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12420, RE: What??
Posted by mE__again, Tue Jul-10-01 12:59 AM
>Anyhow, I feel you on the
>stuff about "African-Americans" looking down
>on us. Remember last year,
>after the Common show, when
>Common's road manager called someone
>names? Don't know if you
>remember that so let me
>recap - some guy (from
>Africa, Ethiopia I believe) was
>asking Common's roadie for a
>t-shirt with Com's logo on
>it. True, the guy went
>about it the wrong way
>- telling the roadie we
>should be getting shirts for
>free and stuff - but
>what followed was totally uncalled
>for. Common's roadie called the
>guy "cheap African mother-fucker!", with
>an emphasis on African! I'll
>never forget that, especially since
>it was right after my
>first OKP concert. Really hurt.
>
is this the best example you can use? for all you know the guy might have been joking or just a plain asshole. and surely dosent speak on behalf of the whole african american community.


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