Buy or sell: Most mainstream rap is a modern day minstrell show.?

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Smokey

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Black rappers (and as a result people) are portrayed as over sexed, idiotic, and unable of speaking good english. They portray themselves as thugs who only want shiney things and our women of hip hop such as kim or trina are sexualy loose women who really just only wanna sleep with guys.
Im not saying thier not making bank, all im saying is that they degrade the rest of us to do it.
and just to add, I don't hate rap i'm just tired of being forcefed images of stereotypical black guys as thugs and pimps and the women as ho's.
i agree im not saying all are like this and the listoners are racist, what im saying is that these images defianity don't help.
 
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BekeSe

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I was actually thinking about this earlier today. There are a lot of kids who listen to both Lil Wayne and someone like John Mayer. However the way they approach the music is different. It seems there is room for intelligent music in the mainstream, however when it comes to rap/hip-hop I think a lot of people who claim to be fans don't listen to it the same way as some they do other music, but more as a novelty. It seems like there is an implied lack of respect for most rap and hip hop artists, and a good number of people subconsciously enjoy hip hop in the same context as a minstrel show.

I'm not gonna buy all the way and say the majority of listeners have hidden racial complexes or that there aren't highly respected rappers and exceptions to this rule. But I actually do believe this is an argument that has some weight to it.
 
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Thegirlisageeke

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What were those guys on 30 Rock called who were pis*ed because Tracy did drag in skits?

Oh yeah, The Black Crusaders! You sound like one of them.

I think all of the people you speak of are laughing all the way to the bank.
 
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