Interview Doctrine: Rap Materialism and Racial Humility

http://www.twitter.com/jsmooth995

A few bits from a conversation I had with Dan Charnas a couple of weeks ago.

Dan also has a book coming out named "The Big Payback', a history of the hip-hop industry focusing on the business end of things..

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News & Politics

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• race
• appropriation
• jay smooth
• ill doctrine
• hip-hop
• white rappers
• blackplanet
• rick rubin
• def american

[thePolerin]

It's not just that white people need racial humility, but rather that everyone should have some understanding of the privilege their bodies and class give them. I believe what he's calling "racial humility" in the context of this discussion is an understanding and appreciation of the ways white people have benefited a WHOLE bunch over 400 years.

White people because we are the ones who have benefited the most from this artificial racial hierarchy.

[radiohippie]

Hey, why isn't this on your regular channel? Seems like a regular doc to me! Your other subscribers would probably be interested in this, too. Just sayin'.

[Hjernded]

This Dan really has something behind his eyes! Nice vid

[saucypedanticwench]

@crashhooligan freakin' a!

[thePolerin]

@emzzdad I've spent too much time toying with your trollish douchery though, have a nice life, hope you can wake up and see the beauty in the world around you. You seem like a very bitter and fearful person, and that can't be a nice way to go through life.

[thePolerin]

@emzzdad Lastly, there are lots of good things about the US, that's true, but there is also a huge number of things that we do wrong. We stomp all over the rest of the world, we murder our own, we poison our land and ourselves in the name of the almighty dollar, which we don't even get to keep. The distribution of wealth today is far worse than it was even in the days of the robber barons, with the bottom 80% of the country controlling a bare 7% of the financial wealth.

[thePolerin]

@emzzdad first of all, I'm a gay woman, so take the homophobia, wrap it up with a pretty little bow and try to sell it elsewhere. In fact, do that with the Islamophobia too. Not even worth discussing it.

Second of all, what you term Arrogance in a previous comment is actually an assertion of self worth in a culture that gets it's jollies from smashing down anyone who is even slightly different, telling them in a whole host of ways that their voice and existence doesn't matter. See First of all

[emzzdad]

@thePolerin As fucked up as america is we have it together.. IMAGINE america was only black,white, an purple hip hop fans and the prez was ghostface killa, thats when whoppi goldberg would be the happiest lesbo in town. Imagine america was totally muslim?

[emzzdad]

when is this left wing gadget freak gonna ask me some questions to find out who's lying and and find real truth.

[emzzdad]

This cracker is set on lies. If he wants to know some truth about rap in 1974, 1975. Just ask.. But just like a left gadget freak that won't happen.

[emzzdad]

I can't imagine, yo charnas only john lennon can imagine you have a twisted theory on the origins of rap.

[emzzdad]

While fitty and eminem are black and white crackers.. This guy is full of lies.. I'm a nice white guy.. Yo charnas do you want to rewrite history? narrcistic thats your heart buddy.