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bravenak

(34,648 posts) Tue Apr 28, 2015, 05:13 PM Apr 2015

This 2pac clip could help explain the riots in Baltimore

Adam Fleischer

2Pac never had the most complex lyrics. His rhymes, from a technical standpoint, rarely bent the listeners’ minds in the way those of artists like Eminem and Lupe Fiasco often do.

But he remains one of rap’s greatest orators ever — both on the mic and off. He had a directness in his words, and a gift for digestibly contextualizing and explaining an array of topics.
http://www.mtv.com/news/2145202/2pac-we-are-hungry-please-let-us-in-baltimore-riots/

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This 2pac clip could help explain the riots in Baltimore (Original Post) bravenak Apr 2015 OP

It really strikes me how few people seem to "get it." Scootaloo Apr 2015 #1

I ain't never met a poor white person who didn't get it. bravenak Apr 2015 #2

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

1. It really strikes me how few people seem to "get it."

Reply to bravenak (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 05:34 PM

Apr 2015

It's obviously a case of privilege, but i think it's a case of wealth privilege; 'Cause as far as I can tell, most poor white people have no problem gasping the concept.

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

2. I ain't never met a poor white person who didn't get it.

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 05:41 PM

Apr 2015

Even the racist ones get it.

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