People tend to blame Soujla Boy for the death of hip-hop, the coon-itis that has taken the radio by storm. But when I hear shit coming from his mouth like "shout out to the slave masters. Without them, we'd still be in Africa. We wouldn't be here to get this ice and tattoos," I recognize this is an epidemic that's larger than Soulja Boy.
Obviously for centuries our history has been systematically erased from our minds. ANY replica of Africa in our veins has been coughed out, white washed, bleached, and assimilated into this terrorist American land we now call home. Little boys and girls in the hood don't call each other kings and queens, not Nefertiti and King Tut, naw, but AFRICAN BOOTYSCRATCHER, MIDNIGHT, CRISPY, BUTTNEKKID...none of which are positive representations. Why? Because all we're bombarded with is Christian Children's Fund, flies hanging on the face, emaciated, AIDS wreaking havoc...our public school education does not give us the foundation of our homeland, but of THIS homeland, and omits the massacre that it took to even create this land. INCLUDING SLAVERY. The 3/5's. The not being considered human, maybe? Ah, white American romanticism.
And even slavery is a joke now, to black youth. I think imma start screening The Birth of a Nation and Bamboozled in Pre-K to make our history a reality, because mental slavery, such as what comes out of Soulja Boy's mouth, shows the bondage we REALLY are still in. Not to mention the noose around his neck of a record label that wants him to keep pumpin out the coon ass shit...talk about a shout out to massa.
IF WE KNEW OUR HISTORY, WE'D KNOW WE ARE OPPRESSED.
The precise way to make us submit was to demean where we're from. And force us to demean it too. Score 1 for Whitey...again.
Truth be told, nobody in the hood wants to go back to Africa. Ask anybody, they'll tell you, "Hell NAW I aint African! I was born in (insert city here)." But honestly, how can we ever love ourselves...if we hate our origins. And yes, we were born on American soil, but our history begins BEFORE slavery existed. But of course, the way to maintain power is to force us to forget.
WE GOTTA GET BACK, Y'ALL, CUZ WE'RE LOOKING LIKE SOME GOT DAMN FOOLS.
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in the words of the show, "Hot ghetto mess"
WE HAVE GOT TO DO BETTER.
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