Its a “pick and choose your battles” type of situation.
This woman can in NO way, shape, form, or fashion hurt Talib’s career, his standing in the genre, or his home life. Dude was shouted out for his lyrical prowess by HOV himself. He should be so far beyond the ignorant musings of a random twitter chick that she doesn’t even register.
Colorism IS an issue within the black community. But Talib Kweli in no way embodies that particular issue simply because HE married a lighter skinned woman. She’s PART of the culture her damn self. I can guarantee you that NOBODY worthwhile would’ve read her tweet and thought to themselves”TALIB KWELI IS THE PROBLEM!”
Most of these 90’s rappers/lyricists aren’t “Twitter savvy”. They are used to writing hot 16’s not 120 character short messages. Talib would do well to follow in the footsteps of Mos Def, Nas, Jay-Z, Common, Etc. and simply do NOT engage in that foolishness UNLESS somebody of some type of real repute calls them out.