you were actually quite clear and FAR from disrespectful.

The fact is that there is a HUGE difference if Kweli says this and if Eminem (let's say, just for fun) said the opposite. HUGE! If Eminem said he loved calling black folks n*ggers, he would have an entire history of racism behind him giving power and meaning to his words. He would have institutions backing him up, he would have numerous leaders in the government, big business, law enforcement and the Church silently applauding him (yes, this is a wild generalization, but I'm just trying to say that racism happens on personal, institutional and cultural levels).

Kweli says cracker, and -- you're right -- he's just bruising egos. Not bringing a whole history of oppression along with his words. The power structure in the US is Eurocentric. It was white people that have oppressed African people since slavery times, and orchestrated the systemic destruction of any significant resistance to the inherent power inequities of this system throughout the country's history.

ALL white people? Of course not, but with the overarching culture and power structure clearly dominated by white people and used to both consciously and unconsciously build up white institutions and wealth, while simultanreously negating any significat attempts to give power to black institutions and cultural norms, it is clear that cries of "reverse racism" just don't add up. Oppression is discrimination + power, and black people just don't have that kind of power in society to oppress with words in the same way.

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