Never Say This in the Hood🤫
Summary
A rider from Harlem breaks down the unspoken rules of street culture with Kareem, warning that certain vocabulary just doesn't fly in the hood. His advice? If you have ADD or consider yourself neurodivergent, keep that information to yourself. Dead serious. He imagines the scenario: walking through Harlem announcing "I'm neurodivergent, dog" and getting an immediate "Bro, what?" at best, or getting robbed at worst. The message is clear: some clinical terms don't translate to the streets, and if you're new to the area, it's better to keep things on the DL rather than risk getting clowned or worse.
Full Transcript
If you're new to typical, don't even say nothing. Keep it on the DL, keep it on the DL, cuz in the hood we don't care about that. So if you have ADD, never say "I have ADD." Never say that [shit]. Go, you shot—what are you talking about? Are you neurodivergent? No comment.
Wait, so do you know anyone who's neurodivergent? Of course not, cuz no one who is would say anything like—if I was in the hood and I was like, "Excuse me, sir, I'm neurodivergent," what would the response be? You would probably get robbed. Just stolen out, right? Just immediately. I'm—bro, I'm from Harlem. I'm not even from the hood like that, but I could tell you if I was in Harlem being like, "Yo, man, I'm neurodivergent, dog. I'm new with diversion," they'd be like, "Bro, what?"
So what's your take?