clancy brother
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jason_whitlock said:Point of Order said:They needed a study????
I'm betting blacks hold negative stereotypes of Latino immigrants, too.
i don't understand the point of the study. the whole point of view seems unfair. it's like black people are some sort of zoo animal and let's ask different ethnic groups how they feel about them.
having said all of that, until black people address and redefine hip hop culture, we're always going to be viewed negatively. as long as rick "every day i'm hustlin" ross is a spokesman, there's gonna be a problem.
For every KRS-One, there's a thousand gangsta wannabe MCs. Â Although perhaps there are more socially responsible, anti-violence, anti-sexist MCs out there than it seems...they're just not getting airplay. Â I'm not too in touch with hip-hop culture these days, but I remember from when I was younger, there was a significant undercurrent of intelligent, progressive hip-hop that was more or less ignored by the major labels and the rest of the industry. Â The reasons for this are similar to the reasons why so much good music of all types goes under the radar and so much shirtty music sells. Â People are exposed to crap, don't have the time or inclination to seek out something better, so they buy the crap, which in turn reinforces the power and influence of the crap. Â The whole relationship between the marketplace and culture has been a tail wagging the dog situation for a long time now, to everyone's detriment (except the assclowns making money of the dumbing down of America).