New anti-gang legislation targets hip-hop generation
I vehemently disagree with the position taken in your July 22 editorial regarding the new anti-gang legislation. This law will lead to nothing more than the profiling of young people who choose to dress like their favorite hip-hop stars.
I am also disappointed in the politicians who went along with the legislation. This is clear evidence that there is a class and generational divide between the civil rights generation and the hip-hop generation.
It is sad that in an attempt to get a seat at the front of the bus, many of the older generation have chosen to throw our children under the bus.
Paul Scott
Durham
The writer is founder, Messianic Afrikan Nation.
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"It is sad that in an attempt to get a seat at the front of the bus, many of the older generation have chosen to throw our children under the bus."
The older generation strived to get a deserved seat on the bus. Some in the younger generation strive to see who can wear their pants the lowest, who can make the worst grades in school, and who can say f*** the ho the most in their lyrics.
Yes there is a clear that there is a class divide, the older generation had class, many in the younger do not.
Hip hop has been a disastrous influence on young people, it is racist, sexist, and glorifies violence to name a few.
The older generation invented the Blues, that genre of music has much more class.
Posted on July 28, 2008 8:16 AM
More about Truth Minista Paul Scott and his quest to preserve the hip hop culture.
http://nowarningshotsfired.blogspot.com/
Posted on July 28, 2008 8:43 AM
Dan, you're a racist! /LC-DD
Posted on July 28, 2008 8:55 AM
Messianic Afrikan Nation??? . . . are you serious . . .
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Does your bus come with chrome wheels, Sydnee Lowes drug and weapons connections, that lying hooker from Duke a crack head in the back seat and a bunch of brothers yealling N this and N that to everyone out the window . . .
the Crazy Bus . . .
I don't think anyone really respect or accepts any of these 'racial' arguments anymore . . . Paully
Posted on July 28, 2008 11:22 AM
Dress like their favorite hip-hop stars? We all know what great role models they are. Look what happened when Sidney Lowe II decided to live the hip-hop, gangsta life-style. Kids dress like that because they want to be treated like the gangsta, except when it comes to dealing with the Police. Then it becomes "profiling." Hey, live the life and take the consequences.
Posted on July 28, 2008 4:08 PM