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This is really cool. I've never been a fan of Hip-Hop, as a musical form it really does almost nothing for me. (Interestingly enough, my Music Professors decry rap as a more poetic, literary form, where my Literature Professors rail that it's much more musical than poetic. It always makes me laugh)
Anyway, it's always been interesting to see how this particular brand of bigotry has permeated and seeped its way into the minds of my peers. Not just referring to women as "Ho's," but also in particular, the repetetive use of "Gay" as a derogatory term. It angers my family, both immediate and not, that my 17 year-old cousin is constantly calling things she dislikes "Gay," and no matter how hard we try, we can't get across to her just why we dislike her doing it. (But then, she's also the only pro-lifer in a family entirely made up of pro-choicers. Go figure.)
Whether or not Rap and Hip-Hop are the poetry of the streets, I really can't say, but I'm glad to see someone stepping up and realizing that 'reality' doesn't always equal 'bigotry.'
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Words of Wisdom:
If you could really get to know someone and know that they weren't lying to you, then you would know the world was real. Because you could agree on things, you could compare notes. That must be why people get married or make Art. So they'll be able to really know something and not go insane.
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