Orthodixie
The regular defense of the worst of hip hop is that these images should be accepted because they provide a way for black men at the bottom to become successful. An additional aspect of this defense is that young men are making so much money one should not mess with the flow of the dough. The next defense is that anything that makes money is good – especially if it is not illegal. At the end of the argument is the manipulative racial ploy that black people should not use “white” standards to attack something that comes out of the neighborhood, that arrives from black street culture. This last point has been far too successful for far too long among middle-class blacks, who are often made to feel as if they have lost contact with their roots and should never question anything “authentically” black, lower class and street.
Previously: Hope Vs HipHop … Follow Up … Blushing Funkadelics.
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