just curious if many black americans would agree to that statement.
2007-05-04 03:22:22 · 17 answers · asked by '' GUV '' 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I agree. I think that violent rap music, which is promoted by mainstream media, is a strong, negative stereotype. Some whites associate black people with rap.
I know that a lot of black people don't like rap, and a lot of ignorant white kids do. But I believe that the intent of rap is to promote violent behavior, and at the same time, promote a negative image of blacks.
Our media and our politicians are the chief architects of hatred in this country. Politicians promote hatred to divide us. It's called Divide and Conquer, and it's as old as history.
At the same time, by promoting violence, drugs and racism, at allows our politicians to pass more laws further eroding our rights. Politicians use violence and crime as an excuse to disarm the American people (gun control). The drug situation has allowed them to create gestapo-like SWAT teams. That's not law enforcement, it's terrorism.
Racism and hatred are used as excuses to control speech, as in the current "Hate Crimes Bill". The real purveyors of hatred are in Washington, and their flunkies in mainstream media. We are all being played like a cheap fiddle.
2007-05-04 03:32:56 · answer #1 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I am very white. I am the farthest thing from racist you can possibly imagine. Right down to being targetted by the KKK for sullying my "pure white blood".
I am also old enough to have been around to hear Martin Luther speak live.
I am also a music lover and embrace almost every type of music but for a few types and with very strong reasons for my aversion. Music to me should enlighten the spirit, help it take flight and grow in imagination. It can work wonders ... healing, rousing, dreaming, whatever.. UPLIFTING.
I even manage hip hop, although I tend to find it a bit monotonous at times. But I rate gangsta rap right down there with thrasher, really nasty heavy metal, and anything else that reeks of evil, satanism, and brings the spirit down. It has a very negative impact on kids, especially the Black kids, giving them very wrong ideas about life.
SO, it is not the people at all. It is the horror of that particular brand of music. I was probably one of Stevie Wonder's first fans when he was a wee child. Motown STILL rocks my boat, as does the blues, and I mean Black blues, not white boy blues, although that is ok too.
The Black music of the '70's and '80's was a celebration of life and blackness. There was life, joy, and really good funk to listen to, dance to, have fun to. What happened? In truth it was tearing down cultural barriers as "Black Pride" was the mood of the day and fully supported. Gosh, things were working fine! What happened? How did the Black sink to that ghetto level so that women became ho's and all the young men thugs full of hatred?
There, I have said what had to be said. It ain't the messenger baby, it's the message, that is offensive to all decent people regardless of colour, creed, or country.
2007-05-04 11:27:25 · answer #2 · answered by Noor al Haqiqa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go a level deeper... Maybe to the lyrics writers and see their opinions. As we all know a big percentage of singers, rappers, etc. don't write their own lyrics anyway. They just sing what's on their papers given to them. Lyrics writers and managers are the heart of all the bullshivism(of violent music that is).
2007-05-05 12:07:11 · answer #3 · answered by rob129 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh please...........some white people have been violent way before rap music even hit the air waves! White people need to take the responsibility for their own actions and STOP blaming everyone else! KKK has been out and about for a very long time........I don't think Ice Cube or Ice T or 50 Cent was even around doing music way back then. Dang...50 Cent was only 1 Cent then anyway!
2007-05-04 05:02:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Ignorance and Intolerance make people racists.
Racism works both ways.
Music is just a vessel to express yourself, it has nothing to do with genre of music. Musicians are people too.
2007-05-04 03:28:47 · answer #5 · answered by essex_reject77 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
No, I think if you are a racist, it was ingrained in you long before that. Besides that I can not figure out what they are saying anyway...sorry.
2007-05-04 23:39:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they were already racist. rap came out in the late 70s and gangsta rap didnt become mainstream until the early to mid 90s.
many white folks were already racist before rap music and they passed their ignorance to their kids and their kids will probably continue to pass it to their kids
2007-05-04 03:36:19 · answer #7 · answered by whatshappenin? 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I'm a white person and I sure don't agree with it. There is only one person that can make me be what I am. That person is me. A form of music may annoy me or even disgust me but only I can change who I am. A person chooses to be rascist or not to be rascist. I choose not to be.
2007-05-04 03:27:28 · answer #8 · answered by toff 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
i'm a white girl, and i love the rap. I am not racist.
2007-05-04 03:26:43 · answer #9 · answered by smilingredangel 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I don't think it causes racism, but it certainly doesn't help. It reinforces racist stereotypes.
2007-05-04 04:34:30 · answer #10 · answered by koreaguy12 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋