to most, it depends on the status of the person stating the opinion.

I think people jump overboard with their responses a lot because of status too.
For instance, I've seen ppl saying "Common said we should extend a hand in love"
when Common actually said "I'M extending a hand in love" and didn't tell anybody to
do anything. I think Common's smarter than to think that that'll work, but I also
think it's good that people reminded him of the regular folks out here who didn't
just win an Oscar or just experienced police brutality yesterday after kicking it with
they're white friends. I ain't about calling ppl dummies and all that, but we can all
stand to be told where our opinions are lacking and told when we in coon territory.

As far as an acceptable monolithic opinion, it depends on the goal or the supposed values.
You can't sell crack to Black folks and then say you're about uplifting the Black community.


>I mean I get that people are all hype about the anti "new
>black" opinions
>of kanye, common, skateboard etc... but to try and marginalize
>or say that
>it is not a legitimate opinion would seem to suggest that
>there *is* an acceptable
>monolithic opinion that must always be espoused, and when
>anyone strays
>from that alleged consensus, they must be punished w/
>collective outrage.
>
>Is that productive?
>
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