Who The Hell Am I: Hip Hop - The New N-Word

[J Storm]

When Washington Redskins safety, Sean Taylor, was shot and killed in his own home, it wasn’t just a robbery gone wrong. When a fight happens in the NBA, it isn’t just a situation where tempers flared in a highly competitive game. When Don Imus called those ladies of Rutgers “nappy headed hoes” it wasn’t just because he was a knucklehead making an ignorant shock joke gone terribly wrong.
It was Hip Hop’s fault.

And our lesson for today kids?
"Hip Hop" is the new codeword for “******.”

Now, before anyone goes on some rant that Hip Hop isn’t just black, I must pose this question to you…

When the news says Hip Hop what do you think of?

Lie and say you think of some white kid in a Lacoste shirt. Tell a fib and say an Asian with a fresh pair of slacks. Hell, humor me and say Talib Kweli and Lupe Fiasco.

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http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/columns-editorials/id.966/title.who-the-hell-am-i-hip-hop-the-new-n-word

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[sagelike]

It is sad that the art of hip hop is made into a caricature of itself. But honestly, truly, really there are elements of hip hop that have exacerbated the situation with our youth (the situation of being sheep that is).

The argument that ills all of these existed before hip hop is an argument that only tells half the story. Anyone who can say that certain elements of hip hop haven't made things worse is lying to themselves.

Interesting read.....