1.) In this article, Whitlock confronts the tradgedy of NFL player Sean Taylor' death. Whitock says the cause of death can be attributed to Taylor's sketchy past involving black violence. Whitock refers to those responsible for this violence as the "Black KKK," and explains that they are just as bad as the older generation's KKK. The most lethal thing about this group is that it is defended by some black journalists and most of the media, so the rest of the world has to either ignore the issue or go along with it, lest they be labeled racist. The fact is, Whitlock explains, that the statistics don't lie. Our culture ignoring or accepting the violence in our system will only make things worse. The Black KKK has maintained the "soulja boy" theme, which supports the same crippling mentality of the original KKK; it's about keeping black men "uneducated, outside the mainstream and six feet deep."
2.) Whitock's main point is that if blacks ever want to overcome the statistics of death in their own race, they need to first overcome the cultural views placed on them by the Black KKK. These views are destructive because they discourage education and other opportunities that could potentially lead to success.
3.) I agree with Whitoc's article. Sadly, our society has given the "Black KKK" immunity by endorsing its standards through violent Hip Hop music. It's ridiculous that in today's society, if you are a sucessful black man who has embraced education, the "Black KKK" says you are less of a man because of it.
4.) Whitock uses parellelism when he writes, "The Black KKK claimed another victim, a high-profile professional football player with a checkered past this time." This is significant because Whitock shows that Taylor was not just an innocent victim of white racism, as the black media would have us believe.
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