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2. THUG SPIRITUALITY Part I: The Rise of Ghetto Nihilism Part II: The Plunge of African American Culture Into Ghettoization Part III: Toward a New Movement ̶̶ A Way Out of the Crisis

3. THUG SPIRITUALITY Part I: The Rise of Ghetto Nihilism Part II: The Plunge of African American Culture Into Ghettoization Part III: Toward a New Movement ̶̶ A Way Out of the Crisis

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5. The African Americanpopulation growth inNew York, Chicago,Philadelphia, and Detroit:1900-1940 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940

6. The African Americanpopulation growth inNew York, Chicago,Philadelphia, and Detroit:1900-1940 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 0 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940

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9. Percentage of African Americans Coming FromBorder States & Cotton-Belt States: 1910-1920 50 40 30 20 10 0 1910 1920 From Border States From Cotton-Belt States From Other Southern States

10. Percentage of African Americans Coming FromBorder States & Cotton-Belt States: 1910-1920 50 40 30 20 10 0 1910 1920 From Border States From Cotton-Belt States From Other Southern States

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13. Intra African AmericanClash Of Values Subsistence Values of the Under-class Nihilistic Values of the Criminals Achiever Values of the Working & Middle-class AMBITION RESIGNATION RECKLESSNESS “Hard work yields getting ahead.” “Hard work does not yield getting ahead.” “Getting over” by any means. DELAYED GRATIFICATION INSTANT GRATIFICATION PREDATORY GRATIFICATION “Tomorrow will be better than today.” “Tomorrow will not be better than today.” “Tomorrow will never come.” “Achiever” and subsistence (“Survivor”) values by Dr. Bob Lupton

14. Intra African AmericanClash Of Values Subsistence Values of the Under-class Nihilistic Values of the Criminals Achiever Values of the Working & Middle-class AMBITION RESIGNATION RECKLESSNESS “Hard work yields getting ahead.” “Hard work does not yield getting ahead.” “Getting over” by any means. DELAYED GRATIFICATION INSTANT GRATIFICATION PREDATORY GRATIFICATION “Tomorrow will be better than today.” “Tomorrow will not be better than today.” “Tomorrow will never come.” “Achiever” and subsistence (“Survivor”) values by Dr. Bob Lupton

15. Intra African AmericanClash Of Values Subsistence Values of the Under-class Nihilistic Values of the Criminals Achiever Values of the Working & Middle-class PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY EXPLOITATION OF PROPERTY DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY Personal Ownership No Ownership Anti-Owner’s Ownership TIME ORIENTATION CRISIS ORIENTATION MOMENT ORIENTATION Planning No Planning “If it feels good, do it.” GOAL ORIENTATION NEED ORIENTATION WANT ORIENTATION “Achiever” and subsistence (“Survivor”) values by Dr. Bob Lupton

16. Intra African AmericanClash Of Values Subsistence Values of the Under-class Nihilistic Values of the Criminals Achiever Values of the Working & Middle-class PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY EXPLOITATION OF PROPERTY DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY Personal Ownership No Ownership Anti-Owner’s Ownership TIME ORIENTATION CRISIS ORIENTATION MOMENT ORIENTATION GOAL ORIENTATION NEED ORIENTATION WANT ORIENTATION “Achiever” and subsistence (“Survivor”) values by Dr. Bob Lupton

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19. Divergent Outlooks of Achievers and Non-Achievers

20. Divergent Outlooks of Achievers and Non-Achievers

21. Divergent Outlooks of Achievers and Non-Achievers

22. Divergent Outlooks of Achievers and Non-Achievers

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25. Chronological Relationship BetweenDemise of OntologicalBlackness and Rise of Nihilistic Values Ontological Blackness Nihilistic Values Subsistence Values Victimology Blackness Fusion Influence } } 1975 1980 1985 Open Identificationalists Begin Leaving the Ghetto Closed Identificationalists Begin Leaving the Ghetto Time

26. Chronological Relationship BetweenDemise of OntologicalBlackness and Rise of Nihilistic Values Ontological Blackness Nihilistic Values Subsistence Values Victimology Blackness Fusion Influence } } 1975 1980 1985 Open Identificationalists Begin Leaving the Ghetto Closed Identificationalists Begin Leaving the Ghetto Time