Playing The Victim? (And Who Said Anybody's Playing?)

The situation is no different from today except for the clothes - still lying

First Talib Kweli brought it up, now The Guardian's got it - everyone but the average white American, for some reason:

   "White supremacy is the real culprit in Ferguson. The excuses just prove it

To be black is to be a victim – and then get blamed for it."

And don't forget to say blaming blacks is for our own good:

Whites are well-known for just trying to help,...

Don Lemon (White's Favorite Black) Met Hip-Hop Full-On

Don had to stop Talib Kweli after he got the words "white supremacy" on American national television.

Mission accomplished,...

I Ain't Had Da Blues Since I's Playin' Dat Blacky Sound!

Unpacking Cultural Appropriation In Music

TMR: A Simple Blog - Partially About Making An Album

"It isn’t the money that makes people thrilled with their life, since we already know their day-to-day experience doesn’t change past $75,000 in terms of emotional happiness.  Rather, it is the fact they landed the CEO job or sold their company to Wall Street or signed a record deal.  The money, in these cases, is a symptom, not a cause."

"Everyone wants to be happy, but even revered thinkers have struggled with the how. The Dalai Lama said happiness comes when we practice compassion. Thomas Jefferson claimed it requires "a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits." The ever-optimistic Ernest Hemingway noted that "happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know," yet the hyper-intelligent Albert Einstein had a simple prescription: "a table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin."

Back at it, I guess - kinda, sorta,...

 

It's A Future Shock, II: Talib Kweli On The Illuminati

I know (some of you are like Talib who?) but trust me, Black Star's other star (the first is the now-famous Rapper/actor Mos Def) is one of the quickest, and most respected, minds in Rap - known for delivering lines and flows (the rhythmic foundation) that go far beyond the normal call of duty:

I wanted to know if Kweli's rep was justified away from the mic, and so here he is, speaking on some of my favorite subjects - the difference between belief and reality, how one influences the other, cultism in society, etc. - and (to my relief) he comes out looking pretty good. 

Mind you, his isn't some scholarly dissertation or anything, but I can hear the acknowledgement that he gets it, and - in my desperation - that's enough for me: 

Come on, next generation, come on,...