The Hip Hop Anthropologist

There has and will always remain an entrenched racist segment of the country, a bitter residue that will linger long after we emerge from whatever new configuration defines us following the current civil conflict. Yet, to distill the failure of the last election down to merely "racism" or the suitability of the candidates like Kamala Harris or Joe Biden is a profound, self-indulgent lie perpetuated by a segment of the Democratic base—the so-called silly ass liberals. They cling to this comforting narrative because it absolves them of the need for difficult action, allowing them to remain comfortably nestled within a failed political structure. The bitter, unvarnished truth, which they willfully ignore, is that the election was allegedly rigged, lock, stock, and barrel. By the brain-dead comic carnival barker, aka Klueless the Klown's own admission, and in light of the highly suspicious involvement of figures like Elon Musk, the evidence points to a massive operation to li...

The bane of my existence is Black folks who want to play by rules that were not either meant or written for them because they have personally benefited by their duplicity, not because they hold deeply held convictions about ethics, morality, the rule of law, or fair play. Working in Corporate Anywhere is a disputation of one's own values. Rationalizing it by saying, it is not how I act in my personal life is further evidence of this caustic erosion. So bragging rights because you may never have been arrested, seen the inside of a police car, station or court is meaningless if you approved the denial of a meritorious health claim, auto loan or mortgage, occupational licensure, rent application, job, admissions or financial aid application because "those are the rules." Congratulations. You played yourself. And you are an active participant in the oppression of your own people; your moral relativity is not merely hypocritical but a betrayal of universal laws—norms and mores...

 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sean-combs-prison-sentence-personal-letter-1235439918/ How much time is Sean Combs going to be sentenced to? No less than five years, but probably eight. No one in the history of the U.S. has gotten more time for being so stupid. He wanted to play a thug in real life, threatening rivals, intimidating competitors, assaulting enemies, and beating up girls. He had every opportunity to straighten up and fly right. But from his time with Jennifer Lopez shooting up a club—that one of his flunkies took the fall for—this mfer has been a nightmare. I mean the sheer, unmitigated hubris to think that nobody is watching a wealthy, high-profile cat like this, f***ing boys and girls, wrecking shop and careers, and then expect to get away with that sh** by turning himself in. He had to suspect those white folks were going to dig in that ass. If he didn't, he's stupider than I thought. Bottom line is, if he had any sense, that mfer should have tak...