CNN must have REALLY been having a slow news day when they did this odd news segment for middle America’s underdtanding of the term “Thug?” In reality depending on who you are and how you were raised it might be easy to understand both sides. These views are from opposite ends of the spectrum, the problem in the black community is the middle is missing and there are no gray areas. Originally posted Jan 16, 2014
When CNN’s Don Lemon interviewed Slim Thug to get a Definition of “Thug” (video)
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