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		By: Dayna Tolley		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dr.Watkins, I totally agree.  But this is an intellectual viewpoint.  It seems the intellectuals (Obama included) aren&#039;t winning this war anymore.  Whether it&#039;s rap music, guns, economics, social problems, etc. it&#039;s always the capitalists who win.  Money trumps everything--values, humanity, life.
Maybe Marx was right; that capitalism will ultimately destroy us.  It seems it only brings out the bad in people, causes divisiveness, and ultimately causes distrust and fear.  That is where I feel we are heading now, after a period  in the 70&#039;s,80&#039;s, and early 90&#039;s where things seemed to be improving after civil rights. But since then, it seems I only hear the voices of the fearful and paranoid. The NEED for guns to protect oneself. Racial distrust and prejudice on both sides seems to be on the upswing. How will we ever turn this around?  How can intellectual voices like your filter down, and make your views known to the very people you are talking about who are being affected by this music?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr.Watkins, I totally agree.  But this is an intellectual viewpoint.  It seems the intellectuals (Obama included) aren&#8217;t winning this war anymore.  Whether it&#8217;s rap music, guns, economics, social problems, etc. it&#8217;s always the capitalists who win.  Money trumps everything&#8211;values, humanity, life.<br />
Maybe Marx was right; that capitalism will ultimately destroy us.  It seems it only brings out the bad in people, causes divisiveness, and ultimately causes distrust and fear.  That is where I feel we are heading now, after a period  in the 70&#8217;s,80&#8217;s, and early 90&#8217;s where things seemed to be improving after civil rights. But since then, it seems I only hear the voices of the fearful and paranoid. The NEED for guns to protect oneself. Racial distrust and prejudice on both sides seems to be on the upswing. How will we ever turn this around?  How can intellectual voices like your filter down, and make your views known to the very people you are talking about who are being affected by this music?</p>
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		By: Mrpatate		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ROBERT: black american recorded/produced/written/preformed. Music has been marginalized plain and simple.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ROBERT: black american recorded/produced/written/preformed. Music has been marginalized plain and simple.</p>
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		By: ROBERT		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2014 04:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OVER the last 50 years the black AMERICAN community has been targeted and systematically undermined by our government and it&#039;s agencies to the point now where we are at a point of complete destruction.

NOTHING clearly illustrates this more than what has happened to black music and black artist, because if you been alive awhile you would know that up until the 70&#039;s and 80&#039;s black AMERICANS were some of the most prominent musicians in the world and their music was everywhere and if you travelled the world you would know this.

AS hard as it to believe we must accept the fact that our artist and music have been weaponized and is now being used against us nothing else explains  the type of filth and violence in this music unless someone is deliberately trying to destroy the minds of our children and many artist have said that this is what the record companies want.

CLEAR CHANNEL was mentioned in this article and that&#039;s good place to start because if you look up who control it and what it controls you&#039;ll get a big surprise!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OVER the last 50 years the black AMERICAN community has been targeted and systematically undermined by our government and it&#8217;s agencies to the point now where we are at a point of complete destruction.</p>
<p>NOTHING clearly illustrates this more than what has happened to black music and black artist, because if you been alive awhile you would know that up until the 70&#8217;s and 80&#8217;s black AMERICANS were some of the most prominent musicians in the world and their music was everywhere and if you travelled the world you would know this.</p>
<p>AS hard as it to believe we must accept the fact that our artist and music have been weaponized and is now being used against us nothing else explains  the type of filth and violence in this music unless someone is deliberately trying to destroy the minds of our children and many artist have said that this is what the record companies want.</p>
<p>CLEAR CHANNEL was mentioned in this article and that&#8217;s good place to start because if you look up who control it and what it controls you&#8217;ll get a big surprise!</p>
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		By: toomanygrandkids		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The &quot;tragedy&quot; in Ferguson began when Michael Brown assaulted a store clerk for wrappers (used to smoke drugs) and some other medicore item.  He&#039;s captured on video committing (armed) robbery.  Michael&#039;s wearing the same clothes in the store and laying on the street.  After the robbery, he and his partner-in-crime walked down the street as if nothing happened in that store.  As if it was business as usual.  They drew the attention of the police officer by standing in the middle of the street, blocking traffic, including the officer&#039;s vehicle.  Who does that?  

Then Michael charges towards the officer.  It&#039;s being said that Michael had his hands up.  Not while knocking the officer back into his car and attempting to get a hold of the officers&#039; gun.  The first shot fired was during the struggle.  How does a struggle occur when one person&#039;s hands are in the air?  A witness stated, &quot;Dude (Michael) kept charging after the officer.&quot;  That means his hands were not up in surrender.  It also means that Michael&#039;s partner in crime lied.  It could also be the reason why the officer fired six times.

Then there are the &quot;gangsta&quot; pics of Michael online.  He&#039;s a younger teenager in a couple of pics, flashing  gang signs.  He was proud to be a Vice Lord.  Similar to Trayvon, who&#039;s also shown sticking up his middle finger and smoking weed.  

Michael Brown is dead because like many other black males, he felt as though he was invincible and should&#039;ve been allowed to get away with whatever he wanted without suffering any consequences.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The &#8220;tragedy&#8221; in Ferguson began when Michael Brown assaulted a store clerk for wrappers (used to smoke drugs) and some other medicore item.  He&#8217;s captured on video committing (armed) robbery.  Michael&#8217;s wearing the same clothes in the store and laying on the street.  After the robbery, he and his partner-in-crime walked down the street as if nothing happened in that store.  As if it was business as usual.  They drew the attention of the police officer by standing in the middle of the street, blocking traffic, including the officer&#8217;s vehicle.  Who does that?  </p>
<p>Then Michael charges towards the officer.  It&#8217;s being said that Michael had his hands up.  Not while knocking the officer back into his car and attempting to get a hold of the officers&#8217; gun.  The first shot fired was during the struggle.  How does a struggle occur when one person&#8217;s hands are in the air?  A witness stated, &#8220;Dude (Michael) kept charging after the officer.&#8221;  That means his hands were not up in surrender.  It also means that Michael&#8217;s partner in crime lied.  It could also be the reason why the officer fired six times.</p>
<p>Then there are the &#8220;gangsta&#8221; pics of Michael online.  He&#8217;s a younger teenager in a couple of pics, flashing  gang signs.  He was proud to be a Vice Lord.  Similar to Trayvon, who&#8217;s also shown sticking up his middle finger and smoking weed.  </p>
<p>Michael Brown is dead because like many other black males, he felt as though he was invincible and should&#8217;ve been allowed to get away with whatever he wanted without suffering any consequences.</p>
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		By: ChuChu		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wasn’t going to say anything about the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner murder because there isn’t much more to say besides the obvious, but I read an article comparing this tragedy to the Eve Carson crime and it struck a nerve. I’m not one of these fake ass political people who waits for a tragedy than goes into Martin Luther King mode, so I didn’t throw my hoodie up. Blacks love to “fight the power” one week out of the year, when it’s in vague, then spend the other 51 not giving a fuck about the injustices in their own backyard. Most of us come from the cities where the skinny &#039;&#039;niggas&#039;&#039; die, and we don’t protest that shit. The self-cannibalization of Black people in the inner city is a much bigger problem than Racism. A lot of people reading this personally know people with more Black bodies under their belt than George Zimmerman, myself included, let’s keep it real. We fight other Black people, we listen to songs with punchlines about killing other Black people, and we watch our backs in public because we don’t trust other Black people. I don’t care if that Asian dude voted for Obama and brought front row tickets to that Kanye concert. When he sees a group of Black men at night walking towards him his mind is going to go the same place our minds go, “what are these niggas up to?” Black people racially profile each other, so of course other races are going to do it.

I am not mad at the racism, I am pissed at the depths people go to mask it. People are sick of hearing about Trayvon Martin, good… now get sicker because you NEED to talk about how that little boy makes you feel. Non-Blacks need to be beat over the head until they’re forced to admit Black America scares them with their hoodies, aggressive music, and mean mugs. Blacks need to be beat over the head until we realize we’re being judged because we do carry ourselves like savages in our own communities. Good or bad, there needs to be continued discussion about why this country is still the way it is. We are so damn politically correct that race relations have been lulled into a state of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wasn’t going to say anything about the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner murder because there isn’t much more to say besides the obvious, but I read an article comparing this tragedy to the Eve Carson crime and it struck a nerve. I’m not one of these fake ass political people who waits for a tragedy than goes into Martin Luther King mode, so I didn’t throw my hoodie up. Blacks love to “fight the power” one week out of the year, when it’s in vague, then spend the other 51 not giving a fuck about the injustices in their own backyard. Most of us come from the cities where the skinny &#8221;niggas&#8221; die, and we don’t protest that shit. The self-cannibalization of Black people in the inner city is a much bigger problem than Racism. A lot of people reading this personally know people with more Black bodies under their belt than George Zimmerman, myself included, let’s keep it real. We fight other Black people, we listen to songs with punchlines about killing other Black people, and we watch our backs in public because we don’t trust other Black people. I don’t care if that Asian dude voted for Obama and brought front row tickets to that Kanye concert. When he sees a group of Black men at night walking towards him his mind is going to go the same place our minds go, “what are these niggas up to?” Black people racially profile each other, so of course other races are going to do it.</p>
<p>I am not mad at the racism, I am pissed at the depths people go to mask it. People are sick of hearing about Trayvon Martin, good… now get sicker because you NEED to talk about how that little boy makes you feel. Non-Blacks need to be beat over the head until they’re forced to admit Black America scares them with their hoodies, aggressive music, and mean mugs. Blacks need to be beat over the head until we realize we’re being judged because we do carry ourselves like savages in our own communities. Good or bad, there needs to be continued discussion about why this country is still the way it is. We are so damn politically correct that race relations have been lulled into a state of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.</p>
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		By: Gina		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why can&#039;t people get past the beats and face up to it?? It&#039;s like the Pied Piper story, except in the music industry  people are creatively lured to destruction with  music by one of their own.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why can&#8217;t people get past the beats and face up to it?? It&#8217;s like the Pied Piper story, except in the music industry  people are creatively lured to destruction with  music by one of their own.</p>
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		By: CD Smith		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have disagreed with Dr. Watkins in the past on some of his commentary. In this case, I have say his thoughts on this subject are definitive.  There is nothing more to add. Of course, this will be ignored by most....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have disagreed with Dr. Watkins in the past on some of his commentary. In this case, I have say his thoughts on this subject are definitive.  There is nothing more to add. Of course, this will be ignored by most&#8230;.</p>
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		By: James Davis		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I Can Hear Your Frustration In This Piece!

However, you must realize due to your sophistication and intellectual refinement, that the black community is at war with some elements within the majority population. There are folks in positions of authority in the business and public sectors who just don‘t give a damn about black people, the black family and the black community. And at the end of the day that’s their right! In wars you are attacked from multiple sides. The record industry is just one side. There are majority owned businesses and major corporations who are discriminating in terms of employment against black people - six years of double digit black unemployment vexing the black community represents that side. Then there are the attacks from out of control police departments. 

The reason these attacks are troubling is because they come from institutions if not held in check could be devastating to our community if allowed to happen regularly. Think about how many majority white police departments there are across this country with the capacity to murder blacks. If left unchecked and not contested each and every time, we could be looking the early part of the 20th century in the face again, when many black killings and hangings went uncontested . 

Additionally housing foreclosures by major banks are sapping what little black wealth there was storied up in terms of equity due to home ownership. Then there are the “stand your ground laws,” on the books of many states and the attacks on voting rights in different states. So where should the black race direct it resources, to what front should we move manpower? Whose job is it to determine the allocation of resources? Is there a strategy AVAILABLE that will allow us to go on the offensive? The other side is vulnerable but we as a group are unable to respond aggressively because brothers and sisters as a race, we lack a unified strategy. 

Whites who have supported black causes in the past stand ready to help us! They have not gone anywhere. We can push back against the darkness of these multiple sided attacks if we coalesce around plan of response. We are in this position because we lack a “shared vision” of how to proceed. We have no  singularity of focus. Many black leaders have not been able to articulate a path to the black community, which will lead us to the next level http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MI3PD2M .]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I Can Hear Your Frustration In This Piece!</p>
<p>However, you must realize due to your sophistication and intellectual refinement, that the black community is at war with some elements within the majority population. There are folks in positions of authority in the business and public sectors who just don‘t give a damn about black people, the black family and the black community. And at the end of the day that’s their right! In wars you are attacked from multiple sides. The record industry is just one side. There are majority owned businesses and major corporations who are discriminating in terms of employment against black people &#8211; six years of double digit black unemployment vexing the black community represents that side. Then there are the attacks from out of control police departments. </p>
<p>The reason these attacks are troubling is because they come from institutions if not held in check could be devastating to our community if allowed to happen regularly. Think about how many majority white police departments there are across this country with the capacity to murder blacks. If left unchecked and not contested each and every time, we could be looking the early part of the 20th century in the face again, when many black killings and hangings went uncontested . </p>
<p>Additionally housing foreclosures by major banks are sapping what little black wealth there was storied up in terms of equity due to home ownership. Then there are the “stand your ground laws,” on the books of many states and the attacks on voting rights in different states. So where should the black race direct it resources, to what front should we move manpower? Whose job is it to determine the allocation of resources? Is there a strategy AVAILABLE that will allow us to go on the offensive? The other side is vulnerable but we as a group are unable to respond aggressively because brothers and sisters as a race, we lack a unified strategy. </p>
<p>Whites who have supported black causes in the past stand ready to help us! They have not gone anywhere. We can push back against the darkness of these multiple sided attacks if we coalesce around plan of response. We are in this position because we lack a “shared vision” of how to proceed. We have no  singularity of focus. Many black leaders have not been able to articulate a path to the black community, which will lead us to the next level <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MI3PD2M" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MI3PD2M</a> .</p>
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		By: Valencia Jackson		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Valencia Jackson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Totally agree! HipHop is so OBVIOUSLY shaping our culture, especially the youth, but virtually no one is left untouched by it. And if the songs aren&#039;t about violence, they&#039;re about SEX. EVERY SINGLE SONG is about bonin&#039;, smashin&#039;, lickin&#039;, suckin&#039;, ridin&#039;, grindin&#039;, droppin&#039;, and beatin&#039; it up!!!  It&#039;s AUDIO porn. It&#039;s shaping how we are relating to each other, which seems to be mostly on a BASE and shallow level.  Just sex. No substance. Between violence and abortions and single-parent homes, HipHop seems to have us on lock, and STUCK.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Totally agree! HipHop is so OBVIOUSLY shaping our culture, especially the youth, but virtually no one is left untouched by it. And if the songs aren&#8217;t about violence, they&#8217;re about SEX. EVERY SINGLE SONG is about bonin&#8217;, smashin&#8217;, lickin&#8217;, suckin&#8217;, ridin&#8217;, grindin&#8217;, droppin&#8217;, and beatin&#8217; it up!!!  It&#8217;s AUDIO porn. It&#8217;s shaping how we are relating to each other, which seems to be mostly on a BASE and shallow level.  Just sex. No substance. Between violence and abortions and single-parent homes, HipHop seems to have us on lock, and STUCK.</p>
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