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Originally Posted by shinerbock
My white opinion is that nobody should tell them what to say or how to say it.
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I fully agree- and that is why none of us in the black community can stop them.
We have no right to tell them what to say/express.
We are not the primary consumers of their work, so our lack of monetary support has no effect on them whatsoever (as it is I doubt many people who actually buy hip-hop in the "community" are paying more than 5 bucks at the bootleg man ANYWAY, we are currently not supporting them with our money as it is).
Historically, when a black leader (ha ha) has offered any censure, their sales have gone up.
The only protests that I've seen that I thought were in any way significant were those like the Spelman women's refusal to have Nelly come speak on their campus. But even that did not affect his overall popularity in the slightes, it just sent a clear message to the few people who were payign attention (I only read about it on gc).
So I guess I just don't understand what the fabled "black community" is supposed to do next.