>And she said "I just can't
>get into that Black Consciousness
>Thing"

that so many see consciousness (Black or otherwise) as a thing to "get into". This is what happened in the early 90's to hiphop. Another fad came in all that red, black, and green became passe'.

I think we're all aware of the idea that there will always be folk who are comfortable with the status quo (it has and will always be true), but the question is why are those of us who aren't using all this technology and other resources to come together and unite to make a louder voice be heard. AND (and this is the kicker), how many of those who profess consciousness are really open to being conscoius -- or is it merely just the "style" that is being expressed? No, this is not an indictment of the people here at all, but more of an observation of the world at large.

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Coolest thing I've read on OKP recently (courtesy of Quinn):
"when eminem gets on the cover of some teen fan zine with nick from n'sync, kevin from bsb and sisqo, it's because america is more comfortable with a white guy rapping about rapeing his mother than method man rapping about anything."
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