 90s with tupac and biggie. Stop blaming music! The only person to blame is the GOVT. once they introduced crack/cocaine to the urban community shit went LEFT. THAT was the domino effect. Drugs and impoverty. The ghettos been around the 60's.

Thank you so much for speaking on the shootings here in Atlanta. I think since the pandemic, car break-ins have been on a all time high. I feel like a lot of the marchings that were going on should of been held in our communities as well.

You are speaking straight facts‼️ I see no lies told . We were taught go somewhere and act like you got some sense

This is a very serious subject, but that "Down to the OK Corral" took me out

Hear me good....you can't bring an old mindset to a new situation or environment. So many have moved from the north to the south and don't understand the culture in the south.

If people would stop trying to be their kids friends and stop trying to live through them things would be better. These kids are literally 4 and 5 wearing crop tops and false nails. Like RAISE these babies smh

You are so right, and it’s so annoying, exhausting, and embarrassing in general.🤦🏾‍♂️

I hate to say this but when you hear things like this it makes you understand why successful black peoples leave the neighborhood and don’t return. I would like to see more community centers and mental health resources in urban areas. However it is scary to live with people who do things like this. This is why successful black people move next to successful black people and whites. Sorry but leaving the hood is a goal for a lot of black people. However we can not have these conversations without discussing systematic racism and zoning.

I don't comment often but everything you spoke of I agree with and speaks on it with others but I am told I am against our people...I am not against but am tired of the bullshyt that we say, think and do

So glad your channel is back!!!! I was so sad all day yesterday lol

I agree especially with the point about the music. What you sonically ingest matters.

True tea. I'm from Tulsa....still here trying to do better and make a difference. But baybeeehhh

I’m glad you’re back

I have been saying the Divine 9 needs to do more for the community since they put you through hell to try to gain acceptance. The outdated mentality needs to go.

Thank you for shining a light on this. We in the black community HAVE GOT to do better. Like you said...can’t blame this on the trump folks!

You ever watch "The First 48hrs"? Tulsa, New Orleans, Atlanta. It's scary and sad.