How White pop culture corrupted America and hip hop
Brother Joseph Anderson writes magnificently on Konch , which is Ishmael Reed's online hang-out, a critique of a documen tary I enjoyed greatly called Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes. Anderson's critique is called "PBS: Blaming Black s, Again," a nd it's insightful and just plain delightful. "[I]t appears that no one is going to make any money – or get paid doing a TV documentary – examining misogyny, homophobia or glorified violence in American society and popular culture across the racial board. Nor will anyone get paid and win Hollywood film awards (like the 2006 Academy Award-winning “Best Song” rap ‘minstrel show’ performance, “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp”) for doing a nationally-aired documentary on sociopolitically conscious rap music on any of the major television networks. Tell me that song wasn’t singled out and awarded by purposeful white design – that’s how the white media want to see young Blacks...