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Wow Shauk. When you make a post and your main point is about one topic and when someone reacts to said topic you seem to freak out. don't pick an ideal topic if you're ignorant of it. common sense.
As for hip hop being good or bad deserves a facepalm from god. most death metal listeners are white. does this mean the majority of whites live the lifestyle of death metal? that's just fucking dumb and undefendable (I just made a new word i think). sorry, but it is.
As for racism now vs then... it is better now. I live in Mississippi... and I have seen far less blatant racists bullshit in the last ten years or so.
our problem isn't so much that we think white vs black these days so much as we see what tv stations tell us and we mimic them like my parrot.
Hip hop has countless variants. Like all music, pop sucks and is mainstream. To say that hip hop is about guns or bitches is just not smart. I do understand your point of view. but now you have options outside of your POV and you can research it and learn more.
when i hire an aide i tell them there are two non-negotiable rules.
1) be easy and respectful. I show all people kindness until they prove themselves unworthy.
2) if you say 'nigger' or 'wet back' or any other slang and/or bash people due to sexual orientation GTFO.
Racism is a money maker. Racism is alive and well for all colors. I do think that the majority of it is dying out as well as to be expected. Hate never dies. old people, however, do and we must continue to educate young people to break the chains of ignorance.
And let me say this. A good friend of mine sometimes goes in racist tangents and we argue. One thing he always did was mention a very obvious black name (Shanequa) and her babies we support. my wife taught at several schools here and guess what.... the number of white pregnancies is far higher!
like cyn's sig. you arevan asshole or you are not. there's little middle ground.
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