Wow. I think that needed to be said again (and again). A lot of gangsta rap also is about disrespecting other black men, and it never freakin’ occurred to me that the sales of gangsta rap to white people would feed the dominant culture’s impression of blacks much like adding fuel to a fire would.

That said, until recently, I truly wasn’t aware how much rap was sold; most of it I simply haven’t cared for.

I’m going to go listen to some Aretha Franklin now.

Thanks again BrotherP for helping to open my eyes. And ears.

Yet we in the black community will sit idly by as this lynching and near lynching continues to get more and more pervasive. When will we support one another? After they start stringing us up from trees where I am sure their support network will be waiting to give excuses that the black guys they hung actually confessed and asked for death by hanging.

This is and has been out of control for a long time. I feel NO sympathy for the police. They feel NO sympathy for me or anyone else in the black community. And the problem is that other blacks in this country don’t feel anything for the blacks who are being kicked damn near to death.

Wake up people! Oh by the way, where the hell is Bill Cosby?!? I guess he is too busy pointing the finger at the abused accused to have time to point the finger at the dominant community with their unwavering support of all things disparaging towards blacks.

Thanks

Brilliant post. Enough said.