- "Bitches ain't shit but hoe's and trick's. Lick on dee's nutz and suck the dick..."- Snoop Dogg, Multi-platinum Rap artist/Actor(?).
- "Nappy headed hoe's..."- Don Imus, Shock Jock.
Now, before anyone falls out of
their chairs let me set the record here. I'm not defending Imus what so ever. My question is, why didn't anyone flip out when the song I
mentioned previously was released by Snoop?
Where was Gloria
Allred and all the
Reverends? I find these lyrics much more disturbing then what Imus said for one reason: By a show of hands how many people knew who Don Imus was before last week? Okay. And how many have heard of Snoop
Dogg?
Yeeeeah.
The kids I know love the Rap. Hell, I used to listen to it. That was all I listened to in my early high school days. The kids sing these lyrics like they don't
mean anything. They don't see the hate behind the words. Rap has had racist and sexist lyrics for years. Remember the Ice Cube classic "Cave Bitch"off of the Lethal Injection album? It's a song where Ice Cube rips on white women that
pursue successful black men.
I have watched black
stand up comics on TV tell racist jokes about white people before and no one even looked the other way. I had a comic do almost a complete set right in front of me, using me as an example of how white people still "rule the country and won't give a
nigga a break..." and calling me "
masta"
numerous times. I don't recall anyone calling the news stations or pulling me aside and
suggesting that I should
contact my local civil rights rep.
I just want to know where the one lane road came from? How is it almost acceptable for a black artist (music, comedy, or movies) to make racial comments and no one looks at it different but the second a white person says something racial the guys
endorsements, professional career, and the way he is
perceived in society is shattered? Your thoughts.
