Letters to the Editor
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Not that hard
Not that hard to understand. White people had complete power over, hell whites had ownership of black people. Think about it for a moment; o w n e r s h i p. Ok?
After slavery was abolished white people enforced their racial superiority over black people. Enforced racial superiority. Sinking in? One of the symbols and mechanisms of this right of ownership and superiority was calling black people "niggers". Damn, of course the word was taken away from white people.
As far as rap, the lyrics can be extremely powerful or can be exploitive, which is not unique. Sex and violence sells across all media from movies to music to the internet to cable news - rap is in step with our modern media, not breaking new ground. I'd rather go to the dentist than listen to rap or C&W for that matter, but the dust up about rap is BS. Now, excuse me while I put on Coltranes "A Love Supreme" and have a moment of transcendance.