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Racial Tension in the U.S.

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  • Racial Tension in the U.S.

    Votes: 16 51.6%

  • Extremist Views on the U.S.

    Votes: 2 6.5%

  • Mending Years of Racial Stereotypes.

    Votes: 2 6.5%

  • Protest Culture.

    Votes: 1 3.2%

  • Racist Idiots in the News.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 10 32.3%
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Huber. said:
Dude, the infinity car logo is a road with a vanishing point giving the appearancethat that it never ends. I never paid enough attention to notice. My mind is blown.
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Now wait till ya see Mom in the Wendy's logo.
 
The Human Q-Tip said:
Musical styles get mocked all the time. Mocking country music, and the stereotypical undereducated white fans of country music, seems quite trendy in some circles. Or at least, it doesn't seem to generate much outrage.

I don't like either rap or country.

Does that mean I'm Asian? :conf (11):
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I think the point here is that, while country music often depicts (e.g.) rural poverty, no one's blaming country music for rural poverty. That would obviously be ridiculous. Somehow, though, it's still a trendy thing to blame rap music for the problems in inner city communities. An equally dumb/lazy argument, but somehow it gets a pass.

For what it's worth, I also don't care for either genre.
 
Nathan S said:
I think the point here is that, while country music often depicts (e.g.) rural poverty, no one's blaming country music for rural poverty. That would obviously be ridiculous. Somehow, though, it's still a trendy thing to blame rap music for the problems in inner city communities. An equally dumb/lazy argument, but somehow it gets a pass.

For what it's worth, I also don't care for either genre.
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There is nothing wrong with being poor, black or white. You can live a happy life without being rich.

There is something wrong with aggressively bragging about murder or potential murder and selling drugs.

It reinforces ideas to inner city youth that this behavior is acceptable and can even be profitable.
 
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Nathan S said:
I think the point here is that, while country music often depicts (e.g.) rural poverty, no one's blaming country music for rural poverty. That would obviously be ridiculous. Somehow, though, it's still a trendy thing to blame rap music for the problems in inner city communities. An equally dumb/lazy argument, but somehow it gets a pass.

For what it's worth, I also don't care for either genre.
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It extends past poverty. There are other issues.

I've been strongly influenced by culture. I don't believe it's a good argument to say it doesn't influence a lot of people. A lot of really dumb shit can look seductive.
 
Kyrie4MVP0202 said:
There is nothing wrong with being poor, black or white. You can live a happy life without being rich.

There is something wrong with aggressively bragging about murder or potential murder and selling drugs.

It’s telling inner city youth this behavior is acceptable and can even be profitable.
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Not saying there's anything wrong with being poor; I'm just taking issue with the implication of a causative relationship between music and poverty/crime/etc.

It's not like inner cities were these peaceful utopias and then suddenly some people started rapping and everyone listened to the rap and was like "you know what, fuck this, let's kill each other and do drugs!"
 
Nathan S said:
Not saying there's anything wrong with being poor; I'm just taking issue with the implication of a causative relationship between music and poverty/crime/etc.

It's not like inner cities were these peaceful utopias and then suddenly some people started rapping and everyone listened to the rap and was like "you know what, fuck this, let's kill each other and do drugs!"
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Well that goes without saying. I’m not saying rapping is causing murder but I am saying it reinforces negative behavior that has a direct effect on inner city communities.

A week ago in Cleveland, a group of rival teens got into it and an 18 year old opened fire on 15 year olds which ended up killing a 12 year old who had nothing to do with the situation.

Why are rappers pouring gasoline on ideas of violence?
 
Kyrie4MVP0202 said:
Well that goes without saying. I’m not saying rapping is causing murder but I am saying it reinforces negative behavior that has a direct effect on inner city communities.

A week ago in Cleveland, a group of rival teens got into it and an 18 year old opened fire on 15 year olds which ended up killing a 12 year old who had nothing to do with the situation.

Why are rappers pouring gasoline on ideas of violence?
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You're not the first person to think that music, movies, TV shows, and video games that positively portray violence are at least partly to blame for real-life crime...as plausible as that sounds at face value, I'm not sure there's any evidence to back it up.
 
Nathan S said:
You're not the first person to think that music, movies, TV shows, and video games that positively portray violence are at least partly to blame for real-life crime...as plausible as that sounds at face value, I'm not sure there's any evidence to back it up.
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As I’ve said before, it’s not to blame, it’s reinforcing and approving negative, violent, and destructive behaviors that occur in inner cities. Many lives have been lost, many families suffered and we’ve turned their pain into entertainment. It sends the wrong message.
 
Kyrie4MVP0202 said:
As I’ve said before, it’s not to blame, it’s reinforcing and approving negative, violent, and destructive behaviors that occur in inner cities. Many lives have been lost, many families suffered and we’ve turned their pain into entertainment. It sends the wrong message.
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Sure, I also wish that pop culture was more wholesome and positive. But artists' art is frequently going to reflect the circumstances of artists' lives. So I think it's unfortunate, but not surprising, that when artists grow up with violence always present their lives, that violence is reflected in their art.
 
The rise of the Crips and Blood gangs in the 1970s coupled with the drug trade and LAPD Chief Daryl Gates' paramilitary approach to handling crime turned South Los Angeles and Compton into the epicenter of street violence now immortalized by N.W.A. In 1990, Compton had experienced a staggeringly high murder rate of almost 91 homicides per 100,000 residents.

The homicide rate would peak in Los Angeles County in 1992, partly due to the Rodney King Riots, but since then crime has waned across the county—some think due to the end of the so-called crack epidemic along with more effective policing.

Compton also experienced a major demographic shift as a result of black flight in the Riots' wake. According to the 2010 Census, it is now two-thirds Hispanic or Latino.

As you'd expect, many from the city are uneasy with the depiction of Compton's rough past in Straight Outta Compton, the film. "There's so many opportunities, economically and socially... that this community is definitely poised for a huge revival," mayor Aja Brown, the youngest mayor elected in city history, told NPR. "And so, when I think about Compton, I think about redemption." As Brown points out, Compton's crime rate has dropped over 70% over the past two decades.

"People think of Compton as a very dangerous place," Brown told the L.A. Times. "It's a different city from 25 years ago."

gangster rap was a product of Urban youth living in a crime infested areas. They were social commentary of the times. Music has the most impact and power when it speaks some truth to the listener and for a Nation more focused on their white suburban kid devil worshippers (Heavy metal, Dungeons and Dragons) It opened a door of awareness that had been previously ignored.

Research of listening taste by income has typically been a product of culture and social stigma.

Music in general is more reflective than causative.

rich people are gonna be more keen on instrumental driven music due to exposure.

Some artist transcend their musical genre. it isn't even racially driven. You may not find Tupac on your average 50 year old executives Spotify account but you very may well find Bob Marley and John Coltrane there.
 
TyGuy said:
We let Panama drive.

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Domesticated polar bears are dangerous.
 
I thought this thread couldn't get worse, but now we have to explain why saying "Chinaman" isn't allowed? Open racism against asians is one of the most disappointing and shameful aspects of the modern west. From TV shows to comedians to joe six-pack at the bar. Whites will only make black jokes behind closed doors, but it is still open season in public on asians. And before anyone starts with "Asians are racist against foreigners in Asia"...that's whataboutism, it has nothing to do with Americans of Asian descent, and America is supposed to be about a free and harmonious muticultural society.

This thread serves no real purpose anymore.
 
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