Sunday, August 14, 2011
Is worldstarhiphop.com partly to blame for Philly's flashmob problem?
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The crisis in Philly right now is coming from flash mobs. When you think of them, you think of groups getting together and dancing or doing something silly in unison. As of late..flashmobs have meant something more sinister, something more violent. Flashmobs are being blamed for the recent violence in Philly and states in the midwest. There's no doubt that Worldstarhiphop.com a partner of Mediatakeout.com, drives traffic and gets pageviews, but when do they start to take some responsibility to what is happenening with the African-american youth in this nation. Philly according to rapper, Meek Mill, is the "new Iraq." This type of analogy is a sad, but shockingly true one being made.
Just look at the the video of the city bus being shot at on the streets in Philly just recently. Its easy to say let's just blame flashmobs and black youth's insensitivity to violence on worldstarhiphop.com and alleged that they promote flashmobs by the violent videos displayed on their website, thats just too easy. What could happen is that a disclaimer could be made before watching a video of such a violent nature. A disclaimer that talks about the fact that young people are making a joke out of participating in violent crimes and hurting one another. Here's a video from Worldstarhiphop.com's website..the jury is out. Does this make light of a seriously violent situation?You can see that the fight is said to be about Facebook?
Now, the situation is that flashmobs are fighting and truly causing havoc for themselves and their chances of being successful in life..for a chance to become a "worldstar" celebrity. Will the team at Worldstarhiphop.com step up and change the tone of violence on their site? Or will they continue to use acts of violence to get pageviews, without caring about the influence they have on the African-american youth of today?
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