Images worth thousands of words

There is a cultural ambiguity that is embedded within the African American population. That cultural cloudiness is a conflict between the street culture and, the historical traditional culture. The problem is, one is not able to separate the two nor say that the two do not influence each other. But the main problem is that, the street culture, also known as "ghetto" is glorified and deemed supreme to the identity of the black male. This is the construction, and re-articulation, of their masculinity. 

The images are often separatist in nature. Meaning, black men have found a way to attempt to restructure their own masculinity. The problem is that, this fantasy infuses itself in the African American male culture. 

All the glitters is not gold

All that Glitters is not Gold, there is a reality that lies behind the emulated fantasy of being a gangsta.