4338, read the Boondocks sometime Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Thu Aug-07-03 09:13 AM
McGruder does a great job of criticizing the effects hip hop has on larger black culture - in fact Riley's entire characterization is the very personification of this.
The crucial point here is that McGruder is able to do so effectively bc he's coming from a perspective of love for and understanding of the culture, as opposed to critics like McWhorter who approach it from a position of ignorance of the culture and utter distain for it - which is why McGruder's criticims have a resonance that McWhorters' sorely lack.
------------------------------------------------------------ It's only natural, actual facts are thrown at you The impact'll blow trees back and crack statues Million dollar rap crews fold, check the sick shit Explicit, I crystalize the rhyme so you can sniff it
- Inspectah Deck, "It's Yourz"
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