Blacking It Up Ep. #142 - SEGMENT - "A Word from Elon..."

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#TeamBlackness discusses the controversial un-official music video for Jay Z and Kanye West's "No Church" (http://vimeo.com/28645277) depicting slavery with Blacks as the Masters and Whites as the slaves. Elon didn't find it controversial and decided to explain why.

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Entertainment

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• Kanye West
• Jay Z
• No Church
• Elon James White
• Controversy
• Slavery
• Whites
• Reverse Racism
• TWIB
• This Week in Blackness
• TWIBIU

[vahn2g4]

Could you add a link to the video so we can all see what you're talking about?

[bccofilms]

@vahn2g4 Link added in description.

[MrPeanut320]

Elon is right on the money with this rant. Both what was said and the intensity in which it was said were totally on point.

[EmperessClaudia]

Truth. 

[yeguera]

@glacierwulf I meant in the full podcast

[AllieEmet]

he's so right, especially at the end where he speaks about not educating minorities. this is why the youth and minorities need to come out for Obama in 2012 as they did in 2008, regardless of disappointment. These people are so angry about having a POC in the oval office they are willing to make EVERYONE suffer before they'll work with him to bring about change. If you don't understand that, you need to reeducate yourself on exactly what a president can and cannot accomplish while in office.

[AllieEmet]

"again... fuck yourself!" lmao

[glacierwulf]

@yeguera He didn't make any jokes...

[amandazillah]

So fucking true. Especially about white folks thinking they are default. Most of them do-I would say all of them do until they learn otherwise, if ever. I'm white, and I simply do not understand the craziness of the reaction. Wait, yes I do. I'm in the South, we've got people who want to re-create the plantation south and seceed again.They will be the default if they have to destroy this whole part of the country! It MUST happen! Otherwise their dicks will fall off!

...assholes.

[yeguera]

Also, fyi I love this podcast. But this was the first episode that I would have felt uneasy sending to my white friends, especially considering the "racish" (nee racist) jokes in the first half.

[yeguera]

Elon you caught the holy ghost right here, I'm picturing L. Joy waving an MLK church fan in your face.

[RGreit]

Elon’s rant (understandable on a personal level) seems a bit over the top. He has a talent for artfully and poignantly illustrating hypocrisy and could have better taken advantage of the opportunity.

Overall I think it's good to switch roles; a video makes a much better and more dramatic point than just ‘what if it was you’ talk. If people are upset, then good the video had an effect. Now let’s talk about it.

[leegle]

Why isn't there a visual of this?