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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEven some African American websites are perpetuating the "Knockout Game" myth
World Star Hip Hop (famous for their street violence videos) is falling for the myth
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhNuoiR2ji0aUncB3D
If the media keeps hyping it up, and society does not figure out how to offer young black men a way out of poverty and boredom, it WILL become real!
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Even some African American websites are perpetuating the "Knockout Game" myth (Original Post)
FrodosPet
Nov 2013
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FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)1. And now they are calling THIS "Knockout Game (TM)"?
I thought the "Knockout Game" was supposed to be one punch and run away, but the following video is an old fashioned two on one beatdown
JI7
(93,371 posts)2. that looks fake to me
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)3. In that case, kudos to the makeup artists made his face look swollen
Cool trick - suck an amazing make up job in the few seconds they were hidden from view.
And laying on the ground, looking dazed and hurt with the "bubbling mouth"? Man that guy is a good actor.
(Boy did I get fooled on this one!)
