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Originally Posted by Uke
"Corporations have been usurping and reshaping Black mass culture for decades -- hip hop is just the latest product line."....
Blame the manufacturer
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That sounds like an excuse, especially on the profanity and violence part. You can chose which words you use; you can chose what actions you will take.
You don't have to use profanity if you don't want to - especially in the case of the talented young lady who wasn't marketed because she wasn't ghetto enough.
The image hurts educated, intelligent, well-spoken black people because they get type cast into a certain image that has never been part of their life or experience.
People curse when bad things happen; people use violence to protect themselves - but randomly? What's the excuse?
The misogyny is more of a male thing than it is a hip-hop thing; its a male reaction toward women who go after men for shallow reasons or loose a woman due to lack of fidelity, but we guys are just as guilty - its a human experience.
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