Before I even get started, I’m not saying Jay Z and Rick
Ross are members of the K.K.K. A person
doesn’t have to be a member of a certain sect, in order to carry out the
purpose of that sect. For the sake of time, the principle behind the K.K.K. was
and is; to affect power relations, both public and private. To curb the
education, economic advancement, voting rights, and right to keep and bear arms
of minorities.
They wanted to influence how one acts at home and in
public; ensure the targeted minority had little if any education, which would
pose as a tremendous barrier to economic advancement. They also wanted to
ensure that minorities didn’t have a voice politically, by intimidating minority
voters. And last but not least, they fought to make sure minorities didn’t keep
or bear arms.
POINT: The
next time you listen to Jay, Ricky Ross, or Wayne; Ask yourself the following;
Does the music affect my personal or public life? If so; In
what way?
Is the content “Dummy Downed?” Besides having to learn the latest street
terminology, is the content predominately the same? Are the tracks still talking about money, cars, sex, downgrading women, hustling, cocaine and carrying a tool (firearm)? Don’t you
feel like you’ve heard those songs before, just with a different beat?
Does the track speak of financial gain, where the risk is just as high as, or even Higher
than the gain?
If you were to act on their recipe for success; could you possibly end up with a felony? But trip on this; by acquiring a felony, it
would prohibit you from voting or carrying a firearm.
NOW
Go back to the first paragraph, read it and ask yourself, “Could
it be possible that the K.K.K. have folded up their white sheets and exchanged
them for microphones, necklaces and tattoos?”
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