and it's easy to place blame/fault

but systemic issues play a major, defining role here.

there's layers to this shit, and your question abt have we learned anything is loaded. who is "we"? if you're referring specifically to rappers, then you should also question who *sponsors* them and ponder for a sec abt what *they* have "learned" and subsequently acted upon.

"....meanwhile, the racists/white supremacists sit back and laugh"
-neely fuller, jr.