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<VoiceOfReason> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 01:17:37 -0600, Obbie L Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > >On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, it was written: > > > >> > >> From http://www.msnbc.com/news/1000393.asp?0cv=CB20 > >> > >> Lee calls rap 'dangerous stuff' > >> > >> Director says music portrays blacks in negative light > >> > >> ASSOCIATED PRESS > >> PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 2 - Continuing his criticism of rap, > >> Spike Lee told an audience at Brown University that popular music > >> portrays blacks in a negative light. > >> SPEAKING TO AN audience of more than 400 students Monday night, > >> the director of films including "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X" > >> repeated the complaints he's made at colleges and universities over > >> the past year. > >> "I've always felt you can feel the progress of African > >> Americans by listening to their music," Lee said. "Some of this > >> 'gangsta rap' stuff, it's not doing anybody any good. This stuff is > >> really dangerous." > >> He said some black adults equate education, good grammar and > >> good grades with "being white," but when he was growing up, those > >> things were seen as positive goals. > >> "You were not ridiculed if you spoke correct English," he said. > >> Lee urged the audience to make their voices heard by not buying or > >> viewing anything that portrays blacks in a negative way. > >> "We buy all this stuff, not even thinking about what's behind > >> it ... Think about the power that we have," the 46-year-old said. "We > >> can't just sit back and think it doesn't affect us. We have to do > >> something about it. We have to be more choosy about the types of stuff > >> we support." > >> Lee also urged students to follow their dreams after > >> graduation, "or you'll be sitting around, fat, divorced and miserable > >> because you took some job, or you took some path that you didn't > >> really want to do." > >> > >> © 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may > >> not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. > > > >> > >> Now are you satisfied? > > Hell no, I won't be until cRap becomes a pariah, shunned by all. its good to know youre going to die a miserable death... its the least you could do for us since you are providing us with some of the wackest trolling ive ever seen... this looks like a sknight troll... probably is...
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