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mknod  ·  3609 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Are you comfortable in your own skin?

    you're 70% of the time a racist asshole that refuses to listen to any hiphop made by Black people because it only has "sex, money, drugs" in its material (thanks for the quote fodder, crappy roommate)

Man, I used to be this guy (except I did listen to black people playing music I LIKED Bad Brains, Fishbone, etc ), and it's painful to look back at it. When I moved to Flint, my roommates set me straight. They gave me Wu-Tang, then Pharacyde, Chali 2na, Hieroglyphics, KRS-ONE (OMG). They made me listen like they'd quiz me about the stuff.

When I actually listened to the music and moved beyond my dumb stupid enclosed stereotype I fell in love. I just bought a mid-sized sedan and the first thing I did was blast Blackalicious. Anyway, hiphop helped reflect a mirror on me that I wasn't expecting at the time.

I'm really glad I moved past that, I hope your roommate does too.