basically no.
Travis Scott Says Mike Brown Deserved To Die and We Are Our Own Worse Enemy
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basically no.
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.
Black people should start wearing tuxedos at all times to reduce the likelihood of them being shot.
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http://dajaz1.com/2012/10/11/former-mentor-calls-kanye-west-associate-travis-scott-a-thief-and-liar/you got to be kidding me...
jilla82
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yea...people like to forget that there are social norms in every society.
You are judged on your appearance whether you like it or not.
So if you dont want people assuming youre a loser w/ no goals...pulling your pants up will do a lot to help your cause.
If you dont care what other people think, thats understandable...but dont be surprised if they judge you.
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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 righteous 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.
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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.
wanted daps post
yes, me pointing out the absurdity of respectability politics is all for daps.
Clapsteel O'Neal
put a red dot on your head like a hindu
No, you don't turn up to your job interview wearing a t-shirt and shorts because you don't want to look 'threatening' to your potential employers, but because you're trying to put your best foot forward and depending on what job it is assimilate to the dress code they impose on EVERYONE, not just black people...ffs did i really have to explain that?
And however the fucc black people from lower income areas are percieved to be, it doesn't give law enforcement the right to treat them however they see fit, and murk them for apparently no reason at all
it really sounds like some of you brehs think it's ok he got murdered by the police because he may have been rachet???? Since when has the goverment or law enforcement ever made a distinction between black folk...and hypothetically, do you really think a policeman would have just cause to harass me cos i look 'threatening' because i'm wearing a hoodie and i'm bigger than him and walking through a 'hood'? (and i have had this personally happen to me...and i was walking to my university btw)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
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it's just a simple case of somone talking when they shouldnt 
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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.
With the likes of Mike Brown getting bodied and the likes of Trayvon Martin's trial, the young generation is getting far too peaceful. I mean, J Cole is one of the few young rappers that spoke out about it, which is beyond sad.
