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Originally Posted by warriorzpath
He talks about not perpetuating and re-enforcing these stereotypes, but then he does it when he speaks and in his article.
I actually think that violence is less promoted in hip hop. I think he still holds on to what he has seen in the old 90's gangster movies with the bloods and crips and all of that. Don't get me wrong those things still go on, but not as prevalent and not to the extent as those movies seem to show.
It may be a little insensitive to do this, but let me compare this to the media's perception of Sean Taylor and what Sean Taylor seemed to be to his friends, teammates, and family. That's the same thing you have with the perception of hip hop, or rather misconception and misundertanding of. Your gonna believe what you want to believe, but that doesn't mean it's true.
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I agree with you warriorzpath, hip hop doesn't promote violence, but only because hip hop is not some monolithic institution. There are some rappers that do glorify violence, but that's not an issue for a Redskins forum.
As it relates to the issue at hand, none of this does anything to stem the tide of black on black crime.