The Blame Game: An Angry Rant With a Smile
Pat Buchanan was on Bill Maher’s show yesterday (or whenever it was taped) speaking about immigration and the emergency that America faces if we don’t do something to shore up our immigration policy.
Now, I usually don’t find myself agreeing with Pat Buchanan but perhaps I was feeling “patriotic” or something yesterday because he was making some good points and had me believing that if we don’t close up the border that aliens will come into our great nation and evaporate all of our resources.
Okay, that’s not true at all and I’m still not sure how I feel about immigration but he did make some compelling arguments against illegal immigration.
And since I’m a direct product of immigration, I tend to pay attention at times.
One of Buchanan’s points was that 1 in 12 of these 12 million illegal immigrants (that’s a lot) are criminals and succumb to a rap culture and a violent culture, hence causing them to commit more crimes.
Woe is me, there we go with the blame game again. And for the first time I wasn’t even mad about it. Rap culture is everything that’s wrong with American society as it encompases all the other wrongs. You need prostitution? Rap game has it. Gunplay? Rap game has it. Oversexxed black males? Rap game has it.
So fuck it, blame rap for everything. Cool.
As long as from here on out, I get to blame all of rap’s problems on slavery and white people.
Yep, fuckin’ right.
And let’s be real, when white people blame rap music, they’re really blaming Black culture. Argue that if you want. You’re thesis will be rejected.
The next time I hear somebody blame anything on rap music, I’m going to turn right back around and say its all white people’s fault for enslaving a bunch of ninjas so many years ago and making us have to rap.
Stupid? Definitely. Clearly we don’t have to rap. But fuck it. We do. But its also stupid to blame all social ills on rap and rappers, like Tupac made somebody rob you. Being broke mad that ninja rob you, Tupac just gave him the theme music to do so.
It’s gotten so easy and cliche to blame shit on rap music that it sounds like an automatic response. Politicians, pastors, teachers, researchers, etc…they all have managed to find some way to blame rap for whatever ill of society occurs this week. There have been shoddy “scientific” studies that say people who listen to rap music are more violent, have sex more, use drugs more, blah blah blah.
Okay.
Slavery.
Yep, that even includes white folks because there can’t be slaves without slaveowners. My argument is that the descendents of slaveowners who were out there sneaking to rape black women secretly love Black shit so those are the ones who get so caught up in Black culture now. Which would include, this violent, misogynistic rap culture that promotes the same values that the slaveowners exacted into their slaves so long ago.
Yep.
Slavery.
I remember once that I was walking around southwest DC and these two white boys who quite obviously only listen to rap music drove by blasting their terrible rap music loud as the fuck. It was like 1pm on a Tuesday. I saw a bunch of white folks (and black folks actually) looking with disgust as these two fuckers serenaded the entire working district with their overworked subwoofers.
I got to thinking, “I wonder if these white folks think this is all Black people’s fault because of rap music?”
I’d wager yes.
However, had they said anything about it out loud, I would have been well within my right mind to say, “you can blame the rap music and us ninjas, but it’s your fault for putting us in a position to be status hogs and have to wear our success on our sleeves since you took everything we ever had back in the 16, 17, and 1800’s. Oh yes, let’s not forget the 1900’s either since we just STARTED to be ABLE to be integrated into white society. Though I do love how racism has managed to erase itself from the American psyche in such a short amount of time, don’t you?”
Word to Bob Jones University.
I love how this country is so quick to pretend like slavery was such a thing of the past and that what was started back then stopped in 1865 when slavery was “abolished”. If you bring up slavery, white folks (some, not all, let me be very clear on that) are quick to tell you that it wasn’t them so they shouldn’t be held accountable for the actions of their ancestors. Fair point.
But if motherfuckers can still be rich off cotton money, then why is it that other motherfuckers can’t still be poor because of it?
So yes, the next time somebody wants to blame Curtis Jackson, I’m blaming Stonewall Jackson.
God Bless America.
September 19th, 2006 12:26
Wait, hold on… did I read that correctly? In order to have more sex all I have to do is listen to rap music? Bring on the Tupac!
September 19th, 2006 12:29
you know what, that’s the damn truth! I may have to write about this too. It really irks me when people of European descent use cop outs, and insist that they didn’t benefit. A friend of mine would always use a great analogy. He said that imagine you work for a company who years ago made a product that killed people, took away their economic power, and caused psychological damage. Yea, it happened years prior, before you work for said company, but in the present day, you reap the benefits of this company, you have economic empowerment from this company, and you have always been protected by this company. So, while you may not have been around back in the day, you are directly connected to their actions, just being WITH the company. Own that shit and stop trying to invalidate what it was!
September 19th, 2006 13:38
*Sigh* My blog friend is still in denial. I just feel the need to scream this real quick: BLACK CULTURE DOES NOT EQUAL RAP MUSIC! *Whew, that felt good, lol, now then…
You’re right…Pat Buchanan brought it on “RealTime.” Even Bill Maher admitted that he got a lot of applause from an otherwise “liberal” audience. The reason? He spoke the TRUTH. This country is being INVADED by illegals (NOT legals, ILLegals). Most Americans get this, too bad the politicians don’t. *Sigh*
That said, it feels weird to be put in a position of agreeing with Pat Buchanan, then bringing up something like slavery and Black people…um…not exactly Buchanan’s favorite subjects, lol. Anyway, I don’t know if your intention was to link the two or not, but I just need to say I HATE (passionately) the meshing of Blacks and illegals so many try to do. It’s just so wrong on so many levels…digress…
On rap or any music really, I think it’s a shame so many don’t understand how powerful a medium it is. It really is…but I’m too tired to dive back into that one…maybe another time.
Good Tuesday to you.
T
September 20th, 2006 05:40
I like the analogy that Bulletproof Diva said. I like to look at slaverly like this. Imagine if I tied you down and broke every bone in one of your legs…Like crushed that shit with a sledgehammer…You will heal eventually but you will never walk the same again, you are crippled. That is what slavery did to us. It cripled us as a people. We have come far but have so much further to go. But it seems as though some white people are yelling at us to straighten up and walk straight when they are the ones who crippled us in the first place… Gotdammit that shit just aint right.
I also hate when white people tend to act as if slavery was soooo soo long ago. That shit was not all that long ago. Most of us in our mid to late twenties Know or Knew someone who Knew someone who was bought and sold as a piece of property. Hell my great grandmother God rest her soul knew people who were enslaved in her lifetime. I am only 2-3 generations removed from it that is not that much time depending on how you look at it.
September 20th, 2006 11:17
I agree with everyone. I think illegals are a problem in America, but the gov. probably won’t do anything about them unless they start looking like us. When Haitians try to sneak over here they turn them around so fast it aint funny. So I think we should send them some skin bleach, a box of relaxer, and some good weave so that when they try and sneak over here they can pass for hispanic and stay. Oh and about the rap music and violence… I think when you go to a concert and the artist can bite the head off of a bat or can talk about worshipping satan, to me that promotes violence far worse than someone rapping about a drive-by.
September 20th, 2006 11:33
“On rap or any music really, I think it’s a shame so many don’t understand how powerful a medium it is.”
True, it is a powerful medium. But to blame it for the ills of American society is just nonsense. I mean, in other countries they have drug problems, high crime, and a whole slew of problems and yet they don’t have hip hop to blame. In fact, those other countries do the same thing American whites do, blame minorities for their problems.
September 20th, 2006 11:50
it was funny watching that interview with pat. b the other day, mainly because it seemed as if he was reading from a teleprompter. he also seemed to be sweating. the “rap culture” comment also amused me a bit. its become so much of a scapegoat that it’s a cliche now…a trademark phase even, like “goodnight and good luck” and “go fuck yourself, san diego”. i wouldnt put too much stock in anything he has to say.
September 24th, 2006 16:24
another quality post. fuck YT!
September 24th, 2006 19:56
Blacks need a leader, a voice.
In the meantime, the most popular are the rappers.
That’s who white people hear from, and that’s who they base their opinions on.
On a personal level, I think this discussion is bitter and unhealthy.
“I hate when white people act like slavery was so long ago.”
Is it fair for me to generalize and say how I hate when black people act like slavery was yesterday? Almost like they wish it was, so they could continue victimizing themselves and nurturing a sense of entitlement?
My friends, when slavery was abolished nobody received an update on their Treo, hopped in their Prius, and drove to their nearest Wi-Fi point to further investigate. Since 1865 we’ve flown, had world wars, cured disease, witnessed revolutions; we’ve seen innumerable progressions, and if you haven’t, go to Wikipedia.
It bothers me that slavery is a common alibi and scapegoat for blacks. I think Panama was getting at that too, considering it’s equally silly for whites to use rap as the root of their problems.
All of these discussions are so circular. Think of the solution instead of possible problems.
Peace, the funky jew.
September 24th, 2006 20:00
Oh yeah - Stop blaming other people for your problems.