Travis Scott Says Mike Brown Deserved To Die and We Are Our Own Worse Enemy

[Truth200]

IMO that started with Pharrell. There was always a sort of interconnectedness between skateboarding and hip-hop frm hip-hop music being featured in skate videos since the late 80s like Powell Peralta's "Ban This" in to Zoo York's "Mixtape" in 1998. However, when Pharrell and the Neptunes were first coming up, he really pushed that forward not just as an accessory but as a vehicle of sorts of expression in hip-hop. Rocking skate gear from companies like Zero and Thrasher etc.

TBH, as someone that's been skateboarding for 25 years, I like to see more black kids skateboarding. It's better than when I was coming up ten years ago and up in the early to mid 90s where a black dude that dared to skate was deemed an "oreo" and was seen as somehow "less black:" than others for enjoying skateboarding.

But the truth is skateboarding ain't really like that when it comes to race. It's always been mad diverse. You have white, black, asian, hispanic, skaters of all types from all walks of life just doing their thing, chillin, smoking weed at the skatepark, and just vibin off each other's styles.

I'm glad we've finally moved from that super tough super thug era. It's nice their getting into that then selling drugs or getting involved with gangs or anything that could result in legal trouble.

This is real talk right here.

Black & white kids are skateboarding in the ghetto's these days, that would have never happened in the 90's.

The new 90's generation will try to bring in a Multicultural society free of racism whether the bitter old people like it or not.

They don't think like the racist cop who killed Mike Brown or Jews like George Zimmerman & Donald Sterling.

Change is coming but it won't come easy.

 

[jilla82]

And lastly, of course rich blacks are getting similar treatment...an old harvard professor got arrested for breaking into HIS OWN HOME and i'm pretty sure he wasn't wearing a hoody

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_arrest_controversy

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And i just read your other posts, and when i was getting harassed i wasn't sagging my pants or wearing an 4XL white tee neither

Louis Gates is a bad example...he turned up when the cops asked for ID.
Yall are acting like police dont have to deal w/ a lot. They have to talk to and mess w/ people the rest of society tries to avoid.
There are going to be some mishaps...but how often do you think these police get attacked just for doing their job?
Do you think a lot of the hood needs to learn how to deal w/ police correctly?

Im not saying the kid should have been killed...but at the same time, I think people are over stating how much of a "threat" police are to black people.
Do you really think police are our biggest problem?



and no...rich black people arent getting harassed like that.
I drove from NYC to Chicago w/o plates on my car...nobody fukked w/ me.
Only time ive been given a ticket is by a black cop...the white cops have let me go.

For the most part...if you you know how to talk to police, and you arent a criminal...you dont have much to worry about.

I got a buddy who got caught w/ a LB of weed while smoking a blunt.
Surprisingly they went very light on him.

 

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So in this "free" country a Black kid needs to dress in a "non-threatening" upscale manner to prevent getting murdered by police but a White kid can wear whatever the fukk he wants and be safe?

Gotta love that equality.

 

[riddlerap]

Louis Gates is a bad example...he turned up when the cops asked for ID.
Yall are acting like police dont have to deal w/ a lot. They have to talk to and mess w/ people the rest of society tries to avoid.
There are going to be some mishaps...but how often do you think these police get attacked just for doing their job?
Do you think a lot of the hood needs to learn how to deal w/ police correctly?

Im not saying the kid should have been killed...but at the same time, I think people are over stating how much of a "threat" police are to black people.
Do you really think police are our biggest problem?



and no...rich black people arent getting harassed like that.
I drove from NYC to Chicago w/o plates on my car...nobody fukked w/ me.
Only time ive been given a ticket is by a black cop...the white cops have let me go.

For the most part...if you you know how to talk to police, and you arent a criminal...you dont have much to worry about.

I got a buddy who got caught w/ a LB of weed while smoking a blunt.
Surprisingly they went very light on him.

bu bu bu bu but.. they dont hear you though. its too much realness.

 

[Truth200]

Alot of people still don't get it after these recent events and I fear they won't until it's too late.

As a 30 year black man that been through and came up on the 90s era of hip-hop, this is where the nature of my discontent with the newer generation of black artists and rappers come from. No political/social/economic awareness at all. Hell, I'd even say the music and the messages (or lack thereof) it champions is the epitome of anti-awareness. Pop molly. Pop bandz. Pop labels. Pop bottles. Pop. That three letter word that is the antithesis of shallow, anti-intellectualism, crass materialism and commercialism when it comes to music. It has infiltrated hip-hop to the point where we will probably never have another pac, another krs, another poor wise teachers, or any intelligent or unapoligetically pro-black acts gracing the stage again.

But then again, I can see where Scott is coming from. He's a suburban black folk like me...came up in the burbs around mostly white people and like those white people rap was his only gateway to "authentic" black american culture. The disconnect also shows as well. His views are so pacified and unremarkable that one would have to wonder if he really believes this or his age truly has obscured his vision from the reality. It's different for the 90s generation of babies though. They didn't grow up watching Rodney King get beat senseless by 5 white cops on TV who all were acquitted of their wrong doings and the riots in L.A./Koreatown that followed after. They missed that completely so they don't remember or could even acknowledge him. Or Johnny Gammage. Or Amadou Diallo. Or the numerous amount of cases that made the media of black men that were terrorized violently by police forces.

So, I feel we can't really get too mad as older heads...this is their generation. They haven't come up to see the real real real...and know that shyt ain't sweet.

Young kids these days both black and white don't care about the black panthers or the Klu Klux Klan.

I coach high school basketball at a school where the majority of the kids come from the hood.

They don't care about anybody over the age of 30 and the old day's of racism, they wan't that all out of their way.


I see kids that are goons who look like hanging out with white kids just like it's natural to them.


Kids these days are growing up with lil wayne skateboarding and Obama doing two terms in the white house.


They don't think like all these bitter racist old heads that lived thru the bullshyt and are now jaded.


Alot of the youngsters coming up share the same thoughts as Travis Scott it's undeniable.

 

[Gravity]

Louis Gates is a bad example...he turned up when the cops asked for ID.
Yall are acting like police dont have to deal w/ a lot. They have to talk to and mess w/ people the rest of society tries to avoid.
There are going to be some mishaps...but how often do you think these police get attacked just for doing their job?
Do you think a lot of the hood needs to learn how to deal w/ police correctly?

Im not saying the kid should have been killed...but at the same time, I think people are over stating how much of a "threat" police are to black people.
Do you really think police are our biggest problem?



and no...rich black people arent getting harassed like that.
I drove from NYC to Chicago w/o plates on my car...nobody fukked w/ me.
Only time ive been given a ticket is by a black cop...the white cops have let me go.

For the most part...if you you know how to talk to police, and you arent a criminal...you dont have much to worry about.

I got a buddy who got caught w/ a LB of weed while smoking a blunt.
Surprisingly they went very light on him.

c00ns like this are really a disgrace and piss poor representation of this site.

The cops are the enforcers of the system you stupid motherfukker. They're job is to oppress blacks. "y'all just don't know what the cops have to deal with". Riddle me this, what the fukk does any of that bullshyt you just lost have to do with the way that this society is funneling black into prison via a racist and corrupt justice/legal system? What is it about systematic racism is so hard for people like you to get?

 

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Louis Gates is a bad example...he turned up when the cops asked for ID.
Yall are acting like police dont have to deal w/ a lot. They have to talk to and mess w/ people the rest of society tries to avoid.
There are going to be some mishaps...but how often do you think these police get attacked just for doing their job?
Do you think a lot of the hood needs to learn how to deal w/ police correctly?

Im not saying the kid should have been killed...but at the same time, I think people are over stating how much of a "threat" police are to black people.
Do you really think police are our biggest problem?



and no...rich black people arent getting harassed like that.
I drove from NYC to Chicago w/o plates on my car...nobody fukked w/ me.
Only time ive been given a ticket is by a black cop...the white cops have let me go.

For the most part...if you you know how to talk to police, and you arent a criminal...you dont have much to worry about.

I got a buddy who got caught w/ a LB of weed while smoking a blunt.
Surprisingly they went very light on him.

The police get paid to protect the public. Black kids in the hood are part of the public too. And yeah Police aren't the biggest threat to Black people in general, but they still can be statistically seen to practice unfair and unjust treatment towards Black people across the nation, and in some cases where they take the life of innocent Black kids they absolutely were the biggest threat to the lives of those kids. It doesn't matter if they get "attacked for doing their job", they can't use that as an excuse to then attack random citizens who happen to live in the same area and are of the same race as someone they had trouble with in the past. They are supposed to protect the public, that's their job. It's what they get paid to do.

If an Italian guy beats you up, that doesn't give you the right to go beat up some other random Italian guy.

 

[NotaPAWG]

The new 90's generation will try to bring in a Multicultural society free of racism whether the bitter old people like it or not.

They don't think like the racist cop who killed Mike Brown or Jews like George Zimmerman & Donald Sterling.

.

I think you're giving them too much credit and not being honest with yourself

White people, younger whites are racist as fukk. Even ones who have some minority friends and like hip hop..

there inner racism comes out when it comes to blacks speaking on racism or in cases where a black person is killed by a white person.

Sure, they may not be publicly calling for the lynching of blacks (well, physically)and to bring slavery back, but make no mistake..They still see and view blacks as inferior.

 

[Truth200]

They still see and view blacks as inferior.

inferior in what way?

 

[NotaPAWG]

inferior in what way?

They don't respect them or their experience or try to understand, they think that the white experience is a universal reality and anyone who says otherwise is paranoid, race baiting, pulling the race card, blaming whitey etc etc. A black person experiences racism and white people explain to them how it's not racist, they justify the racism with statistics and bring up respectability.

It's it's still a slave masters mentality

 

[Ronnie Lott]

cosign. believe if a black dude is rocking a tuxedo, he looks a lot less threatening than rocking a hoodie and some jeans, or a wife beater or whatever the fukk. thats just how life is breh. its the reason you dont show up to a job interview in a t-shirt and shorts.

Please explain then, why me and my homies were all in tuxedos and all got pulled out of a car by the police Rich black folks are not exempt from racism or white supremacy

 

[ThaRealness]

He's a diva. Too many of these rappers that have come out are...they have superbly inflated values of self-worth that don't match up with reality.

Yeah I guess that sums it up. Hip hop artists have always been egotistical, but they used to be more grounded in culture.

 

[Truth200]

They don't respect them or their experience or try to understand, they think that the white experience is a universal reality. A black person experiences racism and THEY explain how it's not racist, they justify the racism with statistics and bring up respectability.

After working at a public school i'm not seeing this in teenagers like it was 10-20 years ago.

White kids see Obama in the white house speaking eloquently and Lebron on TV being the worlds best athlete.

Also now that all information is on the internet anyone can educate themselves on anything they wan't and have a great education.

All the problems are fixable and they will be in time, simple changes can transform black america instantly.

One day we will be smart enough not to spend our money on things that don't benefit the community.

One day we won't waste money on Nike shoes and high end fashion that all goes to wealthy jews.

One day we won't make rap songs glorifying selling drugs and killing each other.

One day we won't waste our money on fast food, alcohol and other bullshyt that's not good for us.

One day all the rappers will only make songs about painting houses and rebuilding ghettos.

One day calling girls bytches and thots will be played out and treating women good and raising children will be the top priority.

 

[NotaPAWG]

@Truth200

You didn't address anything I stated, at all and instead are bringing up respectability and irrelevant things to what's being discussed.

You're wrong if you think the under 30 age group and teenagers aren't really that racist cause they may respect Obama and like Lebron James?

C'mon dude.. What saying is laughable because it's so absurd and naive.

Just cause you got some black friends, like a black politician and some black entertainers don't make you not a rascist

You're coming off really really naive

 

[Truth200]

@Truth200

You didn't address anything I stated, at all and instead are bringing up respectability and irrelevant things to what's being discussed.

You're wrong if you think the under 30 age group and teenagers aren't really that racist cause they may respect Obama and like Lebron James?

C'mon dude.. What saying is laughable because it's so absurd and naive.

Just cause you got some black friends, like a black politician and some black entertainers don't make you not a rascist

There is 300 million people in America why post some tweet of a random girl that proves nothing.

White people are the majority in America and most kids are not racist at all.

They gave black America Obama to give African Americans hope.

They could have easily just gave us Mitt Romney or John Mccain if they wanted to.