Study: Latino immigrants in South hold negative stereotypes of blacks

For every KRS-One, there's a thousand gangsta wannabe MCs.  Although perhaps there are more socially responsible, anti-violence, anti-sexist MCs out there than it seems...they're just not getting airplay.  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.  The reasons for this are similar to the reasons why so much good music of all types goes under the radar and so much shitty music sells.  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.  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).

 

That may be true for some, of course, not so true for others. HeyAbbott raised the very question I was preparing to cautiously ask. Generally, the model of the American ExperienceTM suggests that real, positive experiences will help ease prejudices. The converse would seem to apply as well, though, which is what this study seems to suggest.

 

negro is one spanish word for the color black. That simple.

 

Amen Jason. I have to question the number of blacks who view Latinos favorably. Either they are telling the truth, or lying about it, so it doesn't appear that they don't like Latinos. It's one thing to say something in public, only to say the complete opposite in private.

It's sad for me to say this, but I agree with Jason that unless we stop acting like a bunch of pimps, wannabe hustlers, and demanding people to bail us out of so many petty shit, I expect different groups to continue to have a negative opinion of blacks.