How would the ghetto respond to a ZA?

edited September 2012 in The Walking Dead
I've always wondered how a ghetto like Compton or the projects in Chicago would react to a zombie apocalypse. In most zombie movies they only feature a few black people and never a majority cast. I'm thinking the zombies would have a hard time lol. I'm not racist at all, i'm half black, but I think their would be a lot of drive bys on zombies going on. Somebody should make a ghetto zombie movie!:D

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  • edited September 2012
    Zombies in the Hood huh?

    I think it would be just like anywhere else.
    Sure their are going to be those with gun's able to protect themselves, but you realize not everyone in a ghetto has a gun.

    Black people are generally more physical and could fight or run away, but overall I don't think they would fair any better than anyone else.
  • edited September 2012
    Wasn't this the plot of the second Resident Evil movie?
  • edited September 2012
    "Black people are more physical" lolz.

    if ya going to quote, use the whole thing!!

    Black people are generally more physical
  • edited September 2012
    WowMutt wrote: »
    if ya going to quote, use the whole thing!!

    Black people are generally more physical

    yea but its true and urban as well
  • edited September 2012
    Well we know how they'd cope with an alien invasion. ('Attack the Block', if you haven't seen it yet go right now and watch. Seriously go now).

    I'm sure 'Zombie's in the Hood' is in the pipeline already. ;)
  • edited September 2012
    I've always wondered how a ghetto like Compton or the projects in Chicago would react to a zombie apocalypse. In most zombie movies they only feature a few black people and never a majority cast. I'm thinking the zombies would have a hard time lol. I'm not racist at all, i'm half black, but I think their would be a lot of drive bys on zombies going on. Somebody should make a ghetto zombie movie!:D

    I know how the "ghetto" would react. 90% of the people would die right off and everyone else little by little, like any other place.
  • edited September 2012
    Hi all,

    In France, there was a film who took place in a "ghetto" (if i understand correctly the sense, and if the comparison is possible). It is named: "La Horde".
    Not sure it has been put out of France, but - it's only a personnal opinion - I found it quite good.
  • edited September 2012
    Well, living in a predominantly black neighborhood...not really the ghetto, but still the city least to say, but me and my mom were just talking about this ironically. I said that everybody would be running around trying to get away, and trying to shoot zombies, but most would die. I live in a high rise, secured building with iron doors for each apartment and shatterproof glass on the outside doors. So my mom said we could wait a couple of days in the house until everything cooled down, and until most people were dead, from shooting each other in panic, or becoming zombies then being taken out. Then we would make our move out of the house, we also have a secured garage in our building, so we would hope that the car was still there if not we have to try and figure out how to hot wire another one, keeping in mind there still may be zombies in the garage. Then the countryside is about 1 hour drive down the main highway, we pack up the food, and take our chances...everyone knows survivor camps never make it, so we wont even head to those. Also we have a gun for protection...and my mom is also a gun enthusiast. So we would have a little protection, and she also has quite a lot of bullets.
  • edited September 2012
    It would be the same as the suburbs.

    Or to be none PR. it would be just like the white folks.

    I love how ghetto = black.

    At any rate. I don't see how it would make much of a difference it's not like Negroes are naturally tougher than whites or something. Not like they are better shots or have better planning. I doubt race will play a role in the starting days of the ZA.

    But then again..it might be interesting how the socio economics takes a role in the response to the initial reaction to the ZA For example will it be like New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina. Negroes are known not to trust the government i.e. whites so when they are told to do something or go somewhere "safe" by the government will the do so?

    In that way...those factors might make for a nice short film. But a few days in to the ZA race won't matter, not until pockets of civilization start cropping up and start applying racism again.
  • edited September 2012
    but I think their would be a lot of drive bys on zombies going on. Somebody should make a ghetto zombie movie!:D

    did this not just strike the most hilarious image in people's heads? :)
  • edited September 2012
    Oh yeah.
  • edited September 2012
    i think china would have everybody line up in orderly queues and each person would have to kill one zombie, or maybe each person would have one zombie as a worker.
  • edited September 2012
    Perhaps zombie prostitutes would be prevalent?:p
  • edited September 2012
    Kelium wrote: »
    Perhaps zombie prostitutes would be prevalent?:p

    Now I have nothing against a zombie prostitute trying to earn a living, but I cannot see myself ever partaking in her services!

    *WARNING* Graphic Image Below
    http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr146/G_wadePB/zombieporn1.jpg

    *didnt think posting the image itself would be acceptable here*
  • edited September 2012
    brain bleach... now.....
  • edited September 2012
    It would be the same as the suburbs.

    Or to be none PR. it would be just like the white folks.

    I love how ghetto = black.

    At any rate. I don't see how it would make much of a difference it's not like Negroes are naturally tougher than whites or something. Not like they are better shots or have better planning. I doubt race will play a role in the starting days of the ZA.

    I dont want to make a big thing of it but could you not use the term Negroes please?
  • edited September 2012
    This was not to bad of a movie.Mutant Vampire Zombies from the Hood.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970520/
  • edited September 2012
    i think china would have everybody line up in orderly queues and each person would have to kill one zombie, or maybe each person would have one zombie as a worker.

    You should youtube China Traffic. It will blow your mind.
  • edited September 2012
    I knew I saved this screen for a reason.

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  • edited September 2012
    WowMutt wrote: »
    Now I have nothing against a zombie prostitute trying to earn a living, but I cannot see myself ever partaking in her services!

    *WARNING* Graphic Image Below
    http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr146/G_wadePB/zombieporn1.jpg

    *didnt think posting the image itself would be acceptable here*

    Well in the Fallout 3 game some people did! Even though they were really called ghouls.:D
  • edited September 2012
    This thread is just dripping with racism and ignorance.

    "How would a ghetto--by ghetto I mean black neighborhoods--survive the ZA? Well, they are athletically gifted so I'm sure they'd be okay."

    This whole thread needs to be deleted.
  • edited September 2012
    Yeah, I agree.
  • edited September 2012
    Slums generally aren't featured in ZA settings for the same reasons that very few ZA stories show how ZA's actually start. There's no way in hell zombies would survive an organized, armed resistance in an urban setting where every building and storefront has steel barred doors and windows.
  • edited September 2012
    I think Ghettos are filled mostly with people who are just like you or I going to work trying to provide for their families the best they can.. The difference is income, and opportunity.

    While violence may be more common place in locations like that I do not think that is an accurate picture of ALL the people that live in those places.. So I think that they would fair no differently than people in suburbs...
  • edited September 2012
    So, moderator, you I think it's offensive when another member states:
    I've always wondered how a ghetto like Compton or the projects in Chicago would react to a zombie apocalypse. In most zombie movies they only feature a few black people and never a majority cast.

    Yeah, b/c only black people live in Ghettos. Not.

    And you know it's racist when he says:
    I'm not racist at all...but

    Seriously.

    And what do you do? Chime in, of course.

    Why aren't you addressing this, Mr. Irish?
  • edited September 2012
    I guess nobody saw this vid.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4awVqRr1eCo
  • edited September 2012
    Uh... I DID address this... maybe you didn't actually read my post? I cant make people change their point of view.. I can just express how I feel.
  • edited September 2012
    Miaou50 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    In France, there was a film who took place in a "ghetto" (if i understand correctly the sense, and if the comparison is possible). It is named: "La Horde".
    Not sure it has been put out of France, but - it's only a personnal opinion - I found it quite good.

    great zombie flick
  • edited September 2012
    Irishmile wrote: »
    Uh... I DID address this... maybe you didn't actually read my post? I cant make people change their point of view.. I can just express how I feel.

    Yeah, of course you did! What was I reading?

    When I asked you to address this racist bullshit I totally meant chime in with your unique opinion because that's what I expect moderators to do: try to persuade people with their moving rhetoric. Nothing like delete offensive content or ban offensive members.

    What is so wrong with implying all black people are violent and live in impoverished neighborhoods, right? As a white person, you're not at all offended. It's just one person's view.

    So what if it condones hateful racial stereotypes?

    Since you're cool with hate speech, I'd love to share my "view" about you and the job you're doing....

    Where did TTG find you? From the Mitt Romney campaign? Who can I talk to besides you? You don't strike me as competent in you role as moderator.
  • edited September 2012
    Red Panda wrote: »
    So what if it condones hateful racial stereotypes?

    Dude, chiiiiiiiil. If you want to use strong words, what's been said can be called "ignorant," not hateful. I've yet to see a message board where ignorance is a bannable offense.

    I'm fine with you calling people out on specific lines or comments you disagree with, but you're coming dangerously close to a torch and pitchfork mentality. In fact, I'll take it one step further and say that if your preferred response becomes the norm on these boards I want no part in them.
  • edited September 2012
    Anywhere with dense populations would die quickly, regardless of how many guns people have. More people means more chances for mistakes and more ways for a door to be left open or for someone to die of a heart attack / in their sleep / whatever / and then wipe out a building.

    If city dwellers initially survived the zombies, they would quickly run out of water and food. Cities depend on trucks to bring enough food and resources into a city for the people to survive. People would probably die so quickly that disease wouldn't be a problem, but human waste and rot would pile up rapidly when the city infrastructure failed. This would happen almost overnight without maintenance workers. People take for granted how much work goes into purifying water and monitoring and maintaining sewage and other utilities.

    So, city dwellers hide in buildings for a couple days. Then they are forced out, where they are killed by zombies or die from starvation.
  • edited September 2012
    obviously we do not want people labeling and supporting.. stereotypes here..
    Ironically you just did that yourself saying im from the "Mitt Romney campaign"

    You are right... I am white, but I do happen to be the only white person in my household my wife and children are not..

    If you had read my post I pointed out that just because someone is from a ghetto doesn't mean they are more prone to violence... I have NO clue why you're picking a fight with me Red Panda and I'm not sure if you have noticed but I am not censoring you either.. even though you are personally attacking me.

    I agree with your arguments that there have been horrible stereotypes in this thread.. that is why I made the points I did in my first post...
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