content: natural way for blacks to act  I know there are people out there that like to believe that it is nature, but I believe that nurture is just as much, if not the most, of a contributing factor to the predilection of violent behaviour. I don't think I hit my brother and sisters any more or any less than that of any other family with several children, but I do believe that having my parents there to punish me when I violently hurt my siblings, teach me that it is wrong, and make me understand why it was wrong, is the reason I am not violent as a young adult.  When I became a young adult, I had a bevy of learned tools at my disposal to de-escalate situations that could have resulted in violence from other people, and I have also learned how to restrain myself, seeth, and disciplined myself not to use violence when I get angry. Not only did I grow up with those values inherited by learning from my parents, but my friends in my community also learned those values from their parents.  When I met other children at school, we were all on different levels of understanding how violence is a negative thing to introduce to any emotional situation, and sometimes we learned lessons at school, but eventually when we all grew old enough to think maturely, the lessons we learned as children were reinforced in elementary, and highschool and we grew up into adults that understood as a community, the value of treating violence negatively. This is a community issue. What type of culture do you want to develop in your community?